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The Idea of Rama and the Battle of the Real Estate

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As a person born and brought up in the "Hindu" way of life, Ram or Rama as the more educated once pronounce it  , is not a mere figment of imagination but a representation of the collective conscience of a society - an utopian one at that. A tragic tale of suffering for the sake of "Dharma" which continues to meet a tragic fate in the battle of real estate obliterating all that Ram represented.   The unadulterated stories or "myth" of Ram, duri ng our childhood years mainly from grandma's stories and then probably reinforced by Ramanand Sagar (Minus the over dramatization and  primitive audio visual effects from today's standard)   ,  were primarily intended to focus on the virtues which Ram embodied as a role model of being the Man who is Supreme in Honor   (Maryada Purushotam) . Any attempt to find fault on these virtues of selflessness, chivalry,  conscientiously and obediently fulfilling one's duty  , respect towards fellow human beings wh