Summary Of Sita's Promise Sparknotes

with barely four lines in the epic-narrative by Valmiki. Volga presents Urmila as a feminist who raise questions on the misogynist norms, questions the biased rules of Dharma and emerges as a bold individual.
Sita’s Promise by Uma Parameswaram is a dance drama created to link modern Canada with India through myth and dance. It is the story of Rama, Sita and Laxmana with some bold deviations. In this play, dance is given the prominence than the myth and various forms of dance have been presented through mythical characters.
Retelling the Ramayana: Voices from Kerala is a compilation of a play and five short stories based on The Ramayana by C.N Sreekantan Nair and Sarah Joseph respectively. The play- Kanchan Sita is the first of a dramatic trilogy based on Ramayana. It questions Rama’s dharma from different points of view and it also presents that power leads to a life full of tragedy and solitude. Sarah Joseph in her stories questions and critiques the traditional narratives of women humiliated and tormented by ambitious men.
Asan demonstrates Sita’s complex and complicated thoughts about marriage. This poem considers the relationship between Sita and Rama from different angles. It imagines Sita living in Valmiki’s ashram and struggling to overcome her grief, eventually attaining the peace of mind.
“Asking Sita” is a poem by Vijaya Dabbe pondering why Sita never wrote the events in The Ramayana from her perspective, when she had had the time and the resources to do