Friday, July 17, 2009

Ravana and his problems

We hear people referring to men accused of horrific crimes as "Ravanas". The lankan king has long been the recipient of Hindu invectives. But Ravana didn't do the kind of things these men are alleged to have done. As for his wickedness, could there be extenuating circumstances? He had to go around lugging nine useless heads along with a single functional one- that may be why he became frustrated and mean. Consider that when one of the heads caught a cold or sneezed. It was hell for the others. He could not turn sideways without major contortions. If one head turned all had to turn. If the heads had quarraled, they didnot cooperate, leading to schisms between the ranks. With four on the left and five on the right of the central one ,he overbalanced when he walked to the side with more heads. He couldnot visit friends because he couldnot get his heads through their doorways. With all those heads curling up in the bed was practically impossible. Lying on the back all the time ,he developed a serious spondylosis. All 10 snored, generating a twister that sucked in the countryside.
At meantime, his two hands couldnot reach far enough to all the mouths. Atleast four would go hungry. Only the central head had an oesophagus, the rest were probably connected to it, but he could have had just the one stomach. Each might have enjoyed a different type of food : murg massalam, aloo paratha, baigan-bharta ,biryani, naan, dosa.... The gastronomic assault dried up his gastric juice and created ulcers. As for alcohol, with just one peg each, 600cc went into the stomach at once. Nowonder why he seemed to be drunk most of the time. Romance was out. If one bent forward to kiss a girl, the other nine jealous guys must have frustrated him by puuling back just as he puckered up. So, two might be better than one but 10 heads lead to anrchy.

Never thought of Bechara Ravana this way. I sure feel sorry for him.

1 comment:

  1. Thank god, for i haven't ever wished i had 10 heads :)

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