OpED: What Do Indian Millennials Think Of The Ayodhya Verdict?

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The Babri Masjid being constructed and then demolished on the alleged Ram Janma Bhoomi or birthplace of Lord Ram has caused friction between Hindus and Muslims in India for decades.

Finally, the verdict regarding this disputed land has been given- the land itself will be used to construct a Ram temple, but a separate plot of 5 acres will be granted for the construction of a mosque. 

Political dispute

This verdict was issued amidst caution to Indian citizens to remain calm and not descend into communal riots. 

While it was greeted with a relatively calm atmosphere compared to the scale of previous communal friction in the country, there have been mixed opinions on the verdict. 

Mixed views

While some spiritual gurus like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have called for a neutral reception to the verdict, others like Baba Ramdev have made it clear that they believe the land should go towards the construction of a Ram Mandir.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

However, he also stated that Hindus must help Muslims construct the new mosque on the 5 acres granted.

Baba Ramdev

On the other hand, Hyderabadi MP Asaduddin Owaisi made his displeasure clear, saying that the granting of 5 acres of separate land is a patronising gesture, and the verdict is a clear victory of ‘faith over fact.’

MP Asaduddin Owaisi

Read More: All Major Highlights Of The Ayodhya Verdict Here: In Pics


What do millennials think? 

As a millennial identifying with the Hindu faith, I can say that my peers and I did not take sides in this dispute. 

This could be because it has been something of a background issue throughout our lives, but never really affecting us on an immediate basis. 

My Muslim peers also don’t seem to be too bothered about the verdict- our main concern, as Hindus and Muslims of the younger generation, is our safety on the streets once the verdict has been issued. 

Also, I have observed that we are more worried about issues that affect us directly, like employment, education, the state of the air we are breathing, and so on rather than a case of disputed land that has been going on for roughly a century.

Watch my video on the same here:

https://youtu.be/2oxqELJPVMM

While we understand and acknowledge that it is a historic verdict in the country, we are not personally invested in it. It is the politicians and religious leaders who seem to care the most about it. 

For us, our safety, education, employment, and health are of primary concern. 


Image Credits: Google Images 

Sources: India Today, Business Today, Times of India, +more

Find the author online at: @samyukthanair_

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2 COMMENTS

  1. The prediction is that 5 of the priests who took part in the foundation stone ceremony will die in 6 months.

    The prediction is that the Rama Temple will never be completed

    The prediction is that the Rama Temple will be destroyed in 3 years from today

    The prediction is that 5 of the Key officers of the lead contractor for the Rama Temple will die in 18 months from today

    In the last 2500 years – all Hindoo limpets who make such grandiose monuments were destroyed with their kingdoms in a few years thereafter.India will also be destroyed in 2-3 years and Modi and Amit Shah will be dead or killed in that same period.

    People Say Y ?

    As per the Valmiki Ramayana – Rama was an impotent gay pansy,a coward, a man who pimped his wife, an impotentica, a murderer and a man who was born out of bestaility ! And the Hindoos are making a temple for this man in the COVID Period ! dindooohindoo.

    Case 1 – Sita called Rama an Impotent Pansy

    Book II : Ayodhya Kanda – Book Of Ayodhya Chapter[Sarga] 30

    किम् त्वा अमन्यत वैदेहः पिता मे मिथिला अधिपः | राम जामातरम् प्राप्य स्त्रियम् पुरुष विग्रहम् || २-३०-३

    “What my father, the king of Mithila belonging to the country of Videha, think of himself having got as so-in-law you, a woman having the form of a man?”

    अनृतम् बल लोको अयम् अज्ञानात् यद्द् हि वक्ष्यति | तेजो न अस्ति परम् रामे तपति इव दिवा करे || २-३०-४

    Case 2 – Rama told Sita to whore herself- this is in the Valmiki Ramayana

    Chapter [Sarga] 115

    तद्गच्छ त्वानुजानेऽद्य यथेष्टं जनकात्मजे |
    एता दश दिशो भद्रे कार्यमस्ति न मे त्वया || ६-११५-१८

    “O Seetha! That is why, I am permitting you now. Go wherever you like. All these ten directions are open to you, my dear lady! There is no work to be done to me, by you.”

    तदद्य व्याहृतं भद्रे मयैतत् कृतबुद्धिना |
    लक्ष्मणे वाथ भरते कुरु बुद्धिं यथासुखम् || ६-११५-२२

    “O gracious lady! Therefore, this has been spoken by me today, with a resolved mind. Set you mind on Lakshmana or Bharata, as per your ease.”

    įatrughne vätha sugréve räkņase vä vibhéņaëe |
    niveįaya manaų séte yathä vä sukhamätmanaų || 6-115-23

    “O Seetha! Otherwise, set your mind either on Shatrughna or on Sugreeva or on Vibhishana the demon; or according to your own comfort.”

    Case 3 – Rama killed a Sudra to save the son of a Brahmin ! Also because the Sudra was studying the Vedas

    Book 7, the ‘Uttarakanda’ [Final Chapter], sargas 73-76, in the Adhyatma Ramayana version of Ramayana.

    When Rama is reigning as a virtuous king, a humble aged Brahmin comes to him, weeping, with his dead son in his arms. He says that Rama must have committed some sin, or else his son would not have died.

    (74) The sage Narada explains to Rama that a Shudra is practicing penances, and this is the cause of the child’s death.

    (75) Rama goes on a tour of inspection in his flying chariot, and finds an ascetic doing austerities, and asks who he is. ”

    (76) Hearing the [inquiring] words of Rama of imperishable exploits, that ascetic, his head still hanging downwards [as part of his austerities] answered:— ‘O Rama, I was born of a Shudra
    alliance and I am performing this rigorous penance in order to Conquer the heavens with this body. Lord Rama killed him due to his bad intentions and there by giving Shambuka his Moksha.

    Case 4- Rama;s mother had sex with a Horse !

    Book I : Bala Kanda – The Youthful Majesties

    Chapter [Sarga] 14
    Queen Kausalya desiring the results of ritual disconcertedly resided one night with that horse that flew away like a bird. [1-14-34]

    Case 5 – Was Rama a Gay Monkey ?

    Book VI : Yuddha Kanda – Book Of War

    Chapter [Sarga] 128

    आजानुलम्बिबाहुश्च महास्कन्धः प्रतापवान् |
    लक्ष्मणानुचरो रामः पृथिवीमन्वपालयत् || ६-१२८-९७

    That Rama, having his long arms reaching down his knees, having a broad chest and glorious, ruled this earth with Lakshmana as his companion.

    No humans has arms reaching to the knees ! Is Rama an Ape ?

    Rama ruled for 10000 years with Lakshmana – as HIS COMPANION ? What about Seeta Maiya ? What do have here ? A Gay Monkey !
    Rama spent 12 years with Lakshmana and Apes, with no sex with a woman – so he became Gay –so what – it is all evolution !
    As per Ramayana – Rama ruled happily ever after for 1000 years, with Lakshmana by his side (not Seeta) – it is all the Gay Thing (although Uttarakandam says that Rama and Seeta made merry for 10000 years – as miya bibi – but that was to neuter the Gay Theory of the Valmiki Ramayana)
    Also, the Ramayana says that Rama had hands till his knees, and that explains his love and fondness for all apes and monkeys
    Rama the Limpdick spent 12 years with Lakshmana, in a jungle, with no sex – and was sexually frustrated , and then Vali was banging his brother’s wife – and so, Rama the Limpdick killed Vali –
    it is all OK La !

    Case 6 – And the proof is the limpdick of Rama !

    This is Hanooman describing the UNDERSIZED LIMPDICK VIRILE MEMBRANE OF RAMA ! (Don’t ask how did Hanooman know)

    Book V : Sundara Kanda – Book Of Beauty
    Chapter [Sarga] 35
    18.
    “He has three folds in the skin of his neck and belly. He is depressed at three places (viz. the middle of his soles, the lines on his soles and the nipples).

    He is undersized at four places (viz. the neck, membran virile, the back and the shanks). He is endowed with three spirals in the hair of his head.

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