What is relation between Khara and Samichi? (Sita-Warrior of Mithila)

jayyogeswarusa

The question is for Amish Tripathi books Lover.

What is the relationship of Khara and Samichi isone of the questions that pops up in your mind if you completed reading Sita -Warrior of Mithila.  

KHARA

In Sita- Warrior of Mithila, there is not much of the description of Khara. The book is about the life of Devi Sitaand it unfolds the events starting from her birth to how she got kidnapped byRaavan’s soldiers.

Mostly, we know about Khara from the initial chapters of thesecond book - Sita. He tortured Jatayu, so that Sita would reveal herself asshe was hiding behind the trees and observing all this. It was because of him,that Sita had to come out to protect his brother -Jatayuji. She did come. ButKhara was very cruel. He killed Jatayu. This infuriated Sita and she shot anarrow from behind the trees. The arrow pierced his head and itkilled him instantly.

If you want to know Amish'sdescription of Khara then you have to wait for the next book, Raavan - Theorphan of Aryavarta, because Khara was the cousin of Raavanandalso a captain of his army. In fact there were Khara and Dushan according toValmiki Ramayan. They were brothers. But Sita-Warrior of Mithila does notmention Dushan anywhere in the book. We might find Dushan in the next book.

The names in mythology are in Sanskrit and if you see ameaning of Khara you will find that it means hard,harsh,rough orcruel. He was like this, wasn’t he?

Anyway, characters like this are not described in detail inmost of our old scriptures. Some other versions like Tulsidas Ramayan, KambRamayan or Nama Ramayan might have it or maybe a folktale. Amish does a lot ofresearch and have some of his own interpretation in writing the book. I thinkhe is doing a great job in unfolding the mystery of Indian mythology that wewould not have known otherwise.

SAMICHI

Ancient Ramayan textures did not mention Samichi anywherein the book. So she is totally a new character for us unlike Khara. I willtry to explain her a little from Sita - Warrior of Mithila.

     “Willing breaths into her body,she looked again at face of her attacker. The one who had wanted to kill herfew moments ago. The one who had strong emotions for Khara. The one who was incomplete control of Raavan. Samichi.” (Sita-Warrior of Mithila)

The name Samichi means -Praise. From the shortbooklet (Preview of Ravana-Orphan of Aryavarta Preview) it was clear that Kharaand Samichi were related somehow. Because Khara’s death angered her so muchthat she wanted to kill Sita. Both Khara and Samichi seem of same age. So theycan be family related or lovers. Both can be possible.

Now, in the book Sita Warrior of Mithila, the first mentionof Samichi was when she saved Sita from the street boys. She was brave forsure. This is where Sita started admiring her and they became friends later. Wenow know that she obeyed Raavan (Irava). She was faithful to him. What wasRaavan’s purpose? I leave that for you to figure out.

But one thing is completely unclear. How didRaavan and his army knew that Sita is the great Vishnu? You mightthink that Samichi must have something to do with it. But Sita never told her.Sita told Radhika but not Samichi. Samichi was obviously intrigued by her tripsaround the country but Sita told her that they were for trade & diplomaticpurposes and Samichi believed it or pretended to. But in the final battle, Samichiis going to be in great conflict whether to obey Raavan or help Sita, becauseshe obviously was a true friend to Sita.

Amish purposely leaves this kind of questions for readers tothink and is good at it. Obviously he left some clues but they are not enoughto figure out the mystery completely. So can you guess something?

theReddy

Are these books mythological fiction?

jayyogeswarusa

theReddy 18-4-2018 11:48 PM
Are these books mythological fiction?

Yes. Amith Tripathi is well known for the mythofiction.