Sunanda Kesavadas answers “1. I did not see the whole point why Sita...”

Jayanth Kumar asked this question about Sita: Warrior of Mithila (Ram Chandra, #2):

1. I did not see the whole point why Sita who was accepted by the Malayaputras(The deciding authority) as the Vishnu, needs Ram to partner with her. We know that she is capable of being a Vishnu, with the skills she showed at her young age.?

Sunanda Kesavadas Amish tries too hard to convince readers that this is a retelling while trying to keep the Hindu "scholars" of our times happy. I think Amish wanted S…moreAmish tries too hard to convince readers that this is a retelling while trying to keep the Hindu "scholars" of our times happy. I think Amish wanted Sita to be Vishnu and show that Ram was in fact Mahadev but then decided to play it safe and not risk Vaishnavite or fundamentalist wrath of any kind. It would have been interesting if he had stuck to this premise - because then the conflict with Raavan, who is a staunch devotee of Mahadev, would have made for interesting reading.

But Amish tries so hard to appease all parties that he lost track of his own premise. In this series itself he contradicts himself. First he presents the theory that Mahadev and Vishnu work in conjunction (Lord Rudra and Lady Mohini references). Next he goes on to say Mahadev and Vishnu cannot operate at the same time. So now what to do? He can't make Ram the Mahadev but he has already presented the premise that Sita could be the Vishnu. So now it maybe that both of them combined represent Vishnu. If only Amish would go out on a limb and make Raavan a vigilante Mahadev who has to be stopped by Ram/Sita as Vishnu - I would definitely buy that book.(less)

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