Posted by: worldissmall October 6, 2007
I got this in my email..
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This one i got this morning...A bridge too far..

 

The Lord surveyed the Ram Setu and said "Hanuman, how diligently and
strenuously you and your vanara sena
had 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."

Hanuman with all humility spoke "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 Ambuja or ACC was
ever used. But Lord, why rake up the old issue now."

Ram spoke "Well, Hanuman some people down there want to demolish the bridge
and construct a canal. The
contract involves lot of money and lot of money will be made. They will
make money on demolition and
make more money on construction. "

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

Ram said "Times have changed since we were down there. They will ask us to
submit age proof and we don't have
either a birth certificate or school leaving certificate. We traveled
mainly on foot and some times
in bullock carts and so we don't have a driving  license either. As far as
the address proof 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 may
take me to be some tribal and, at the most, offer a seat at IIT under the
reserved category. 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 dilemma so to say."

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

"My dear, Anjani putra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce the
lay-out plan, the project
details, including financial outlay and how the project cost was met and
the completion certificate.
Nothing is accepted 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 to prove that he is alive. It
is that complicated. "

"Lord 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."

Lord smiled "It isn't that easy today. Ravan is apprehensive that he may
look like a saint in front of
Karunanidhi. 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."


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