Before coming to the topic, I want to make a point clear. The following words are based on the events portrayed in SKR and not on the epic Ramayan. I don't know whether I was present at the time of Uttarkand or know the fact that the different versions of Ramayan (which I read) have no interpretations of the respective authors.
For some people like me, Ram and Sita were/are god and goddess who took human form and taught us the essence of life by projecting even flaws in their actions. For some, they are human worshipped as god becomes of their good behavior and for the some people, they are god with no flaws which we humans have no wisdom to understand their concept. I accept all these angles as I am not good enough to judge others. With these thoughts, those who feel the content is challengeable can precede reading and the rest can avoid wasting their time. The following words are just my POV with no intention to make it as universal law.
Coming to the topic of concern, "Trust, faith and expectation" all the three seems to address the same aspect but certainly differ in the context of interest. Yesterday's episode (12-10-2016) was a beautiful picturisation of the thought process of a husband and wife rather than a king and queen.
There is no question about the faith of Sita on Ram or vice-versa but the outburst of Sita was due to the failure of her expectations. She expected Ram to express his love towards their kids as soon as she comes in front of him. As her expectation was failed, her trust was shattered but not her faith in Ram. Here comes the beauty of trust vs faith. Trust is based on experience whereas faith is blind belief with no requirement for any proof/evidence. She expected Ram to prove her trust in him by expressing his love towards Luv and Kush spontaneously. If she lost the faith in him, she might not complain the same to his idol.
On the other hand, Ram expected that Sita can't be alive w/o him. (Though this angle is completely new to me, I go with the flow of the episode). He was completely shocked to see her in front of him. He was frozen in that moment to know that the two brave kids are non-other than his own children. Sita didn't step forward to directly disclose their identity. Ram's expectation of Sita introducing him to his kids failed miserably. Ram was not told the truth by his true bhakth Hanuman because of his own words. His expectation towards the trustworthy was shaken there again. After reaching the palace, his words to Sita's idol clearly projected his faith on Sita that she will accept his plea and return back with their kids. His trust on people whom he thought will accept his words is going to be questioned again.
Thus, in the episode it was clearly pointed that both Ram and Sita had faith in each other more than the mere trust.
Coming to precap, it shows that the people of Ayodhya demands the proof for the identity of Luv and Kush which means they expect evidence to accept and have trust on Ram and Sita with no faith.
So in general, we raise the questions about our own culture and customs, not to prove the content as wrong but to satisfy our trust on the same with proof. It projects that we lack the faith in the content. Hope we rise to the level of having faith in our culture and tradition rather than mere trust in them.
Note: Open for discussion with no personal attack.đ
Arjun
