For many people, reairing of epic shows like Ramayan and Mahabharat is a trip back to memory lane. If you were a kid who grew up in the late 80s and 90s, then you will know that Sunday morning meant sitting with your family to watch these epics. As far as we can remember, nobody would even step out of their homes to do their errends or even play with friends because of these two shows.
However, when Doordarshan tweeted that they were going to air Ramayan, Twitter admin brandished it as ‘sensitive content’ and did not share the image. This did not go down too well with Twitterarti, who demanded Twitter take necessary action.
For Twitter, #Ramayan is sensitive matter and they are hiding the image/[email protected] this continues, world will get rid of you too. pic.twitter.com/TbWFiVQPxW
— Dharmendra Chhonkar (@yoursdharm) March 28, 2020
Twitter has since taken off the disclaimer, but not before people shared their displeasure
@PrakashJavdekar Are we helpless with @TwitterIndia baised nature. Government must take action. Jo Khate Desh ki hai or Bajate Vampanthio ki hai . #Ramayan
— P K Kothari (@RanuJai16896512) March 28, 2020
Hi @Twitter please respect our culture and history otherwise this social app should be ban shortly we don’t need any social app which disrespect our country
— Anil Tripathi (@AnilTri03250833) March 28, 2020
Hey @TwitterIndia , stop hating our culture or get ready to be banned after this pendamic. we Indians will ensure this with a massive campaign.
— रुद्र (@RoflRudra) March 28, 2020
Ramanand Sagar’s “Ramayan” which starred Arun Govil as Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita, with Arvind Trivedi playing Raavan and Dara Singh essaying Hanuman, originally ran from 25 January 1987 to 31 July 1988.