Ayodhya's sand is like gold and Mithila's gold is like sand

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Today I will put this line as the discussion point because it talks about the difference in two cultures.
When you say even the sand is like gold, it represents a culture of illusion. Your priority is more on how you present yourself. The over emphasis on vachans, pradha's all talk about a rigid culture which shows a fakeness where human emotions are given little value. In fact it is a culture where human emotions are suppressed and a facade is put everything is fine. It doesnt matter who gets hurt but the pradha has to continue. It kind of represents our present society where the so called happiness is an illusion. You buy the latest car, have the latest smart phone, bio-metric access wala apartment, gold, diamond but the relations are hollow. They are on the verge of break up. They cannot even stand a minor issues. Yes sand looks gold, but we need to understand sand can never be gold. And of course you cannot eat and drink gold. You need food and water for the same for which you need sand.

Now come to the second part. Gold of Mithila looks like sand. That means it is a culture sans any pretense. That culture has the right values. Direction is given, but no control kept. More than the facade a culture where actions speak. Emotions are allowed the free flow. There are no suppressed emotions. Happiness and sadness both are shared. Relationship bonding is strong. It is a culture where understanding is there that even gold comes from mud, from earth. A land which can distinguish the real gold from sand, unlike in Ayodhya where fake gold will also pass of as original gold.

Culture of Ayodhya is steeped in wealth and the upkeep of image in a society and culture of Mithila is steeped in the knowledge.

Ayodhya gives importance to self, while Mithila is more about sharing. And now this culture of self is going to get mixed with the culture of sharing. 4 girls from Mithila is going to step as Putra Vadhu's in Ayodhya.

To the land where sand is passed off as gold, the real gold or Lakshmi's armed with knowledge are coming. So that the when the illusion breaks, the family doesnt break.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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I love Mithila's culture more than Ayodhya's.
Women are given more importance in mithila at least from the shows perspective which I like.


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Beautiful post shruthi , very truly said
To the present state of society I will like to quote "tradition is neither to be worshipped nor ignored just as mordenity is needed but not blindly adopted "
I know this line doesnt completly fit but this is true about todays time .
We have completely ignored the rich knowledge that culture beholds , we have forgotten true happiness is from inside , forgotten the temple is inside our heart , lifeis for living and letting others live .
We are illusioned by grandeur of mordenity in material sense , but forget to take it iintellectually .
For mithilla its always sath sath and then also swantra
That is what is needed those bonds should not become chains , yet should guide us in righteous way .
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Awsome👍🏼
Thank you for your day to day posts that is much needed for the present society
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@charvi we are forgetting the roots and in the illusion all the advancement in physical science can keep us happy, we ignore the real science that balances the inner space. When I had entered as an software engineer my team lead used to tell. Now you guys are coding java in websphere an integrated environment. We used to do in command prompt. Difference between us and him is that, if a problem comes it is easy for him to locate and fix it because he had coded it hard way in command prompt from the basics, but for us since we are using an environment with lot of inbulit libraries we struggle to fix the problem. Because though it is easy to code, since we dont know the fundamental solving an issue becomes problem. Same is the case with today's life. We are going with certain rules. Since we dont know the fundamental we cant even say this is right or wrong and in front of a problem extreme step like suicide is taken
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Originally posted by: shruthiravi

@charvi we are forgetting the roots and in the illusion all the advancement in physical science can keep us happy, we ignore the real science that balances the inner space. When I had entered as an software engineer my team lead used to tell. Now you guys are coding java in websphere an integrated environment. We used to do in command prompt. Difference between us and him is that, if a problem comes it is easy for him to locate and fix it because he had coded it hard way in command prompt from the basics, but for us since we are using an environment with lot of inbulit libraries we struggle to fix the problem. Because though it is easy to code, since we dont know the fundamental solving an issue becomes problem. Same is the case with today's life. We are going with certain rules. Since we dont know the fundamental we cant even say this is right or wrong and in front of a problem extreme step like suicide is taken


Very true di , I love how u connect the two things .
But in the very building we are staying we could make amendments and recreate the whole thing not forgetting the roots 😊
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Shruthi again very aptly and perfectly put
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Awesome post shruti...
Very well explained...
Thanks dear..
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Nice post Shruthi 😃
Awesome episode ⭐️
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Posted: 9 years ago
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True Shruthi, you have perfectly captured the essence of the episode, - for this line is actually the whole episode in a nutshell.
The world of Ayodhya is the world of rules and external constraints

The world of Mithila is the world of nature, of being true to self !

In Ayodhya, things may look orderly and smooth, but there may be a lot of discontent simmering inside

And in Mithila while things may not look smooth, but there is still harmony .

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