At the outset, let me caution you- this is going to be a lengthy write up. So, please excuse me. Yesterday one of my brothers urged me to write a review of the book “Asura: Tale of the vanquished” by Anand Neelakantan. After I finished reading the book (yes I could finish it within 6 hours because it turned out to be Ramayna narrated from Ravana’s perspective) I realized what a tedious and essential task my brother has entrusted me with; tedious because several words such as caste,...