Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet

India's biggest epics transit to Web 2.0

Kalady ( Kerala) based Malayalam professor P.R. Harikumar of the Sree Sankara College has created an e-book version of Adhyatma Ramayanam the most widely read Malayalam language version of the Ramayana, written during the 16^th century by Thunchathu Ezhuthachan – and placed it for free download on his web page (http://www.prharikumar.net/ramayanam_e-book ).

The 500 page e-book – all six kandas or books from Balakandam to Udhakandam -- convert to a 1 MB PDF file.

Harikumar has earlier created mobile editions of Adhyatma Ramayanam in Malayalam and Thirukkural in Tamil. He also presented India's first Phone Novel-'Neelakkannukal'(Blue Eyes) in Malayalam and directed India's first Pocket Film- 'A boy in his time', for mobile viewing (Fiction on your hand-phone! http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/26/stories/2006112600661100.htm )

Ezhuthachan’s Adhyatma Ramayanam is seeing a sudden return to popularity among Keralites these days: Both leading Malayalam dailies Mathrubhoomi and Malayala Manorama have published annotated versions, as have Kerala based publisher including DC Books and Siso Books. The ongoing “Ramayana month” of Karikadakom now ongoing, has seen another spurt in interest.

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UK-based lecturer of journalism and communication Chindu Sreedharan of Bournemouth University has reduced the Mahabharata to 140-character tweets on Twitter . He has chosen to tell the story through the eyes of Bhima reported Mail Today, Delhi(http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54382&sectionid=4&secid=&Itemid=1&issueid=116 ) and New Indian Express , Kerala editions (http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Mahabharata+being+retold+on+Twitter&artid=QSk5CTB4LQg=&SectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=X7s7i|xOZ5Y=&SEO= )

Follow Sreedharan’s Mahabharata tweet at http://twitter.com/epicretold

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	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by BASITH on January 04, 2012
	"WHAT IS MAHABARHATA"

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by manoj on 07, 2011
	"i need mahabharatha,..."

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by sreejith on 02, 2011
	"geethoubadesham"

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by sreejith on 02, 2011
	"geethoubadesham"

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by sudeshnarayanan on July 19, 2011
	"Dear Sir, Unable to find your mobile edition Adhyatma Ramayana,kindly help me!"

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by Bubba on July 10, 2011
	"Articles like these put the cosnmuer in the driver seatÂvery important."

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by Bubba on July 10, 2011
	"Articles like these put the cosnmuer in the driver seatvery important."

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by Narayanankutty on July 27, 2010
	"Dear Harikumar Sir, You have done a wounderfull work. I read your Ramayanam. You may be kind enough to make other great books also in this way. Regards Narayanankutty "

	Ramayana is now free e-book; Mahabharata is a tweet by Rajeevkumar on January 21, 2012
	"Dear Sir, You have done an Excellant service. The internet technologies should be used for such nice causes. Can you please make available 'Sree Maha Bhagavatham' also this way - PRANAMAM."