Sita

Israelite people’s exile to Babylon. A striking similarity is found in Sarga 39 of the Aranya Kanda, where the demon Maareecha advises Ravana that abducting Sita is a foolhardy endeavor that will surely be punished by the destruction of the entire demon race. Even after Ravana refuses to heed Maareecha’s warning, he is confronted again by Sita, Hanuman, and even his own wife Mandodari with similar warnings and prophesies foretelling the doom of his kingdom and people. In both texts, the message…

In an interview with Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell describes what it means to be a hero and all the requirements it encompasses. A hero to Campbell is someone who dedicates their life to something or someone other than themselves. The moral objective of being a hero, is saving something, whether it be an individual, a group of people, or an idea. He illustrates a picture that the hero performs at least one of two deeds, if not both; physical and spiritual. The physical deed is defined as the hero…

loyalty is also present in Indian culture through Rama and Sita. When Rama was heading into isolation,” Sita follows Rama because she says “[her] place is at [Rama’s] side wherever [he] may be…”Her dedication to Rama was matched only be his dedication to her. After Ravana took Sita, Rama searched endlessly for her. This loyalty not only proved their love for each other, but also illustrated the devotion expected to one’s partner. In addition to Sita, Rama also showed unquestioning loyalty to his…

Where Shall We Go This Summer emphasizes the universal need for human ties with Sita awakening to the fact that even sky and earth try to meet each other near the horizon. Fire on the Mountain conveys the message that running away from the human contacts are one’s kin is not a desirable proposition. Fasting Feasting depicts the strong…

CHAPTER 3: CRAFTMANSHIP IN THE WORKS OF RUSKIN BOND Bond is the master storyteller of the present age because he has developed his individual style of narration. His narration is marked with simplicity of tone and depth of meaning. Though, writing for him is a spontaneous overflow of emotions, his stories are carefully crafted. For him writing is a means of conversing with the world. He writes to ease his soul. He also believes that writing is an art, it needs as much devotion and love as an…

Fire, a Canadian film by Deepa Mehta released in 1996 is an inspiration for those who seek to improve the imperfection/restrictions of a Canadian conceptualization of what is a true “Canadian” film Mehta explores the social injustices that remain internationally that impede humanity’s growth. Mehta is a modern-day renaissance “woman” encompassing notable distinctions as a director, producer, and screenwriter. Mehta’s unique exposure to Indian culture throughout her childhood and her immigration…

In general structural theories and frameworks consider narratives in universal terms, denying often the cultural, historical, and geographical or gender specificity of narratives, authors, readers and narrators. Such unifying analysis and interpretation have been found lacking in expanse by the exponents of Feminist Narratology like Susan Lanser, Kathy Mezei and Moly Hite. According to them the discourse of arrangement of components in narratives and their narration through a fictional or real…

the next king instead of Rama and to fulfil this desire, Queen Kaikeyi used the vows King Dashrath once made to her. These two vows were; her son will be the next King of Ayodhya even though Rama was the eldest and Rama would be exiled with his wife Sita, to the forest for fourteen years. Queen Kaikeyi’s son, Bharata was against this wrong doing as Rama was the next rightful king of…

Rough Draft We walked down the aisle passing by cage after cage, listening to the deafening sound of hundreds of dogs barking. Cheryl, the vintner coordinator, tried to tell us about some of the dogs, but with the amount of noise all we could do was nod and pretend like we understood. I kept my eyes open for dogs that would be fun to walk after our orientation. And out of the corner of my eye I saw a ghost of a dog. Since I was seven years old my family and I have fostered dogs for the Animal…

northern India and it follows the main character Rama, crowned prince of Ayodhya, who is a god on earth. In the epic, Rama’s wife Sita is abducted by Ravena, who is the demon ruler of the island Lanka. In the story Rama is on a mission to rescue Sita and enlists the help of a monkey army lead by the Monkey god Hanuman. In the end they defeat the demon army and rescue sita. Rama is considered the ideal ruler and is the seventh avatar of…