Can Sita wield a sword and still be goddess? Question at heart of Tiwari's Ramayana

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Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana gives Sita a sword and the freedom to fight alongside Rama. But is this warrior Sita really a departure from the epic, or have we forgotten the many Ramayanas that imagined her differently?

For generations, Sita has been remembered as the woman who followed her husband into exile, endured captivity in Lanka and emerged from an ordeal by fire with her dignity intact. Her patience became her virtue, her suffering became her strength, and her devotion to Rama became the defining feature of her identity.

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