So we celebrated the defeat of Ravana, welcomed Shri Ram back to Ayodhya with diyas, and consumed copious amounts of sweets, but now what? Does that keep evil at bay? Not quite. The battle of good and evil is an eternal conflict that brews in the most innocuous of places, whether it's a classroom, a store or on the battlefield. We’re all faced with decisions in our daily lives, where it can seem more convenient for the Ravana, the voice of greed, to win, but that’s where our teachings and the wisdom from our ancient epics come in.

Our epics aren’t just stories to be recalled or enacted once a year, revered, and then folded away and forgotten. They’re a living compass of how to navigate the slippery slope of life. Faced with a challenge as extreme as going into exile, on the verge of being

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