Simi Garewal’s Delusions – A “Slightly Naughty” Ravan?

A now-deleted tweet showcased Simi Grewal’s delusions regarding Ravan and the lessons of Ramayana. Every Dussehra, Bharat lights up effigies of Ravan to remind itself of the eternal truth – that arrogance, deceit, and adharma always meet their end. But the LeLi ecosystem finds Ravan Dahan an affront. Casteist forces try to paint the Ravan Dahan as an oppression of the weak! And in this age of social media, some celebrities feel the urge to play scriptwriter for our epics. Simi Garewal probably felt a similar desire to purge her putrid thoughts in public!

Simi declared that Ravan wasn’t “evil” but only “slightly naughty”!

Yes, according to her, abducting a married woman, waging war against her husband for demanding her safe return, and refusing multiple chances to repent is now in the category of sneaking chocolates before dinner. If this is the standard of cultural commentary, Bollywood really needs a crash course in Ramayana.

Ravan: A Tyrant in Disguise, Not a “Gentleman Villain”

Let’s rip off the mask. Ravan was no misunderstood intellectual. He was a tyrant whose ego blinded him. The only reason he did not violate Ma Sita was because of Nalakubara’s curse. The last time Ravan forced himself upon unwilling Rambha, who was related to him by her marriage to Nalakubara. Thus, after learning of the violation of his wife, Nalakubara cursed Ravana that if he tried to force himself on a woman again, his head would shatter into pieces.

Hence, Nalakubara’s curse, not compassion or respect for women, kept Ravan away from violating Ma Sita!

But what did he do instead? He used psychological torture. He kept Ma Sita imprisoned in Ashok Vatika, taunting her daily, trying to break her spirit or resolve, and pressuring her to discard her marriage to Lord Ram and marry him. This wasn’t “naughty mischief.” It was cruelty dressed as power. Compare that with today: if a man kidnapped a woman, locked her away, and tried to force marriage, would anyone call him “naughty”? Or would they call him a predator?

The overt and explicit intent of Ravan’s actions is obvious to all except, it seems, to our elite Urduwood commentators like Simi Garewal.

Shri Ram: The Vanvasi Prince Who Chose Dharma Over Pride

The irony is even sharper when we remember Shri Ram’s approach. Lord Ram did not rush into war. He sent messages of peace. He offered Ravan multiple exits. Angad, Hanuman, and even Vibhishan tried to convince Ravan. Every chance was given. But arrogance deafens the ego.

However, Ahankari Ravan thought his golden palace, his mighty army, and his aura of invincibility would protect him.

He laughed at the idea of a prince in exile, armed with a vanar sena, defeating him. But the vanar sena led by truth shattered his illusion. Simi Garewal’s “slightly naughty” Ravan was nothing but a man whose arrogance turned him into a monster.

And if even Shri Ram – Maryada Purushottam – chose yudh as the final resort, it speaks volumes about the scale of Ravan’s adharma.

The Ego That Died Before the Man

When arrows rained and his kingdom crumbled, Ravan finally saw the truth. Only at death’s door did he seek forgiveness. But was that wisdom? Or was it the last flicker of a broken ego?

Ravan realized too late that he had been defeated not by a great emperor, but by a prince in vanvas, walking barefoot, living in forests, and yet armed with the strength of dharma.

That humiliation pierced his delusion. Ravan’s downfall wasn’t just military. It was spiritual. His so-called greatness collapsed under the weight of his own arrogance. That is why Bharat burns his effigy every year – to remind us that power without humility is self-destruction. Adharma never gets rewarded, and Dharma always prevails!

Simi Garewal and the “Sickular” Ramayana Circus

So where does Simi Garewal fit in? By dismissing Ravan as “slightly naughty” in a now-deleted tweet, she did what modern elites often like to do! They reduce our epics into shallow punchlines, stripping them of their depth. It is ignorance dressed up as intellectualism. This isn’t new. For years, a section of “sickular” academia and ecosystem has tried to humanize Ravan and demonize Shri Ram, painting dharma as oppressive and adharma as misunderstood rebellion.

When Simi Garewal and her ilk parrot this nonsense – they trivialize centuries of tradition.

She trivializes the pain of Ma Sita while rubbishing the lessons of humility, patience, and justice that Ramayana teaches.

And worst of all? Simi Garewal reveals how disconnected many of the actors are from their roots. They can mouth dialogues on-screen about culture, but off-screen, they mock the very foundations that built this civilization. No wonder she had to delete her tweet after the backlash. But words, once spoken, don’t vanish. They expose the corrupt mind and thought. And Simi Garewal’s words exposed the empty pedestal on which many of our “cultural voices” stand.

In the end, let’s be clear – Ravan was not “slightly naughty” – He was deviant, arrogant, and broken by his own ego.

And every time someone like Simi Garewal tries to romanticize him, they don’t sound edgy — they sound clueless. Because in Bharat, Dharma doesn’t bend to fashion. It burns through the lies, every single Dussehra. And this Ramayana lesson was clearly forgotten by Simi Garewal!