The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic by R. K. Narayan
After going through the whole story of Rama leaving the city and trying to get away from all of the people, I think it might be interesting to look at the story from the viewpoint of a commoner standing in the crowd.
The battle between Rama and Kara's army was really glazed over, but it sounded like a pretty big deal. It could make an interesting story. It would also be a good place to expand on the very vague info supplied about Rama's asthras.
There are some pretty powerful gods serving under Ravana. It could make for a pretty interesting story to discuss how they came to work for him. On that same note, it could be pretty interesting to look at how the moon came to fear Ravana. The sudden weather changes might also make for an interesting story from another perspective.
Jatayu is an interesting character. There isn't much info given on him, but he early life, maybe how he met Dasaratha, could make for an good story. On wikipedia, I read an interesting summary of how his brother lost his wings while protecting Jatayu from the sun's heat.
Looking at the whole of the reading so far, it could be interesting to look at all of the interactions between Marica and Rama, maybe even tell the entire story of Marica's life as a demon. I think that his conversion from a terrible demon to an ascetic (kind of) would make for an interesting internal struggle. Maybe I could do a sort of demon mafia story:
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