Present scientific arguments about scriptures to youth: Sharma

Days after advocating for teaching Mahabharata and Ramayana, Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today said that the future generations may take these epics as fictional if scientific arguments about the scriptures are not presented to the youth.
"At a time when we talk about western civilisation in the name of modernisation, discussion on such issues is highly relevant because if scientific arguments about the scriptures like Ramayana and Mahabharata are not presented to the youth today, the future generation may take these as a fiction work," Sharma said.
He was addressing the gathering here on the occasion of inauguration of a unique exhibition on "Cultural Continuity from Rigveda to Robotics".

He further said that in the present times, when questions are posed by children about Rama or Sita, they could not give an answer for many times.
"But in the present times, when the parents walk with their child and he or she asks questions like where did Rama come from, or how was Sita or why did Lakshman do so, most of the times the parents have no answer to such questions," he said.
It may be recalled that recently Sharma had said that students should be taught teachings of Mahabharata and Ramayana, besides the teachings of Gita.