THE PROMISE

The Promise is the second chapter of Vasantha Yogananthans long-term project A Myth of Two Souls, which offers a contemporary retel ling of The Ramayana. A seven-chapter tale first recorded by the Sanskrit poet Valmiki around 300 BC, The Ramayana is one of the fou nding epics of Hindu mythology.Since 2013, Yogananthan has been travelling from north to south India, retracing the itinerary of the epics heroes. Between fiction and reality, he deliberately blurs the lines through multiple aesthetic approaches: colour, hand-pai nted and i...[Read more]