With the CAT coming closer, I thought this could be an interesting aspect to the Sethu Samudram Project. I am guessing that this could be one of the topics of GDs this year!
Read the full article 'The Sethu Samudram does not make nautical sense' at
http://www.rediff.com/news
Please don't miss the responses from the readers to get ready for objections from the other GD participants.
I found the following response most witty:
by Indian Indian on Oct 09, 2007 01:50 AM
We don't want mariners looking into all this...because then, the motives get mixed up. They seem to be just thinking straight-forward... Whereas, in the eyes of the DMK, the project has enormous benefits: One, the immediate and obvious advantage of some 20% as bribes, i.e., 20% of Rs. 2400 crores, that is, Rs. 480 crores. Will Captain Balakrishnan give this money to Karunanidhi and TR Baalu?
Secondly, DMK sees this as one more opportunity to destroy a Hindu heritage, so that they can make their Muslim support even stronger (and, strangely, this does not come at the cost of losing Hindu support, because Hindus think straight-forward and get confusesd by all the glib talk by DMK politicians, and still vote for the destroyers of Hinduism)... Will the Captain ensure better Muslim support for DMK, if this project is dropped?