And so i Thought and Said

And with this, I do not want to offend anyone's religious sentiments or sensibilities. I duly apologise in advance because this post is aimed at asking a few logical questions and if you still want to feel offended- Please be my guest! So, we have been raised in a way that for most of us the most visual encounter of Ramayana has been courtesy Ramanand Sagar. We have grown up thinking of Ravan as that demonic figure with that exaggerated laughter who was the idle embodiment of evil. Soorpanakha was the evil sister who tried to seduce Lakshman and got her nose and ears cut in response. Vibheeshan was Ravan's brother who ditched him to be with truth and went and told secrets to Lord Rama, Lord Rama, the quintessential avatar of Lord Vishnu was the epitome of veracity and everything sane. So, the bone of contention was that Ravan abducted Sita Maa (Lord Ram's wife) and kept her at his place. Though a few television serials have shown that Ravan tried to desecrate the sa

Somedays you are just too tired- you are just on the verge of giving up. From the outset it might seem to others that what is it that is making you give up now when you have been through worse and yet held it on for yourself; if so much then, then why this small insignificant thing now? Ummm well, ever heard of breaking point? It is precisely the same thing in life too. You keep stretching yourself and stretch and further but then one day a small speck of a thing just lets you lose. It is like somehow the person is losing hope that things will be fine. It is not like you have a bad day, it is like you have killing days and then one day among them gets bad and you are like, why the hell is it me all the time? It is foolish to think that people will understand you there because all they end up saying is that everything will be fine! So, the people will say, He is giving you all this trouble because He wants you to be strong. Oh! C'mon what does He plan to make me into- a moun