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ASSEMBLY POLL '98
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'Hindus all over India have only one cultural identity'Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:01:36 PST
Thanks for publishing David Frawley's article. I am looking for more articles like this, which bring out the facts. In fact, the Aryan-Dravidian theory is the game plan of the British, who wanted to divide and rule the country. It was Lord Macaulay who cooked this theory about Aryans and, unfortunately, people like Nehru and Indian Leftists who never tried to understand Indian culture and the feelings of Indians encouraged this theory. In fact, Hindus all over India have only one cultural identity. Every Hindu treats the country as his or her motherland, everyone treats the cow as a mother (gomatha), everybody sees the Ganga as a mother. Every inch of land in India is equally important to all Indians. Indians come in different colours because of the differences in weather conditions in different parts. Dividing Indians on the basis of colour is ridiculous. Thanks again for carrying this article and thanks to David Frawley. Looking for more and more articles that reveal the truth. Varma G Padmaraju
Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:07:42 +0800
All this really scares me. I agree with the students that we are all Indians first. Even though I'm a Hindu I wouldn't want to learn the Vedas in school. To explore my religion or even other religions is a matter of personal devotion and interest, not something you can put in a curriculum. Living outside India, one thing that I always proudly tell people around me is that my country is secular, especially my Pakistani colleagues who know nothing about the Hindu culture and religion while, on the other hand, I know a lot about the Muslim culture. Something like this is bound to hurt the true spirit of secularism. Mukul Bhatnagar
Date sent: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:36:03 -0500
Rajneesh hit the nail on the head when he said Indians have stopped thinking. Nothing makes the truth of this clearer than the responses of some students to the BJP's education agenda. To those worried about "becoming" Hindus by studying the Vedas or the Upanishads I'd say that one does not become an Englishman by reading Shakespeare, become a Muslim by studying the Koran, or turn Christian by studying the New Testament. Furthermore, only a total ignoramus would dare dispute the absolutely crucial role that the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita etc have played in the creation of the unique and indigenous Indian/Hindu civilisation. Besides, more than 80 per cent of the people still hold these works of spiritual literature in high regard. Also, all those who know -- Indian or not -- agree that 'spirituality' is the forte of the ancient and living Indian civilisation, and that these works of spiritual literature are the greatest and longest lasting achievements of Indian genius. The wonder is not that someone is proposing to teach these in our education institutes, but that it took 50 years for us post-colonial imitations of the white man to regain our self-respect and take this much-needed step. The Vedas etc are not to be approached as holy books, but as the most remarkable efflorescence of Indian literature. It is sad that all our students seem to know about Indian literature is Kalidasa's Shakuntala, and the Kama Sutra, due to the brainless Indian media and our mindless pop culture, which is presented as a cheap sex manual. So rich is India's literature that we can start an entirely different subject to teach Indians about the four Vedas, the 100-plus Upanishads, the 18 Puranas, the two Itihaasas, and countless other works of Indian genius. This is India's priceless heritage. It is sad that we are even putting this issue up for debate. It only illustrates how wonderfully successful we Indians have been in alienating ourselves and our children from the great and ancient Indian civilisation which is admired abroad and despised at home. Truly, our Independence can only be described as the way we "snatched defeat from the jaws of victory". Amit Rajesh Nishar
Date sent: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:09:09 +0530
It was an awesome article. The students of India are so smart, even the protests were so strong and reasonable that these 14 to 22 year olds made the politicians look like children.Rediff, do send this article to every politician. I feel Sanskrit should be made compulsory till standard XI. The Vedas and Upanishads should be taught in brief in moral science class and in detail in religious studies classes. Religious studies classes should be optional. Those who do not take religious studies should be taught moral science, which should have a little about the Vedas, the Upanishads etc. It should include other ways of cleaning the mind and being tolerant of other religions. Those Christian schools that make education about Jesus Christ compulsory for non-Christians should be made to make it optional hereafter. If any religion has to be made compulsory, it has to be Hinduism because the majority of the people in the country are Hindus. Of all the arguments in the article, I felt the young girls whose parents were maids or bangle-sellers and who couldn't afford library books made the strongest point. Of course, Meera summarised everything in the best possible way, thanks to you smart dudes in Rediff. Akshay
Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:01:24 +1000
Indianisation should be optional. Everything should be optional, including convents forcing the Bible on people of other faiths. Rama
Date sent: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:10:54 +1300
Fantastic! A great decision!!
Date sent: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:52:47 +0530
A terribly retrograde step, this. And they are trying to attract the software industry to this state! Why do they want to force this language down our throats? Sad, really sad!
Date sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 4:53 AM
Increasingly we see that our bowlers have a batting record that makes them look ridiculous out on the field, Srinath and Agarkar being the exceptions. One should really think before including these bowlers. Are they are really so great with the ball that they deserve inclusion in the team? I am discussing people like Prasad and Joshi. Compare them with the players coming down at No 8 in any other team who have more confidence in their own batting. One of the funniest comments I've often heard is about Sunil Joshi being an all-rounder! God knows which game they mean, for our man has never been seen to do anything with the bat. All in all, Indian bowlers should at least know how to hold the bat. This reminds me of one of the most encouraging sights I've seen, when Dodda Ganesh was playing in South Africa. He faced a full over from Allan Donald with such a straight bat that any senior batsman would have been proud of it. He was not afraid to face the ball. If you closely watch an Indian inning, you will notice that our tail is scared of facing pace bowling. Let's hope we will move towards better cricket. Sudhind
Date sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 4:02 AM
I think it is time one stopped getting shocked every time Zimbabwe beats one of the Elite Eight (to use an American basketball term). They have been playing Test cricket for more than four years now and recently have been having a good streak, beating India in the Test and beating the Lankans twice in a row. They deserve more credit than is given them. What do you say? And what do you think of Nikhil Chopra's batting? It didn't get a mention in your column. Given his stingy bowling so far and reasonable batting, do you think he might make it ahead of poor Harbhajan into the one-day squad? Considering the fact that Robin Singh hasn't bowled much recently, does he merit a place in the team as a batsman and fielder? Don't you think Kambli, or for that matter, some other middle-order batsman would serve to make the batting less fragile? Arvind
Date sent: Sunday, November 15, 1998 1:41 AM
I like your cricket stories. They are detailed and descriptive. However, I do have a suggestion -- you need to cut down on the length of your sentences. The readers tend to lose you, and it's really archaic, that British style. Modern journalistic style is about short and crisp sentences that will make reading easy and enthralling. Good luck. Keep up the good reporting. Dr Zing
Date sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 10:41 PM
Sir, I am very impressed with your report and herein after I shall take my English lessons from your articles. Rajshekhar Banerjee
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