One thing I love about reading obituaries is because of patterns. Here’s a pattern: real estate ownership issues can be really thorny. Think Western Wall / Temple Mount. Or any civic zoning dispute. That stuff I’m familiar with. But by reading the Times of India, I am able to read about what appears to be a pretty intense land dispute that has a timeline going back to 800,000 B.C. And have no idea what the hell they’re talking about.
Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas president Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans ensured that the Ram temple agitation never went out of hand and acted as a bridge between the radicals in the movement and the government. He was responsible for the installation of the idols at the disputed site in 1949 and gave the Central government a breather in 2002 through his Siladaan programme. Paramhans breathed his last on July 31.