Powerful
Keyword - Power
Source - Dictionary.com
Pronunciation - [ pou-er ]
Grammar – Noun
Description - The ability or the capacity to act in a certain way
Usage - “He chose to be the enemy rather than being cast into the role of the orphan”
Writer Amish Tripathi has accepted the rebelliousness of the character Ravana and reinterpreted him in the contemporary context in form of a book. In one of the interviews with Entertainment Times, the writer Amish Tripathi talks about his process for characterizing Raavan.
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For most of our Indian viewers, their perception of Raavan is based on the 1980s TV series, which is a very simplistic approach. But when you read the more ancient version of the Ramayan, like Valmiki's Ramayan or the various other versions of it, you get a more nuanced take on Raavan. Firstly, he wasn’t just a thug. He was very talented and knowledgeable. He wrote the Taandav shrotra, many great philosophical texts, he was a brilliant musician, a brilliant dancer, and a fierce warrior. He was deep. But he had an out of control ego and severe anger management issues which make him an interesting character.
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- Amish Tripathi
Title – Raavan : Enemy of Aryavarta
Author – Amish Tripathi
Genre – Mythic fiction
Publication Date – 1 July 2019
Media Type – Book (Paperback, Hardcover)
Publisher – Westland Publishers
Description – This book is a fiction work that chronicles the life of Ravan until the time he kidnaps Sita.
In this fictitious work by Amish Tripathi, Raavan is born as a ‘Naga’, a hated and cursed tribe (a group that has featured in other books of his books ), and is portrayed in his quest for survival and sustenance of his family against all odds. . The Raavan character goes through a journey of heartbreaks and conquests, that lead him to become the world’s most powerful man. The way the character Ravan is depicted by Tripathi makes him almost human: flawed and genius at the same time.
What is most interesting about Tripathi’s book is that, while most of the characters and their relationships are adopted from the Ramayana, they are portrayed against any preconceived notion.