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She was a young girl of sixteen. The firstborn, the ‘original’ scion of Ikshvaku, the daughter of Dasharatha and Kaushalya, who came before Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughana. Shanta, as her named suggested, preferred solitude to her royal status of the princess of Ayodhya. She yearned for love—from her parents, who were obsessed with producing a male heir for their kingdom. After the passing of many years, when Dasharatha lies on his death bed pining for his son, Rama who has been banished to the forest for 14 long years, it is Shanta who is besides her father, but watches helplessly as Dasharatha doesn’t even recognize her. In this fascinating and hitherto unknown account, Shanta: The Story of Rama’s Sister, Anand Neelakantan tells the story of a woman who makes sacrifice her life’s mission, propelled by love, affection and a commitment to the land of her birth, Ayodhya.

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18 June 2017
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Publisher : Westland (18 June 2017)
Language : English
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Priyambada Das

The Story Of Shanta !

Reviewed in India on 26 April 2019

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"He had yearned for sons and got four noble ones, yet at the time of his last voyage, he only had his daughter by his side."
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This is the story of Shanta, the firstborn, the ‘original’ scion of Ikshvaku, the daughter of Dasharatha and Kaushalya, who came before Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughana, never got the love she deserved. She was "born into affluence, albeit unwanted and unwished for, yet stifled by tradition and rituals."
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She was used as a pawn, in the hands of destiny, first by her birth father to help him beget sons and then by her adopted father to save his Kingdom dying from decade long draught.
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But destiny had something wonderful in store for her. Starving for love from his father, attention from her mother, she got a husband who left his own world just to be with her, who loved her with utmost purity and from all his heart.
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The story of Shanta is extraordinary, she sacrificed and suppressed her wishes just to please her father and be loved by him.
Even though this is a short story, it is quite impactful. I wish the story was more elaborate and showed more of Shanta's life.

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Nicely written story where characters are explored effectively

Reviewed in India on 17 July 2017

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While the detailed review for this book is available on our website, here is the summary of it.

The Plot:

The story will be found interesting by a majority of readers because despite Ramayana being one of the most read and adapted scriptures around India, very little is written about "Shanta" - the first born of King Dasharatha and his wife Kaushlya.

In this book we see that Shanta is a girl of age around 16 and she is growing up with mix feelings. His father king Dasharatha is very frustrated of not having a boy-child so far despite having 3 queens, he neglects Shanta. The only solace she can find is in the gestures and actions of her (step)mother Kaikeyi. Grown up in the kingdom of Kekeya, Kaikeyi never has discriminated between a boy and a girl. It is all about skills and capabilities there. She considers Shanta as the perfect choice to be the next ruler after king Dasharatha. She took personal interest in giving her education in almost every field, including the battle! Yes, Shanta was given the training of weapons as well, on the insistence of Keikeyi. Manthara too showered her love on Shanta.

One day, the things took unexpected turn when the king of Anga came with a proposal to Dasharatha. What was the proposal and how it affected the life of Shanta and almost everyone associated (or to be associated) with her, is explored in the book.

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What I like the most in the book is the way the characters are explored. Each character has his/her own attributes and as the tale progresses, they are explored in convincing manner.

Some authors, these days, write about something erotic and sexual point of view, especially about women and give it the name of feminism. That is not the feminism. It is all about respecting one for who he/she is. Everyone should be treated equally, given same opportunities and facilities without having any gender bias, that is it. This book thus is the exploration of the same thing. The way Kaikeyi's character behaves and treats Shanta, shows the way she, herself, was grown up.

Also, the reaction of Rishyashringa's father, after knowing about the decision of his son to get married to Shanta, is something worth reading. No anger, no hate, no prejudice, just accepting what happened and what to happen. Now, this what you call a character of a saint or a sage.

The way the book concludes is another positive point of the book.

This book contains some good gems of writing, here is an example:
"… won’t it be a sweet irony that it needed his daughter to fulfil his desperate need for a son? "

On the downside, the book could have been explored in more detail. It is quite short read. Mostly when during some schemes/promotion, even the full-fledged books are available from somewhere between Rs. 21 - Rs. 99 on Amazon (Kindle Ebooks mainly), many readers may see it as costly.

However, if you want to explore the story of "Shanta - The Sister Of Rama" - this book is a good choice.

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Chitra Jain

Nice one.

Reviewed in India on 14 August 2020

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"If you think good thoughts, the results will follow. That is the law of the world, the law of KARMA."
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A very concisely written story of Ram's sister, Shanta.
Ramayan has its different interpretation and modification according to different regions and beliefs. I wasn't aware of this version of Ramayana until I read this book.
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Shanta, is portrayed as Dashrath & Kaushalya's first child who was later given away in adoption to Romapada, King of Anga.
She always yearned for her father's love while Dashrath kept yearning for a son. She wanted to become a warrior but she was prohibited from learning any skill saying that women of Suryavansha don't belong to war field.
She was given for adoption in the belief that her adoption will lead to the birth of a son, the heir of Ikshvaku clan.
After her adoption, Karma plays the game.
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My views:
🍁It was a very short yet compelling read and the author has done a brilliant job in just 35 pages.
🍁 I'm not sure about the facts penned in the book but I can say that it was a delightful read.
🍁I loved the picturization of Kaikeyi and Manthara's character as a supportive person rather than a negative one.
🍁The reader can clearly visualise the foul beliefs and male dominance that prevailed during those times.
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I think it is a MUST read to know the other part of Ramayana.
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Author appreciation: Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author particularly from Kerala, India. He has done a brilliant work in Indian literature through different mythological fictions that he has written.

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Siddesh Deshmukh

A heart touching recount

Reviewed in India on 19 June 2017

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As the story and narration is around the known events and of the story that we have been loving rehearing over again and again since childhood, it really makes it look more of autobiography than a work of fiction.

The author justifies the protagonist on her role and mirrors the society and its outlook around her, in a sharp peircing way.

This is a story, which you may love cherishing by reading it over again and again.

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S Raval

Great Short Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2017

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Highly recommend this short tale which possibly be written as a full story
Love the angle and imagination of the author

DMak

Revelation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2019

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Loved it for making obvious what should have been obvious but was hidden for so long: 'There would be no Ram without the sacrifice of Shanta' Wow!

Sumir Sekhri

Great Book, an eye opener

Reviewed in the United States on 11 December 2018

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I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I was clueless about Shanta, her story and the important role she played as Dhasharath's first born. Also gives you another perspective on the positivity of Kaykeiye and her maid Manthara. Makes you realize that not all the people in the Ramayana who are made out to be bad are such. An interesting read. It does end abruptly though, maybe because not much was written about her to be discovered or perhaps her role ended with the death of Dhashrath. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

Aparna

This is an excellent book. All the characters are so real and ...

Reviewed in the United States on 27 March 2018

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This is an excellent book. All the characters are so real and seem part of our every day life. Shanta's character touches a soft chord but we see such a discrimination with daughters in our society. The culture of silence amongst indian women is so glaring and Kaushalya and Sumitra are examples of this. Kaikeyi is ultimate empowered women- Confident, courageous and matter of fact!
Happy to have read this book - the interplay of beliefs, emotions, action and thevreality of life lingers on....

PragyaR

Fraud book! Don't buy

Reviewed in the United States on 14 September 2019

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The first page was 9, second was 14 and so on. Just one chapter! The whole book is one chapter!

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