We also identify Ram in the folk-cultures not as a victor, rather as a family person- sometimes, as Nirala Bidesia points out, as a ‘son-in-law’ in Purabiya folk culture of Bihar. While, we tread through different forms of Ramayana as received in different religions and regions, we meet Sushma Asur from Jharkhand who considers herself as the descendant of Mahishashura, the mythological buffalo king who was killed by goddess Durga to establish the rules of good over the evils. Taking to our editor, Sushma Asur talks about the formless God they believe in. “I was born in the Asur community, a tribe that descends from Mahishasura. We don’t know Ramayana. We are tribals. Our god is formless. We believe in nature and ancestors. Long ago, we would not step out of the house during Dussehra,” Sushma reveals.