Lord Rama as a communicator: Excerpts from Shriramcharitmanas

All know the importance of communication. For a successful life, good communication skill is essential. It gives success in job, study, maintaining relations, career etc. All like a good communicator. India has a vast population of theists who idealize lord Rama. Rama was a king, an obedient son, a loving husband and a caring brother. Apart from these, he was also a good communicator. For lord Rama’s story, many books are available. In this paper, the researcher chose Shriramcharitmanas by Goswami Tulsidas to explore Lord Rama as a communicator. There are different incidents in which Rama achieved his goal only through his communication skills. In this paper, Dhanushbhang and Bharat Milan, two incidents are chosen to see the communication qualities of Lord Rama. In both of these situations, Rama excelled in communication skills. In the first incident, his conversation was with an outraged person; in the second incident, the other person was deeply sad and emotional; in both cases, Rama did very well. Some orating qualities which appeared in this study are using appropriate gestures, smiling while necessary, not using satire etc.