I must congratulate you to evoke such a topic in these turbulent times and make us Indians aware of our bloody past. Well it seems we 'patriotic' 'unity in diversity' Indians will listen more to the likes of you, Koenraad Elst, David Frawley(Pandit Vamadev Shastri) and Alain Danielou rather than Sitaram Goel, Ram Swarup and Arun Shourie; then so be it!!
We need to imitate such things from Europe such as reconciliation e.g. Germans realising and horrified at the HOLOCAUST they committed; so much so that even today's German children learn about the Nazi past and the terrible oppression by them of the Jews, Gypsies and Slavs(incl. those who protected them).
I doubt the Muslims (save a few like late Anwar Sheikh) will acknowledge the horrors their forefathers/ converting conquerors have committed against Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians and Sikhs over 1200 years!? But your programme is a step forward.
Well the American historian, Will Durant had this to say (in The Story of Civilization): "...the Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for it's evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex order and freedom can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without and multiplying from within."
Looks familiar doesn't it? Here's wishing you all the best.
RE:Nice simple article about the truth!!
by NIRANJAN L on Feb 16, 2007 06:45 PM Permalink
Dear Sushil you can accept dark facts when you are mature enough to understand why & how they happened. Majority of Indians are still over sensitive to these issues & will flame up on recalling these incidents. Its gonna take a real long time for us to mature, think about shaping the future & then recalling & undestanding the past. Most nations that have accepted the past are the ones with one major religion. Its no joke to convince a billion people following numerous faiths about a dark past. Its best to keep the past there & move ahead. All religions have resorted to some tactic for propogation. If anyone brought out the facts about the spread of Christianity, Aurangzeb would sound like a kindergarten kid. The fact is that we are constantly facing a world that has more practical problems than spiritual ones. Every nation knows it can't survive by itself. Boundaries are opening up like never before. Communication couldn't have been better. All this is allowing human to human contacts. When you look deep inside yourself & others, you see no difference. Its something written down centuries ago, that had relevance then, that is still dictating the ways of life. Religion is required to discipline humans but law is not much different. There are plenty of Aurangzebs & Hitlers practising even today. Its just a matter of how we fight them to oblivion that decides what the world is going to look like in the near & far future. Lets wake up to accept human kind as one & sort problems that will let us all live equally & happily in the short time we are gonna be in this planet.
RE:Nice simple article about the truth!!
by NIRANJAN L on Feb 16, 2007 06:28 PM Permalink
WOW...WHAT A JOKE HAPPENING HERE....THE GUY (FRANCOIS GAUTIER) IS A CHRISTIAN WHO IS SO SUCCESFUL IN CREATING A WAR (OF WORDS & SUBSEQUENT BLOOD SHED) BETWEEN HINDUS & MUSLIMS... WAKE UP GUYS.. WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO IN LIFE THAN FIGHT ABOUT RELIGION. REMEMBER... GOD MADE MAN...MAN DIDN'T MAKE GOD. RELIGION IS BUT MAN MADE & MOST CERTAINLY THERE ARE SEVERAL FLAWS. THE WORLD IS PROGRESSING & WE SHOUDLN'T BE LEFT BEHIND. WAKE UP TO FACTS FACING US IN THE EYE. LEAVE RELIGION TO THE CLERGIES. THEY ARE GONNA DIE SOON ANYWAY.
RE:Nice simple article about the truth!!
by Samir Ankalikar on Feb 16, 2007 04:45 PM Permalink
yes sushman what william durrant said was right. but some indians are shy to talk about it. it is wrong to say that only aurangzeb was cruel. even his forefathers were no angels. Akbar , Jahangir and Shahjahan were equally cruel but the opposite has been taught in history books. Aurangzeb is remembered for his atrcocities because he was the last powerful mughal emperor. if Akbar , jahangir and Shahjahan were tolerant , then were people like Rana Pratap or sikh Gurus like Argan Dev and Teghbahadur mad to oppose them ? also never has any muslim ruler built any mosque or garden or fort. if so there is no existing islamic book like Vastu Shastra just as hindus have. Existing structures were conquered and used by these barbarians and in history it has been noted as follows: "Shahjahan built tajmahal" or "Akbar built fatehpur sikri". it has now been proved that TajMahal was a Hindu temple and existed when Babur arrived in India. ( Babur was an ancestor of Shahjahan ). if Shahjahan could construct a huge building like Taj after his wife's death, then why did he not make any bigger buildings for her when she was alive. i dont know why our governments are so shy in accepting the fact that the 1000 year muslim rule in India was worse than the Nazi occupation of Poland or Russia. any way some people will not unedrstand this .
