The ‘Ramayana in 21st Century’

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 I have had this random thought of what would Ramayana be like if it happened in today's world? Well, here is how it felt it would be like - 



The Scene:   When Rama got married and got ready for the Coronation event, and then he had to go to the forest instead of becoming a King.

The Reactions : 

Now, that's going to be big news on TV saying -" The King of Ayodhya is sending his son to the Forest. Coronation canceled. What would be the reasons?"

And the in-home situations might be like this (if the people were from today) - 

   "Ah! I know this lady is the reason. She entered my son's life and there you go, he who had to become a king is now going to the forest."

"Look at what happened to my son, Lakshmana - he is going to accompany his brother? He cannot become the King either agh! No happiness for my son and my daughter-in-law is sleeping for years."

  " Oh! you, Viswamitra, what kind of a girl have you chosen for my boy."

" Oh! you all, I thought I am getting my daughter married into a great family. Not to someone who is going to the forests."

"blah blah blah...!"

Media, on the other hand, taking public polls on what's going to happen and stuff.

Guess what? All this puts 'extra' pressure on Rama's head with the already existing problem. Now he had to worry about the family not understanding the situation and the public taking this as a topic for their gossip. Also, the media today puts anything anywhere in no time.

I guess this shows why a person cannot be like Rama just like that. It is not just Rama, not just Sita but the cooperation and understanding of everyone back then that helped them be the way they were. Otherwise, they would have spent half the time arguing and dealing with nonsense and probably would run out of patience, in the end, all this leading to nowhere.


We want people to perform well, and compare them with the best performers but forget about the situations around them.


If you need a result, the process matters. And the 'process' is dependent/includes the scenarios and situations as well.


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