Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part B


Image showing Sita as being contaminated so Rama abandons her. Source: Wikipedia

  • Sita announces her pregnancy to Rama and tells Lakshmana to leave Sita in the forest, assuming that the child is not his
  • Lakshmana is really upset that Rama told him to do such a thing, but still does as he was told and leaves Sita
  • Sita thinks about suicide but doesn't do anything since she is pregnant
  • Sita is rescued by Valmiki
  • She gives birth to twins and named them Lava and Kusha
  • Rama discovers the twins singing in the forest and realizes that they are bore from him
  • Sita proves her purity and leaves Rama.
I believe Sita did the right thing because Rama didn't believe her in the beginning, when she needed it the most. How can a husband abandon his wife in the forest with just assumptions of unfaithfulness? Lakshmana should have intervened and done something to change the story.

Bibliography: Paley, Nina. Sita Sings the Blues. Source.

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