While the policies geared towards minority appeasement thrive, let’s look at some of the effects these have had on India:
1. It has taken the Bharat out of India. It was once a thriving society that brought humanity to the world. It was Bharat. Today, we call it India. It doesn’t reflect the proud lineage that we have but, on the contrary, reflects what we have become after all the subjugation under the Moghuls and then the British. Our ancestors lived fearlessly in a society that believed in Equality For All; we live in fear! Fear that what we have today may not be there tomorrow, forgetting that the ultimate truth can not be avoided by anyone.
2. The once proud jewel of the east had so much to offer, apart from its riches. The knowledge that our ancestors had and imparted to their disciples is now recorded as mythology. Our kids are ready to believe that when Jesus walked, the sea parted; but ask how Lord Vishnu could really come down to earth in so many forms? The only one to blame is, no not the government, but ourselves for not having the intestinal fortitude to oppose such blatant misinformation! When I was a teenager, I had a friend (a devout Brahmin) who came to school (a catholic school, to boot)with his Nama. His grandfather had this “branded” on his forehead. From when I can remember, he was always the object of ridicule, from both students and teachers, even though he was a brilliant student. Our society today still views us in the same light! In order to not be a ridiculed, we have become “closet” Hindus and put on an armor called Secularism. “Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu” (let there be happiness everywhere) is now an antiquated thought! “The world be damned, let me, my family and my community thrive” is the new ideology.
3. Our really antiquated educational system is not going to be replaced as it reflects the ideology of the secular mafia. History has been conveniently distorted to tell us how Akbar was a magnanimous emperor while, Shivaji is a footnote. The exploits of the many western emperors and rulers are well known while Jhansi Ki Rani Lakshmibai is forgotten. Tipu is honored while Krishnadeva Raya is a part of the one page appendix in the back of the history books! The achievements of the many scientists today are regurgitated by students at the country but Arya Bhatta, and others, are nowhere to be found! When a society is without morals, what is the point in conducting classes for Moral Science? As long as our mindset is to ape the west and accept it’s offerings as divine, we will always be a country that is still subjugated; this time, not by the British, but the entire west.
4. Hirranaiah. a popular comedian, once said that after meeting a few politicians, he felt the need to take a bath to purify himself. Our politicians reflect our mindset! We elect these representatives to power and then decry the lack of morals in the political arena! It is not that we lack honest people; it is that we look at the caste and subcaste of the person. A Gowda will support another Gowda while a Brahmin will support another Brahmin; regardless of how morally bankrupt the two are!
5. Our rich culture is now relegated to the Annual School Day. We make a mockery of the epics, Ramayana (Modern Ramayana) and the Mahabharatha, during these “celebrations.” We forget that these epics are widely followed around the globe by the same westerners that we are trying to ape. Carnatic and Hindustani music is now for the rich to talk about during their kitty parties! The various forms of music like bhavageethe, too (I’m not referring to the Bollywood and it’s cousins across the country)
The death of a culture is the death of the country, as a whole! Case in point, the Greeks! Yes Greece exists as a country in the maps but is irrelevant otherwise. Unless things change drastically, I’m afraid india is heading in that direction.
Your thoughts are, as always, welcome!
1. It has taken the Bharat out of India. It was once a thriving society that brought humanity to the world. It was Bharat. Today, we call it India. It doesn’t reflect the proud lineage that we have but, on the contrary, reflects what we have become after all the subjugation under the Moghuls and then the British. Our ancestors lived fearlessly in a society that believed in Equality For All; we live in fear! Fear that what we have today may not be there tomorrow, forgetting that the ultimate truth can not be avoided by anyone.
2. The once proud jewel of the east had so much to offer, apart from its riches. The knowledge that our ancestors had and imparted to their disciples is now recorded as mythology. Our kids are ready to believe that when Jesus walked, the sea parted; but ask how Lord Vishnu could really come down to earth in so many forms? The only one to blame is, no not the government, but ourselves for not having the intestinal fortitude to oppose such blatant misinformation! When I was a teenager, I had a friend (a devout Brahmin) who came to school (a catholic school, to boot)with his Nama. His grandfather had this “branded” on his forehead. From when I can remember, he was always the object of ridicule, from both students and teachers, even though he was a brilliant student. Our society today still views us in the same light! In order to not be a ridiculed, we have become “closet” Hindus and put on an armor called Secularism. “Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu” (let there be happiness everywhere) is now an antiquated thought! “The world be damned, let me, my family and my community thrive” is the new ideology.
3. Our really antiquated educational system is not going to be replaced as it reflects the ideology of the secular mafia. History has been conveniently distorted to tell us how Akbar was a magnanimous emperor while, Shivaji is a footnote. The exploits of the many western emperors and rulers are well known while Jhansi Ki Rani Lakshmibai is forgotten. Tipu is honored while Krishnadeva Raya is a part of the one page appendix in the back of the history books! The achievements of the many scientists today are regurgitated by students at the country but Arya Bhatta, and others, are nowhere to be found! When a society is without morals, what is the point in conducting classes for Moral Science? As long as our mindset is to ape the west and accept it’s offerings as divine, we will always be a country that is still subjugated; this time, not by the British, but the entire west.
4. Hirranaiah. a popular comedian, once said that after meeting a few politicians, he felt the need to take a bath to purify himself. Our politicians reflect our mindset! We elect these representatives to power and then decry the lack of morals in the political arena! It is not that we lack honest people; it is that we look at the caste and subcaste of the person. A Gowda will support another Gowda while a Brahmin will support another Brahmin; regardless of how morally bankrupt the two are!
5. Our rich culture is now relegated to the Annual School Day. We make a mockery of the epics, Ramayana (Modern Ramayana) and the Mahabharatha, during these “celebrations.” We forget that these epics are widely followed around the globe by the same westerners that we are trying to ape. Carnatic and Hindustani music is now for the rich to talk about during their kitty parties! The various forms of music like bhavageethe, too (I’m not referring to the Bollywood and it’s cousins across the country)
The death of a culture is the death of the country, as a whole! Case in point, the Greeks! Yes Greece exists as a country in the maps but is irrelevant otherwise. Unless things change drastically, I’m afraid india is heading in that direction.
Your thoughts are, as always, welcome!
Good one buddy.. Keep posting
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