Are our EPICS mere stories or history?

Over the last one week the fate of Lord Rama has been hanging in the balance. People were arguing in the court that Rama is just another character in a story and Ramayana is one of the greatest stories ever told in the history of man kind. It’s been nearly a decade now since Rama took center stage in politics. Now he is back with a bang, this time people questioning his very own existence in the earth.

There was too much of confusion in the court room as well as in the streets whether the story of Ramayana is true. Government had initially stated that Ramayana was just another story presented in a nice manner so as to conquer the hearts of billions of people in the years to come. Thanks to some protest to this statement by groups like VHP, Government within couple of days started playing the blame game and the great Sonia was quoted on paper saying that Rama existed. What an irony, it took someone who doesn’t trace her roots to India to clarify the existence of Rama.

“Ram is a myth - it was an Aryan God imposed upon the Dravidians. They (UPA Government) have said Ram was an imaginary person and now they've backtracked on that claim” this was how Tamil Nadu C.M Mr.M.Karunanidhi had to react to the statement given by the government. Its common knowledge that Mr.M.Karunanidhi was one of the pillars of the Dravidian movement in the state, what’s also known is that he doesn’t ever miss a chance to hurt the sentiments of millions of Hindus time and again. One must say that he is good at that and probably there is no one to match him in that. But it’s the true mind of a politician that shines in this statement. Trying to capitalize on every moment to establish him with the masses. This statement would have gone pretty well with most of the population in Tamil Nadu and that would have guaranteed him plenty of votes in the elections to come. The saddest part of the whole thing is, he is one of the most respected politicians of the state and in recent times he has also enjoyed tremendous power at the center.

Mr.M.Karunanidhi has been hell- bent on getting this project underway for quite sometime now and it was even one of his election pledge. Looking at it one would guess that there is MORE at STAKE than a mere election promise that needs to be kept.

Anyways let’s pray that Ramayana doesn’t turn out to be greatest story ever told and that the heritage is maintained and preserved.

RJ.

also enjoy reading:

http://hitxp.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/a-blunder-called-sethusamudram/

http://www.newindpress.com/column/News.asp?Topic=-97&Title=S%2EGurumurthy&ID=IE620070914124012&nDate=&Sub=&Cat=&