Radhika Nair Bhattacharya

Rama Across Asia

The Fire Ordeal

Sita and Draupadi

The Boon With a Loophole

The Choice at Mithila

Reading Kaikeyi Fairly

The Husband Who Left

The Women of Ayodhya

Kaikeyi Before the Boons

The Two Boons

Mandodari's Lament

Sulochana

The Uttara Kanda Question

Who Were the Rakshasas? Reading the Epic's Others With Care

Tara's Lament and the Widow's Voice in the Epic

Who Were the Vanaras? Monkeys, Forest Peoples, and Interpretation

Shabari and the Question of Caste in the Epic

Reading Ahalya Today

Surpanakha Before the Forest

Shambuka