Okay let's discuss #Ram_Leela and why Ravana's effigy should be or should not be burnt.
Its true(as per mythology) that he abducted Sita. Not because he was a womenizer but it was sort of revenge for what Lakshman did to soorpnaka. Because if he were a womenizer, he would have done unspeakable immoral things to Sita. And Sita wouldn't have passed the fire test which was given to her by her Husband to prove her purity to himself and to the world.
If just abducting a women is such a crime that needs to be condemned by burning effigies, then i am on board. Women are not properties and should not be treated as such. Let's burn effigies of Ravana for the self-respect and dignity of women in India.
But hang on a second. Read my second point now.
3 out of 8 marriages recognised in Vedic literature are not really any different from what Ravana did. Asura vivaha, Paisacha vivaha and Rakshasha vivaha states that a women could be bought & be married to, a women can be abducted/kidnapped & married to and she can be rapped and be married to.
Thirdly, Bhishma abducted Gandhari to marry her to Drithurashtra. Krishna Abducted Rukhmini and married her.
Then Why call Bhishma as Pithahma, Krishna a God and Yudhistir as Dharma who gambled his wife away. And last but not the least why call someone Maryadha purshotam who abandoned his pregnant wife in a forest just because society was bad mouthing about her.
Morals should be objective. They shall not change person to person.
If burning Ravana's effigy is necessary to bring respect and dignity to women, then burning effigies of Bhishma, Krishna, Ram and Yudhistir is absolutely necessary.
Its true(as per mythology) that he abducted Sita. Not because he was a womenizer but it was sort of revenge for what Lakshman did to soorpnaka. Because if he were a womenizer, he would have done unspeakable immoral things to Sita. And Sita wouldn't have passed the fire test which was given to her by her Husband to prove her purity to himself and to the world.
If just abducting a women is such a crime that needs to be condemned by burning effigies, then i am on board. Women are not properties and should not be treated as such. Let's burn effigies of Ravana for the self-respect and dignity of women in India.
But hang on a second. Read my second point now.
3 out of 8 marriages recognised in Vedic literature are not really any different from what Ravana did. Asura vivaha, Paisacha vivaha and Rakshasha vivaha states that a women could be bought & be married to, a women can be abducted/kidnapped & married to and she can be rapped and be married to.
Thirdly, Bhishma abducted Gandhari to marry her to Drithurashtra. Krishna Abducted Rukhmini and married her.
Then Why call Bhishma as Pithahma, Krishna a God and Yudhistir as Dharma who gambled his wife away. And last but not the least why call someone Maryadha purshotam who abandoned his pregnant wife in a forest just because society was bad mouthing about her.
Morals should be objective. They shall not change person to person.
If burning Ravana's effigy is necessary to bring respect and dignity to women, then burning effigies of Bhishma, Krishna, Ram and Yudhistir is absolutely necessary.
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