Periyar's statue

[This was posted in Haindava Keralam comment slot.] K. Venugopal 12/9/2006 9:41:35 AM I think those who are dedicated to the cause of Hindutva have two problems in situations like these. If suppose we declare war on DK on this issue, what happens? Much violence, the brunt borne mostly by innocents. Even if we defeat DK, would we win? For after all, aren't the DK folks too Hindus, though they don't want to accept it? So declaring war on them would never bring us any victory. But the other major problem remains. If we accept defeat on this issue, we would loose all self confidence and DK would be cultivated by Islamic forces to be their sword arm in terrorising Hindus.My suggestion is that we install a Ganapati idol right in front of DK headquarters or in front of a prominent Periyar statue. Then regular bhajans and deepa-aradhanas would create the proper atmosphere for everyone to understand that idol-installation is a Hindu act and DK cannot beat us in this game.