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• vii • Introduction (Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana) • essay by Anil Menon
• xiii • Introduction (Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana) • essay by Vandana Singh
• 1 • The Ramayana As an American Reality Television Show: Internet Activity Following the Mutilation of Surpanakha • short story by Kuzhali Manickavel
• 12 • Exile • short story by Neelanjana Banerjee
• 38 • Making • short story by Aishwarya Subramanian
• 45 • The Good King • short story by Abha Dawesar
• 62 • The Mango Grove • short story by Julie Rosenthal
• 83 • Game of Asylum Seekers • short story by K. Srilata
• 91 • Day of the Deer • short story by Lavanya Karthik
• 101 • Weak Heart • short story by Tabish Khair
• 105 • Sita's Descent • short story by Indrapramit Das
• 115 • Great Disobedience • short story by Abirami Velliangiri
• 123 • Test of Fire • short story by Pervin Saket
• 127 • The Other Woman • short story by Manjula Padmanabhan
• 145 • This, Other World • [Earth (Lavie Tidhar)] • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• 159 • Fragments from the Book of Beauty • short story by Priya Sarukkai Chabria
• 174 • Kalyug Amended • short story by Molshree Ambastha
• 184 • Sita to Vaidehi - Another Journey • short story by Sucharita Dutta-Asane
• 199 • Petrichor • short story by Sharanya Manivannan
• 206 • The Princess in the Forest • short story by Mary Anne Mohanraj
• 216 • Sarama • short story by Deepak Unnikrishnan
• 230 • Regressions • short story by Swapna Kishore
• 255 • Machanu Visits the Underworld • short story by Tori Truslow
• 275 • Oblivion: A Journey • (2008) • short story by Vandana Singh
• 303 • Vaidehi and Her Earth Mother • short story by Pratap Reddy
• 315 • Falling Into the Earth • short story by Shweta Narayan