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Karunanidhi’s argument is scientific. What is the proof that Lord Rama existed? And what is the proof that the bridge was built by Lord Rama? There is no proof at all. That way there is no proof for existence of any God. Then why don’t we break all the place of religious interests, and make roads for better transport? In fact a couple of years back there wasn’t any proof even to know who your father was, that doesn’t mean that we were all bastards. We had to accept what our mothers said. We need to accept few things, even when there is no scientific proof for now – that is what faith is all about.

Thirukural - supposedly written by Thiruvalluvar is a book of 1330 poems written few 1000 years ago. Those poems are displayed on all government buses and is a must portion for Tamil students. DMK supports its presence wholeheartedly. There is no scientific proof for it either. Tamil scholars say – it is still debatable about in which period Thiruvalluvar existed, or whether it was a work of a single man or a group of people.

Kannagi, a Tamil mythological character, is believed to have burnt the whole of Madurai by plucking her left breast using her hand, and throwing it away cursing the city. The story says that her single breast destroyed the whole of Madurai. This Kannagi is the same person whose statue was removed from Merina Beach during JJ’s period - to facilitate traffic. And the same DMK made a huge hue and cry, till DMK came into power. And the first thing DMK did was to reinstate Kannagi’s statue at the same place. Now how scientific is it - burning a huge city with a single breast!!

Whether Ram existed or not is not the question here. It is about my personal faith on my own religion. And none has the right to hurt my religious sentiments. Ram could be a North Indian, point well taken, but then South India had him in Ramayana written by our own author Kambar. So he exists for South Indians too.

Now the ugly part of the controversy is that the fundamentalist parties like VHP, BJP and RSS got into the picture - as if they are the only saviors of Hinduism. On the contrary true Hindus should get on to the roads and solve this issue once and for all – Ram Sethu should exists!

I don’t blame M Karunidhi’s stand on Ram’s existence. He is innocent. How can someone with three legal wives ever understand the presence of someone who stuck to one wife all through his life!