Originally posted by: Dplee
I think I have watched it 100 times. When it was first telecasted in TV, I was a 4-5 years old, still I remember people gathering at our home to watch it. It sent the whole nation into a frenzy, roads used to be deserted during that particular time, even load shedding was not allowed. People used to bath and came to watch it. We had one of the color TV in that whole area so we used to get lots of people.
I personally love and prefer Mahabharata than Ramayana. Lord Krishna is my all time favourite. He is more human and he did make mistakes sometimes, He is like the boy next door, the adorable kid, platonic lover, caring husband, loyal friend, strategist. Sorry, but I can go along way about Krishna.. Are you watching it now?
Yes, I am watching it from time to time 😆 Am still somewhere between the episodes where the Pandavas are kids - the child playing Arjun is soo cute! 😳 And Bheem, too! I still chuckle when I remember their first day at gurukul where Duryodhan made a nasty comment and he was all like, "Can I trash him?" 🤣
I did read up on the epic, here and there, though, to get a better picture of it all. That's interesting, Dplee! Because I have seen people say that Rama was more human than Krishna because Krishna was literally "God on Earth" (something to do with chakra? 16/16 and 14/16? Dunno) - but I got the same impression from Krishna, a good strategist who wouldn't mind using hook and crook (sometimes) to do the "right". I did enjoy his leela - he was a cute kid, always smiling, and Balram is interesting, as well!
Can I say somethin without getting bashed? 😆 I don't like Draupadi much and neither Kunti, lol. They don't click with me and both seemed a tad selfish. Though, Gandhari looks good, so far. And, well, my favs would be: Bheeshm, Karna (yes, 's true, lol), Bheem and Arjun.
I am on a break from watching it, though. There's a lot of reading I need to catch up on- in 10 days, it's the birth anniversary of the Prophet (s) (and our 6th Imam (a)), and I need to do something for that (in regards to writing) and am trying to find the right inspiration by going through briographies and hadiths. And I really need to re-start my Arabic learning, which I wanted to start from today, again 😳
So, not much time to watch 😆
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