It's a woman's decision Sita

Don't think that since I am a feminist I took this dialogue. I took it because of the way Cvs presented a woman is capable of taking decision of her own with clarity. It doesn't stop with sita, it includes Urmila too.and it represented every woman who is berated both at her home and in professional space incapable of taking decision and is asked to listen to the man.before coming to sita let us look at Urmila. Lakshman is unable to tell her his decision and she tells him his decision and her support in his decision. She says I have given you word and I know my duty.he says he has failed to give her happiness and she says she is proud of the man who will be hailed as the model brother in any time. There was no melodrama. We saw Urmila 's understanding, love and freewill in that decision of letting her husband go in his karmapadh.now sita.Look at the way she answered questions.first maryada.She takes tharamati's example who accompanied harischandra.kausalya and co silent. Sumantra asks about janaka.She says janaka will not ask and whatever she is doing is as per his teaching.if he asks tell it is sita's decision. He will understand. Now come vashistha asking her basis of decisions. And she gives the master stroke.just like the fact she is a woman cannot change, so is her decision. She owns the decision and willing to bear the consequences of same.Sita today asked woman to own their decision. Many tough things will happen. But that should not under mine her from taking decisions for herself. Suffering for the decision you took us much better than suffering for someone 's decisions.this decision bought many hardships in Sita life. But she bore it with dignity till the end

Shruthi kind of wrote my own based on this.

beautiful post

@jayashree will read your post. Rakhi yes a woman's strength is her emotions, her empathy.

Beautiful post Shruthi. I literally had goosebumps hearing Sita's dialogue today. Today was Madirakshy's day.
She was so sure of her decision n she said it with confidence. The alternative was not acceptable to her. The women in our epics are so much stronger than our modern versions. Be it Sita or Urmila they take decisions based on the circumstances n abide by their decisions. No turning back n no regrets.

Agree with you Shruthi...here women chose the duty...and made the decision on it...doesn't,t matter how hard is the path...that's where the free will came into account...

@ Savita...may be it was exactly was not a free will to marry him...I could be wrong in that sense...but she chose the decision to save her parents...in a way she was obliging the putridharm.