PADMAVATI : A conundrum
PADMAVATI: A conundrum If we start from the very beginning, the genesis of once upon a time of this tale, was a poet's creativity which gave birth to a character whose beauty echoed far away, whose existence was cause of war between kings, whose final sacrifice was a symbol of strength for the coming generations of women. A piece of art so strong that after centuries it has taken a nation of 1.3 billion by storm. Padmavati: A 21st century conundrum. The earliest mention of Rani Padmavati is in the epic poem written by a Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540. When Ratan Sen, the Rajput ruler of Chittor heard about the divine beauty of Padmavati from a talking parrot. After going through many trails he finally wins her hands. But by than, the stories of her beauty had reached the streets of Delhi. Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi wage war to gain Padmavati. Devpal another of Rani's admirer after a combat kills Ratan Sen. When the siege is over, the castle falls,...