To city dwellers (of Mithila or Ayodhya), the forest is a dangerous place, the abode of rakshasas, but Sita is drawn to its mysteries and freedom. Maybe for the same reason, when I touched a plant, I knew its healing properties.” Perhaps it was because, like them, I was earth-born. “My strange gift with plants was a mystery to me. Sita’s gardening skills, knowledge of herbs, healing touch and enchantment with the forest – all set the tone of her narrative: Through her nuanced perception and subtle interventions, she is able to reconfigure the ethical issues underlying the epic.ĭivakaruni draws upon Sita’s identification and bond with earth/nature to endow her with a consistent and compelling vision. Her maternal sensibility and pacifist leanings inform her politics. Sita, daughter of Earth and the archetypal mother, ‘listens’ to the women characters on the margins and shines a loving light on this mythic, yet very real, world. ![]() The Forest of Enchantments, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest offering, is a richly rendered retelling of the Ramayana from the perspective of Sita.
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