The Storyteller's Lens

For the scenes that linger and the words that echo

Category: Original Writing

  • Why Raavan’s Heads Kept Returning

    Why Raavan’s Heads Kept Returning

    We often hear that Raavan had ten heads. Some versions describe them as symbols of immense knowledge – the four Vedas and six Shastras. Others interpret them as the ten inner forces that govern human nature: Kama, Krodha, Moha, Lobha, Mada, Matsarya, Manas, Buddhi, Chitta, and Ahamkara. But if the heads were symbolic… why does…

  • Ten Voices, One Raavan

    Ten Voices, One Raavan

    We speak of Raavan as one man. But what if he was never just one? Not ten heads as a symbol…but ten voices. Not all of them loud. Jata kata hasambhrama bhramanilimpanirjhari,Vilolavichivalarai virajamanamurdhaniDhagadhagadhagajjva lalalata pattapavake,Kishora chandrashekhare ratih pratikshanam mama Bleeding or not… Soorpanakha knew better than to interrupt her brother during his morning puja. Raavan’s…

  • The Queen Who Chose the Boons – and the Price

    The Queen Who Chose the Boons – and the Price

    We remember Kaikeyi for the exile. But what if that decision was never about the throne? This is not a retelling. Just a different way of looking at it.  Swords clashed. Arrows tore through the air. Shouts rose and fell like waves. “Kaikeyi!” King Dasaratha’s voice cut through the chaos. She turned. The battlefield came…

  • The Battle before the War

    The Battle before the War

    Yesterday was Rama Navami. It got me thinking… We talk about the war in the Ramayana. About Rama. About Raavan. But what if the real battle began much earlier? Not on the battlefield. Not with armies. But in a quiet garden…where a woman refused to move. Hazy. Sita frowned. Why was everything hazy? She blinked,…