I am very much disheartened the way this new item is written. There is no question that this is a great new, but the script which goes with it lacks any understanding of the historic importance of Nalanda, or its importance in today's Asia.
When this university is being built by an international consortium of Asian countries by spending almost 1 Billion Dollar, this author writes that "its going to be brand image of Bihar" alone!
Indian media is filled with mediocre people, second grade journalist basically hardly any good students get into media. exceptions are always there.
This story doesn;t talk how Nalanda was destroyed. Neither it speaks about gradiose.
Laughingly, this report terms Nalanda as "Oxford of the East"! Fact is, Oxford should be called "Nalanda of the West." Indian Press is still suffering from Colonial hangover.
RE:Laughingly, this report terms Nalanda as
by samara bazar on Apr 24, 2007 11:11 AM Permalink
I've been reading your writings from quite a while now, almost on all the topics and very impressed by it. You probably fit for Rediff chief Editor/Writer's post.
RE:Laughingly, this report terms Nalanda as
by sheila das on Apr 24, 2007 11:37 AM Permalink
Probably you are true.
But comaprision is always with something that is known.
How many people know what Nalanda is, except what most of us have heard in our History classes( and probably forgotten)?
And even if Nalanda comes back will it be what the old NAlanda University was?
It will only be a modern replica of the great ancient university. Only the name will be there.
Also, the author did right in not writing about its destruction. Because it will have a very negative effect. Peole on this board will bicker and abuse as if it was "you" and "you" who did it.
Since every one here is applause for Nalanda , which stood for Indian culture, and which in turn stands for good will it would be a good idea to try to know what this culture was, which is all but extinct from this country.
And one does not need a Nalanda to know what Indian culture was. Its there in all those great books forgotten on our book shelves and never read.
Sheila Das>>Also, the author did right in not writing about its destruction. Because it will have a very negative effect. Peole on this board will bicker and abuse as if it was "you" and "you" who did it.
If one forgets history, then you are going to repeat it.
Today's Indian Muslims didn;t do that. It was done by Foreign invaders.
So, if one writes Nalanda was destroyed by Turkish Invaders, why today's Muslims feel uncomfortable?
Let the history speak for itself.
Suppressing history of middle age's atrocities selectively has caused greatest harm to Indian politics.
RE:Laughingly, this report terms Nalanda as
by Raju Aiyer on Apr 24, 2007 12:18 PM Permalink
Mr. Bhaskar Chattopadhyay: My admiration for you keeps growing by leaps and bounds. In these times of glossing over, the depth of your understanding amazes me. For the benefit of knowledge-seekers I give below a link pursuing which one can learn about Nalanda and all its glory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalanda.
RE:Laughingly, this report terms Nalanda as
by Raju Aiyer on Apr 24, 2007 11:27 AM Permalink
Right you are Mr. Bhaskar Chattopadhyaya: Oxford should indeed be called the Nalanda of the West! You are again right that the story does not cover how Nalanda was destroyed in the first place! Perhaps it would be anti-secular to talk about who destroyed Nalanda and why. The hymen of secularism is so thin that it gets ruptured when history is recounted without any bias. Secularism looses its chastity the moment truth is spoken.
RE:Laughingly, this report terms Nalanda as
by Seenu Subbu on Apr 24, 2007 11:09 AM Permalink
If you glance above, the article does mention how Nalanda was destroyed by invading Turkish barbarian Khilji, barbarian being my word for the scoundrel.
