Suggest some topics for debate - Page 3

So what is the majority decision?

Avinash u can conduct a poll to ascertain it

One more topic that came to mind:

12. Had Ravan, instead of abducting Sita, decided to take Indrajit and Shurpanakha with him, and confront Rama, Lakshman and Sita, what do you think the result would have been? On one hand, Mandodari and even Vibhishan seemed to believe that Ravan would prevail (in their subsequent arguments with him re: Sita, they always emphasized how the power of her pativrata was tilting everything against the Rakshashas, and that otherwise, he was unconquerable). On the other hand, Rama had decimated Khar, Dushan, Trishiras and their entire army, and they did not have Sita's pativrata dharm weigh in against them the way it did against Ravan.

Granted, Vedavati had been reborn as Sita, while Ravan did have curses that a woman would be the cause of his destruction, but do you think it would have been impossible for Rama and Lakshman to kill Ravan had Sita not been abducted?

One more topic for you to munch on - dunno whether it would be a debate❓

13. Disruption of Indrajit's yagna

Granted, it was needed to prevent Indrajit from becoming unconquerable. However, do you think it sets a precedent that anybody can chose to disrupt yagnas of enemies on the grounds that they'd then become more powerful and unconquerable? Granted, here, most people support Rama, but were someone later in history to disrupt an enemy's yagna citing this as a precedent, what would be the argument against it?

14. Should Rama have killed Ravan in their first encounter, and spared 'innocent' Rakshashas such as Kumbhakarna, Indrajit, et al?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

13. Disruption of Indrajit's yagna

Granted, it was needed to prevent Indrajit from becoming unconquerable. However, do you think it sets a precedent that anybody can chose to disrupt yagnas of enemies on the grounds that they'd then become more powerful and unconquerable? Granted, here, most people support Rama, but were someone later in history to disrupt an enemy's yagna citing this as a precedent, what would be the argument against it?

14. Should Rama have killed Ravan in their first encounter, and spared 'innocent' Rakshashas such as Kumbhakarna, Indrajit, et al?

Originally posted by: chatterbox

in fact i also was goin to ask this but chandra has framed it nice

my question wud this also

why is kumbhakarn and indrajeet known as bad guys where as they didnt do anything really bad but they were loyal to their king and father and brother and laid down thier life for their country whereas vibishan though on being path of dharam is still known as ghar ka bhedi lanka dhahye and has a bad name

if vibishan didnt help ram do u think ramji wud hv won the war

and why is the killing so brutal of kumbhakarn and indrajeet

I have a different spin on the question on Kumbhakarna and Indrajit - do you think that on Dushera, it's fair to burn them in effigy along with Ravan? Shouldn't Ravan's effigy be burnt alone?

Other questions - agree w/ Chatter.

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

I have a different spin on the question on Kumbhakarna and Indrajit - do you think that on Dushera, it's fair to burn them in effigy along with Ravan? Shouldn't Ravan's effigy be burnt alone?

Other questions - agree w/ Chatter.

Originally posted by: chatterbox

yes i agree too why is kumbhkarn and indrajeet effigies being burnt on dussera day

but honestly i stil thnk indrajeet and kumbhakarn were still good guys and they did all for thier king father brother they shud not be getting bad names

both were brave and powerful warriors

Kumbhakarna was not as saint. In fact he did a lot of trouble to Apsaras n Devtas. his used to kill humian beings for his appetite. that's way Devtas requested Ma Saraswati to sit on his tounge n instead of asking for Indra pada KK asked for nidra pada. But in Yuddha kada one can see Kumbhakarna uttering words of Dhrama n advising Ravan to return Sita ma-- this must be result of continuous sleep ... may be so much sleep mended his mind

Dear Chandraketu,

Originally posted by: chatterbox

[if vibishan didnt help ram do u think ramji wud hv won the war