“The first attempt to write Ravan's story, instead of Ram's story was perhaps made by Acharya Chatursen in his 'Vayam Rakshamah'. This work is significant, because in the entire history, for the first time all the episodes of Ram's story were depicted from the point of view of Ravan. Tulsi tried to make it popular among the masses by writing a devotional story, while Acharya Chatursen used his knowledge and eruditeness. Over a period of time Madan Mohan Sharma 'Shahi' in his book 'Lankeshwar' attempted the same thing. In this series Anand Neelkanthan made an appreciable attempt. His 'Asura :Tale of the Vanquished' portrays Ravan with facts and logic. Apart from these three, I have not come across any work that portrays Ram's story from Ravan's view point.”