The Shri Rama saga is so infinite that there literally are thousands of versions thereof. Each re-vision would have its own interpretation of the major events of the Ramayana story.
Today let us talk of two incidents which I would like to interpret from a woman's, and from a contemporaneous, point of view. The first is about the Lakshman Rekha. Sita crosses it, albeit due to kindness of heart and a willingness to fulfil her duty of offering food to a 'sadhu'. Contemporaneously, there is no such Lakshman Rekha possible at all. Why, what with the new tech, the private-most sphere is accessible as well. The tragedy of this borderless world is that there are Ravana's galore, and everywhere!
Now let us attempt the second contemporaneous interpretation. After her abduction, Sita was harassed every possible way so that she would accept Ravana's proposal. As she refused to budge an inch, his subterfuge was to don Rama's identity to lure her.
She saw through the game for sure. The real tragedy for Ravana was that having assumed Rama-ness, the absolute purity thus instilled in him would not allow him even to glance in her direction. How I wish the very many Ravana's now, present at every footstep, are thus neutralised of their negativities!
Pratima@ In memoriam of Tulsidas whose birth anniversary was recently celebrated, and as a counter to the very many Kalkata's everywhere.
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