The Ramayana, one of the the world's epics,is also a tragic love story. in this brilliant retelling Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places sita at the centre of the novel this is Sita's version. The Forest of Enchantments is also a very human story of some of the other women in this epic, often misuderstood and relegated to the margins. Kaikeyi Surpanakha. Mandodari. A powerful comment on duty, betrayal,infidelity and honor, it is about women's struggle to retain autonomy in a world that privileges men.