The Journey from Ayodhya to Ram Setu

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K. N. Singh was born in a small village of Uttar Pradesh in 1937. After completing Intermediate Science from Wesley School in Azamgarh, he proceeded to pursue his Master's Degree in Geology at Banaras Hindu University. In 1961 he became a Lecturer in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University. He left teaching in 1964 to pursue the career of a professional Geologist in the Geological Survey of India. Major part of his service was dedicated as a Petrologist, engaged in research investigations, providing petrological support to ongoing projects of Northern Region, GSI. He also assisted guidance to the research scholars enrolled for Ph.D. He has attended several national and international Seminars. He has been instrumental in organizing several Geological exhibitions. He played a pivotal role in organizing exhibition at International Engineering Geology Conference in Delhi. He has contributed several research papers and edited Departmental publications retired as the Director of Petrology Division in 1995.

He has been writing articles in the Daily Gulf Times of Bahrain and Dubai. He has written a took Geoscientific Perspective of Samudramanthan. He has contributed articles in literary Journal Rhetorica of the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow.

'Setu' (bridge) is for 'Hetu' (purpose) and that is to connect and to overcome hurdles. They are made over rivers, sea, roads and railway tracks so that people can cross without fear. Bridges, of all kinds, have traditionally represented our desire to know and connect with what's on the other side. They symbolize our hopes to traverse vast and sometimes impossible distances across time and space. Metaphorically, our journey here is like walking on a bridge (setu). Bridges are symbols of our desire to cross to the other side - whether physical, emotional, or spiritual.

Bridges provide otherwise be impassable passages over obstacles that might like the marsh or a river. They lead to new places. The first bridges were believed to be made by nature -as simple as a log fallen across a stream. The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of wooden logs or planks and eventually stones, using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. A major breakthrough in bridge technology came with the erection of the Iron Bridge in Shropshire, England in 1779. It used cast iron for the first time as arches to cross the river Severm.