Though they both tell about the same epic,valmiki's in Sanskrit while kamban's in tamil. Also valmiki's had written the epic same as the real story and didn't modified any part of the story but kamban added some of his imagination.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.