Bringing religion into that is just plain stupid, this will bring an emotional outlook to this debate. The main message from most people here from the North, is that this is an attack on Hinduism. Certain south Indian don't pray Ram, but do pray Krishna- are they Hindus? In the South, the concept of a dravidian history is quite strong- just like an Aryan history is also quite strong in the North. just as well certain people in the South like the Andhra consider themselves mainly Aryan, but speak dravidian Telugu and look like most people in TN/KNT/KL. So the concept of Aryan dravidian is not that clear cut. If you read the Ramayana carefully, its just a book on how the Aryan North went to war against the dravidian south. So don't think its a great surprise Ram is not that popular in some part of the South. Now, It's mainly Northern Indians who has taken the task of defending Hinduism, who is more Hindu the North or the South? The south was never under foreign rule for a than a thousand years like the North was. So Hinduism in the South is in most part the same that is was thousand of years ago if not more, whereas in the North the Hindusim that was there more than a thousand years ago is long gone. So who is more Hindu? Who is defending what against what? The question is should the South stop an infrastructure work if it is viewed as being imposed on them by some Northern state of India? Why should it be stopped?
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by its me on Feb 29, 2008 07:56 PM Permalink
no caste called dravidian existed in india . all indian are aryans. Shree ram , shree krishna, lord shiva are all belongs to aryans. so find your place to some grave of arabs
RE:RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by Krish on Feb 29, 2008 09:31 PM Permalink
'its me' you have no concept of hindu religion and that hindu concept today is a mix of Aryan and Dravidian (if we were completely Aryan we would be like hitlers today)
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by s on Feb 29, 2008 08:57 PM Permalink
YOUR THINKING IS WRONG SNPOST! You should come and visit south. There is one Sri Ram temple in ever village. It is a custom to have Sri Ram's Temple along with other gods. Just because some political party from tamil nadu is pro to setu project, you should not blame whole of the south. You should raise your finger against that party. In some cases, sentiments should be considered but not votes. This the parties should know.
RE:RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by snpost on Feb 29, 2008 09:18 PM Permalink
Come on, you know what I mean- Is Sri Ram in front in the temple or at the back?
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by Pat Thakur on Feb 29, 2008 07:57 PM Permalink
Abey ghantu, get lost. You Southies are sicker than puke; always stooping to Regionalism & kicking others.
RE:RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by Krish on Feb 29, 2008 09:29 PM Permalink
Thakur, ghandu tu hai....tum log har jagah pit rahe ho....south indians se bhi pitoge kya? Pehle bacche paida karne ke alava kuch aaur bhi sikho, phir baat karo badi badi cheezon ke bare mein...anpad gawaar kahin ke! How dare uncivilized brutes like you (Pat Thakur- what sort of a first name is that) can lecture southies about culture!
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by Jaffer Ali on Feb 29, 2008 08:40 PM Permalink
Dravidians are the original Hindus and the Aryans came from meditranian sea. Basically there was only God for Tamils is Velan, which is mentioned in all the Tamil old literatures. Do not change the history, even Ganapathy came into Tamilnadu lately.
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by Krish on Feb 29, 2008 09:25 PM Permalink
Jaffer better stick to your religion...you have no understanding of Dravidian contribution to hinduism
RE:RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by Sadaf Kapoor on Feb 29, 2008 08:52 PM Permalink
Mohd came at last and he was p-a-de-o-phi-le not Proph-et
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by netinetineti on Feb 29, 2008 08:56 PM Permalink
jaffer ali... dont talk rot. yesterday you were cribbing why you are being targeted.. dont try to put your twisted logic and nonsensical sense of history on this board.
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by netinetineti on Feb 29, 2008 09:03 PM Permalink
He is a Tamil hill god that spread to the coast and the towns and then became the son of Shiva as Skanda. He is also known by the names of Kumara, Subramanya, Karttikeya, and Velan.
RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by snpost on Feb 29, 2008 09:08 PM Permalink
You are wrong jaffer. I recommend you stick to your Koran and let Hindus have their debate. I understand debate and interpretation of your religion is not allowed in Islam, but still that's not a reason for you to get involved in this debate. For other readers- Ganapathy/Shiva/Skanda can be argued to be Dravidian god that became hindu god between the merger of dravidian and aryan belief to form Hinduism.
RE:RE:Why Should the Ram Sethu Project be stopped?
by s on Feb 29, 2008 09:08 PM Permalink
Why this moderator is still waiting. Ban Sandy. He is hurting our feelings and even degrading the south. People like sandy can never divide us. I should say, "Sandy get out of this country if you can't respect the sentiments of the majority"
