“Revisiting Ramayan’s Ayodhya”, News Bharati, January 24, 2024:

“It was sheer luck or I had accumulated some punya that I found myself in Ayodhya from 19th Jan to 23rd of Jan in CE 2024. I almost disbelieved my years when I received a call from NDTV team two weeks back to join them during this historic period. When I was sure it was not a hoax, I immediately said ‘yes’. But I dare not tell anyone till I got my tickets in hand. I may sound silly today, but I don’t believe in miracles.

Isn’t it a a miracle that you are one of the few thousand of lucky people who would be in Ayodhya during the heady days of pran pratishtha of new Ram Mandir! A lot has been said and written about the significance of 22 Jan, as the day when Bharat reconnected to its roots. A day that rejected west and left fed narrative about India and embraced its own culture and wisdom; the day India became Bharat. So, I will speak about the blissful four days I lived in Ayodhya – a city decimated by invaders, sidelined by British and later Indian rulers.

So much so, that a twin city called Faizabad was developed into a much bigger city and district HQ, while Ayodhya became a decrepit town, most of Indians not even knowing its exact location. I had visited it 10 years back and felt deeply saddened, looking at dirty small lanes and shameful condition that Ram Lalla lived in under a tattered tent…..”

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