Inspired by the 12th-century Kamba Ramayanam by Tamil poet Kamban, Valmiki’s Ramayana and Shashi Raj Kavoor’s play Ekadashanana, a dance performance boldly challenges the traditional portrayal of Raavan.
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Ashutosh Rana speaks to Outlook on his performance as Raavan in Humare Ram
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Will the competing images of Ram and Raavan influence India’s political future?
As Raavan lay dying, he told Lakshman to learn from his defeats. Ram hailed him a great scholar and said there is no enemy or enmity when the war is over
A poem by Meera Nair
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The character of Raavan has resisted the imposition of a singular narrative of him
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Will the competing images of Ram and Raavan influence India’s political future?
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The Asurs in Jharkhand, who hold Raavan and Mahishasur in high regard, have been protesting against burning their effigies
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In some strands of Gond folk history, Raven is an administrative post similar to MLAs and MPs of modern-age democracy
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Those who have come on stage to enact the king who abducted Sita perhaps know that the legacy of Raavan extends more than what a stage or a performance can hold
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A poem by Meera Nair
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In Sri Lanka, there is no mythological version of the Ramayana. Raavan’s world was more than that
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As Raavan lay dying, he told Lakshman to learn from his defeats. Ram hailed him a great scholar and said there is no enemy or enmity when the war is over
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Ashutosh Rana speaks to Outlook on his performance as Raavan in Humare Ram
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The personification of Raavan as a Dravidian king and a symbol of resistance plays a vital role in Tamil Nadu’s political history
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Inspired by the 12th-century Kamba Ramayanam by Tamil poet Kamban, Valmiki’s Ramayana and Shashi Raj Kavoor’s play Ekadashanana, a dance performance boldly challenges the traditional portrayal of Raavan.
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