Yechury's accusation of the BJP "communalising" Sethusamudram project is lame in the extreme. It is GOI's affidavit in the Supreme Court which vitiated the atmosphere. And it is explosive rhetoric by Ambika Soni, Karunanidhi, Baalu and their ignoble neanderthal brigade that is fast "communalising" the situation.
They and they alone are responsible for precipitating the crisis and it's calibrated
escalation.
Why doesn't Yechury apply Marx's materialistic interpretation of history to
Christianity and Islam which have inflicted holocaust on the Hindu nation over 1300 years?
That being said, credit must be given for Yechury's interpretation of the Dasha Avatara in the context of evolution of life forms to humanity, although this is hardly an original interpretation (after all, Yechury's parents would have named him
"SitaRam" for a reason, notwithstanding his ideological inclinations as an adult !)
The concept makes a lot of sense, to me atleast, compared to the biblical fairy
tale of Adam & Eve and their temptation etc and it's logical corollary - the stupid
argument of Christian creationism Vs. Liberal Darwinism.
Hinduism is a very scientific tradition at it's core unlike the semitic dogmas.
Actually, it would be worthwhile for Marxist historians to initiate a scientific inquiry into Christian plagiarism of Hindu ideas and traditions like
the great deluge, King Herod's infanticide, the name Christ which are
derived from the Hindu Mahapralay, Kansa's pogrom in Mathura and Krishna respectively.
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
...accuses BJP of communalising Sethusamudram
Maintaining that there was no scientific evidence to prove Ram Setu was a man-made structure, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury has accused the BJP of taking recourse to faith to authenticate mythology as history and communalising Sethusamudram project.
In the latest editorial of The People's Democracy, he said that the BJP was trying to do this to gain political advantage.
Though Yechury attacked the BJP for using the issue to meet its political agenda, he avoided commenting on the anti-Ram reactions by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader Karunanidhi, which many of his party and Left colleagues believe to have been doing disservice to the secular cause.
Rather he used the tool of Marx's materialistic interpretation of history to explain the Hindu concept of avatar (reincarnation). Yechury said: "Dasavatars concept could be seen as a remarkable recording of the evolution of human life and its advancement in civilisation.''
He began with referring to Matsaya (fish) Avatar - the first in the cycle of ten avatars. The Leftist leader explained that science had now confirmed that the first life forms evolved under water. Then came the Kurma (tortoise) Avatar representing the amphibian, capable of living both on land and in water.
This was followed by the Baraha (boar) Avatar, which lived only on land. The next was the Narasimha Avatar reflecting transition from the animal to the human form.
The Vaman Avatar came next representing the evolution of human form in dwarf size, which is followed by Parasuram who wields the axe as his weapon, symbolising the stage of clearing forests for human settlement, the CPI(M) leader said.
After Parasuram, came Ram, the avatar who wields the bow and arrow, a weapon that could protect human settlements by attacking the enemy from a distance, he said.
Balaram came next wielding the plough, signifying evolution of human civilisation to the agrarian economy. Krishna, who comes after this stage, symbolises the domestication of the cow and development of the dairy economy.
Kalki, who is yet to arrive, is portrayed as riding a horse representing the stage of domestication of the horse, as the Aryans mastered and majestically moved across lands, Yechury said.
"Thus, without entering into any dispute on matters of faith, this remarkable materialist interpretation of the Dasavatars, surely merits attention.
"Faith in its quintessential form must facilitate the pursuit of truth and acquiring the ability to recognise the truth. Faith must encourage the adventure of ideas and promote scientific enquiry and not reduce itself to fanning communal passions for petty political and electoral benefits,'' the editorial said.
In his article, Yechury said the Constitution, while protecting the rights of the individual choice of faith, also seeks to encourage scientific enquiry and spirit. "These cannot be and should not be counterpoised," he said.
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