there is no reason why mrs. Ambika Soni or for that matter the UPA govt. should feel defensive about the affidavit. I do not find anything wrong with the affidavit . Religious faith is something private and personal and I do not understand how the affidavit hurts the sentiments. Is Lord Ram any different from Lord Brahma, Vishnu, Shankar, Parvati, Saraswati, Indra etc. ? In this context of mythology-religion the affidavit is very much a statement of fact and the affidavit is worded perfectly. It is really unfortunate that the Congress Party as much if not more as the BJP is trying to politicize the issue. The fact of the matter is that the HINDUS in general, whether in south or in north India have not reacted any adversely on the matter to the rabble rousing and emotion whipping by the politicians. There is a wrong perception in north India that Ram is not as revered or worshipped in south as in north and that is why there is no public outcry. It is totally wrong perception. In fact the Ram name is more prevalent in south India than in north India. I think it is time our country moves ahead with the development agenda rather than getting mired in retrograde politics.
RE:RAMAR SETHU
by Atreya Sarma Uppaluri on Sep 17, 2007 01:00 AM Permalink
Instead of deposing that Rama, Rama Sethu and Ramayana do not have historical evidence, the government should have maintained that being hoary they are far beyond the range of the existing history which has its own limitations. A historian who cannot go beyond a certain point of time in the past, cannot just say: Behind me, deluge. He can't dogmatically argue that no culture or civilization had existed earlier.
