Thursday, September 13, 2007

Ram Rajya?

I wouldn't touch Ayodhya with a bargepole. Especially after Gujarat. But this comedy just keeps getting funnier.(You can afford to call it a comedy if none of your relatives have died because of it.) This time, it's a Sethu that's sending them into a tizzy. Earlier, something like this would've just made me shrug and do the they-are-like-this-only routine. Now, I'm not so sure that's the way to go. When we're being superior and expressing our amusement at all this religious fervour, we're missing the plot. Governments have been toppled by it. And continue to be, to this day. Sorely needed: a little understanding on how this is so important. (Forget the why. If it made any sense it would've been resolved by now.)Or maybe some divine intervention would help.

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