I would advice anyone who is looking for a good read to try Ashok Bankers Ramayana series. It is an amazing read because the writer succeeds in capturing our imagination and actually taking us back to the time when this epic event takes place. The only drawback present is that Mr Banker should have been a bit more responsible when it came to writing about an Indian epic to capture the audiences abroad. I am sure the great sage Valmiki never meant Kaikeyi the queen to be called a "Harlot" or a "Slut" by any author ever. The book by standards of fiction writing is excellent but for an author writing about Indian tradition Mr Banker should have been a bit more careful.