Ayodhya. The night before Dasaradh is announcing Sriram as the king. A woman climbs the stairs of the palace. And the palace is so incandescent, so silver, as if it is radiating light but not the moon. The woman reaches the Kaikeyi’s chambers, where the queen is sleeping in peace like a still lake. She enters the chambers by bursting open the door. A bold move for a servant. After this night, it’s said as the Kaikeyi before and after Manthara.
The woman, Manthara.
The woman who starts a new era within an era.
(Now, their conversation in the modern lyrical style)
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24 JAN 2022 AT 10:12