Reflection
“…and then Lord Rama gained victory over evil by defeating Ravana and happily ruled in Ayodhya,” said everybody. This is truly the perfect and most straightforward conclusion of the epic Ramayana, and it is something I’m sure we all have heard. But was a righteous kingdom only established after killing Ravana? Was he the only evil that threatened society during that period? Certainly not ! The firm belief that Ravana was the primary antagonist and embodiment of evil is an idea I have scrutinised several times due to my intense fascination and interest in the epic. I started reading about every character intensely and examining them from different perspectives, leading to me a new paradigm. This new paradigm demonstrated how acts of greed and regression invite destruction. Continuously embodying Ravana as the story's villain makes people overlook other unjust acts in the epic committed by characters we think aren't immoral, such as abandoning a daughter to ensure the birth of so...