Ram's "agni-pariksha"

one odd day in one of my PG room some girls(of 11th and 12th standard)
were laughing hysterically..
i peeped in
they all were mimicing the dialoges of serial ramayan and mahabharat and
having fun

this scene made me think of my school days

right from my childhood i was very much familiar with the name
ramayan,mahabharta,hanuman,geeta,also jesus and allaha
my parents always told me stories of both ram and rahim
papa always told me great things written in quran

when i was child i did not understood meaning of these things
but as i grew and now when i am away from my parents i always remember those beautiful short stories

but what i saw in my pg room was sadening
i mean all of them were talking (obviously) in english
and considering the chatracters of ramayan and mahabhrat as if they all were alien
i mean they actually dont know anything that is written in ethics...???
nothing at all!!!!

when i was a child i was told not only the known stories but also stories of these ethics which were "off the records"...although even today i dont know origin of both
"on" or "off" the record stories


i had problm with "on"... that

"when ram was so great GOD why did he ask sitaji to give a "agni-pariksha" when he defeated ravan...didnt he trust his wife who herself was (also is) considered as godess..."

i had whole lot of problme with RAM
i took lot of courage to ask my parents abt it
and i was told this "off" by my papa


"look beta ...ram was god ..he knew all that was about to happen...
when ravan was about to come to take away sita..in the form of a beggar..
just before the scene ram knew what all was going to happen...so he asked agni to keep sita safe with it...and the lady that ravan took with him was just a maya and not actual sita...so when ram defeated ravan ram had to take back his wife from lord agni and so he arranged for a agni pariksh...."

i was satisfied