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\"\"See I know this blog is about teenage, but I recently saw something which affected me so deeply, that I felt to share it with you readers. Ramayana was started again on the television; it was seen as good step, as people could now learn the great teachings of Ramayana in this tough period of lockdown. It was seen as something which will unite and uplift the hopes of the nation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Ramayana was interesting, though in the end it became bizarre! All of you must know the story of Ramayana, but if you don\u2019t, in short,<\/span> Rama<\/span><\/a> Ji is the virtuous, wise, and powerful prince of Ayodhya;<\/span> he was <\/span>born during an age when the demon\u00a0Ravana<\/span><\/a>\u00a0terrorized the world. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"As a young man, he is able to accomplish what no other man has ever done: he lifts and strings the bow of\u00a0Siva<\/span><\/a>, and by doing so he earns the right to marry the beautiful\u00a0Sita<\/span><\/a> Ji. Just when he is about to ascend the throne of Ayodhya, his father Dasaratha is forced to exile him for fourteen years to the forest due to a vow made long ago.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rama Ji accepts his exile; his wife Sita Ji and his loyal brother\u00a0Lakshmana<\/span><\/a> Ji accompany him. In the forest, the brothers kill many demons and visit many wise men and women. The evil demon Ravana hears of Sita Ji\u2019s beauty, and kidnaps her. He has fallen in love with her. Desperate to win her back, Rama Ji and Lakshmana Ji form an alliance with the monkey king\u00a0Sugriva<\/span><\/a>, and invade Lanka with an army of monkeys. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

After many violent battles, Rama Ji defeats Ravana and wins back Sita Ji. After returning to Ayodhya, Rama Ji hears his people gossiping about Sita Ji\u2019s \u201cPurity\u201d, and influenced by this he banishes her to the forest, where she gives birth to Rama Ji\u2019s twin sons. Sita Ji and the children confront him years later; even then Rama Ji asks her again to prove her \u201cpurity\u201d, to satisfy his subject\u2019s concerns, but this time Sita Ji had had enough and she vanishes into the earth to escape him. (Note that there have been many versions of Ramayana written, this is the summary of the one which was being shown on our televisions)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the end, all I want to ask is what was the point of the war? Millions of creatures died in the war, and in the end, Sita Ji got so fed up that she just went away! Like even in Satyuga the position of women was so bad, this fact hurts that in the golden era of our country, women even then had to face discrimination! Though if we try to see this image doesn\u2019t only depict what happened in that era, but also depicts what happens today! Why women are still asked to give an \u201cAgni Pariksha on every next step? Sita Ji died in vain, and for what? Just to satisfy Rama Ji\u2019s ego. I\u2019m not against anyone and I don\u2019t mean to offend any community or religion, but what was depicted in Ramayana was really depressing. Sita Ji was made to live a life of hell, what mistake did she do? She just got stuck between two egoistic men Rama Ji and Rawana, for them she was an object, a trophy stating superiority in this world. This kind of mentality still persists in many minds. I can\u2019t change this mentality, but I can just ask you that even though it was a mythological story, ask yourselves that everything that happened, was it justified? Everything happening is it justified?\u00a0
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