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If Sita had Facebook

Sita from the Ramayana. Could things have worked out different in the history if they all had iphones and facebook? This monumental question haunts me after watching the FB IPO fizzle. What if they did? Well for starters Rama would not have been gallivanting away without full and complete knowledge about what Sita was doing in the hut. Then she would have tweeted the arrival of the doe outside the hut. Rama would have asked for a quick live stream of the intruding mammal. If they had 3G or even Edge network or some sort of wi fi she would have been able to share her find in real time. Whereupon Rama would have texted Laxman who was doing his own updates to get with the program and head home rapido. Something not right with the deer ... he explained on the way. Later as Sita kept updating her facebook site with the arrival of the deer - Ravana also got an update on his wall. He had dudes hacking into the Rama compound all day after all. Talk about Trojans. Viral kind. As he hastened to kidnap her he would post frivolous msg to her page indicating she was fine and only petting the deer which appeared docile. Rama would use his remote iphone app to turn on the perimeter cams and zoom in on the interaction betwixt mammal and Sita and spot the Ravana heading in to grab her. Instantly texting Hanuman to do a drona attack on Ravana - Ram would post pictures of the ongoing capture to his own fb wall and get sympathy texts coming from all over. Ravana sensing something amiss would abandon his attempt and live to tell the tale another day. All this action would be noticed by the highest echelons of the bhagwan mandap and BB (bhesbook) not FB would get god like status. A seat at the table for Wallmicey who it would turn out wrote the code for this bhesbook.
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  1. RajendraMay 19, 2012 at 8:58 PM

    Would Sita claim to be in a relationship with Rama, to sound more trendy?

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  2. Diamond HeadMay 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    BTW here is a fishy one - how did Ram Sita story get told as a Ram Leela?

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