India - China: Relations And Developments

[Bharatvarsh]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is based on family dispute, so they discourage to keep at home. In north some people tear off some pages or don't read complete book. But nothing wrong, it is just a good book/literature on history,religion, politics, and war strategy.
Chinese enjoy any book on war, plus Mahabharata puppet and stage shows are very popular in Thailand and oriental countries. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes Goel mentions this, seems like a superstition, Mahabharata is one of our major scriptures and all Hindu homes should have a copy.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But I was painfully surprised when a wise man in the village equated the Mahabharata with Alha Udal, and warned that the narration, even the possession, of these two stories always led to feuds and bloodshed. I have read Alha Udal also, the entire 52 martial episodes rendered into sonorous verse by Matrumal Attar. And I feel very strongly that the comparison is absolutely superficial, and the belief purely superstitious. Hindus in North India have neglected the Mahabharata for a long time. The very fact that the Mahabharata has come to he equated with Alha Udal in the popular mind in the north is indicative of a great intellectual and cultural decline.

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