The Uttara Kanda is the seventh and last book of what we call the Valmiki Ramayana. On the other hand, we could say that everything that is of any lasting significance happens in the Uttara Kanda: Rama banishes his beloved Sita because he is persuaded by town gossip that a good man would not take back a wife who had lived in the house of another man Rama kills Shambuka, a low-caste man practising austerities that are above his station, in order to secure the health and well-being of the brahmins in his kingdom Rama is reunited with his sons, whom he now believes to be his legitimate heirs, at the sacrifice that he conducts, the same sacrifice at which he loses his wife forever Rama watches over the voluntary death of his devoted brother Lakshmana who submits to the curse of the sage Durvasa. Secure in his kingdom, Rama listens to the stories that Agastya tells him, mainly stories about Ravana’s ancestors and the rakshasa clan to which he belongs. The overall atmosphere of the kanda is calm and serene. On the one hand, we could say that nothing much happens in the Uttara Kanda, that it exists only to reinforce the idea of Rama-as-Vishnu. Parliament just passed critical changes in voting laws – without taking a proper vote itself.Assam activist Pranab Doley’s passport renewal stuck due to his ‘doubtful nationality’.Wishlist for changes I’d like to see in badminton: Denmark shuttler HK Vittinghus.‘It’s inhumane’: How a clunky US visa system has kept Indian H-1B holders away from their families.One of the oldest surviving historical accounts of India was written by this Korean Buddhist monk.How a company run by Adivasis in the Nilgiris won a prestigious UN prize.Don’t merge film entities, 900 actors, filmmakers urge Centre.Urban Company seeks legal stay on protests by women workers in Gurugram.Investigation: How VHP and Madhya Pradesh police colluded to put a Christian pastor in jail.There’s a Bengal beyond the urban middle class of Kolkata.If the police take money, they work too’: UP police officer Watch: Meghalaya’s capital Shillong covered in white after receiving fresh snowfall.
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