Originally posted by: _AmyChoco_
Haven't read the Ramayana. Just know the basic storyline ."Weakness of Ram as a husband" .. I have seen those in multiple blogs. (Albeit some find it debatable). As a person not well versed on it, my doubt is did Ram fail Sita when he didn't speak up defending her when accusations were hurled at her? I mean.. were there other occasions too? Wouldn't that be a major blot om his character? Then how is he so revered? Prior to this show, I didn't know Sita is revered too. Like growing up, I only heard about prayers for Sri Ram ..but not Sita
So, in terms of revering, there are temples for Mandodari, Ravan and even Shakuni (Mahabharat) in India. But they aren't as pronounced as Ram and Sita. Since Ram is an avatar and an icon. Coming to Ramayan, there are various versions basis different writers, but the basic premise is a dhobi did not accept his wife because she had spent the night outside her home. She was stuck due to bad weather, but the husband doesn't listen, and he taunts her saying that he is not Lord Ram who will accept Sita who spent so much time with Raavan. So, this reaches the ears of Ram, and he is in a dilemma that if his own people have such low opinion about his wife, he better abdicate the throne. But his brothers and senior courtiers and kulguru don't allow him to take that step. So King Ram loses to husband Ram, and decides to send his wife Sita away. The issue here isn't that he did not trust Sita, he did. The issue here is instructing your brother and commander Lakshman to drop a pregnant woman in the jungle in the middle of the night and not even having the courage to talk it out with his wife and face her. Ram, who was so open and honest in his communication with Sita, chose not to discuss or inform or tell Sita of the fate he was meting out to her. That is the issue, which is also the complaint of Sita before she leaves the world.
Wasn't Sita also his praja? Why wasn't she allowed to explain? Why wasn't she allowed to get the same liberty to justice, just like his subjects? Yes, the husband lost, but then again, the King did not win either.