Would love to see a hug between sita and ram - Page 3

Originally posted by: milinda.shreyz

Oh ok, sorry I mistook you with someone I used to know. But it's ok, we can be friends too :)

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

@milinda dear I know. Sometimes I have wondered did my convent education robbed me of my culture. Yes I studied in English medium, I got marks, I got a well paying job, but my culture. If not for the Bhagavad Gita classes I went in childhood, if not for the stories my great aunt told of Ramayana and Mahabharatha, if not for the courses I studied from Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha I would never have even thought of initiating a journey backwards to understand my culture when I faced a problem.

A journey I am always thankful I took, because what it opened up in front of me was something which my heart had always believed in, but could never support with proof.

The proof was there in our culture, the proof was there in our epics, the ethos of my religion Sanathana Dharma was not what I see today. What I see is the distortion of my religion maybe done by our colonial masters so that we never go back to our roots, never understand our true culture and disregard anything that is ancient.

They dealt with extremes. We dealt in balance of our outer and inner space. Physical union in western books is mostly connected to body, whereas the same thing in Eastern Literature is more at an emotional and spiritual level.

I wish more of that buried knowledge comes out. Through shows, through movies so that new generation sees East for what it is.

cant agree with you more Shrithi ! and same ol story from my side too. convent education and then further degrees in English literature would have robbed me off the opportunity to know my country's rich culture embedded in our regional literatures,religious books and the mighty epics. thankfully my parents kept me rooted. Because of my father, I grew taste in history and mythology and in that respect our country is wealthiest. afsos now a days people judge too fast, think too less and decide too hastily and follows western culture too blindly. isiliye, ramayan mahabharat has become baccho ke kahani and puran-bhagwat geeta is for buddhe bujurk . dont know whether i should laugh or cry !