"The Government could leave the disputed area untouched and make it as a tourist attraction by sending tourists in glass bottom boats to see what%u2019s inside the sea. That could compensate for whatever is the revenue loss of diversion. They could also invite international team of scuba divers to come and take underwater photography and tests to find out whether the rock formations still exit. It%u2019s easy to demolish but hard to construct anything again,%u201D Marilyn Perry, chairman of the fund, said in an interview.
The last sentence of Marily Perry is fantastic IT IS EASY TO DEMOLISH BUT HARD TO CONSTRUCT ANYTHING AGAIN
RE:US Heritage body wants Ram Setu preserved
by Ari Saja on Jul 05, 2007 07:05 AM Permalink
Sorry, but that "NASA IMAGE" is as bogus as the RSS' "Senior ISRO Scientist" Puneesh Something who was exposed a couple of weeks ago. There are several other claims in Mr. Kalyanaraman's interview that of course a dummy like Shobha Warrier would suck up whole, but no one with any intelligence would.
Very nice article from rediff after a long time. Please try to bring it more into limelight so that we can have more public debates and hence build pressure on the govt to respect the sentiments of very public whom they promised to serve !!!
Very nice article from rediff after a long time. Please try to bring it more into limelight so that we can have more public debates and hence build pressure on the govt to respect the sentiments of very public whom they promised to serve !!!
Any object however trivial or destitute of real value in itself if regarded as sacred by any class of persons would come within the meaning of the penal section (295 of Indian Penal Code). Nor is it absolutely necessary that the object, in order to be held sacred, should have been actually worshipped. An object may be held sacred by a class of persons without being worshipped by them. It is clear, therefore, that the courts below were rather cynical in so lightly brushing aside the religious susceptibilities of that class of persons to which the complainant claims to belong. The section has been intended to respect the religious susceptibilities of persons of different religious persuasions or creeds. Courts have got to be very circumspect in such matters, and to pay due regard to the feelings and religious emotions of different classes of persons with different beliefs, irrespective of the consideration whether or not they share those beliefs, or whether they are rational or otherwise, in the opinion of the court.
I dont know why suddenly the Govt is so interested in digging up a cannal ... its really pathetic, how can one of the most fastest growing country in the world bow down to the so called super powers -- I feel its them who are pulling the strings -- why can't the Govt guys understand by digging a cannal we are at loss, we r destroying our own heritage, marine life and environment ... The facts put by the author are true .. And what does Mdm Ambika Soni know about the people who's livelyhood is dependent on the setu. It's high time the Govt of India put their efforts in something more constructive than constructing this so called CANNAL ... the cannal will not help us in the long term
U seem to be a follower of DMK and DK. They glorify Ravana becasue they consider him as Dravidian and Rama is villan just because he is aryan
Similarly, they glorify LTTE, just because they are Tamils. So what ever is the sin commited by Tamilian (murder, theft, rape etc) is Ok. Infact, Karunanidhi has once told that forest brigand Veerappan should be called with respect as Veerappar bcos he is Tamilian.
RE:Atheist
by Neutral on Jul 04, 2007 07:20 PM Permalink
Pardon me if i had hurt you.
Nothing wrong to be proud of Tamil. I like Tamils like Bhaarathiyaar, VOC, katta bomman. They were great inspiration to Freedom fighters.
But, what i dont like is the regionalization of God. Rama doesnt belong only to North Indians, but for whole india. Not only India but for whole world and universe. Similarly, Muruga also belongs to whole universe. He will bless everyone.
So, I dont like a God to be called as North or South God.
RE:Atheist
by kothandapani muthu on Jul 04, 2007 06:42 PM Permalink
This guy TR Balu and his family has their own shpping business and they earn a lot through this Sethu project.The DMK government is full of selfish Devils.this Guy Karunanithi Can be consodered as The richest person in India..pity is that he started his career as a Barber.SoTR balu who owns a ship and so many factories should be thrown out
RE:RE:Atheist
by kothandapani muthu on Jul 04, 2007 06:59 PM Permalink
I'm not in favour of any politician ,but this Guy Baalu is making money out of this,Thats why he is so keen in rubbishing the charges of others..
RE:Preserve Ramsetu
by Mohammed Wahab on Jul 04, 2007 06:11 PM Permalink
Its not just matter of faith, its about the environment, livelyhood of people and heritage
RE:Preserve Ramsetu
by Tamil Magan on Jul 04, 2007 06:53 PM Permalink
if we think about environment, we should go bacl to the age old village style living. do you think any of the western nation will do ?
Before anyone can point fingers, let me say that that Im very much a believing Hindu. You can call the formation a bridge, or you can call it an undersea formation. Even if it was a man-made bridge, is there proof that it was the very same one constructed by the vanaras? The question than is the same, Krishnadevaraya of Vijaynagar could be holding the same beliefs and the British in their 1767 survey must have just gone along with the nomenclature. Bear in mind that if the Ramar Setu is history for us, it was also history in the 16th and 18th centuries. We have no way of verifying if they had any concrete proof for their belief in the Ramar Setu too. So citing these elements as evidence is grossly inadequate. Secondly also look at the loss that India suffers because we lack our own port. Sri Lanka pockets a huge sum as a deep sea harbour. China wants to build a base in the Maldives and even otherwise our ships take a whole day more to cross over from the Indian ocean to the Bay of Bengal since they take the Sri Lanka route. Lets not fall prey to blind belief and halt development.
RE:Why all the fuss?
by Neutral on Jul 04, 2007 06:05 PM Permalink
Lets see what court says
%u201C%u2026. Any object however trivial or destitute of real value in itself if regarded as sacred by any class of persons would come within the meaning of the penal section (295 of Indian Penal Code). Nor is it absolutely necessary that the object, in order to be held sacred, should have been actually worshipped. An object may be held sacred by a class of persons without being worshipped by them. It is clear, therefore, that the courts below were rather cynical in so lightly brushing aside the religious susceptibilities of that class of persons to which the complainant claims to belong. The section has been intended to respect the religious susceptibilities of persons of different religious persuasions or creeds. Courts have got to be very circumspect in such matters, and to pay due regard to the feelings and religious emotions of different classes of persons with different beliefs, irrespective of the consideration whether or not they share those beliefs, or whether they are rational or otherwise, in the opinion of the court.%u201D
RE:Why all the fuss?
by sridhar chari on Jul 04, 2007 06:10 PM Permalink
It still does not make sense to me. Are you trying to say that anything held as sacred by a band of people is untouchable? What if some people called the land on which your home is built sacred and prevented it from being sold even if you wanted to. In that case, would you still cite this legal gibberish? Sridhar
RE:Why all the fuss?
by Neutral on Jul 04, 2007 06:22 PM Permalink
This has indeed happened. There was a beautiful house constructed by a North Indian (Sait) in TP Koil Street, Triplicane, Chennai. The name of the building was SANCHETI BHAVAN. Later it was identified as the house of late Poet BHARATHIYAAR. The govt took the house from Sait, demolished it and consturcted a house similar to what it was during the time of Bharathiyaar. Even now you can visit that place. Sait was compensated for taking over the building and land by the govt.
RE:Why all the fuss?
by puravoor krishnakumar on Jul 04, 2007 06:07 PM Permalink
when you have a ready made solution available in terms of vizhinjam which has got natural depth perfectly suited for a port... why the hell we need to go to dredge and destroy
