<!--QuoteBegin-Capt M Kumar+Jun 4 2008, 12:08 AM-->QUOTE(Capt M Kumar @ Jun 4 2008, 12:08 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->One of the most heartrending moments in the Ramayana is the tragic death of Jataayu, the vulture-king, in his vain attempt to defend Sita as she is being abducted by Ravana. âJataayu-Vadhaâ, the ceremonial enactment of this event, is part of the repertoire of many genres of classical and folk theatre and dance in different parts of the country. <b>Jataayu was a friend of Rama and a decent person pledged to performing his duty, upholding his sacred dharma.</b>
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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Good grief. Now Jataayu is a <i>person</i>? For goodness' sake, he's a <i>bird</i>. Indian Express finding it hard to swallow "those Hindoos and their animal friends" (and finding it harder still to actually <i>read</i> the Ramayanam... If they can't read, should they really be writing - and for a newspaper what's more).
Yeah, I know we dress up like Jambaavan, Hanuman and the other Kapis, and like Jataayu when enacting the Ramayanam, but that doesn't make the characters that Hindus dress up as human. Hard for christoconditioned Indian media to comprehend, isn't it. The christoconditioned simply can't get it through their heads that animals aren't sidelined in Hindu narratives. "Indian" media is so far alienated from Hindu Dharma.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/317661.html
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<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Good grief. Now Jataayu is a <i>person</i>? For goodness' sake, he's a <i>bird</i>. Indian Express finding it hard to swallow "those Hindoos and their animal friends" (and finding it harder still to actually <i>read</i> the Ramayanam... If they can't read, should they really be writing - and for a newspaper what's more).
Yeah, I know we dress up like Jambaavan, Hanuman and the other Kapis, and like Jataayu when enacting the Ramayanam, but that doesn't make the characters that Hindus dress up as human. Hard for christoconditioned Indian media to comprehend, isn't it. The christoconditioned simply can't get it through their heads that animals aren't sidelined in Hindu narratives. "Indian" media is so far alienated from Hindu Dharma.