The stupendous work by Kavalam Balachandran, in which he endeavours to demythify and reconstrue the saga of Ramayana from a diametrically opposite perspective, is a landmark event. Indeed, it is the fruit of a long haul of research, imagination and logical thought process by which faces, places and events are reoriented to concoct a plausible narrative. Do read it to the end, as this genre of books does not happen every now and then.
-Dr. Alex Paikada
Writer, Historian and Poet
Kavalam Balachandran
Kavalam Balachandran is a well-known poet and literary critic in Malayalam. He has 14 literary works to his credit. He won the Book Mark Literary Award of the Kerala Government in 2015. Lanka, his first English novel, is a demythification of the great Indian epic, Ramayana. All India Radio and Doordarshan of India (the official media of the Government of India) have broadcast several poems and songs sired by him. He retired from the Kerala Government Public Works Department on 31st December 2008, at 55. He is now enjoying his retired life, incessantly immersing himself in literary activities in Malayalam.
