I am writing this just because i want to write something interesting. This is going to be a long long story so i am not sure if i will be able to finish it tonight. Further, I know many will find it unreasonable when i will start toying with, Why Ravan (The Villon of Ramayan) could be something more than what we understand or why Nathuram was not a mad man as is told in our school books or why Gandhi may not as good as we believe him to be. My apologies to them & please mind it, i sincerely do not intend to hurt any one's feelings.
It is certainly a matter of grief that our education system & our society has closed its doors to imagination. Kids are made to believe as they are told & at the same time we expect them to be Creative & artistic; after all the world is competitive. ;-)
As we all know, a 10 head Ravan is set on fire every year on Dusshera Festival of HIndus. Now why do we make a ten headed Ravan. A human practically can't have 10 heads since i think 2-3 still could be attached to neck/throat but 10.. give me a break
There are not many versions of why He had 10 heads. However some say He was so intelligent that He could work & think as much as 10 person together would do. A lost hindu version could be the event when he asked Lord shiva to accompany him to Lanka from Kailash mountains forever. He cut his head with a sword saying i will not live if you wouldn't come along & Lord shiva brought him back to life. The same sequence was repeated 10 times before Lord shiva said "ok, but if you really want to take me to Lanka then you will need to carry me with Kailasha & that too without putting me on earth even a single time.
One another reason could be 10 great things about him, which was not so easy to find in one man. He was a great warrior, a kind King, a great scientist, a devout & some more which our history books skipped. The fact that SITA remained untouched after being in his custody speaks for his humanity itself. Anyways i will not limit this to just Ravan or any religion so i will give in some more examples.
Our history books tell us that Nathuram Godse was a mad man & he killed Mahatma Gandhi. Most of the grown ups today know that he was not mad but We do have a negative impression regarding Nathuram. If his acts were wrong, then why isn't the decision left to those who are studying the history?
I remember once i asked my friend about a traditional thing Hindus do. Hindus have a tradition of putting oil on main door whenever some relatives/guests are expected home. I wonder if anyone knows the purpose. During a discussion an idea popped up in someone's mind sometime back, that the reason for this could be the noise made by wooden doors. The idea was very much suitable since in old times wooden doors were used as a main door of house & they were always prone to rain water, which will ulimately result in doors making noise. My two friends started laughing at this & they found it really funny. Well one of them is still with me & i didn't feel bad at all. But i felt that Even literates have closed their minds to original thoughts then how can we expect an illiterate to behave in a socially responsible manner. I think we are asking for too much from somebody who is too busy in arranging food for his family.
once my causin told me it was impossible to fix even the smallest elephant's head to biggest human's neck since the sizes were not compatible for attachment. Only then i realized GOD could have attached Ganesha's original head back to his body. After all, God could do anything at all & Moreover, how could God ask his servants to kill an animal for no reason just because HE wanted to please HIS wife by bringing GANESHA back to life.
Think about it & i will write more soon...
To be cntd.. **
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