Raja's Rare Rumble Regarding Rama Sethu, Religion. ra ra ra..Wow I too came up with a contrived alliteration!!!

Readers of this blog might have doubts as to why a site dedicated to corporate finance should now focus its thoughts on "religion"...Well I think this is the most opportune time when we need to have a sneak peek into our religious faiths, especially at a point in time when the basic fundamentals and the foundation of the majority community of this country (can we still call ourselves the majority..im not sure) is being put to a litmus test by the so called intelligentsia who consider it their patrimony to question anything associated with "hinduism". On top of the anti hindu pecking order is our grand old man MK who has asked the most ludicrous questions of this century "Which college did Lord Rama go and study engineering..does he have a degree certificate..Can the Sangh Parivar and other Hindu organisations show a copy of Lord rama's degree certificate".. Well lets now pay him back by flipping the same question at him. During 96-2001 (the previous tenure of the DMK government..most readers would be aware that in Tamilnadu its always an alternating game for power between the DMK and ADMK..we have no choice u see!!!), a lot of bridges, subways and flyovers were constructed at all inappropriate places in Chennai. Now wont i sound featherbrained if i ask MK "Thatha ..Thatha..Which college did u study engineering...Did u graduate at IIT Madras or Anna University as u have constructed so many unwanted flyovers within the city...Where did u gain all this engineering prowess??". Mankind has evolved at its own steady pace and each stage of evolution has had its own scientific and technological advancements at that given point in time. Therefore, when Lord Rama had existed he must have had his own group of architects and technocrats who had the requisite skills to construct Rama Sethu. Mere logical reasoning on how our temples all across the country would have been built ages ago with tremendous designs and eye catching splendor that cant even be replicated by the L&T engineers of today stands testimony enough to prove that Rama Sethu could have also been man made or to rather summate, build under the guidance and supervision of Lord Rama.

The interests of our religion are quite safe in the hands of the Lord in spite of the several attacks that are being made on it from both within and without. But as adherents to a particular religion, we must atleast perform the basic functions and practices that our faith entrusts and endows upon us. A religion can thrive only if it regulates the activities of its followers by channelising their free will into fruitful, productive activities. It is here that our scriptures have a major role to play. There is absolutely no need to find fault with our scriptures or seek to alter them. We keep searching for evidence on certain beliefs and customs and in the absence of such corroborating evidence we are only too happy to dismiss them as myths or embellishment of glorified faith. For eg: If a stranger standing by the road directs you, at ur request, to a house you are searching for, do u ask him for evidence or proof that he's right in his directions. Dont u place implicit reliance on him and proceed as directed by him. Its only when u reach the wrong house that you start finding fault with that person. Similarly we should have faith in the proclamations of our ancient sages (the guru parampara) and firmly believe that their dictates are leading us in the right direction. In today's materialistic world, none of us(me included) follow any of the rigours prescribed by the vedas and other scriptures. So speaking for myself, atleast i can definitely say that i dont have any right to question or blame the scriptures for the writings enshrined therein unless and until i reach a point when i feel misled or wronged having followed the vedas and its teachings. Guess thats never gonna happen!!