The burden of an epic is that each succeeding generation will interpret it from the lens of its own morals and viewpoint. In recent years, the Ramayana and Mahabharata have been viewed from several lenses—feminist, Dalit, genocide, and from the perspectives of their traditional antagonists. However, what if one viewed them from their very own lens, i.e. dharma, but not by its ancient definition. Rather, from what it means in 2020?

Journalist Anil Maheshwari and his nephew advocate Vipul Maheshwari have applied perhaps the most modern equivalent of dharma i.e. the Indian Penal Code. And, in the witness box, presenting their case stand is everyone, from Indra, Ahalya and Vishwamitra to Sita, Lakshman and, of course, Ram himself.