Poet Naaraa.Naachiyappan-
--A Voice against religious Fundamentalism
Here we can see one of his poems on Religious fundamentalism.
Religion is said to be the way to reach God’s abode. But in reality, religion divides mankind in many factions, thereby creating clashes, quarrels and war. In the name of religion very many wars have been waged swallowing the lives of thousands and thousands of lives.
Here in our country, religion has been one among the social evils, which lead to terrorism
And brutal murders. Religious thoughts intoxicate our minds to sabotage our own fellow-countrymen.
Another hazard is superstition. In the temples we are not allowed to pray for ourselves.
We appoint middlemen to offer our prayers. Naaraa.Naachiyappan vehemently opposes this thing in his poems.
If we want to speak to our mother, will we appoint advocates for that purpose?
Then why should there be mediators between God and us?
The mediators propagate falsehoods and make us believe them in the name of God.
We loose our rational thinking.We begin to believe in the superstition that there is an auspicious time to do things. We are made to believe that there is also inauspicious time and we are prohibited doing things in that time.
We fail to learn the art of living in this world. We are trained to bother about the another world which we are destined to go after our death.
Poet Naaraa Naachiyappan, condemns this attitude of exploiting people in the name of religion in his poem titled”Religious Fundamentalists.”
They deny our rational thinking!
By repeatedly telling the lie
That there is a divine tree KARPAGAM
And a divine cow kamadhenu
They destroy our rational thinking!
Again and again they spread anecdotes
To brain-wash us and make us believe that
We can eat as we like and enjoy
If we worship God
They destroy our rational thinking!
They will ask us to give coconut and banana
They will command us to give a fee for archana
Ask us wait till the auspicious time comes
Tell us that there is a land of
Pleasure beyond our vicinity;
They destroy our rational thinking!
In another poem’ Evil of religion’he tells us that Jesus and Gandhi were murdered by religious fanatics and emphasizes that religion is the root of all evils.
The poet takes into discussion the concept that ‘All religions are equal’ and after a logical
Argument concludes that’No religion is agreeable’
We agree with Naaraa Naachiyappan that religion spoils our unity. Humanism alone should be our religion. International peace should be our goal. Mutual trust and love cutting the barriers of race, ethnicity, language and country should be our approaches
