Similarly the truth is to be enquired step by step” – Sage Vasistha to young Rama in “Yoga Vasistha” “ The truth has to be realized layer by layer just as when you peel each layer from the stem of banana, another layer is revealed. THE REAL REASON FOR THE BANISHMENT OF SITA The attempt to distort the real meaning of “ Sita’s banishment ” to banish Rama from our lives is real.īe it the recent decision in West Bengal to replace the word “Ram” in all textbooks or the mass conditioning of Hindus by bombarding them with partisan commentaries of our scriptures has to be stopped.Īs we celebrate the National Girl Child week, it is apt to ponder upon the Banishment of Sita and examine it so that we understand the real meaning why it occurred. However, the misrepresentation of selective parts to arrive at a shallow conclusion and label Hindu culture as misogynist, chauvinist, regressive and sexist has to be stopped.
The scripture of Ramayana is one of the bedrock of Hindu culture and full of wisdom. Unfortunately the bookstores (online and offline) are inundated with the books of people like him. Sample 3: He pays homage to his Guru, Wendy Donigerĭevdutt Pattnaik is the single most manipulative and misguided writer clearly working with an organization’s vested interest.
His profound unveiling of our scriptures (courtesy: ) Sample this from the website of the “Just Retelling” Author. While Wendy’s book was a direct attack on our culture, Devdutt Patnaik must be commended upon his Machiavellian strategy of ‘just re-telling facts’ in his books and creating reasonable doubts in the mind of people.
Most popular among them, is the self-proclaimed Indian scholar on Hinduism – Devdutt Patnaik.
She still lives very much in India through her admirers and her supported writers. They haven’t actually read her book!īut in our naivety, if we assume that Wendy Doniger’s book is banned in India, we are very wrong. Almost every time (and I am not kidding) they are actually shocked that she has written such things. It is amusing for me to converse with pseudo liberals who harp about the intolerance and injustice done to Wendy Doniger by banning her book, until I actually recite instances from her books. Her book has only one purpose and that is to create a fake, parallel translation of Hindu Gods and culture that will make gullible people ashamed about this glorious religion and gradually turn the coming generations against their culture or make them seek solace in other religions. Thousands of liberals extended their support to Wendy Doniger – the rich, white scholar on Hinduism who had disdained to teach Indians the truth about their scriptures but these savages had victimized her. I recall that when Wendy’s book was retracted by the publisher in India, a national daily carried a headline on how this was a dark day for freedom of expression in India. In fact, a cursory search for the banishment of Sita online will lead to alarming commentaries by comparative religion experts, liberal atheists, suave feminists and supporters of conversion masquerading as evangelists. This one act of Rama tests the faith of devotees and gives credibility to organizations and people who term Hindu culture as repressive. Significantly, the moment Rama kicks Sita out for the second time, comes directly after a long passage in which Rama makes love to Sita passionately, drinks wine with her, for many days on end the banishment comes as a direct reaction against the sensual indulgence.“ The banishment of a pregnant Sita by Rama in the Ramayana remains the most troubling and perplexing event for many Indian people. Rama banishes Sita as Dasharatha has banished Rama. “Rama thinks that sex is putting him in political danger (keeping his allegedly unchaste wife will make the people revolt), but in fact he has it backward: Politics is driving Rama to make a sexual and religious mistake public concerns make him banish the wife he loves.