Reading of 'The Mahavarata' or 'The Ramayana'.

Well, if they live in India, maybe half? I don't live in India and I have read the first two books in Ramayana by 'thief-turned-sage'. Now if I want to read the other five books, I'd have to read the whole series from the beginning, I've forgotten so much about it. What stopped me from reading the books after the second book was the simple reason of there not being any other books. Now I can download e-books of Ramayana. I intend to read 'Mahabharata' when I have the time, right now I'm busy with Tammsaare's books.

Oh these are the ever green epics of all times! I am a person who can say that I have read these two epics.These are the verses written in Sanskrit by the great sages Valmiki(Ramayana) and Vyasa (Maha Bharat) In fact these are so famous that they are rewritten and presented by many authors in simplified form for masses.For that matter when I was kid we used to get Amar Chitra Katha, the comic books and these were the hot cakes in this series. apart from this then there used to be a Magazine, I really don't know if it exists today for children by name 'Chanda mama' and 'Bala Mitra' where these epics would appear as serials. Apart from these almost in every magazines on day to day basis some or other episode from these epics are quoted or discussed. I think almost every body who is interested in literature must have gone through these books. Ramayana written by an Indian author R K Narayan is a must for any Indian book collector's library.We normally don't keep Mahabharata at Homes I don't have any book on Mahabharata. But I got Bhgavat Geeta with me. In India also these epics for the convenience of people have been translated into various language and given various names with which they are famous. It would be difficult here to talk about these epics as each kanda would take several pages to summarise in Ramayana and each chapter would take a form of book to describe Mahabharata. Indeed it was a nice topic of discussion initiated and I like participation! Thanks !

I have not read the texts, but I have seen the play "The Ramayana" in Indonesia once while visiting there. It was a very glorious performance, very colorful and beautiful. The story is very interesting too. I know this play is performed in other countries in Southeast Asia region too.