K: I’m so sorry about this, my brother can be an idiot sometimes.

S: No I understand. He is just worked up a bit about his sister’s accident, and how my husband had caused it.

K: That is… Soorpanaka is a flirt with a lot of people, and she does cross her limits a few times.

S: So I hear the great Kumbhakaran has woken up from his <she quotes in the air with her fingers> sleep.

K: Which is why I came here, first thing after I woke and ate.

S: It is alright my dear Kumbhakaran. I forgive you and your brother for kidnapping me. Did you know he didn’t lay a finger on me once we reached to the skys? Raavn is a gentleman like I heard.

K: No Sitai. You are missing the entire point of my apology. I don’t want my brother to kill Raam. He is the only hope for Bhaarat. Without Raam alive, his brother would collapse and so would his country, like a pack of cards. It is the gateway for my brother to conquer that country his forefathers had to serve. I forsee a certain destruction without Raam for his country.

S: Oh, come off it Kumbha… You men think too much about everything. This is doomed, that is doomed, boo <waves hands in the air and makes ghost noises>

K: You do think it is all fine?

S: Yes. My husband already set an example to his country when he rewrote the law for his sinking country. A Vishnu propagates himself much quicker than imagination. The point is, even if Raavn manages to take the kingdom, the people from both the lands get a chance to mingle. I am sure, there are noble men on both sides to take care of their countries.

K: Nobility? In my country?

S: Yes Kumbha, nobility is not a case of heredity. Neither is it a case of poverty. It is a matter of responsibility. Nobility is the choice of a being’s duty to survive and how well it executes it. I have talked with women and they think I am the Goddess of Lanka. I saw pure reverence and love. I enquired about Raavn from them. He is quite cunning and clever, I deciphered. But even Raavn is caring about his own people. However selfish the outward motif maybe, he cares for his citizens even though he knows he is utterly helpless. And that is nobility.

K: Aye, that is true. Whoever has the biggest heart wins.

S: But of course, I don’t want my husband to die in your brother’s hands. Go do something about it.

K: Oh Sitai, I wish. I convinced Raavn to not kill Raam. But his condition was that Raam is not allowed to enter Lanka. And poor Raam is on his way, thinking that you are the one in danger.

S: How exactly am I supposed to leave this island then?

K: Well, Raavn’s plan is that you are necessary for the country. He wants you to show hope to this country, just like Raam did for his. Even he genuinely thinks you are the Goddess of Lanka.

S: *blushes pink* That is indeed a problem. I want to meet my husband. He would die without me.

K: Well, he will die anyway then.

S: *Laughs* It looks that way to me too. I’ll finally get to see how much my husband loves me. But I justly hope neither of them die.

K: Yes, but I do see a misfortune of having my country without its leader too. Sitai, help us.

S: I am just a woman Kumbha. I am powerless in front of men. At the best I can advice you to use Raam’s laid laws for your countrymen.

K: I am willing to hear then.

S: There is only one rule.

A citizen is required to identify every stranger as a citizen of the country.

However my Raam’s genius was to split it into ten different paths, each identifiable by a different class of citizens.

K: I see. That immediately demarcates the status of both the object and subject of every incident to citizens of the country rather than their objectives as separate people.

S: I have no idea what you mean by it. But if you understood, good for you. Now hear the ten fundamental duties of citizens, Raam expects from his country.

K: Wait. I don’t have a good feeling about his. Rules never work and you know that. And that too ten of them? My citizens will give up in no time.

S: In that case, first hear what his constitution is about. And later your anxiety is not a difficult problem to settle. She continued…

My Raam’s expectations, were accompanied by his own ideas of what governance and laws should be, and not, what the punishments are. He believed in a decentralized rule of just punishments. He once said to me, “Sitae, you have no idea how much it hurts me to see these people punished for their crimes everyday. I would have understood and settled their follies in a conversation, but the villagers were too angry. They madly believed that only the criminal’s deaths will satisfy the village’s hunger. You see, true wrath exists only within the affected and only they know the just punishment”.

His books on governance involved elaborations of what his expectations from his citizens are and why he expects them out of his people. Raam explained that his ideas of governance are only Raam’s ideas, and that any citizen is free to argue about any point with anyone until the escalation reached Raam himself. He would then decide if the any of the laws needs change, and provide the arguers with an official responsibility to change their communities within or without. While he was generous, his expectations of people were written clearly emphasizing respect to fellow citizens an aspiration to achieve a genuine love for the entire humanity and hence, the country as a part. Raam knows that elaborate books are only for baboons to read and recite, and that real karma of the country already resides in the attitude of its average citizens. The fate of the country is ever changing, and to change that for the good of its citizens is simply a matter of the average citizen’s inspiration and aspiration. My Raam truly knows everything and yet reveals nothing with his expectations of humanity, to love themselves without bias. To truly see that they are after all Gods themselves without their own knowledge. Ram knows everyone is a living Buddha. He knows there is nothing to worry about, for there is enough help from every part of the country to every other part of the country. He loves his country only because each part compliments the other. He loves this world because it is impossible for him to love himself or contain his love within himself. No wonder it is called Raam raajya. His preamble is a disclaimer, stating whatever the citizen understands from reading the laws is only for him to understand and that there is no point in preaching what they understood out of his laws. But now, these are his expectations and the supposedly enforced laws of his country —

EVERY CITIZEN IS EXPECTED

1. To understand that no one and nothing, not even Bhaarat is permanent.
2. To lead and excel in the task at hand.
3. To cherish and aspire the noble ideals of one self, ones neighbor’s, ones leaders and great men.
4. To defend one’s and ones neighbor's integrity when called for.
5. To defend his/her community’s integrity when called for.
6. To defend the law and swadharma when called for.
7. To defend the community and country’s heritage and culture when called for.
8. To live harmoniously with-in, to preserve and to defend the natural environment when called for.
9. To defend the country when called for.
10. To develop the spirit of enquiry.
11. To educate the needy.