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Student Narrative
The Ramayana is a key scripture of Hinduism in which the main hero, Rama, saves his wife, Sita, from a demon king, Ravana, after a long journey and violent war. The interpretations of the Ramayana differ across countries like India and Thailand, including the ending: is Sita engulfed by the Earth, or are Rama and Sita enthroned? The idea of a book as not only a book, but an object of remembrance and obscurity, deviates from the original telling of the Ramayana, bringing light to the stories of Sita and Ravana's perspective.
Publication Date
Fall 10-1-2025
Description
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2029
Major
Experimental and Foundation Studies
Faculty / Course
Hugo Nakashima-Brown, Spatial Dynamics
Materials + Techniques
Wood, thread, yarn, chains, pins, acrylic paint
Recommended Citation
Mallik, Pallavi; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "ராமாயணம் (Ramayana)" (2025). 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026. 36.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest12th2026/36