Re-telecast of Ramayan sparks row on Twitter as netizens debate on women empowerment

With anuncement of lockdown, Doordarshan confirmed  return of Ramanand Sagar's popular mythological serial Ramayan. With return of shows like Ramayan and Mahabharat, Indian audience has a chance to revisit epic story all over again. But this return has also sparked up interesting discussions on social media platforms. discussion over past 24 hours has been centring around Kaikeyi and her maid Manthara. 

Ramayan on DD triggers feminism debate on Twitter

People have been hurling abuses at her for being so evil and ruining Ram's life. re has also been a new debate that focuses on way women have been portrayed in series. While some felt that Ramayan did t mete out fair treatment to its female characters, ors felt storyline champions women's empowerment.

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Hailing storyline of show, one user lauded country for so progressive even 7,000 years ago and hailed Sita for being a warrior. Ar one had a take that Kaikeyi and Satyabhama were first female drivers of country. Or users reminded viewers that Kaikeyi was pushover as a character. 

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But t everyone felt that show upheld women's empowerment. Calling Kaikeyi most unfortunate character in series, a user talked about a beautiful lesson. Ar user took debate to a new level by talking pseudo-feminism. 

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One of users had an interesting observation to make about show. user said that Ramayan would have turned out to be totally different had it been written by a female character from series. But even three decades later, show has mand to retain its magic and watching show every morning seems to have already become a daily ritual in many households. 

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