Episode 3 of the conversations between Yogita Pant and Anil Chawla begins with a question about status of women at time of war. In modern wars, millions of women are killed or raped either during the war or after the war. During the war, both sides bomb civilian populations on the other side killing women and children. After the war, the victor army routinely kills and rapes women on the defeated side. Hinduism strictly prohibits killing of women. Past one thousand years have seen more women killed and raped than the previous two or three thousand years. Weakening of Hinduism has led to substantial deterioration of position of women across the world.

Second part of the conversation relates to the war with Mareech and Subahu who used to disturb the activities at the ashram of Maharshi Vishwamitr. Ram, initially, thinks of only scaring away the gang led by Mareech. Ram was not inclined to kill anyone. He used a soft weapon on Mareech and threw him away into the ocean. Contrary to Ram’s calculations, rest of the gang did not run away. This infuriated Ram who used strong weapons and killed them all. The demons had been defeated and Maharshi was extremely happy. (Ref. Chapters 27-30, Baal Kand, Shreemad Valmikiy Ramayan)

Despite the success, Ram had made a mistake. He had spared the life of Mareech. Years later, Ram had to pay a price for the mistake. Mareech agreed to help Raavan in kidnapping of Sita by posing as a golden deer. (Ref. Chapters 36-41, Aranya Kand, Shreemad Valmikiy Ramayan)

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 Anil Chawla is an engineer - B.Tech. (Mech. Engg.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is also a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a practicing advocate specializing in corporate law and an ex-IP (Insolvency Professional). 

Yogita Pant is Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Personnel Management. She is also a practicing advocate specializing in corporate law and an ex-IP (Insolvency Professional). Both are Partners in Anil Chawla Law Associates LLP - http://www.indialegalhelp.com