Reading Notes A: Ramayana by Sister Nivedita


Sister Nivedita's version of the Ramayana is much different than the public domain version of the Ramayana that we read last week. This version includes more detail and dialogue, but is also condensed as it only includes the necessary information and details. However, one thing that I liked about the PDE Ramayana were the small summaries at the beginning which would help give you an idea of what was going on. In this version there are no breaks between the stories and it all blends seamlessly. I found this version harder to read as the vernacular was a bit harder to understand than the PDE version but since I knew the gist of each story it was not too hard to understand. Overall, I really liked this version of the Ramayana everything flowed together really well. 

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