Originally posted by: Angie12
Janaki, I agree that warrior princess is not needed to show somebody's strength. Yes, she did not fight with Raavan's army and I hope that it is not shown. She was in captivity with no resources. So how could she fight? But she did have leadership skills. She did manage to turn many of demon women against Raavan and on her side.
As far as showing her with knowledge of weapons, she had to have it if she could lift Shiv's dhanush so easily. After all, only ParshuRam and Ram could do that besides her. So I do not think there is anything wrong in showing her having knowledge of weapons etc or showing her practicing with bows/arrows. Also I have read in some interpretations that when Ram was fighting all these demons for 13 + years, Sita too was part of it.
I never said that weeping implies weakness. I am saying that depictions of Sita as shown constantly crying in TV serials represent a weak person. Of course, in moments of despair it is very human to almost give up or even cry. So I do not have objection to her shown as crying when she was kidnapped by Raavan or in her lowest moments in captivity. But the constantly weeping woman who only talks softly or whose life is solely shown around her husband is the interpretation of TV serials/movies because that generates TRPs just as mahaan sacrificing bahus generate TRPs. Was that real Sita? In my opinion, that was not Sita.
It was not only in Ram that her faith did not waiver. It was also in herself that her faith did not waiver either. If it had waivered, she would have never survived being pregnant and alone. She would also have given the second test and gone back with Ram. She did not do either and that shows a person with tremendous pride.
In vedic times, women were not taught warfare. In fact, in the Dwapar Yuga Satyabhama is the first mythological lady to have learnt warfare, and Sita was much before her time.
Sita lifted the Shiva Dhanush not because she had knowledge in warfare, but because she was an incarnation of Adi Shakti. Many Kings during the swayamvar had knowledge in warfare, but that did not mean they could all lift the Shiv Dhanush. Sita was a devout lady who always prayed to Devi Parvati, so she had Lord Shiva's blessings too, which is another reason she could lift the dhanush.
Sita as written by Valmiki Ramayan was also a soft spoken lady. She only spoke harshly when needed, but otherwise she was described as a soft and sensitive woman whose life revolved around her husband. She was one of the Pancha Mahasatis, so she was a very devout wife, no doubt about that. Showing Sita shed tears during distressing situations doesn't make her weak. It just makes her human, and since she was born as a human, she did express human emotions during every moment of her life, such as joy, anger, and sadness.
I don't think the soft-spoken lady whose life revolves around others is the interpretation of TV serials or movies. If you read either Valmiki or Tulsidas, that is how Sita's character is written. She was not Draupadi or Satyabhama, who were far more outspoken and had a cutting tongue. Of course, Valmiki does write her as a stronger lady than Tulsidas, but he does not write her like a character comparable to Draupadi. Sita was Sita, and there is only so much modification TV serials can do without changing her character.
Anyway, we're all analyzing this new pic of Rubina's too much. 😆 I doubt Sita will be shown as a warrior princess, at least I hope not! I bet she is just lifting the Shiv Dhanush in this pic...or this could just be an offscreen pic of Rubina too where she's playing with Piyush's bow. 😆
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