09-08-2007, 01:48 PM
A new epidemic has emerged in educated Indians. The symptoms are -
Symptom No-1 : They think their history was glorious. It was golden age. Nowadays, people have forgotten that glorious history. this will lead them to doomsday.
Sympton No-2 : They believe that their forefathers were great. They were brave, intelligent, knowledgable, big-hearted & so on. Rest of the world was jungalee. Civilization was delivered by their forefathers for the first time on this planet.
Symptom No-3 : They are convinced that they have to go back to their forefathers' great culture & tradition. The western life style is sure shot license to hell!
Why is this obsession of looking back into history? Was that history really glorious? Let us examine point by point.
India's history is infected by invasions. Every tribe from central Asia attacked India & defeated it. Be it the Huns, the Kushanas, the Shakas, the Romans, the Mongols, the Turks, the Mughals, the british, the French or the Portugese. Why did the Indians fall flat in front of every agressor? Was it their bravery that lost to every intruder? Would any race dare to call such people as brave? No, our forefathers were certainly not brave. ther are a few honorable exceptions that only prove the rule.
History tells that Indian were divided & they never fought with their enemies together. When one part of India was under attack, rest of the regions enjoyed the fun. Clear proof that our forefathers were far from matured. In most instances one region of India invited the outsiders to attack another region that was enemical to the first. Would any sane person call them intelligent?
Was there really a golden age in India? Never. The social history of India is scarcely available. The concept of writing history itself was taught by Roman & then by Mughals. India was a cluster of feudal societies bereft of any common sense & commonality. Few princes & temples amassed wealth. Masses were always a begging lot.
Knowledge was divorced from logic & reason. It was embedded in the most third rate philosophies enshrined in the Vedas & Puranas. Angry? How many of you send your children to learn Vedas & Puranas for getting that great knowledge? Does it make any difference if you do not know the great knowledge contained in the Vedas & Puranas? Their utility is zero. Philosophies should be for living human beings not for dead bodies. Living human beings discard whatever is not useful.
Indian society was never uniform. It had crevices & fissures of caste, creed & region. A discoherent society cannot have one voice, one culture & one objective. In fact, it cannot produce any culture, it can only deliver purvertness in the name of culture.
Therfore, looking back into history we can conclude that -
1) Our real history is not available. Whatever little history is available stands proof to the fact that it was pathetic.
2) Our forefathers were idiots and had no vision of building a society. They were neither brave, nor intelligent. The so-called knowledge they gathered was useless.
3) There is no need to look back to our history. It is a dead body. If we keep it in our houses, the stink will be unbearable. It needs a decent burial.
Hence get an injection of western knowledge & immunise yourself from the cultural bacteria & historical viruses.
Stop crying about that great culture & parampara!
We need a healthy new generation.
Symptom No-1 : They think their history was glorious. It was golden age. Nowadays, people have forgotten that glorious history. this will lead them to doomsday.
Sympton No-2 : They believe that their forefathers were great. They were brave, intelligent, knowledgable, big-hearted & so on. Rest of the world was jungalee. Civilization was delivered by their forefathers for the first time on this planet.
Symptom No-3 : They are convinced that they have to go back to their forefathers' great culture & tradition. The western life style is sure shot license to hell!
Why is this obsession of looking back into history? Was that history really glorious? Let us examine point by point.
India's history is infected by invasions. Every tribe from central Asia attacked India & defeated it. Be it the Huns, the Kushanas, the Shakas, the Romans, the Mongols, the Turks, the Mughals, the british, the French or the Portugese. Why did the Indians fall flat in front of every agressor? Was it their bravery that lost to every intruder? Would any race dare to call such people as brave? No, our forefathers were certainly not brave. ther are a few honorable exceptions that only prove the rule.
History tells that Indian were divided & they never fought with their enemies together. When one part of India was under attack, rest of the regions enjoyed the fun. Clear proof that our forefathers were far from matured. In most instances one region of India invited the outsiders to attack another region that was enemical to the first. Would any sane person call them intelligent?
Was there really a golden age in India? Never. The social history of India is scarcely available. The concept of writing history itself was taught by Roman & then by Mughals. India was a cluster of feudal societies bereft of any common sense & commonality. Few princes & temples amassed wealth. Masses were always a begging lot.
Knowledge was divorced from logic & reason. It was embedded in the most third rate philosophies enshrined in the Vedas & Puranas. Angry? How many of you send your children to learn Vedas & Puranas for getting that great knowledge? Does it make any difference if you do not know the great knowledge contained in the Vedas & Puranas? Their utility is zero. Philosophies should be for living human beings not for dead bodies. Living human beings discard whatever is not useful.
Indian society was never uniform. It had crevices & fissures of caste, creed & region. A discoherent society cannot have one voice, one culture & one objective. In fact, it cannot produce any culture, it can only deliver purvertness in the name of culture.
Therfore, looking back into history we can conclude that -
1) Our real history is not available. Whatever little history is available stands proof to the fact that it was pathetic.
2) Our forefathers were idiots and had no vision of building a society. They were neither brave, nor intelligent. The so-called knowledge they gathered was useless.
3) There is no need to look back to our history. It is a dead body. If we keep it in our houses, the stink will be unbearable. It needs a decent burial.
Hence get an injection of western knowledge & immunise yourself from the cultural bacteria & historical viruses.
Stop crying about that great culture & parampara!
We need a healthy new generation.