About the Book: Sitas Veil
"Sitas Veil, Anamikas intimate, first-person portrayal of Sita, is perfectly
matched with Nishtha Gautams lively, fluid translation. When these two join
hands, we feel a closeness to that long-ago world as though it has come to life
in the present moment and we are sitting in the forest, by Sitas side, chatting
with her and helping her write her letters to Ayodhya. Dr. Daisy Rockwell Booker
Prize winning translator
"India," writes Anamika while introducing her seminal Sitayan—the Ramayan
retold from Sitas perspective—"is the singular exception where mythological
constructs have not gone to museums." For this is a land steeped in the