Ayodhya Vs Babri

As one "literary intellectual" proud secular Indian to another-- What is your opinion on the so-called "landmark" judgment on the Ayodhya-Babri masjid issue? I, personally, am outraged!

It was "landmark" all right! Marked the land into three pieces.. "Marked" not divided! The main dome housing idols (allegedly sneaked inside by "right"-minded upholders of a Hindu country) marked for the larger community, the rest divided between the Nirmohi Akhada and the Mosque committee. A three-way division is laudable and very commendable in itself. As Mr. Javed Akhtar phrased it, it is the ONLY way to settle ruffled sentiments and move ahead as a nation, since the nation is always more important than anything else.The wrong lies not in the judgment per se, but in granting the main disputed central dome to the Ram lalla statues... based on the non-fact of this being Rams janmbhoomi.
The judgment was based on tenets of the place being the birthplace of an epical, mythological figure, whose presence, however cemented in our hearts and souls, has no historical backing. Its all very well to worship a deity of any shape and size, we worship Shiva in his stone "linga"..form , so would that mean that the stone takes p residence over the sanctity of Law and its procedures? Our "Gods" are but manifestations of the diverse traits of human nature..positive and negative. Hinduism is a way of life not truly a religion to be followed blindly. The how and why has it happened that a judgment based on religion is condoned and applauded as "fair"? There is concrete historical evidence of Neanderthal man, of dinosaurs and the dawn of civilization in Mohenjodara and Harrappa. Where is any evidence of the great kingdoms as written in the famous epics of the Ramayana and Mahabharata? Surely if they existed in all the alleged grandeur, they would have left behind adequately convincing footprints on the sands of time, and on the pages of history. So extolling our faith in mandirs is fine, ringing temple bells and offering prayers to our chosen deities is acceptable, but to insinuate them into legal battles and judgments is not

The shameful visual of a spokesman and lawyer coming out of the courtroom with the V for Victory sign is one I will not forget in a hurry. All the constraints on the press and pleas to the public to refrain from inciteful words or gestures becomes invalid in the face of the members of the legal fraternity extolling their obvious triumph at their "victory" over "those invaders" of our hallowed land.

What message goes out to the trusting populace of this land? That judgments can be based on tenets of religion? That "Ram" is a historic entity and not "Rahim"? What will stop the same forces from now storming and mowing down the Taj Mahal (Teja Mahal?), Jama Masjid, maybe the Red Fort??? They have the green signal anyway to embark upon this yatra too. After all, all of these were constructed by the "Invaders" and presumably on land where some erstwhile "Hindu" building existed.

Why spare the Aryans who smashed the Dravidians? And our rulers of over two centuries- The British? Why are we glamorizing our slavery by hosting the CWG and allowing the Prince to declare the Games open? Why dont we take it upon ourselves to hold all these to account too?

Maybe because we happen to be a civilized nation on the path to becoming a major force in tomorrow's world. So cant somebody STOP these violators of all we stand for from denuding us of our conscience?

As a proud Indian,I am truly shamed to call myself a citizen of this SECULAR land today. And I do NOT like the feeling.