there, those many countless thousands of years ago, across the field loomed a massive, war-ready chariot on which stood king ravan armed with weapons and sheaths and shields followed by a wellequipped army eager to unleash its demonic power. on other side of the field stood two young and fearless men ram, and laxman backed by a strange army of soldiers whose identity could shock anyone out of wits. though he was confident of his own warfaring skills, laxman asked his brother ram, in effect, how