- Why would Buck choose to introduce the story with a song from Indrajit? I can't figure that out
- Sauti describes the Ramayana as a story of romance and love and wild adventure - not sure that's how I read Narayana's version, but we'll see where Buck takes is
- Sita has been Rama's wife for ten thousands years - is this literal or a figure of speech? Has that much time passed since the Battle of Lanka?
- It is so strange to have the abandonment of Sita described from someone out of view. IT reminds me of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, when they turn back time and witness events that just happened but from an outside perspective.
- Ganga the River Goddess tempting people to suicide??
Ganga trying to drown Bhishma (Source)
- I like that Valmiki watches the story of Rama and Sita through water in his cupped hand - best drive-in theater ever!
- This is nowhere near how poets in ancient Greece and Rome composed their songs
- Love the description of Ayodhya here (10)
- I like the flow of the story, especially the transition from the sacrifice to Indra and then then to Indra who had just fought a battle against Ravana
- LOVE the encounter between Indra and Brahma - I would have reacted the exact same way (12)
- Really glad Buck included a physical description of Rama and Lakshmana
- Description of different ages is very interesting - reminds me of Ovid's Metamorphoses and how he talked about the golden age/bronze age/etc.
- Door under the ocean (25)
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