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Let's Talk About Rama and Sita: A Good Man?

A Good Man?

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Daljit Nagra asks if Rama, as warrior and son, is a useful role model for men today.

Award-winning poet Daljit Nagra takes stories from the Ramayana into his community to ask what makes a good man? Is Rama, as warrior and son, a useful role model for men today?

Award-winning poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes stories from the Ramayana into his community and finds the ancient tales alive with contemporary Asian dilemmas. Examining Rama, as a warrior, a husband and a son, he asks whether he is a useful role model for men today.

Contributors include Hindu teacher and theologian, Akhandhadi Das, Kripamoya Das - Senior Priest at Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna Temple, musician Kuljit Bhamra, playwright Amber Lone, Jatinder Verma - Artistic Director of Tara Arts, and students from Avanti House Free School in Stanmore.

Producer: Julian May

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Poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes a fresh look at epic Hindu poem the Ramayana.

Poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes stories from epic Hindu poem the Ramayana into his community and finds the ancient tales alive with contemporary Asian dilemmas.

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