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All adult rakshasas in Lanka having been killed along with Ravana, their king, by Ram and his Vanara army, their young, sex-starved widows set out for neighbouring islands in search of men they could woo and marry. The leader of this romantic expedition is an intrepid princess of the royal family who would stop at nothing in her quest for a true lover. She finds one at last in a member of the enemy race. Their unholy union leads to cataclysmic events culminating in the founding of a new empire, with its own civilization, on the ruins of the old. Essentially a graphic account of the thrilling adventures of the daring rakshasi princess and her equally brave Vanara lover, 'Vanaloore Shining' is also a reminder that Ravana's imperialist Lanka has been an ever present reality throughout our history and still is. Perhaps this is how its creator, sage-poet Val envisioned it.