I agree with the columnist that we need to know the history not only about Aurangzeb but the entire history. Was Aurangzeb an exception? He was a distoator but so was Ashoka and only later he took to Buddhism. Were the Aryans who first came to India not dictators and exhortionist. Of course they were and they over period instituionalised the worst and most ingrained racial system of castes. Was Aurangzeb any different to any of these people? I dont think so. Tommorow's history would be written and George Bush may figure as dictator. So in history time and gain there have been tyrrants. But this fact should not prevent us from discussing the past because that is the only way to lay foundations for the future. But the biggest fear which we all harbour is intolerance towards other's faith and believing that just one religion is the best and not others and trying to impose this on others. Wiping off one country from the face of earth is jsut one such example. Look at the intolerance of Mr. Baig or Mr. Mirza in the following columns, he even doesnt want to read all this and wants Rediff to stop such non-sense and echoses the sensoring of information and knowledge. Debate is the surest way to establish democracy unless one wants to slip into Iran like dictatorship.
