03-06-2006, 11:31 PM
Very little of ancient Indian knowledge and customs have survived till date.As the present day trend goes, whatever is left of our Indian ness in behaviour may not survive another 50 years.
The downfall of intellectuals of India during the long years of Islamic rule is nothing particular of India. The same is the case of other countires of that period which came under Islamic Rule during that period.When we look around us today, we find that we are in the forefront of the fastest developing countires amongst the former colonies of the West.The entire Middle East and entire Africa were also under the colonial rule of the West. Look at the development level that majority of them achieved.We are quite ahead of almost most of them. We cannot claim that the British gave some very special treatment to us Indians.Then what is the reason for this wide desparity today.Is it that we Indians are intellectually superior humans?
The downfall of intellectuals of India during the long years of Islamic rule is nothing particular of India. The same is the case of other countires of that period which came under Islamic Rule during that period.When we look around us today, we find that we are in the forefront of the fastest developing countires amongst the former colonies of the West.The entire Middle East and entire Africa were also under the colonial rule of the West. Look at the development level that majority of them achieved.We are quite ahead of almost most of them. We cannot claim that the British gave some very special treatment to us Indians.Then what is the reason for this wide desparity today.Is it that we Indians are intellectually superior humans?