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The Ram I Know v/s the Ram on the Screen A personal view on the new Ram of cinema Why I am writing this? I love my Ramayan. I have loved it since I was a child. I did not love it because someone told me to. I loved it because Ram stood in it like a mountain. Everything moved around him. He did not move. Now a new Ram has come to the screen. The film is Ramayana by Nitesh Tiwari. Ranbir Kapoor plays Ram. Sai Pallavi plays Sita. Yash plays Ravana. The first part is called Ramayana: Rise of a Legend. It opened in theatres on 6 November 2026. The makers call it mankind's greatest story coming to life. A very big claim. I will say plainly what I feel. I feel a gap. The Ram I know is not the Ram that modern storytelling keeps trying to build. That is my view. I am not here to balance it. I am here to say it in my own words. My argument is simple. Ram does not manufacture values. Ram upholds Dharma. These are two different things. Most retellings mix them up. When they mix them up they sh...

Congress and the Scary Saga of Democracy Dissent is welcome. Chaos is not Let me begin with a simple point. Dissent is the soul of democracy. Agitation is a right. Protest is a right. I defend all three without any doubt. A strong opposition makes a strong nation. No sensible citizen wants an opposition that sleeps. But there is a line. Congress has crossed it. In September 2026 Congress asked its state units to march to election offices across India. The demand was not a policy change. The demand was the removal and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Workers burnt effigies. Police used water cannons. Leaders were detained. Over 100 people were detained in Delhi when protests resumed in October. Is this protest? Or is this pressure? What the fight is about The trigger is the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Congress says the process is flawed. It also cites a media report about disagreement inside the Election Commission. These are serious claims. Seriou...