Let me add my $0.02 to this debate.
1) State and religious debates: While we hear repeated assertions from
self-styled secularists about the need to separate religion and state,
the same people endorse the ASI's refutation of the existence of Rama.
They forget that while the corner stone of
the question is not whether Rama existed or not, but how he 's been
celebrated as the TERRORIST king without recourse to any dogmatic notions of
national security and communal harmony. Ram is the only such figure who
caused de divide of the country on communal lines, rape women,
sterreotypical
Aptly worded!
I want to share both the perspective as well as the emotion expressed by
Ranjith ,which, I think is useful in effectively joining at subjective level
in resistance against the pedagogical onslaughts on the vast multitudes of
people of this country, in the name of defending a
-- Forwarded message --
From: Venugopalan K M [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sep 22, 2007 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: {greenyouth} Re: Fwd: Article-Ram Sethu
To: Anivar Aravind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm afraid you cannot condemn the communalizing and criminal acts of the
Sangh Parivar running away
I'm afraid you cannot condemn the communalizing and criminal acts of the
Sangh Parivar running away from the imposed agenda of demanding State's
protection for their entire cock and bull stories of virtues, Ramrajya,
Swadharma, Karma ,Punya, Papa and Caste.
I would suggest that the
I feel it is a blunder to look at Ram or sethu based on VHP's
communalising efforts.
The Sethusamudram Project will endanger a rich biosphere reserve with
400 endangered species, including sea turtles, dolphins, dugongs and
whales. The project will destroy the livelihood of 15 Lakh people who
