Not Knowing the Value of Life

"Why is that your cruel, crooked, blackish and yellowish eyes do not fall to the ground while looking at me, O uncivilized one?" (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 22.18)

"Not Knowing the Value of Life" is a collection of twenty-four essays discussing verses from the Ramayana which deal with Sita's rebuke of Ravana and her hope of again seeing her husband Rama.