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Re: Ramayana joke
dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti) wrote:
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>Dear Narahariji:
>...............Anyway, I was similarly upset with the Mahabharata by
>Peter Brooks. In that rendition, he did not think that our ancestors
>were good enough to have fancy weapons, so he made Bhisma ride a bamboo
>stretcher and hurl a bamboo stick for weapon. I felt that he had to put
>Arjuna on a chariot, if he could, he probably would make Arjuna walk in
>the battleground.
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>Our Indian english press, of course, saw nothing wrong with that. I have
>heard some intellectuals say that Peter Brooks alone was able to bring
>out the essence of Mahabharata, and the Hindi telemovie series was a
>major failure in that respect. I did ask them for specific points, but
>never got any satisfactory answer.
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>With best regards,
>
>Dhruba.
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Dear Dhrubaji:
Thanks for bringing out another important issue, the intentional
misrepresentation of our great living epics. Contrast this peter brooks
representation of Mahabharata, with the grandeur of the movies, Ten
commandments or Ben Hur. Peter Brooks wanted Mahabharata to appear as
nothing more than a tribal fight between some primitive groups. Even the
multiracial cast was calculated to demean the majesty of characters.And
oh, our english media! they have no soul.
To talk about the essence of Mahabharata: Do they understand that the
grandeur of the setting is as much a part of the story and affects the
psyche and prepares for all the subtle and fine teachings of Dharma?
The tele series of both Ramayana and Mahabharata, in my opinion were
really great- Sincerely, Narahari Achar
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