It's basically the same story, but instead of Valmiki writing the story from a male perspective, the story is told by Sita. Arni was not the first person to rewrite the Ramayana from a female perspective. A Bengali writer Chandrabati also narrated the Ramayana (Moreillon, 1). In his book he does not include the story of Rama at all (Sen, 166). While in Valmiki's version, the story revolves around Rama. It is interesting how no one knows his literary work (Sen, 164). This could probably be due to the importance given to women in the