If your ancestors had not fougth among themselves and pushed out the zillions of invaders, we would have been an independent nation all along our history. No one else should raise an eye on our temples or its treasures. Trillions of dollars worth treasures have been looted by Ghaznis, Ghoris and you name them. That is why we need a nuclear bomb. There were poor people even then, there are poor people even now. The difference is, in between we have lived a thousand years of servitude and slavery as a nation and people.
It's ridiculous to see the pitch given by Rediff editors, the old guy did not have any opinion on the Nuclear deal standoff and yellow journalism has taken over.
Re: I will tell you why we need a nuclear bomb
by sargamcola on Sep 05, 2008 10:34 PM Permalink
Subbu,
Padam Singh's ancestors- the Rajputs- at least fought the invaders, even to theirs and their families' deaths. What exacltly did your ancestors do when Ghori and Ghaznavi came calling? Please do tell! And name one country or community, then and today, where infighting was and is not prevalent? Did the muslims not fight one another? Europeans? We lost not because there was a dearth of fighting men, rather there was complete indifference and hostility to new ideas, new technologies and new strategies. People with closed minds (koop-mandooks) always fail. Do read about the initial battles that were fought between the invaders and Punjabi rajputs like Ghakkars. Some of the stuff is fairly eye-opening!
Re: I will tell you why we need a nuclear bomb
by Seenu Subbu on Sep 06, 2008 12:42 AM Permalink
Dude, thanks for the lecture. We are not discussing what ancestors of yours or mine did or did not do. Fair or unfair, Rajputs were geographically at a disadvantage of having to defend constantly. I can read about the "initial" battles and definitely learn more, but the crucial part is, most latter battles, including the ones against Alexander, Rajputs conspired against fellow Raputs. That was the reason why inspite of brave kings like Rana Pratap Singh, Rajputs still lost. I am not blaming any one particular community, but the point is, even to this day Indians have it in their DNA to pull down fellow men. You might move on to philosophize on how it is a universal human trend, but then we are digressing.
