Ramayana: The Alternate Perspective
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