“The worst enemy a man can ever have is the one who was once his best friend.
                                      ― Amish Tripathi, Sita: Warrior of Mithila

If you were searching for a book about a warrior female protagonist, Amish has put a stop to your hunt. In this blog, we will be reviewing the fifth book of Amishverse and the Second book of the Ram Chandra series based on the life of Princess Sita, The Princess of Mithila and the wife of Lord Ram Sita: Warrior of Mithila.


My Rating -  ★★★★★

Publisher - Westland Ltd

Genre - Mythological Fiction

Publishing year - 2017

Language -English

ISBN - 9789356290914

Pages - 333



My Review 

“Ram wanted to marry a woman in front of whom he would be compelled to bow his head in admiration.”
                                   ― Amish Tripathi, Sita: Warrior of Mithila

The book centre around the life of Sita, the adopted daughter of King Janak, the king of Mithila and his wife Sunaina. Sita was found by the royal couple when they were returning from a religious trip with a desire to have a child and their desire was quenched when they found a child being protected by a vulture from wild dogs in the middle of the jungle. They protected the Child and named her Sita and raised her as their own.

King Janak has little interest in ruling a kingdom and is well known for his monk-like nature and so the kingdom is in the hand of queen Sunaina, who oversees all administrative work. Sita who has been sent to the ashram of Rishi Shvetaketu for her studies has returned to the kingdom after completing her studies. She has mastered martial arts as well as many other different subjects. Impressed by her knowledge and skills, Maharishi Vishvamitra—head of the Malayaputra tribe who is in the search of seventh Vishnu, elects her as their candidate for the seventh Vishnu and tells her to keep it a secret.

Amish has shown Sita as a very powerful character, who after the death of her mother has been made Prime Minister of the kingdom. She not only has to take care of her sister Urmila but also has to administer Mithila, a mere shadow of a once glorious city. It is severely affected by poverty and the city population is starving. 

One thing that stands out in the book is the Amish portrayal of Sita, unlike other books where Sita is mainly shown as the wife of Lord Ram and has little significance in the story but in this book, she is shown as a powerful lady who has brought reforms in her kingdom, protected her kingdom from outside threat and has an impact in her husband's every decision.

This is the first time Amish has illustrated a female as a central character in his volume and this should be praised as this is missing from most of the Indian fiction category and we need more books on our female celebrities 😊