All this noise that is being made about Ram and his existence. There are people denying he ever was there. There are people who talk as though they meet him everyday! And we are stuck in the middle of this escalating madness. Each one calling the other person a liar. Who is going to call the bluff is the real question!
End of the day Ram is helping...He seems to be a benevolent God. For the Grand Old man of Tamilnadu, he is giving the opportunity to brush aside all the other issues. The divine one is the carpet below which we will hide the family rule and other pesky issues. is this the final flicker we wonder? Or are there going to be other non-issues that are going to come out.
To the other old man, Ram is the walking stick. Injecting new life into a dead snake for him to flog again. In the days of increasing petrol prices and increasing emissions, get set for a rath yatra!
Then of course, there are the comrades. Desperately trying to get back to discussing their extinct philosophy. Talking against Ram or the Sethu makes them feel better.
So everyone in our age old tradition of obfuscation, is walking away from the real issue. Do we need to dredge the Sethu or not? I have been watching it from the periphery and hence I cannot really comment. But I do feel that meddling with something like this make not be the best way to go about. Is there a concrete case for the canal? I cannot seem to get it. Why the urgency? Why can't we focus on other issues...God knows we have millions of them. Why can't half the energy of the Grand old man go into linking the rivers of his once water rich state? Why can't the Yatra specialist just retire? Why can't the red knight wake up and save us from living his nightmare? Ram only knows!!!
Which of course leaves us to the aside on whether Ram exists? Does it matter? Really, I love the Ramayana for the story, for the imagery and the characters. Rajaji's Ramayana is so lucid and simple that you want to read it again and again. Chinmaya's Bala Ramayana that I grew up reading had me in raptures. My moms rendition of the Ramayana to the children as the refuse to eat has me in splits. Whether Ram exists or not, some of the lessons of the tale is what I think we should remember.
May be at the end of it all, Ram does exist through the values that we practice. Being a considerate and good human being. Ensuring that the people he rules enjoy Ram Rajya. May be that is a issue that we should have the Grand Old Men debate!
End of the day Ram is helping...He seems to be a benevolent God. For the Grand Old man of Tamilnadu, he is giving the opportunity to brush aside all the other issues. The divine one is the carpet below which we will hide the family rule and other pesky issues. is this the final flicker we wonder? Or are there going to be other non-issues that are going to come out.
To the other old man, Ram is the walking stick. Injecting new life into a dead snake for him to flog again. In the days of increasing petrol prices and increasing emissions, get set for a rath yatra!
Then of course, there are the comrades. Desperately trying to get back to discussing their extinct philosophy. Talking against Ram or the Sethu makes them feel better.
So everyone in our age old tradition of obfuscation, is walking away from the real issue. Do we need to dredge the Sethu or not? I have been watching it from the periphery and hence I cannot really comment. But I do feel that meddling with something like this make not be the best way to go about. Is there a concrete case for the canal? I cannot seem to get it. Why the urgency? Why can't we focus on other issues...God knows we have millions of them. Why can't half the energy of the Grand old man go into linking the rivers of his once water rich state? Why can't the Yatra specialist just retire? Why can't the red knight wake up and save us from living his nightmare? Ram only knows!!!
Which of course leaves us to the aside on whether Ram exists? Does it matter? Really, I love the Ramayana for the story, for the imagery and the characters. Rajaji's Ramayana is so lucid and simple that you want to read it again and again. Chinmaya's Bala Ramayana that I grew up reading had me in raptures. My moms rendition of the Ramayana to the children as the refuse to eat has me in splits. Whether Ram exists or not, some of the lessons of the tale is what I think we should remember.
May be at the end of it all, Ram does exist through the values that we practice. Being a considerate and good human being. Ensuring that the people he rules enjoy Ram Rajya. May be that is a issue that we should have the Grand Old Men debate!
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