Ravana Humbled

by A. Saraswati, Ram Waeerkar (Illustrator)

The three stories retold in this Chitra Katha anticipate in a sense, the tragedy that was to strike Ravana, the Rakshasa king, when he abducted Sita and took on an adversary like Rama. Ravana failed to learn the lessons of humility from these early confrontations. These encounters are significant as one is on the divine level, another on the human and a third on the simian. It is, however, to Ravana's credit that he came out unscathed in each of these encounters, richer in alliances and friendships.

Genres: Comics, Mythology, Religion

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 8, 2010

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story of Ravana (R) is fascinating; to have all that anyone could want - and yet set upon a path of self-destruction - because you are not satisfied. When I read about R I have different emotions, feelings of pity quickly turn to feelings of disgust - to sacrifice so many of those who love you because you just are too arrogant!

[Saurabh Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read. The depiction of the mountain of Kailash was intriguing too with absolutely zero sign of snow. The representation of Ravana as a powerful king with siddhis galore has also been toned down here, which the reader might find interesting.

[Pranav · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about how Ravana, the demon king had been humbled knowingly or unknowingly by Shiva, the ascetic god, Vali the vanara king and Krithaviri Arjuna, the king with thousand arms. In the first episode, Ravana takes The Pushpaka Vimana, the chariot stolen from Kubera in Kailash and travels to different places. One day, while travelling over Lord Shiva's abode, his chariot stopped. When he sat down brooding the cause, Nandi arrives and informs him that Shiva is having personal time with Parvati, his consort and Ravana insults Nandi, Shiva, Parvati and his family. Now I felt very irritated because it is never right to insult anyone like that and his greed irritated me as well, because he had already taken away Lanka from Kubera but he did not leave Kubera alone in his new place as well. It was good to see that Vali was flying around madly with Ravana caught in his tail, teaching him a lesson that he should never misjudge anyone by his appearance. It was not so good to see Arjuna arresting Ravana but that should have taught him a lesson that you should not challenge an enemy without knowing his full strength. Overall, this was an excellent book.

[Kalyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Unique Read

This is a collection of lesser know tales of the past which are illustrated well. Would recommend tor kids and those who are interested in the tales of Ramayana and around.

[Nidhi Chopra · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title and cover are different from the explanation or summary given.

[Mounika Borra · Rating 5 out of 5]

We mostly know Ravana as a villain in Ramayana but these stories give us a glimpse of unknown chapters in his life.

[Ananya Dalal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not to good! Confusing or boring at times.

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

nice