Free book online: Many Ramayanas

Most of the free books online are public domain books published before 1923, but the University of California Press has a wonderful collection of free books online, and some of them are about India! Here's one you might be interested in:

Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia edited by Paula Richman. See the table of contents below!

LARGER PATTERNS

• Introduction: the Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition
• Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation
• Ramayana, Rama Jataka, and Ramakien: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Buddhist Traditions

TELLINGS AS REFASHIONING AND OPPOSITION

• The Mutilation of Surpanakha
• Fire and Flood: The Testing of Sita in Kampan's Iramavataram
• A Ramayana of Their Own: Women's Oral Tradition in Telugu
• Seven The Raja's New Clothes: Redressing Ravana in Meghanadavadha Kavya
• Eight Creating Conversations: The Rama Story as Puppet Play in Kerala

TELLINGS AS COMMENTARY AND PROGRAMS FOR ACTION

• E. V. Ramasami's Reading of the Ramayana
• Ramayana Exegesis in Tenkalai Srivaisnavism
• The Secret Life of Ramcandra of Ayodhya
• Personalizing the Ramayan: Ramnamis and Their Use of the Ramcaritmanas