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Much
has been written and much will be written
pertaining to Ram Sethu. While it is difficult
to conclude (if not impossible) as to the
precise origin of this structure, any person
with a scientific bent of mind will not rule out
the possibility that it could be man-made. As is
well established that satellite images not only
indicate clearly that a continuous structure
(though significantly submerged) exists bridging
Dhanushkodi, the southern tip of India and
Talaimannar, the northern tip of Sri Lanka but
also the distance it covers is close to being
the shortest between these two points. Clearly
if this was purely a tectonic or related
phenomenon, the possibility of this link taking
the shortest route between these two points
would be rather remote. Moreover, it is indeed a
grave error to refer to Ram Sethu as the Adam's
Bridge as this is a recent name given to it and
is surely alien in origin. The concept of Adam
(which exists in Judaism, Christianity and
Islam) is non-existent in Hinduism and Buddhism.
It is also unfortunate that some people in India
have come up with a conjecture that Lord Ram did
not exist. Clearly the sole purpose of these
people is to obtain political mileage via such
statements. This sets a bad precedent as next
the other divine personalities such Moses,
Buddha, Zarthusthra, Jesus, Mohammad or even
Guru Nanak Dev could be targeted by similar
elements in order to obtain political benefits.
The legend of Ram is well known not only in
India but in many parts of Asia (by word of the
mouth, scriptures, etc.) for several millennia.
Besides almost every region of India has places
named after Lord Ram. For example Rameshwaram,
Rampur, Ramnagar, etc. Thus to dismiss the
notion that Lord Ram did exist and to conclude
that Ram is a shear creation of imagination is
rather ludicrous.
Finally, while Hinduism not only respects all
religions but also accepts all religions as true
it must, however, be pointed out that Hinduism
is also a time-tested way of life which has
survived mainly due to its ability to fight back
when goaded.
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It is
indeed rather unfortunate to hear
about current anti-Ram views. In
science, if you cannot prove
something, you have to come up with
a concrete alternative hypothesis to
disprove it. In case of Ram setu,
same principle applies. None of the
authorized scientific community has
neither disprove nor approve its
existence, in this scenario, then
everybody must have to wait till
further more substantial evidence
can be produced against its
existence. In the meantime, it is
not very difficult to guess why some
communities (both at national and
international level) are trying
their best to demolish this
structure as existence of Hinduism
is a great competition to other
dominating religions worldwide. I am
not a fanatic about my own religion,
but I have an intellectual human
mind to decipher the meaning between
right and wrong. - Ashutosh Niraj,
MD, Detroit, MI, USA - Sept. 30,
2007
According to Supreme Court’s
definition, “Hinduism” is a way of
life; ordered and disordered Supreme
court forgot to define. Lord Rama,
Lord Krishna, Lord Venkateswara,
Goddess Durga … what true Hindu
people believe, represent ordered
form of life. Unfortunately,
frustrating chaos, mob violence,
intolerance, dissatisfaction,
greed…of today represent disordered
way of life, Bhasmasur, Mahisasur,
Tarkasur, Ravan-asur were the known
examples with no scientific proof (I
am sorry for that). These two forms
of Hinduism have/had constantly been
engaged in humiliating each other.
In other words, Hinduism believes in
self-humiliation and
self-flagellation in one form or the
other. For the past 800 years a few
of us including great poets Tulsidas,
Surdas, Tenali Ramakrishna, Namdev,
Bankim Chandra… had/have been
struggling to find answers of
self-humiliation. While cracking
abusive jokes on Lord Ram, Krishna
or Hanuman and almost all
God/Goddess are still going
unabated, attack on ordered way of
life will add another feather of
“advanced secular credential” in
your cap (resume). Recent utterances
on Lord Ram by some dissatisfied and
greedy people of present Hindu
origin (according to census 2001)
holding high seat of power show that
how far one can go to humiliate
ourselves. “God” bless Hindutva. If
ordered form of Hinduism is directly
or indirectly related to weakness of
within, then let Hinduism die in the
hands of Karunanidhi and his like.
We have no right to call ourselves
weak but Hindus.
Defaming Indian Gods no better than
modern creation of “Harry Potter” is
nothing but sinking contravention of
a Hindu way of life. - Dr. Sudhir
Ranjan, USA - Sept. 30, 2007 |
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