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When Rama Was Teased With Ubtan — And Why That Old Line Still Stays With Me I don’t remember the exact wedding where I first heard that line. It must have been some distant cousin’s marriage, one of those long affairs where songs go on late into the night and children fall asleep on chairs. At that age, you don’t follow words carefully. You just feel the mood. People were laughing. The women were singing loudly. Someone tugged my arm and said, “Listen to this part.” Roj Savere Ubtan Malke, Ittar Se Nahavaib, Ek Maheena Ke Bheetar, Kariya Se Gor Banaib, Jhooth Kahat Na Baani Taniko, Mauka Ego Dehu Na, Ai Pahuna Ehi Mithile Mein Rahu Na… They sang about Rama reaching Mithila. And then came the teasing — Sita’s friends telling him to stay longer so they could apply ubtan on him and “improve his glow.” Everyone laughed. I didn’t think much of it then. It was just another playful line among hundreds of such songs. Years later, when the same line came up again in conversa...