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Devyani: The Vicious Beauty - Couverture souple

Sinha, T.K.B.

 
9781482859485: Devyani: The Vicious Beauty
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1482859483 ISBN 13 : 9781482859485
Editeur : PartridgeIndia, 2015

Synopsis

The traditional view of a mythological character is that it is staid, flat, and uninteresting, belonging to an unreal world of the days gone by. But contrary to this, Devyani, the daughter of a sage, is surprisingly different. She is not only vivacious and enticing but also a tempestuous lover, free-willed, and unyielding. Being a spoilt child, she is in the habit of getting things done at any cost. She makes her father revive her lover Kutch (killed twice by the demons) to life because she says she can't live without him. Unlike most of the present-day girls, she offers herself to the young man to marry her, but at his refusal (for personal reasons), she curses him. When she is rescued by Yayati (a Kshatriya king) from the blind well, into which she had fallen, she asks him to marry her because he had held her by the hand. Yayati is reluctant as they belong to different social strata, where the customs do not allow such wedlock, but she is determined to have her way. She pressures her unwilling father to perform her marriage, which the poor man does despite the unfavorable customs. He can't displease his daughter. She has no qualms about blackmailing the king (in whose court her father was an advisor) to give away his daughter, Sharmistha, as her permanent slave when she goes to her husband's house. The fact that both the girls were bosom friends did not deter her from her meanness. It is surprising to note that such a liberated and strong female character was created in an epic thousands of years ago.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The traditional view of a mythological character is that it is staid, flat, and uninteresting, belonging to an unreal world of the days gone by. But contrary to this, Devyani, the daughter of a sage, is surprisingly different. She is not only vivacious and enticing but also a tempestuous lover, free-willed, and unyielding. Being a spoilt child, she is in the habit of getting things done at any cost. She makes her father revive her lover Kutch (killed twice by the demons) to life because she says she can't live without him. Unlike most of the present-day girls, she offers herself to the young man to marry her, but at his refusal (for personal reasons), she curses him. When she is rescued by Yayati (a Kshatriya king) from the blind well, into which she had fallen, she asks him to marry her because he had held her by the hand. Yayati is reluctant as they belong to different social strata, where the customs do not allow such wedlock, but she is determined to have her way. She pressures her unwilling father to perform her marriage, which the poor man does despite the unfavorable customs. He can't displease his daughter. She has no qualms about blackmailing the king (in whose court her father was an advisor) to give away his daughter, Sharmistha, as her permanent slave when she goes to her husband's house. The fact that both the girls were bosom friends did not deter her from her meanness. It is surprising to note that such a liberated and strong female character was created in an epic thousands of years ago.

Biographie de l'auteur

Besides authoring eight books on different facets of English language, he has also authored five books on fiction and a collection of English poems. He has also written dozens of stories, travelogues, satirical pieces in Hindi, most of which are published. Besides this, he has also broadcast several radio talks and poems for kids from Akashvani, Darbhanga. He is a voracious reader and loves music, scriptures, painting, travels, and films. Even at seventy-five, he is lively and freelancing.

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Éditeur
PartridgeIndia
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1482859483
ISBN 13 
9781482859485
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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