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Ahalya :- The context, The forgotten treatment of a woman

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Ahalya meaning "the women with no ugliness", almost all the creativity was poured in that little life, You might have heard the story of the beautiful woman who was turned into stone by the curse of a husband rishi because she fell in the trap of Indra, and later when Rama went there he with some of his mystical powers did some magic to turn her back to normal. I don't want to get in-depth of the story because there is a more important social message by lord Rama. That is the kind of image that we have, the image our parents have portrayed in our minds, and such things a logical brain will surely refuse to accept and it is obvious to do so. But in reality, Rama is considered to be one avatar of VISHNU who never did any magic throughout his life and he built the social fabric of humanity which can be applied in the current scenario as well. We often read things like a woman is hardest to understand or something toxic have so many so-called "great" poets writing r...