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

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 revengeful poems just because they fail to understand her nature due to their lack of calmness or fail to understand the suffering this society made her go through or maybe their dreams were tormented because of someone else's personal choice. One question might arise in your mind what is the relevance of talking about these things here, well because Rama has a deeper message for humanity more than magic shows.

I have read about 11-12 interpretations of this story and all of them were more or less showing the negative aspects of what people used to think about a woman or the dominant patriarchal ideology choking the women's life I just had one simple question has anything changed now? So I thought about throwing up light upon the positive aspect this story had and it is a necessity for youth especially a breed that is growing with a lot of greed. 

First of all stoned here didn't refer to the physical state of a woman its the mental state of a woman that she suffers, A woman is surely the most mature and alive creature in this universe, They go through biological cycles which causes mood swings for which she is judged. Well, we really oppose this kind of treatment of a woman, but in reality, the situation has worsened its due to the male ego which is still here in the society, abusing your ex-partner, defaming them, murders, wasting a huge amount of time to just take revenge with them, We often say it's our emotions but in reality, its the ego the "let go" approach is still lacking in the society whatever the reason may be.

Well let's talk about the positive aspect of the story, these things are naturally building in a man due to the social structure of the society but what we can learn from this story is the behavior of strong people of the society, the youth nowadays either don't care about the emotions of a woman or they're just trying to exploit the bruises of a woman has because of her past makes this a new normal for her, Young guns are dreaming to have 5woman on the right and 5 woman on the left, but there was a humble king who was respected by the whole society and one woman was more than sufficient for him but still, he cares about every heart that is around while the whole world was judging there was this man holding her hand and by being on her side he boosted that lady's heart up while she was broken after having the blame of being a cheat and later the rishi accepted her and Ahalya accepted him too, I don't know it is about a woman's choice you want to be like Ahalya or Seeta. 

We even judge people we don't even know now just for her to be herself, rather than empowering to let her have multiple partners, there are better ways to make her feel elated and give her socially empowered, studies show that to reduce the emotional pain they are experiencing by seeking sexual connections with others, even if they are fleeting. The correlation-does-not-equal-causation problem also means that people with a high-risk lifestyle could seek sexual liaisons and substance use either because they have impulsive personalities or because they are anxious and depressed. If you claim to be a "Ram-Bhakt" just don't claim someone to be bitch or whatever and for every woman out there you are already beautiful you need to have faith within you and keep persuading your dream and the right man will automatically get to you. We don't want more people like Sanju baba who show off their power to deceive a heart we need Rama to stand for the woman who is socially criticized so that they think about better things and have faith within themselves to make this society a lot more cherishable. We often question a rapist just because he doesn't have the consent of the victim and often they get caught or punished but what about those who reach the epitome of power and start using that social and economical grip to force a woman to fall in the pit where she wouldn't have willingly agreed to.







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