The Ramayana, one of the world's greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel. The Forest of Enchantments is a very human story of some of the other women in the epic, often misunderstood and relegated to the margins: Kaikeyi, Surpanakha, Mandodari. A comment on duty, betrayal, infidelity and honour, it is also about women s struggle to retain autonomy in a world that privileges men, as Chitra transforms an ancient story into a contemporary battle of wills, with the underlying question: How should women be treated by their loved ones? What are their rights in a relationship? When does a woman need to stand up and say, Enough!