SDM - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on SDM at Lokmat Times

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 18 : About 80 researchers from across the globe are participating in a three-day fifth International Ramayana Convention being held at Manas Bhawan in the state capital Bhopal here.Besides, researchers from around seven countries are presenting their research papers on Ram and Ramayana at the convention that began on Friday (March 17) in the city.An 80-year-old retired Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Madhya Pradesh, Ayodhya Prasad Soni, has also presented his "handwritten" Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas. It took him over five years to write the entire epic, the retired SDM saidOn the occasion, Soni said that after his retirement from the post of SDM of Raisen district, he started devoting his life to writing the Ramcharitmanas with meng.Speaking to about the motivation to write the Ramcharitmanas, he said, "As a sculptor makes idols, a poet writes poem and a litterateur writes literature. I had my calligraphy so I have used that. I wanted to write something so that my mark remains and my children remember me.""I could not write plays, I don't know how to write poems, so what should I write? The written writings that I can remember which can be permanent are only Ramcharitmanas or Gita. As Gita is in Sanskrit there may be mistakes in writing that so I again started writing Ramcharitmanas," he added.It took over five years to write the Ramcharitmanas of 905 pages. When he started writing, it kept increasing. He automatically knew that it was a new thing, like the number of words in couplets. Like couplets with least words, couplets with most powers and some couplets that contain more words. This is the power, the retired officer said.Speaking about the political use of Ram and Ramayana, Soni said, "Leaders do not know anything about Ramayana. They want to gain cheap popularity and want to be in the limelight. It is their matter, otherwise, if I can, I will expose such people.""Ram and Ramayana should not be discussed in politics. We have got more freedom than necessary in India. In other countries, if you speak against the Quran, you will be beheaded. One can keep saying whatever about Ramanaya, the leader wants to get only votes," the retired officer added.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

SdmFOLLOW

Sdm, Latest News

Bijnor, April 23 Inmates in Bijnor jail in Uttar Pradesh will now have to give an undertaking that ... ...

Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 3 : Five persons were held after a clash broke out between two groups ... ...

Patna (Bihar) [India], April 2 : After clashes between two groups during the Ram Navami celebrations in parts of ... ...

Joshimath, March 30 People, who were shifted to hotels by the administration after cracks developed in houses due ... ...

New Delhi, March 29 A woman died after she was thrashed brutally with a stick by her husband ... ...

Chandigarh, March 23 Haryana Police have arrested a 28-year-old MBA degree holder unemployed woman and handed her over ... ...

New Delhi [India], March 21 : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday called for an additional status report in ... ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 18 : About 80 researchers from across the globe are participating in a three-day ... ...