There’s a stark contrast in how #Ramayana is being promoted in the US versus India.
#RanbirKapoor#Yash
The reception from US media toward the interviews and promotional assets has been commendable.
Meanwhile, in India, audiences and media have been busy nitpicking minute detail like “hair not flying” or the color of a turban changing due to YouTube compression.
The real question is why is that the case?
Foreigners are hyped for #Ramayana and want to know about our history…
And here in India, few gangs are busy degrading it.
Foreign audiences - Tell us more about Ramayana.
Some Indians: Let’s boycott it because it’s from Hindi industry 🤡
Indian and unapologetically rising 🇮🇳🔥
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At a city council meeting in Frisco, a man chose mockery over maturity
..reducing Indians to tired stereotypes during a discussion on H-1B visas.
But what stands out isn’t his words, it’s the dignity with which Indian-Americans like #SahasKaul and #NehaSuratrani stood up and called it out for what it is—racism, plain and simple.
Indian communities across the world are built on hard work, values, and contribution...not the cheap caricatures some try to push.
Turning a policy debate into a platform for targeting a community only exposes prejudice, not truth.
We rise higher, always.
“While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity.”
― Artemis II Astronaut Reid Wiseman
🚨🚨 WHERE IS THE JANEU ??? 🚨🚨
When the Hindi Film Industry drops a glimpse of #Ramayana, the people in internet starts dissecting frames to find a Janeu on Lord Raam, calling its absence a "cultural insult" - even when it's actually there if you look closely.
But #Varanasi ( which is from south indian film industry ) when drops a glimpse showing a massive, muscular Hanuman without a Janeu, no one questions it. Instead, it’s hailed as "peak cinema" and "visionary."
"It’s ironic how our 'religious sentiments' are often tied more to a film industry than the scriptures themselves.
In the Ramayana (and the Hanuman Chalisa), the Janeu (Sacred Thread) is a vital part of Lord Hanuman’s identity.
The verses clearly state:
'Kaandhe moonj janeu saaje' (The sacred thread of Munj grass adorns His shoulder)
This thread isn't just a ritualistic string; it signifies His Upanayana (initiation), His mastery over the four Vedas, and His unwavering path of Brahmacharya. He is often called the 'Chaturvedi' among the Vanaras. To depict Him without it is to ignore a fundamental aspect of His iconography found in almost every ancient temple and traditional painting.
The Truth: If we are going to be purists about our culture, let’s be consistent. If you didn't look for the Janeu in this shot, your problem wasn't with 'accuracy', it was with a particular industry just because you hate it and you are hypocritical.
Stop the selective outrage.
The world of these ignorant Dhurandharchxds starts and ends at this movie.
When Aditya Dhar released the teaser of his movie, nobody even cared. Many of these clowns were trolling it too.
Ramayana even months before has gained more hype, gotten more attention, and has had more discussion on it than what Dhurandhar had even till the first weekend of release. Ranbir himself has given many bigger openings without banking on any political or jingoist elements 🤫
No point comparing a project as massive as Ramayana with this movie you suddenly got the itch to dicxride after finding it to be appealing to your political chauvinism and jingoist wet fantasies.