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19 Oct 2011 10:03 #54622
by ketchim
A quarrel has broken out in the Indian capital over whether Delhi university
should teach a controversial essay about the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
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19 Oct 2011 10:04 #54623
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The essay by the well-known scholar AK Ramanujan was dropped from the
history syllabus earlier this week :
after protests from Hindu hardline groups.!
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19 Oct 2011 10:09 #54625
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The Ramayana, written by the Hindu sage Valmiki:
Ram and Sita were married and are held up as an ideal couple.
Ravana, it says, desired Sita for himself, kidnapped her and held her hostage
until Ram rescued her.
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19 Oct 2011 10:16 #54628
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Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka.
The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam’s Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.
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19 Oct 2011 10:18 #54630
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In this epic, there is a mentioning about a bridge, which was built between
Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan coast :
under the supervision of a dynamic and invincible figure called Rama
who is supposed to be the incarnation of the supreme....
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19 Oct 2011 10:21 #54633
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And here I thougth that I was part of the supreme...
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