SethuSamudram
Historian
The Rama Setu controversy has been rocking India for the last many months. Hindus believe that Sri Rama built a bridge to Sri Lanka, and hence the place is sacred. The government wants to dredge the channel and obliterate the formation. The controversial ex-JNU historian Romila Thapar recently (The Hindu, September 28, 2007) dismissed the historicity of Rama because there are several mutually irreconcilable versions of The Ramayana. She then made a startling claim:
Oil Spill Disasters And Sethusamudram
In the previous parts of this article, we have seen that the proposed channel poses an imminent danger of Oil Spill disasters in Sethusamudram, which put to risk a unique paradise of nature that thrives there. In this concluding part we review the disaster management plan and spill response readiness envisaged by the project proponents....Rama Setu And Rama'a Historicity
In its now withdrawn affidavit the Indian Government has claimed that Rama Setu is a naturally formed coral reef and not a man-made structure. Further, it was also claimed that Rama was not a historical figure though it is unclear what Rama?s historicity has to do with the proposed project of cutting a channel through the Rama Setu. The latter pronouncement is both uninformed and gratuitous that smacks of an ulterior political motive....
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