RAMAYAN BY VALMIKI WAS NOT JUST A MYTH OR A LEGEND BUT A STARK REALITY.
When we were children our noted filmmaker Mr.Ramanand Sagar launched his opus magnum Ramayana on Indian television and during those days color Television was a novelty in every household and, though, under strict government control, the televisions had a limited number of channels. This television serial was aired in the evening prime time slot and we clearly remember that we would not shift anywhere during that hour and would watch Ramayana with rapt attention. As a child, I remember reading the unabridged Ramayana and it had taken me about a month to finish that epic. By the time I had reached the last chapters I had forgotten the intricate details of the earlier chapters. Every Indian either living in India or anywhere else in this world knows about Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In India, it is every father's dream to have a son like Rama every brother’s dream to have a brother like Lakshman, every wife’s dream to have a husband like Rama. This epic or the Legend ...