Best Fiction Series by Indian Author. Review on Prince of Ayodhya, The - Ashok Banker

I started reading this series out a curiosity born out of the unusual concept of someone writing about Ramayana in neither a religious perspective nor critical. I think this brings out the story of Rama in a much more realistic way that what has been presented so far. When I say realistic I do not mean to comment on the accurancy of the story. Each author till date has written Ramayana using his own perspective and every story was reflective of the age the author has written in.

I think Ashok Banker has done a tremendous job. I picked up this series after finishing reading the Shannara series and I can say with great pride for the Indian Author that this was a much more interesting read. I think this would be a good president for auhtors to look up into the vase treasures of indian mythology and come up with many more such fantastic fictions and give us an interesting read.

Each character from Rama, to Jatayu has been creatively dealt with and the story sounds more interesting and intriguing than it ever did when I heard it from my grandparents!!!