I am Seeta, yes the same girl about whom you have been hearing for centuries. But I doubt you did not hear it right. And I am back to tell some untold aspects of my story and from where should I start, shall I repeat the same boring part of my story of some ghost holding me for ransom and my husband saving me from there?? Or same old drama of my husband's love for his parents??? Nope I am too bored for that. Let's go back in time a bit...
Long back in a chest in chest of mother earth a girl was found and Janak (my dad) took me home, this was a really significant moment in people of Mithila, since I was not born to human woman but to mother earth people there considered me as their own child, and as true parents all those people were happy for me when I got married and were equally sad when he... did that ..... How can I talk about that without getting angry??
No I am not talking about Raavan , he never did anything, he was never killed nor defeated he was just an illusion which you guys created because you wanted a scapegoat and he still is, for whatever you do on that special day called Dasara. I mean you Hindus are really good at misunderstanding thing and mind you plz don't call me Hindu goddess I am not I am just a woman. It is him who deserves my anger your so called lord Raam. And plz spell it right it's not Rama it is Raam , I may be angry but he still is(was) my husband. But I get really confused sometimes why am I angry on him?? Which was the most annoying thing he did?? He was no doubt the best man in world , and gods dont make such men anymore. He had everything, but I did not marry him for his bravery and power , I married him because he had morals but I was wrong because all he had was morals!!
I could understand his concern when he put me on Agneepariksha, I mean that's how men are but wasn't that enough?? It all started when he threw me out second time. I was still not angry because I understood my husband's vision , I mean that's what a woman is supposed to do whole life right?? I was pregnant then, I walked alone and you people the so called praja for whom he left me also did not care for me, I kept asking for water and you ignored me that day in the outskirts of Raveri village in Yavatmal (Maharashtra) I cursed the whole village that my mother won't allow you people to grow a single grain inside her, such was my wrath that Hanuman came there to convince me but he sat there like a helpless defeated man, if you dont believe me go there and see there you will find the only statue of Hanuman where he is not god of power, he sits there as defeated soldier. Then those villagers settled matter by building a temple for me. Do you guys know that still today the people of mithila who considered me as their daughter dont marry their girls to anyone who lives west of Mithila ,because that's where my husband belonged. I was living with my sons , I was happy. All these things I did on my own I never asked for help from my brother and parents. People have to understand that Seeta is not just about following your husband but it is much more than that. But just then He did Ashwamegh yadnya and my sons were introduced to their father. Again he impressed me with his moral values by not marrying another woman , I think ours was first divorce on earth but hey we were loyal to each other till the end. People now a days tend to interpret divorce as something else.
But there was a secret which very few knew, that he was not happy with himself he cried shouted inside the big palace but pretended in front of his praja that he was not. His desperation to meet me, see me was killing him and mind you only a woman can do this to a man and that to best man in world. I have overheard that now a days men are replacing woman in relationships well let's not get into banned things!! His feelings were so intense that the day he saw me , he ran after me but I ran away from him and for first time in my life I called my mother for help and she came to save me. Can today's parents accept their daughter when she comes back from her husband?? Mostly not but still they expect her daughter to be Seeta. But my mother set an example which many tend to forget. Real shock came when he aimed an arrow at my mother. Your so called lord who was almighty was defeated by my mother when he had to divert his arrow to somewhere else. Yes Raam was defeated by a woman. And that day I lost all respect for my husband , he did not aim an arrow at people who doubted my pureness and he did it at my mother?? But my mother stood infront of the Raamban like a brave mother and he was defeated. No doubt he understood it and died which ended an era of morals and virtues but the question that still remains unanswered for me, are virtues the only thing that matter??
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