Even Ravana is Acceptable to Right Wing ‘Journalists’, But Not Muslims

Even Raavan is Acceptable to Right Wing ‘Journalists’, But Not Muslims

“Ravana, the son of the great sage Vishrava, was arrogant. There were many drawbacks in him. But he was not ‘Khilji’. Ravana was a great scholar who had a hold on the Vedas and scriptures and was a great devotee of Bholenath who composed the Shiva Tandava Stotra. For this reason, Lord Rama sent Lakshmana to take education from him”, this is how Shubhankar Mishra, news anchor at Aaj Tak criticizes the trailer of Adipurush, a film made on lord Rama

महान ऋषि विश्रवा का पुत्र रावण अहंकारी था। कई कमियां थी। पर वो ‘ख़िलजी’ नहीं था।

रावण विद्वान और महाज्ञानी पंडित था जिसकी वेद-शास्त्रों पर पकड़ थी, भोलेनाथ का महान भक्त था जिसने शिव तांडव स्त्रोत की रचना की।

इसी वजह से प्रभु राम ने लक्ष्मण को उससे शिक्षा लेने आखिरी समय भेजा था। pic.twitter.com/7LMscukCRR
— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) October 3, 2022

In his opinion, Ravana was an erudite scholar and a devotee of lord Shiva and of course, he was not a Khilji. One thing we need to ask the Hindutva bigot that which kind of devotee of lord Shiva will abduct the wife of Lord Rama also known as Adipurush.?

Subhankar’s tweet simply echoes the prevalent Islamophobia in India and elsewhere. In his tweet, Shubhankar goes to the extent that he justifies the demonic act of Ravan just to further demean a bearded character by associating him with Allauddin Khilji in a vilifying manner.

Mishra, in his nearly heartfelt eulogy to Ravana, the kidnapper of lord Rama’s wife Seeta says, “A lesson is learned from Ravana to renounce lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride, jealousy, mind, knowledge, mind and ego. Otherwise, like Ravana, a hero with appearance, knowledge, patience, renunciation, devotion, and all the characteristics, who could become the lord of Devlok, will be killed like him. But Ravana is not an Afghan or an Uzbek invader.”

रावण से सीख मिलती है कि काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह, घमंड, ईर्ष्या, मन, ज्ञान, चित्त और अहंकार का त्याग करें।

वरना रावण की तरह रूप-रंग, ज्ञान, धैर्य, त्याग भक्ति तथा सर्वलक्षणों से युक्त वीर जो देवलोक का स्वामी बन सकता था उसकी तरह हश्र हो जाएगा।

पर रावण अफगान या उज़्बेक आक्रांता’ नहीं pic.twitter.com/XuiNoHClEJ
— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) October 3, 2022

Again, he says in his tweet that invading Uzbekistan and Afghanistan by some rulers, which was normal military tactics at that time, is far worse than abducting the innocent wife of Lord Rama who never did anything wrong to anyone.

While abducting Seeta, “Ravan caught her in his arms and pulled her into his magic flying chariot. Sita cried for help and a fierce bird Jatayu attacked Ravana in an effort to stop him. But Ravana cut off the bird’s wings with his sword” (“Princess Sita’s Kidnap”).

But this heinous act of kidnapping a woman that happened to be lord Rama’s wife is nothing in the eyes of people like Shubhankar Mishra but being a Muslim man playing Ravan is a matter of grave concern.

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