Sita's Sister

From the bestselling author of Karna’s Wife, comes this book about Urmila, Sita’s sister and the neglected wife ofakshman, and one of the most overlooked characters in the Ramayana. As Sita prepares to go into exile, her younger sisters stay back at the doomed palace of Ayodhya, their smiles, hope and joy wiped away in a single stroke. And through the tears and the tragedy one woman of immense strength and conviction stands apart—Urmila, whose husband,akshman, has chosen to accompany his brother Ram to the forest rather than stay with his bride. She could have insisted on joiningakshman, as did Sita with Ram. But she did not. Why did she agree to beeft behind in the palace, waiting for her husband for fourteen painfullyong years?From the bestselling author of Karna’s Wife. The most detailed retelling of the story of theegendary Urmila,ittle known in mythology. A riveting combination of fact and fiction that will keep readers engrossed. In the same genre as other bestsellersike the Meluha series and Chanakya’s Chant.