Anand Neelakantan

This is an epic tale of victory and defeat...of the vanquished Asura people, a story that has been cherished by the oppressed outcastes of India for 3,000 years. Unlike Ramayana, the story of Ravanayana has never been told...until now....

In his first nonfiction work, Anand Neelakantan, the national best-selling author of Asura: Tale of the Vanquished, explores a contrarian way of living that makes more sense in this Kali Yuga.

Audible presents Ramayana: Anek Kathayein Aur Sandarbh, an Audible Original. Written by best-selling writer Anand Neelkanthan. The show is in Hindi.

As best-selling author Anand Neelakantan peels back the layers of Valmiki’s timeless saga, stories of ambition, love, devotion and courage shine through, inviting listeners to look at the women anew....

Audible presents Many Ramayana, Many Lessons, an Audible Original. Written by best-selling writer Anand Neelkanthan.

The second book in the Ajaya series, Kali ka Uday tells the story of the vanquished in the epic war Mahabharata. The book narrates the story from the point of view of the Kauravas. The story starts with the Kaurava prince Duryodhana challenging Krishna.....

The Mahabharata endures as the great epic of India. But while Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra, Ajaya is the narrative of the ‘unconquerable’ Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man....

The Mahabharata endures as the great epic of India. But while Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra, Ajaya is the narrative of the ‘unconquerable’ Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man....

All little asura kids are naughty and troublesome and always up to something! Little will you know when you land in a muddy puddle or your long hair gets chopped off into a bob. They will prod, pull and tug you till you yell—just like the gods in the heavens....

The dark age of Kali is rising, and every man and woman must choose between duty and conscience, honour and shame, life and death....

Baali and Sugreeva of the Vana Nara tribe were orphan brothers who were born in abject poverty and grew up as slaves like most of their fellow tribesmen. They were often mocked as the vanaras, the monkey men....

The story of the Ramayana had been told innumerable times. The enthralling story of Rama, the incarnation of God, who slew Ravana, the evil demon of darkness, is known to every Indian. And in the pages of history, as always, it is the version told by the victors that lives on....

The story of Ravana and his people has been told innumerable times. This is the Hindi translation of the number one national best seller. This saga is of victory and defeat - a story that has been tainted by India's oppressed and exploited caste for 3,000 years....

It might sound ridiculous, but it’s true! Himavan, the lord of the mountains, indeed had glorious wings under his grand snowy cloak. But thanks to the mischief-maker Narada, chaos ensued and the rest, well . . . went downhill! Narayana, Narayana....

Why did Rama have to take the help of the monkeys? A prank Vishnu once played on Narada, making him into a monkey, and Narada’s curse, is retold here….

Ravana tries various methods to entice Sita. He even appears as her father, Janaka, to persuade her, but she sees through his disguise….

Hanuman and the other Vanaras go further south in search of Sita. They face various impediments in their quest. They pass the barren land of Kaandu, and the fertile valley of Swayamprabha….

Rama conducts the funeral of Jatayu, the vulture/eagle that was killed while trying to stop Ravana abducting Sita. Can human morality be applied to birds and beasts? Folk versions say Rama went against nature by conducting a funeral for a bird, thus denying food to other creatures….

Rama promises the scavengers of the forest that in his next life he will compensate them for cremating Jatayu and thus denying them sustenance. The cycle of life is discussed….

This is the tale of Ravana's sister, Soorpanakha, a woman wronged by all the men she has ever loved – her brother, her husband, her lover….