sir, telling or narrating stories is one thing, and being faithful to a single text is another thing as far as mythology is concerned, and it is all the more so in the Indian Context..
The same story line with local and ideological modifications have been effected in the case of Ramayanam, especially..
And even in a single text, there are many versions with even major variations..
Almost all stories on Ramayana must have been taken from the Adikavya of Valmiki, but many authors and interpreters have deliberately or unwittingly added many things,,, and would have kept silent on many things too..
Even the narration by the greats like Rajaji or Kamala Subramaniam should be approached from that angle..
When we have varied interpretations in History itself, we have to expect that all the more in fictions with only sparse dependence on history or chronology..
And I for one feel a lot of anxiety when issues in mythology are twisted beyond any reasonable sense by some suave writers, who mix their own imagination and command over some language more than the contents of any text, and try to convince, and often even succeed in doing so vis a vis the gullible readers...
Many stories appearing in the web are like that..
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