An introduction to Thailand's adaptation of Valmiki's classic epic tale, the Ramayana. This series of podcasts, will tell the full story of the Thai Ramakien, as it has never been told before, and will be looked at in multiple ways, and from multiple angles, including the cultural, literary and anthropological way. Comparisons will be raised, and examined, to investigate the differences, between The hermit sage Valmiki's original classic of Vedic times, and the Thai Buddhist adaptation