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Hilarious Musings of Lord Rama in Vaigundam on the issue of the Setu Bridge*

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***A bridge Too Far----Brilliantly put it in words*

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*The Lord surveyed the Ram Setu and said " Hanuman, how diligently and

strenuously you and your vanara sena built this bridge several

centuries back. It is remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of the

climatic and geographical changes over centuries. It is indeed an amazing

feat especially considering the fact that a bridge at Hyderabad built by

Gammon using latest technology collapsed the other day even before they

could stick the posters on its pillars. " *

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*Hanuman with all humility replied " Jai Sri Ram, it is all because of your

grace. We just scribbled your name on the bricks and threw them in the sea

and they held. No steel from TISCO or cement from India Cements or Ambuja or ACC

was ever

used. But Lord, why rake up the old issue now? " ** *

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*Ram spoke " Well, Hanuman some people (in Tamilnadu) down there want to demolish

the

bridge and construct a canal. The contract involves lots of money and lot of

money will be made. They will make money on demolition and make more money

on construction. " ** *

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*Hanuman humbly bowed down and said " Why not we go down and present our

case? " .** *

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*Ram said " Times have changed since we were down there. They will ask us

to submit proof of age and we don't have either a birth certificate or

school leaving certificate. We traveled mainly on foot and sometimes in

bullock carts and so we don't have a driving license either. As far as the

proof of address is concerned, the fact that I was born at Ayodhya is

itself under litigation for over half a century. If I go in a traditional

attire with bow and arrow, the ordinary folks may recognize me but Arjun

Singh or Kapil Sibal or Diggy Singh may take me to be some tribal and, at the

most, offer a seat at IIT

under the reserved category for learning how to construct a bridge. Also, a

God cannot walk in, dressed in a three-piece suit and announce his arrival.

It would make even the devotees suspicious. So it is a dilemma so to

say. " ** *

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* " I can vouch for you by saying that I personally built the bridge. " ** *

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* " My dear, Anjani putra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce

the Layout plan, The Project details, Approved Plans, Municipal Building

Permit,Excavation Permit, Environmental clearance, the contractor who built it

including financial

outlay and how the project cost was met and the completion certificate. And what

if Karuna asks for our

Engg Degree ? And who inaugurated it(if it was by , it's ok)?

Nothing is accepted by these UPA people without documentary evidence in India .

You may cough but unless a doctor certifies it, you

have no cough. A pensioner may present himself personally but the

authorities do not take it as proof. He has to produce a life-certificate from a

corrupt Govt servant

to prove that he is alive. It is that complicated. " ** *

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* " Lord, I can't understand these historians. Over the years you have given

darshan once every hundred years to saints like Surdas, Tulsidas, Saint

Thyagaraja, Jayadeva, Bhadrachala Ramdas and even Sant Tukaram and still

they disbelieve your existence and say Ramayana is a myth. The only

option,I see, is to re-enact Ramayana on earth and set the government

records straight once for all. " ** *

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*The Lord smiled. " It isn't that easy today. Ravan is apprehensive that he

may look like a saint in front of today's UPA politicians. I also spoke to his

mama Mareecha, who appeared as a golden deer to tempt Sita maiyya when I

was in the forest and he said that he won't take a chance of stepping on

earth as long as Salman Khan is around. " **

manish kothari