“Therefore we believe that Vali’s assassination was nothing but wanton disregard (of) all the established principles of dharma. “It is a punishable offence to physically eliminate Bali, and that too by hiding behind a tree, while he was engaged in a fierce combat with his brother, Sugriva,” says the imaginary chargesheet. ![]() The book has conjured up the possibility of an FIR being lodged against Ram to “investigate the cold-blooded murder of Bali, King of Kishkindha”. “All dramatisations are fictional and not intended to deal with, defame or hurt any persons or person’s family, dead or alive,” they have written. Published by Bloomsbury, the volume hit the stands recently.Īlthough mythologist Anand Neelakantan has lauded the book for giving “a balanced perspective of the Ramayana as each character argues his or her points”, the authors have issued a disclaimer, perhaps as a shield against possible charges of blasphemy from Hindutva advocates. ![]() ![]() All these points have been raised and discussed in an amusing new book, Ramayana Revisited: An Epic Through a Legal Prism, co-authored by retired journalist Anil Maheshwari and Supreme Court advocate Vipul Maheshwari.
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