Did Ram or the epic Ramayana really exist? Or is it a fictional creation reportedly authored by Rishi Valmiki? In fact, there is no scientific or historical truth in the existence of Rishi Valmiki himself. Evolution has taken such long steps in our lives, that any question raised about the authenticity of the very existence of Ramayana has become redundant as we have accepted the Ramayana to be the ideal, indisputable truth unfolded through the eternal battle between fact and

Before putting Valmiki and his great epic in the dock, one ought to read the Ramayana on its own terms. AI generated image In contemporary discourse the world seems so terribly patriarchal that finding anything outside patriarchy has become almost impossible. The epics we read are patriarchal, the families we live in are patriarchal, Facebook is patriarchal, politics is patriarchal, and apparently even South Indian cinema is a patriarchal factory. Trump? Patriarchal. Social m

Across India and beyond, the legacy of Rama lives in faith, folklore and civilisational memory. In Indian history and culture, Prabhu Ramachandra and Shri Krishna hold a vital place as enduring legends and embodiments of Hindutva, reflected in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Rama’s life story was immortalised in the Ramayana by Maharshi Valmiki, who rose from a criminal past to become a revered rishi. Traces of the Ramayana are found across India, and related archaeological fin