Ramayana is our favourite Indian epic. Did you know Ramayana has inspired some great stories of toady's period? From Romeo and Juliet to star wars a beautiful princess is kidnapped by a young handsome hero rescues her with the help of a small army and one particular half-human sidekick of immense strength. Doesn't this remind you of something? George Lucas said that he was inspired by RAYAMANA. even in next point, I will tell you some of the favourite stories and what I thought for epic.
One of the great things about RAMAYANA starts with something so fundamental. That it becomes universal. The great epic Rayamana starts with a basic question. Is there a perfect man? Valmiki the saint who conceived Ramayana asked Narad muni a question that ”Is there a perfect man?” That's when Narad mentioned the hero of our story prince ram. Who was as kind as he was brave and his skills as a warrior could only be surpassed by his love? Later on, Valmiki saw two birds madly in love and hunter kill one of those birds and leaving the other one in grief. So what extent will the bird go to get his lover back? The idea of separation that was captured initially in Ramayana inspired many modern stories and it is a recurring theme in many movies, many novels of our duration. What makes Ramayana so great is that the core idea that is so universal that it is timeless.
Ram a perfect man in less than perfect world. The popular story of Ramayana is the story that we tell our kids ends with the prince ram returning to Ayodhya but the real ending goes further. Sita goes through Agnipriksha for the prince to show that she's pure. But the Praja the people demand one more test. Sita who is devoted to her husband and owes no explanation to the public. But now prince ram is king ram and king owes everything to his people. This is where Ramayan asks a question about betrayal. Betrayal doesn't depend on how much or how deeply you love someone. It depends on the magnitude of the dilemma that's put in front of you. Sita decides to live her remaining life in the forest without her husband. Sita is taken away from the king one again. But this time, not because of evil but a social evil. The imperfect world that surrounds us. Ram is the perfect man. He has dedicated his life to his duty. But which duty comes first? His duty as a husband? Or his duty as a King? It is a question that Ramayana puts forward. There is no answer. The answer is subjective. The big villain of the story is not Ravan. It's expectations and how do you defeat expectations? That you will see it here.
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