it is sad to see indians fighting on petty issues.... indias cultural and religious literature is much more than just ramamyan and mahabharata... these two epicf poems are a consummate piece of poetry...but there are better treatise on religion/philosophy/culutre written by intellectuals of throughout our history.... hinduism is a a conglomerate of various beliefs and practices many of which are self contradictory and hugely divers.... sadly the modern day hindus are fascinated by just two epics of mahabharat and ramayana(which are just two great poems and have gone through additions and amandments over a period of 1000 years...the last amendment being in 13th century).... ignorence nad lack of historical understanding is breeding intolerence among the educated middle class of our country.... as they say a little knowlewdge is a dangerous thing>>>
RE:much more to our culture than just RAM
by san man on Sep 24, 2007 01:42 AM Permalink
That doesn't mean that one should destroy heritage sites on Ram, or Buddha, etc. Heritage should be preserved, and not destroyed. There are so many other possible shipping routes. I am an atheist, but I still feel heritage sites should be preserved.
RE:much more to our culture than just RAM
by Harjeet singh on Sep 24, 2007 01:48 AM Permalink
@SAN ur right....but that exactly is the point....who will decide what is aheritage site... u have got professional agencies like ASI and universities who can decide on such issues ... moreover far more important sites than the alleged RAM SETU are lying in neglect or have been destroyed... our history is being continously destroyed and we are running after the unimportant trivial issues because people are toatlly unaware about their own history and the right wing politicians take advantage of this ignorance and half knowledge
