CONTENTS: Preface, Introduction, 1. A Dharmic Riddle and a Feminist Solution: Re-interpreting Ahalya's Character through Indic Epistemology of Dharma-Sudipta Chakraborty, 2. Extending Feminist Debates: The Figure of Kaikeyi in Fictional Retellings of the Ramayana-Asha S, 3. A Multi-faceted Portrayal of Mandodari in Devdutt Pattanaik's Sita-Rajalakshmi T and S Ramya, 4. Devdutt Pattanaik's Sita: A Modern Perspective on an Ancient Tale-Manisha N Rathod, 5. The Princess of Lanka: From Demoness to Woman in Modern Retellings-Deepika Pant, 6. The Unsung Exile: Urmila from Epic Silence to Modern Agency-Sagar Pant, 7. From Loveto Power: The Multifaceted Roles of Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi as Mothers and Decision-Makers-Rajkumar Kadam, 8. Voices from the Margins: Feminist Retellings of the Ramayana and the Liberation of Female-Suruchi Joshi and Shivangi Chanyal, 9. Two Significant Female Characters from the Ramayana-Ram Dhani Dwivedi and R N Mukherjee, Notes on Contributors, Index.