Sunday, August 22, 2004

My Great Nation

Atomic war in Mahabharatha

 

The following quote from Mahabharatha does seems so.

 

“..(the weapon was) a single projectile charged with all the power of the Universe. An incandescent column of smoke and flame as bright as the thousand suns rose in all its splendor... An iron thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas.... the corpses were so burned as to be unrecognizable. The hair and nails fell out; pottery broke without apparent cause, and the birds turned white.... after a few hours all foodstuffs were infected.... to escape from this fire, the soldiers threw themselves in streams to wash themselves and their equipment...”

 

regards,

Ramesh

 

Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Indian civilization and culture

The following is also a very good read. I feel this is an essential read for every Indian.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/16rajeev.htm

 

and its second part is available at,

http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/17rajeev.htm

 

The following is also a thought provoking article.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/aug/22kak.htm

 

 

regards,

Ramesh

 

Saturday, August 14, 2004

My Great Nation

The myth of Aryan invasion

 

 

This is to inform you friends about the most common myth about the history of our great nation.

 

This theory was founded by some racist English junk heads who thought that whites are superior to other races. They refused to believe that a society as sophisticated as the indus valley could have evolved from a non-white group. The result of course is the invasion of Aryans and the resultant foundation of the highly civilized society along the banks of the great rivers Saraswathi, Ganga and Yamuna.

 

We should look like morons to buy their theory in half of our wits. The absurdity that is so apparent in the theory is appalling. One is left to wonder how such a theory could be postulated, without much sense had been got into that. Since, this was one of that master propaganda by the English, it is obvious that, it did not cared about the truth.

 

The theory:

 

There was a civilization along the banks of Sindhu (River Indus) which flourished from 3000 BC to 1500 BC and was halted by the invasion of a tribe from Europe-Central Asia, called Aryans. They fought and drove the people of Indus valley civilization to down south of India. The Vedas and all the majority of thoughts of Hinduism were result of this Aryan Invasion.

 

You might be clear by now that how on earth this was accepted with some critical flaws.

 

Well, lets face it now. Please ponder over the following questions.

 

1)     Aryans were said to have invaded India around 1500 BC and brought with them all the Vedas and the scriptures. The data of Mahabharata is now thought to either of 1900 BC or 3200 BC. The latter fits the evidence more based on the fact that, Mahabharata specifies that ‘Kali Yuga’ started during the reign of Yudhistra after the war was fought and the Kali calendar shows that it is around 5000 years old. This clearly means the war has happened around 3200 BC. There were many references to Vedas and other scriptures in Mahabharata. It is said that Veda Vyas wrote the epic much later. Do you expect the invading tribes to honor and write one of the great epics of the world for the people who are defeated by them?

 

2)     If the Aryans invaded India from other land and found a society here then why no reference to their homeland could be found anywhere in the Vedas and other scriptures?

 

3)     For heaven’s sake, why a group of nomadic people invading a new country should compare the rivers and the banks of the newfound land to gods and goddesses of their own. Why should the invaders praise the rivers and the land of their new settlement alone without a reference or a comparison being made to their homeland or the lands on their way to India? Isn’t always obvious that humans tend to compare everything they see to what they already saw and align.

 

4)      How could a group of nomadic people produce such stunning marvels that describe about air planes running on eight different fuels, creation of universe and various ‘Yagnas’ or rituals, some of which last for months and years. If they are essentially grazers then could you expect them to settle in one land and perform pujas and rituals?

 

More to follow.

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Happenings

I slog and that’s the flaw that makes my blog a blah. Made two successive trips to Home and to Kodaikanal in the past two weekends. It was great to be at home after 3 months. Kodai trip was total fun and one of the finest trips I ever had. Will write upon that later. I slog now to complete my work. Just commited myself to write atleast this much to my, now ailing, blog. Anyway, I’ve got some very interesting things to share, things I gained from the trip and my thoughts etc. Will write upon that later. Hope the lord lets me keep my words this time.