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Kaikayi
Publisher:
Notion Press
| Author:
Mahendra Arya
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Notion Press
Author:
Mahendra Arya
Language:
English
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SKU 9798886415094 Category Historical fiction
Category: Historical fiction
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I am Kaikayi. The same Kaikayi who sent her stepson Ram to an exile of 14 years in deadly forests, infested with the dangers of devils and rakshasas. My daughter-in-law Seeta had to face the harsh consequences of this forced exile. My stepson Lakshman almost lost his life in the battle fighting the strong army of Raavan, the King of Lanka. I insisted on the coronation of my son Bharat instead of the most deserving Ram. And to get all this done, I tricked my husband Maharaj Dashrath by using his two blind commitments to me. He lost his life out of grief. This is all that is mentioned about me in Ramayan.
Thus, I was a wicked and selfish woman in the story of Ramayan and in Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas.
Was I a bad woman when Maharaja Dashrath proposed to marry me? Did I ever differentiate between my own son and his three stepbrothers? Was I so cruel that I let my husband die for my own demands? Was I not concerned about the well-being of our kingdom?
Unfortunately, no one ever asked these questions! Neither Valmiki nor Tulsidas. And none of the millions of readers of their works. I remained branded as a bad woman for so many millennia. Today I want to speak up. Please listen to my grief and my version of the story.
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I am Kaikayi. The same Kaikayi who sent her stepson Ram to an exile of 14 years in deadly forests, infested with the dangers of devils and rakshasas. My daughter-in-law Seeta had to face the harsh consequences of this forced exile. My stepson Lakshman almost lost his life in the battle fighting the strong army of Raavan, the King of Lanka. I insisted on the coronation of my son Bharat instead of the most deserving Ram. And to get all this done, I tricked my husband Maharaj Dashrath by using his two blind commitments to me. He lost his life out of grief. This is all that is mentioned about me in Ramayan.
Thus, I was a wicked and selfish woman in the story of Ramayan and in Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas.
Was I a bad woman when Maharaja Dashrath proposed to marry me? Did I ever differentiate between my own son and his three stepbrothers? Was I so cruel that I let my husband die for my own demands? Was I not concerned about the well-being of our kingdom?
Unfortunately, no one ever asked these questions! Neither Valmiki nor Tulsidas. And none of the millions of readers of their works. I remained branded as a bad woman for so many millennia. Today I want to speak up. Please listen to my grief and my version of the story.
About Author
Mahendra Arya is an engineer by education. Writing has been his passion in Hindi as well as English. He is a multi-faceted person, who writes fictions, thrillers, mythology, plays and poetry. His plays have been staged in Mumbai and he has played a character in each of his plays. His popular plays include – Studio Six, Paying Guest, Badi Haveli, Party, Colonol’s Den and Floating Resort. His published books include thrillers like Facebook Friends and Tangents and a Circle; however, his mythological fiction Kaikayi – the Misunderstood Queen and Draupadi Demystified have been extremely popular among his readers. Facebook Friends has won the award for Best Plot Of The Year 2022 from Ukiyoto Publishing Group; book is also selected for creation of a movie based on its story.
Mahendra is an avid reader of history of India. He has studied the evolution of India, post-independence. In the process he found the story of the scam of Haidas Mundhra – an interesting story to pen. He has gathered a detailed account of the events that happened in mid fifties related to the scam. He has gathered all his work on the subject in his new book First Scam- Story Of Haridas Mundhra.
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