The artists commissioned by Rana Jagat Singh of Mewar in the mid-17th century to create an illustrated Ramayan certainly didn t mind putting a thick twirl on the upper lip of a blue-skinned Ram. To modern eyes, this version of Ram looks more like Indrajit (Ravan s fine-looking and wonderfully named, but left unsurnamed son) than Ravi Varma s upstanding Citizen No. 1.