09-18-2003, 04:20 AM
[quote name='acharya' date='Sep 17 2003, 06:31 AM'] Misreading Partition Road Signs
Satyananda, the hero, has killed in battle all the Muslim officers (Muslim soldiers having all fled). The British remained. At that moment `He' (the voice of Satyananda's Master, that of Bankim himself) orders Satyananda to cease killing for only the British are left. Satyananda is puzzled. "Why do you order me to cease?" he asks. To this `He' replies: "your task is accomplished. The Muslim power is destroyed. [/quote]
Notice his not to subtle misinterpretation of Vankimchandra's work. Of course Vamkimchandra was expressing what is at the heart of the Hindu psyche. It is not without reason that something the sermon of the gItA is placed just before the bhArata war. In the Hindu world view for each physical battle the one has to have a corressponding mental development.
Also note how he underlines the Islamist opposition to vande mAtaraM. This is natural for it directly emerges from the image of bhAratI, the tutelary goddess of the Vedic Indo-Aryans from which the land drew its name. Vankim Chandra clearly recognized the difference between the different foes of India.
Satyananda, the hero, has killed in battle all the Muslim officers (Muslim soldiers having all fled). The British remained. At that moment `He' (the voice of Satyananda's Master, that of Bankim himself) orders Satyananda to cease killing for only the British are left. Satyananda is puzzled. "Why do you order me to cease?" he asks. To this `He' replies: "your task is accomplished. The Muslim power is destroyed. [/quote]
Notice his not to subtle misinterpretation of Vankimchandra's work. Of course Vamkimchandra was expressing what is at the heart of the Hindu psyche. It is not without reason that something the sermon of the gItA is placed just before the bhArata war. In the Hindu world view for each physical battle the one has to have a corressponding mental development.
Also note how he underlines the Islamist opposition to vande mAtaraM. This is natural for it directly emerges from the image of bhAratI, the tutelary goddess of the Vedic Indo-Aryans from which the land drew its name. Vankim Chandra clearly recognized the difference between the different foes of India.