Pakistan News And Discussion-12

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Regarding the name Sikander : It is the Arabic-Islamic version of <b>Alexander</b>
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<b>Naresh ji</b>, like the AIT, this is another fantasy that has gone on and on.

Skanda (like Rama, and Ish/Siva and later Krishna) is one of the personalities that is universally to be found in much of the "Arya" inhabitated / influenced civilizations. In particular Skanda. From 'Scand'inavia to alexander of greece to iskander of Arabia to sikandar of persia.

Now of course the Harvard-Indologists insist that every thing arrived in India from Greece. From clothes to architecture, from language to folklores, from epics to sculpture and from religion to sciences. So they also insist that after Alexandar 'the great' defeated India - Indians were so mesmerized by this god-like warrior that they deified him as Skanda-Kartikeya-Muruga. They even say that Chandragupta "Maurya" (who actually overthrew the greek satraps!) - took the Maurya as surname in reverence to the Alexandar (Maurya being the vehicle of Skanda). All hodge podge speculations projected as history.

But what we do know for sure is that Sikandar is definitely as non-Islami as Ram or Krishna.

HH ji can throw more light...

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->his views may get blinkered a he has married a Pakistani Lahori Muslim Woman - who has a couple a children from her earlier husband(s) - <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Both the books I mentioned are dedicated to her.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->and I will not be surprised if Sri V S Naipaul also receives “Enlightenment”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Ah indeed! Such is the charm of this enlightenment! But the way he writes and shows his grip on the subject, I would find it rather surprising. He is almost barred by all the modernist seculor columnists/writers. None speak about him, quote, or review.