The Ram Setu Issue

Dr Subramaniam's book on Ram Sethu releases
Tuesday, 08.05.2008, 11:13pm (GMT-7)


NEW JERSEY: Dr Subramanian Swamy delivered a brilliant lecture on Rama Sethu at the release of his book- 'Rama Sethu ? The Symbol of National Unity,' on July 26 in Sommerset. Dr Rajiv Malhotra, founder of Infinity Foundation and a well known intellectual has conducted the event.

The book release was attended by about 400 people and it included a display of famous floating rock from Rama Setu.Dr Swamy started the lecture with introductory remarks to show Rama Sethu matter in perspective. He got interested in the problems Hindu Society is facing after Kanchi Sankaracharya was arrested on foisted charges and jailed like a common criminal, for which Supreme Court of India found no prima facie charges. It brought his attention to the forces that are working to undermine Hindu Society by making them feel impotent and inferior. As he looked around, he found the same way the Hindu society targeted in several areas.

Whether it is the terrorism where Hindus and Hindu temples are targeted (which claimed the number of lives lost in last 4 years just next to Iraq), large scale religious conversions of Hindus, rubbishing of Hinduism in history books in India, He explains how Hindus who constitute large percentage can be under seize.He gave example how numbers do not matter, because thousands of goats can be made to run for life by one tiger. Strength or capacity does not matter, because a thin whip master in circus can make powerful lions obey him.

The problem he says is lack of Hindu mindset. What is happening today is mental subversion, unlike physical brutalities of Islamic invasions of the past. He says he took up Rama Sethu because it is just another example of the way Hindu society is being targeted in subtle psychological way.What does he mean by Hindu Mind set? He goes on that it is not about doing Pujas or celebrating Diwali only. It is the corporate psychology that is needed.

When 500,000 Hindus were driven out of Kashmir by Islamic terrorists and living in squalid camps since 1989, we need to feel annoyed, upset and take action. When Hindus and Hindu temples are targeted by terrorists, we need to stand up against it.What are forces against Hinduism? He gave examples of Christian fundamentalist Pat Robertson openly declaring that he would convert 100 millions to Hindus and that of Christian CM of Andhra Pradesh YSR. As for Islam, he says they are clearer in their objective.

He explained how the Islamic scriptures (Koran, Sira and Hadith) drive the behavior of Islamists and how Islam sanctions terrorism. He detailed how in every single Panchayat in Tamilnadu (40 of them) where Muslims gained majority, they stopped providing civic services such as water, school, garbage cleanup to Hindus for last 10 years with notices in Urdu that they need to convert to get those services and how he successfully challenged it in Tamilnadu High Court.However, he says while Muslim and Christian fundamentalists are clear in their mind on what they want to do; it is the Hindu who is confused about what to do.

That confusion he was trying to remove by placing the whole conspiracy behind destruction of Rama Sethu.Having given this perspective he goes about the Rama Sethu's significance in our history. He detailed how there were committees since 1860, nine of them before independence and six after the independence considered various routes to cut short the need to go around Sri Lanka when moving goods in Indian Peninsula.

However, even though not a single one of the fifteen committees ever recommended the route that destroys Rama Sethu, the current Government took on its own to destroy it at the behest of Karunanidhi and his cohort T.R. Baalu. Why did Government ignore 35 lakhs verifiable signatures requesting not to destroy Rama Sethu and the protest of 5 lakh people?

The same Government that is hell bent on destroying Rama Setu, modified the New Delhi Metro route at cost of thousands of crores because a small Muslim NGO complained that the vibrations could cause cracks in a cemetery. The same Government that will bend backwards for even slightest dissent from their vote banks chose to break the back of Hindu society?

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