The Liberation of Sita

by Volga

Do women exist only to be used by men to settle their scores?

‘I’ve realized that the meaning of success for a woman does not lie in her relationship with a man.

He is helpless. A weakling. But against whom? Not against Ravana but against society. Against its moral principles, its code of justice.

‘Whatever gives you peace of mind, that alone is the truth, Sita.’

‘There is no better path to wisdom than experience, my child.’

What did she have, other than the disgrace that Rama, bowing to public opinion, had heaped on her?

According to Ahalya, the core issue is not that of female fidelity or the lack of it but of man’s power to put it to test.