This Is How Raavan Survives

Raavan didn't die a peaceful death in the religious scripture 'Ramayana', he could therefore not attain 'Shanti' ever. So he didn't get completely vanished at all. Even today his thinking survives. Though I know not much about today's Lanka or Sri Lanka, but I know roughly about my own country.

Politicians and even the common man of India all have inherited the negative traits transmitted to them over the years apparently by Raavan - savage nature during all times, kidnapping, high-handedness & similar negative traits. The positive traits are transmitted to only the few pure at heart people, like Neta Subhash Chandra Bose - who always used to strive in the nation's favor.  The love for Lanka of Raavan can be compared with Bose's love for India. Raavan too did his best to save his dominion from falling into the hands of Ram-commanded "ape-force" and died a dignified death fighting in the battlefield at the hands of our revered Lord Ram in Ramayana.

Corruption. I don't need to explain 'Corruption in India'. Corruption is Raavan's negative trait of high-handedness transformed into a more stiff and widespread problem.

According to me this is how Raavan survives...

Is Raavan Dead? Really??

There goes a saga called Ramayana. I won't say anything about its authenticity. It's a highly esteemed religious scripture for Hindus. Well almost all of them who would be reading this blog might be knowing about Ramayana in high detail by the means of literature, parents' teachings, lessons in primary schools in India and may be through discussion with classmates and various other means.

Raavan died getting hit by Ram's arrow in his stomach where the amrit-kalash (nectar-pot) was hidden in his body. He died an asura's death who was a brilliant brahmin warrior and administrated his homeland of Lanka with great efficiency. Raavan is a brahmin in Ramayana who follows a strict brahmin ideology.

I'm not telling that Raavan was a good personality, he was a demon. His relatives were bad. In my view, it wasn't his own fault but the sister Shoorpnakha's  trigger which ultimately resulted in him being killed by Ram's arrow.

Ramayana tells us that how being egoistic can blunder a person's whole life (Raavan loses his dominion, family and life) and going blindly on hearsay ruins a person's marital life (Ram sends Sita to vanvaas/hermitage) among other lessons one can take from Ramayana.

But what intrigues me is the thought that 'Is Raavan dead indeed?'

An inference I come to after an analysis of situations having passed in the past and taking place in the present day is that Raavan has not died actually.

My thoughts about why I think so are presented in the post that follows...