1. Name of the structure:Quwwat al-Islam MasjidLocation: Delhi in Uttar Pradesh Inscription:
"This fort was conquered and the Jami Masjid built in the year 587 by the Amir(*), the great, the gloriuous commander of the Army, Qutub-ud-daula wad-din, the Amir-ul-umara Aibeg , the slave of the Sultan, may Allah strengthen his helperes. The materials of 27 idol temples, on each of which 2,000,000 Delhiwals(** ) had been spent were used in the construction of the mosque."
*The Amir mentioned above was Qutubud-Din Aibak, slave of Muhammed Ghori. **"Delhiwal" was a high denomination coin current at that time in Delhi.
2. Name of the structure:Mansuri MasjidLocation: Vijapur in GujratInscription:
"The Blessed and Exalted Allah says, 'And verily, mosques are for Allah only; hence invoke not anyone else with Allah.' This edifice was originally built by the infidels. After the advent of Islam, it was converted into a mosque.
Sermon was delivered here for sixty-seven years. Due to the sedition of the infidels, it was again destroyed. When during the reign of the Sultan of the time, Ahmad, the affairs of each Iqta attained magnificence, Bahadur, the Sarkhail, once again carried out repairs. Through the generosity of Divine munificence, it became like new."
3. Name of the structure:Masjid at ManviLocation: Manvi in KarnatakaInscription:
"Praise be to Allah that by the decree of the Parvardigar, a mosque has been converted out of a temple as a sign of religion in the reign of the world- conquering emperor, the Sultan who is the asylum of the Faith and the possessor of the crown, who's kingdom is young, viz. Firuz Shah Bahmani, who is the cause of Exuberant spring in the garden of religion, Adu'l-Fath the king who conquered. After the victory of the emperor, the chief of chiefs, Safdar (the valiant commander) of the age, received the fort. The builder of this noble place of prayer is Muhammad Zahir Aqchi, the pivot of the Faith. He constructed in the year 809 from the Migration of the Chosen (prophet Muhammdad) this Ka'ba like momento."
4. Name of the structure:Mausoleum of Shykh 'Abdullah Shah ChangalLocation: Dhar in Madhya PradeshInscription:
"The centre became Muhammadan first by him(*) (and) all the banners of religion were spread... This lion-man came from the centre of religion to this old temple with a large force. He broke the images of the false deities, and turned the idol temple into a mosque. When Rai Bhoj saw this, through wisdom he embraced Islam with the family of his brave warriors(**) . This quarter became illuminated by the light of the Muhammadan law, and the customs of the infidels became obsolete and abolished."
*Shykh 'Abdullah Shah Changal **In this case the Hindu King was Bhoj II and during his reign Jalalu'd-Din Khalji (AD 1290-1296) of Delhi invaded Malwa. Changal was the Muslim missionary who accompanied Khalji's army. This army after plundering and looting the kingdom of Bhoj II converted a Hindu temple into a mosque and forced the ruler and his subjects to accept Islam.
5. Name of the structure:Jami' MasjidLocation: Malan in GujratInscription:
"...(The Prophet), on him be peace, says 'He who builds a mosque in the world, the Exalted Allah builds for him a palace in Paradise.' In the auspicious time of the government and peaceful time of Mahmud Shah, son of Muhammad Shah, the sultan, the Jami', mosque was constructed on the hill of the fort of Malun (or Malwan) by Khan-i-Azam Ulugh Khan...at the request of the thandar Kabir, (son of Diya), the building was constructed by the son of Ulugh Khan who is magnimonius, just, generous, brave and who suppressed the wrteched infidels.
He eradicated the idol-houses and mine of infidelity, along with the idols... with the edge of his sword, and made ready this edifice... He made its walls and doors out of the idols; the back of every stone became the place for prostration of the believer..."
6. Name of the structure:Jami' MasjidLocation: Amod in GujratInscription:
"Allah and His grace. When divine favour was bestowed on Khalil Shah, he constructed the Jami' Masjid for the decoration of Islam; he ruined the idol-house and temple of the polytheists, (and) completed the Masjid and pulpit in its place. Without doubt, his building was accepted by Allah."
7. Name of the structure:Shrine of Shah MadarLocation: Narwar in Mdhya pradeshInscription:
"Dilawar Khan, the chief among the king's viceroys, caused this mosque to built which is like a place of shelter for the favourites. Infidelity has been subdued, and Islam has triumphed because of him. The idols have bowed to him and the temples have been razed to the ground along with their foundations, and mosques and worship houses are flowing with riches."
8. Name of structure:Hamman Darwaza MasjidLocation: Jaunpur in Uttar PradeshInscription:
"Thanks by the guidance of Everlasting and the Living Allah, this house of infidelity became the niche of prayer. As a reward for that, the Generous Lord constructed an abode for the builder in paradise..."
9. Name of structure:Jami MasjidLocation: Ghoda in MaharashtraInscription:
"O Allah O Muhammed ! O Ali ! When Mir Muhammed Zaman made up his mind, he opened the door of prosperity on himself by his own hand. He demolished thirty-three idol temples and by divine grace laid the foundation of a building in the abode of predition."
10. Name of structure:Gachinala MasjidLocation: Kurnool District of Andhra PradeshInscription:
"He is Allah, may be glorified..During the august rule of...Muhammed Shah, there was a well established idol-house in Kuhmum...Muhammed Salih...razed to the ground, the edifice of the idol-house and broke the idols in a manly fashion. He constructed on its site a suitable mosque, towering above the building of all."
The above was a presentation of inscriptions on mosques and other Islamic structures in India. These inscriptions, as you clearly read, glorify and justify the acts of the barbaric Muslim invaders by invoking Allah and the Koran.
Thus this leads us to the conclusion that Islam openly supports the criminal acts of loot, plunder, rape, murder, torment, torture and destruction! !
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Save Temples Of India
GHHF] Amendment to Endowment Act Passed -
Freed 30,000 Temples from the AP government Control;
Fight Continues to Free all Hindu Temples Significant VICTORY for Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi and Global Hindu Heritage Foundation, November 19, 2007.
Dear Friends: It is every Hindu's responsibility to fight for justice, fairness, equality, freedom, independence from the government control of Hindu Temples, their lands and revenues.
The Temples should be allowed to be managed by the Hindus themselves.
The outrageous discrimination against Hindu must stop. Hindu should take full responsibility to manage their Temples.
Every single action counts. Every single person can bring change if we have commitment, faith and determination. We should not be disheartened with roadblocks and hurdles as we take up any task to bring about changes.
Success would not come easy. It only comes through hard work, perseverance, patience, resolve, and endurance. Let us all resolve ourselves to do some thing to bring change.
As Edward Everett Hale says: I am only one,But still I am one.I cannot do everything,But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do .
It is our dharma (duty) to protect the impending danger to Hinduism from within and without.
By ignoring and being indifferent, we are encouraging the injustice to prevail, evil to take it's roots, and authoritarianism to prevail in the society.
Our greatest treasure, Ramayana talks about our responsibility in Ayodhya Kanda as follows:
If we not fulfill our duty "the ignoble would resemble the noble, and he who is devoid of honor would resemble a man of integrity; he who is unworthy would be deemed worthy and he who is depraved would be considered to be a man of virtue.
Hinduism. Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda 109. The Passage of the Amendment November 19, 2007. The Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments (amendment) bill moved by Endowments Minister J Rathnakar Rao was passed unanimously (UNI reports). The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly has unanimously passed the Temple Amendment Bill "Hindu Endowments Act" (Devadaya Savarana Bill).
Over 30,000 temples that are seeking Deepam (lamp) and Naivedyam (offering to God) are now out of the control of the Endowment Department (Devalaya Shaka), Andhra Pradesh government.
Even the temples with income less than Rupees 2 Lakhs per annum are released from their control.
It is for the first time in India that a Dharmic Parishat, an autonomous body consisting of heads of Mathas and Pithas along with Dharmic thought leaders will take charge of the temple affairs.
This is a grand victory for the Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi (HDPS) and its supporters. Incidentally this has occured on the day that Sri Kamal Kumar and his entourage has reached Hyderabad on this padayatra. This is proof that the Lord himself has participated in this padayatra.
This padayatra originated in Basra, Adilabad District (a border town of Mahrashtra and Andhra Pradesh) and will complete at Tirumala-Tirupathi Devasthanam, Chitoor District.
The padayatra has covered 760 temples, 6 districts and 1400 kilometers over the past 66 days. He has met over 300,000 people on this padayatra so far.
This mail is being sent on behalf of Sri Kamal Kumar Machavolu, General Secretary, Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi. About Sri Kamal Kumar: Sri Kamal Kumar has been spearheading the effort to bring awareness amongst the Hindus, and a change of mind in the government with matters governing the Hindu temples. This padayatra has reached many hearts and woken us from the slumber. Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi is supported by several enthusiasts in India, USA, Canada, UK and other countries. (Please read below how the Employees tried to oppose it) Employees of Endowment Department Opposed http://www.hindu. com/2007/ 11/18/stories/ 2007111853290400 .htm
HYDERABAD: November 18, 2007. Employees of the Endowments Department, serving temples and other religious establishments in the State, went on a pen-down strike for the second day on Saturday, demanding that the Government give up its proposal to amend the existing Endowments Act of 1987. The Endowments Employees' Welfare Association, which is spearheading the agitation, is of the view that the proposed amendments will work against their interests, apart from jeopardising the system of maintaining the temples in the State. The association president and general secretary, K. Shobharani and B. Krupavaram, said they would organise a 'Chalo Assembly' on Monday when the Bill seeking to amend the Act was expected to be passed in the House. They said one of the amendments is aimed at reviving a Section scrapped earlier. Once this was revived, a total of 32,558 temples whose annual income was below Rs 5 lakhs, would to archakas as a "hereditary right" together with the funds accruing through hundi/ plate collections, arjita seva/tonsuring fees, darshan tickets etc. Another change would seek to pay salaries to employees through a welfare fund and not through Treasuries as now. They said if the hereditary system came in, no opportunity would be available to other archaka families in the State. Even trustees would claim hereditary rights as the definition of "founder" (of temple) was sought to be changed. M. V. Soundara Rajan, vice-president, Andhra Pradesh Archaka Samakhya, on the other hand, described the Bill as "excellent" as the amendments had been proposed after taking into consideration, the ground realities of the temple maintenance. He said the existing Act had "grossly failed" to protect temple system.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------- DONATIONS: Your finacial help to defray the cost of Pada Yatra is highly appreciated. The budget for the four month Pada Yatra is roughly estimated at $40,000. Your generous donation is essential to make Pada Yatra a grand success. Please send your donations to: Global Hindu Heritage Foundation , and mail your check to 548 Silverstone Drive , Madison, MS 39110. Please indicate "Pada Yatra" on the check next to memo. INVITATION TO PUBLIC FORUM You are cordially invited to participate in the Public Forum which will take place on January 25, 2008 in Tirupathi, the abode of Lord Venkateswara Temple WEBSITE:
Please visit our website for more information on the Global Hindu Heritage Foundation and Pada Yatra. http://savetemples. org FORWARD.
Please FORWARD this information to your circle of Friends and seek their support and participation in the movement QUESTIONS/QUERIES :
Please call us if you have any questions or need clarification on Pada Yatra to awaken the Consciousness of all Hindus about the government's plans to dismantle the Hindu Temples and culture. Dhanyavad, Global Hindu Heritage Foundation
V. V. Prakasa Rao, Ph.D; 601-918-7111 Cell; 601-856-4783 Home
Prasad Yalamanchi, 630-832-2665; 630-359-5041 Satya 732-939-2060
Vinay 248-842-6964
Srinivas Murthy 212-538-8716
Dr. K. R. Venkatramaiah (Canada) 416-925-8167
Sri Kamal Kumar, Leader of Pada Yatra (Hyderabad) 011-91-9440896915__._,_.___
Freed 30,000 Temples from the AP government Control;
Fight Continues to Free all Hindu Temples Significant VICTORY for Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi and Global Hindu Heritage Foundation, November 19, 2007.
Dear Friends: It is every Hindu's responsibility to fight for justice, fairness, equality, freedom, independence from the government control of Hindu Temples, their lands and revenues.
The Temples should be allowed to be managed by the Hindus themselves.
The outrageous discrimination against Hindu must stop. Hindu should take full responsibility to manage their Temples.
Every single action counts. Every single person can bring change if we have commitment, faith and determination. We should not be disheartened with roadblocks and hurdles as we take up any task to bring about changes.
Success would not come easy. It only comes through hard work, perseverance, patience, resolve, and endurance. Let us all resolve ourselves to do some thing to bring change.
As Edward Everett Hale says: I am only one,But still I am one.I cannot do everything,But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do .
It is our dharma (duty) to protect the impending danger to Hinduism from within and without.
By ignoring and being indifferent, we are encouraging the injustice to prevail, evil to take it's roots, and authoritarianism to prevail in the society.
Our greatest treasure, Ramayana talks about our responsibility in Ayodhya Kanda as follows:
If we not fulfill our duty "the ignoble would resemble the noble, and he who is devoid of honor would resemble a man of integrity; he who is unworthy would be deemed worthy and he who is depraved would be considered to be a man of virtue.
Hinduism. Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda 109. The Passage of the Amendment November 19, 2007. The Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments (amendment) bill moved by Endowments Minister J Rathnakar Rao was passed unanimously (UNI reports). The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly has unanimously passed the Temple Amendment Bill "Hindu Endowments Act" (Devadaya Savarana Bill).
Over 30,000 temples that are seeking Deepam (lamp) and Naivedyam (offering to God) are now out of the control of the Endowment Department (Devalaya Shaka), Andhra Pradesh government.
Even the temples with income less than Rupees 2 Lakhs per annum are released from their control.
It is for the first time in India that a Dharmic Parishat, an autonomous body consisting of heads of Mathas and Pithas along with Dharmic thought leaders will take charge of the temple affairs.
This is a grand victory for the Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi (HDPS) and its supporters. Incidentally this has occured on the day that Sri Kamal Kumar and his entourage has reached Hyderabad on this padayatra. This is proof that the Lord himself has participated in this padayatra.
This padayatra originated in Basra, Adilabad District (a border town of Mahrashtra and Andhra Pradesh) and will complete at Tirumala-Tirupathi Devasthanam, Chitoor District.
The padayatra has covered 760 temples, 6 districts and 1400 kilometers over the past 66 days. He has met over 300,000 people on this padayatra so far.
This mail is being sent on behalf of Sri Kamal Kumar Machavolu, General Secretary, Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi. About Sri Kamal Kumar: Sri Kamal Kumar has been spearheading the effort to bring awareness amongst the Hindus, and a change of mind in the government with matters governing the Hindu temples. This padayatra has reached many hearts and woken us from the slumber. Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi is supported by several enthusiasts in India, USA, Canada, UK and other countries. (Please read below how the Employees tried to oppose it) Employees of Endowment Department Opposed http://www.hindu. com/2007/ 11/18/stories/ 2007111853290400 .htm
HYDERABAD: November 18, 2007. Employees of the Endowments Department, serving temples and other religious establishments in the State, went on a pen-down strike for the second day on Saturday, demanding that the Government give up its proposal to amend the existing Endowments Act of 1987. The Endowments Employees' Welfare Association, which is spearheading the agitation, is of the view that the proposed amendments will work against their interests, apart from jeopardising the system of maintaining the temples in the State. The association president and general secretary, K. Shobharani and B. Krupavaram, said they would organise a 'Chalo Assembly' on Monday when the Bill seeking to amend the Act was expected to be passed in the House. They said one of the amendments is aimed at reviving a Section scrapped earlier. Once this was revived, a total of 32,558 temples whose annual income was below Rs 5 lakhs, would to archakas as a "hereditary right" together with the funds accruing through hundi/ plate collections, arjita seva/tonsuring fees, darshan tickets etc. Another change would seek to pay salaries to employees through a welfare fund and not through Treasuries as now. They said if the hereditary system came in, no opportunity would be available to other archaka families in the State. Even trustees would claim hereditary rights as the definition of "founder" (of temple) was sought to be changed. M. V. Soundara Rajan, vice-president, Andhra Pradesh Archaka Samakhya, on the other hand, described the Bill as "excellent" as the amendments had been proposed after taking into consideration, the ground realities of the temple maintenance. He said the existing Act had "grossly failed" to protect temple system.------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------- DONATIONS: Your finacial help to defray the cost of Pada Yatra is highly appreciated. The budget for the four month Pada Yatra is roughly estimated at $40,000. Your generous donation is essential to make Pada Yatra a grand success. Please send your donations to: Global Hindu Heritage Foundation , and mail your check to 548 Silverstone Drive , Madison, MS 39110. Please indicate "Pada Yatra" on the check next to memo. INVITATION TO PUBLIC FORUM You are cordially invited to participate in the Public Forum which will take place on January 25, 2008 in Tirupathi, the abode of Lord Venkateswara Temple WEBSITE:
Please visit our website for more information on the Global Hindu Heritage Foundation and Pada Yatra. http://savetemples. org FORWARD.
Please FORWARD this information to your circle of Friends and seek their support and participation in the movement QUESTIONS/QUERIES :
Please call us if you have any questions or need clarification on Pada Yatra to awaken the Consciousness of all Hindus about the government's plans to dismantle the Hindu Temples and culture. Dhanyavad, Global Hindu Heritage Foundation
V. V. Prakasa Rao, Ph.D; 601-918-7111 Cell; 601-856-4783 Home
Prasad Yalamanchi, 630-832-2665; 630-359-5041 Satya 732-939-2060
Vinay 248-842-6964
Srinivas Murthy 212-538-8716
Dr. K. R. Venkatramaiah (Canada) 416-925-8167
Sri Kamal Kumar, Leader of Pada Yatra (Hyderabad) 011-91-9440896915__._,_.___
Be A Proud Hindu
http://www.national geographic. com/).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same ancestry and share the same DNA sequence.
Here's what is happening in India:
The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion to spare.
The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to spare.
The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.
In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.
In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned forty-four three weeks ago.
Look what she got from her husband as her birthday present: A sixty-million dollar jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite television, wireless communication and a separate cabin with game consoles.
Neeta is Mukesh Ambani's wife, and Mukesh is not India's richest but the second richest.
Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1 billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet.
At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The first six floors are reserved for parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool.
Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests.
Four floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the Arabian Sea. On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is expected to
care for the family and their family home.
In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct investment destination.
Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries.
In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission of India to assist the UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election Commission of India and not the Election Commission of Pakistan? After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi.
Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin;
38 percent of doctors in America are Indian;
36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians;
34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and
28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.
For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail.
Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla.
The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham.
Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project.
Four out of ten Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians.
Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.
For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore.
India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire) .
The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating wealth.
In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion.
In 2007, their combined wealth stood at $94 billion.
On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence.
Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians do and we don't: Indians elect their leaders.
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Indians and Pakistanis have the same ancestry and share the same DNA sequence.
Here's what is happening in India:
The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion to spare.
The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to spare.
The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.
In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries became a $100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion). Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.
In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned forty-four three weeks ago.
Look what she got from her husband as her birthday present: A sixty-million dollar jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite television, wireless communication and a separate cabin with game consoles.
Neeta is Mukesh Ambani's wife, and Mukesh is not India's richest but the second richest.
Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1 billion this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet.
At 173 meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The first six floors are reserved for parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a swimming pool.
Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests.
Four floors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the Arabian Sea. On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is expected to
care for the family and their family home.
In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct investment destination.
Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries.
In 2004, the United Nations, the representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had requested the Election Commission of India to assist the UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election Commission of India and not the Election Commission of Pakistan? After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi.
Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin;
38 percent of doctors in America are Indian;
36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians;
34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and
28 percent of IBM employees are Indians.
For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail.
Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla.
The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham.
Rajiv Gupta co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project.
Four out of ten Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians.
Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.
For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore.
India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire) .
The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating wealth.
In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion.
In 2007, their combined wealth stood at $94 billion.
On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence.
Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians do and we don't: Indians elect their leaders.
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Know all about Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, you can’t practice any other religion than Islam.
You cannot even take a Bible or any other non-Islamic holy books when you enter the country.
If you ever dare to do so, they will promptly imprison you, and you will not even know what will happen to you after that!
Not a single Moslem around the world voices an opinion on the utter inadmissibility of any non-Islamic tradition and practice in Saudi Arabia.
Indeed, the western countries including USA never even dare or care to do something about it.
In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to work, and obviously are also not allowed to drive.
In the process, many young teenagers die in auto accidents as they speed on the busy streets to fulfill their mother’s wishes for some household grocery shopping, due to their sheer driving inexperience at that young age.
In the capital city Riyadh, women in burqas/veils are commonly found begging in the busy street corners with their young children, as many of them are widows in dire financial need, with no other way of supporting their young ones as it is illegal for a woman to seek work.
Perhaps, Moslems should ponder on the issue with an open mind – the widow could have been their own mother, or sister, or daughter, or some other close relative. Where is their compassion , which is considered a central theme in Islam?
When something happens to one Moslem anywhere, every other Moslem in the world vehemently condemns it, and is followed by fatwas by the Islamic clergy.
On the other hand, when mass killings and mutilations are perpetrated by Moslems anywhere in the world, not a single Moslem raises a voice; indeed, there is open rejoicing of these barbaric acts on many occasions.
Moslems use the freely available, non-discriminative western legal and administrative systems to their benefit whenever it suits them – they are free to express their opinion, women work and drive, a Florida Moslem woman insisted and got her driver’s license with a picture of her face behind a veil (how in the world can you identify this woman from her driver’s license?),
Moslem women smoke, and so on.
At the same time, Moslems also insist on bringing in the Sharia laws administered by the Mullahs, rather than western laws administered through the courts.
It’s a blasphemy to interpret the holy Koran, but Moslems feel it’s their birthright to criticize and denigrate non-Islamic religious texts and scriptures.
Mullahs have the full freedom and authority to issue fatwas as they deem fit. (It would amount to inciting people to commit barbaric and inhuman acts as per western laws.) There is no concept of democracy in Islam, while in the west, Moslems misuse democracy as and when it suits them.
If you are not a Moslem, you are considered an infidel; a Moslem is thus free to use his religious text to treat you appropriately – convert you forcibly, punish you, or perhaps even finish you up, as you are after all an infidel, and Islam guarantees him bonus points in his next life for his supposedly solemn acts towards the infidel in this life!
How can anyone reconcile with the Moslems? Perhaps, only by converting to Islam – Their way or Highway! Seriously, is there an option? We all would like to know.
From: hindiUSA@yahoogroup s.com [mailto:hindiUSA@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of svr95@yahoo. comSent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:14 AMTo: hindiusa@yahoogroup s.comSubject: [hindiUSA] The Changing Face Of Religion in Switzerland
You cannot even take a Bible or any other non-Islamic holy books when you enter the country.
If you ever dare to do so, they will promptly imprison you, and you will not even know what will happen to you after that!
Not a single Moslem around the world voices an opinion on the utter inadmissibility of any non-Islamic tradition and practice in Saudi Arabia.
Indeed, the western countries including USA never even dare or care to do something about it.
In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to work, and obviously are also not allowed to drive.
In the process, many young teenagers die in auto accidents as they speed on the busy streets to fulfill their mother’s wishes for some household grocery shopping, due to their sheer driving inexperience at that young age.
In the capital city Riyadh, women in burqas/veils are commonly found begging in the busy street corners with their young children, as many of them are widows in dire financial need, with no other way of supporting their young ones as it is illegal for a woman to seek work.
Perhaps, Moslems should ponder on the issue with an open mind – the widow could have been their own mother, or sister, or daughter, or some other close relative. Where is their compassion , which is considered a central theme in Islam?
When something happens to one Moslem anywhere, every other Moslem in the world vehemently condemns it, and is followed by fatwas by the Islamic clergy.
On the other hand, when mass killings and mutilations are perpetrated by Moslems anywhere in the world, not a single Moslem raises a voice; indeed, there is open rejoicing of these barbaric acts on many occasions.
Moslems use the freely available, non-discriminative western legal and administrative systems to their benefit whenever it suits them – they are free to express their opinion, women work and drive, a Florida Moslem woman insisted and got her driver’s license with a picture of her face behind a veil (how in the world can you identify this woman from her driver’s license?),
Moslem women smoke, and so on.
At the same time, Moslems also insist on bringing in the Sharia laws administered by the Mullahs, rather than western laws administered through the courts.
It’s a blasphemy to interpret the holy Koran, but Moslems feel it’s their birthright to criticize and denigrate non-Islamic religious texts and scriptures.
Mullahs have the full freedom and authority to issue fatwas as they deem fit. (It would amount to inciting people to commit barbaric and inhuman acts as per western laws.) There is no concept of democracy in Islam, while in the west, Moslems misuse democracy as and when it suits them.
If you are not a Moslem, you are considered an infidel; a Moslem is thus free to use his religious text to treat you appropriately – convert you forcibly, punish you, or perhaps even finish you up, as you are after all an infidel, and Islam guarantees him bonus points in his next life for his supposedly solemn acts towards the infidel in this life!
How can anyone reconcile with the Moslems? Perhaps, only by converting to Islam – Their way or Highway! Seriously, is there an option? We all would like to know.
From: hindiUSA@yahoogroup s.com [mailto:hindiUSA@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of svr95@yahoo. comSent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:14 AMTo: hindiusa@yahoogroup s.comSubject: [hindiUSA] The Changing Face Of Religion in Switzerland
Hindus love Modi
Why Modi appeals to Hindus all over the world?B RamanDecember 24, 2007rediff.com
Maut ka Saudagar', 'Liar', 'the Ugly Indian' etc etc etc.All the kind of epithets, the likes of which till now used to come easily out of President George Bush's mouth and the pens of his neo conservative supporters.
Mr Bush should be worried that he has now a growing number of competitors in the coining of demonising epithets in the community of the self-styled secularists of India.
What epithets they did not use against Narendra Modi for the last five years and particularly in the weeks before the election to the Gujarat legislative assembly, in which the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party won a spectacular victory despite the best (or worst) efforts of these self-styled secularists to demonise him day in and day out! The pathological dislike -- even hatred -- that some of our journalists -- particularly in the electronic media -- have for Modi could be seen or sensed as one watched the television coverage of the counting of votes on December 23.
Initially, as it appeared that the BJP might not do well in the final tally, there was excitement among many television anchors. They thought they had tasted blood. After an hour, the BJP candidates started racing ahead and it became clear the the Congress was in for a drubbing.
The disappointment on the faces of some of the anchors was to be seen to be believed. A star lady anchor could not help remarking: 'Modi might be able to win the elections in Gujarat, but he still can't get a visa to go to the US and other Western countries.' Some consolation!
Instead of spending their time searching for abusive expressions in the dictionary and in their copy-book of such expressions, if these self-styled secularists had only visited the Web sites, discussion groups and blogspots of members of the Hindu community not only in India, but also in other countries of the world -- particularly in the US -- they would have noticed something, which might have given them cause for introspection. They would have noticed that Modi is becoming the icon of a growing number of Hindus not only in India, but also in the Hindu Diaspora spread across the world.
The support for him is not confined only to the Gujarati-speaking Hindus of the world. It is spread right across the Hindu spectrum -- whatever be the language or ethnicity or place of origin of the Hindus concerned.
They would have noticed that in the Hindu Diaspora in the West, more young people admire Modi than grown-ups. Many of his young admirers in the US were born and brought up there and had the benefit of the best of secular education. In spite of this, there is a sense of pride in them that the Hindu community has at long last produced a leader of the calibre of Modi.
What is it they see in him?His simple and austere living of the kind associated with the late Kamaraj of Tamil Nadu, but not seen in the leaders of today?His reputation as an incorruptible politician, the likes of which is not found anywhere in India, not even in his own party?
His style of development-oriented governance, which even his detractors do not hesitate to praise?The fruits of his policy, which Gujarat and its people are already enjoying?His tough stance on terrorism?
His lucid-thinking on matters concerning our national security?His defiance in the face of the greatest campaign of demonisation mounted against him, the likes of which only Indira Gandhi had faced from her political opponents and sections of the media in the 1970s?
All these are factors, which influence their favourable perception of him, and which have already been highlighted and analysed in the articles on his impressive election victory.But there is one factor, which is more important than these and which has not found mention in the analyses.
That is, for large sections of the Hindus -- young and old, even more among the young than among the old -- he gave them a sense of pride in their identity as Hindus.They feel that he removed from their minds long habits of defensiveness as Hindus carefully nurtured by the self-styled secularists. As if to proclaim one's Hindu identity and to assert one's rights as Hindus in their own homeland in which they are in a vast majority (80 per cent of the population) is to be communal, is to become an ugly Indian.
For these self-styled secularists, a pretty Indian is a Hindu, who is all the time on the defensive, fights shy of proclaiming his Hindu personality and asserting his rights as a member of the majority community.
These self-styled secularists would not address their sermons of secularism to the Islamic countries, where for a Muslim to convert a non-Muslim into Islam is an act blessed by Allah, but for a non-Muslim to convert a Muslim into his religion is a crime calling for the death penalty.
For them, secularism is a virtue which a Hindu should practise towards others, but not others towards him.
It is Modi's rejection of this hypocrisy of the self-styled secularists, which makes him stand apart as a Hindu leader with a difference in the eyes of his admirers. Bharathiyar, the Tamil poet who inspired millions of Tamil youth to join the independence struggle under Mahatma Gandhi, wrote: Tamizhanenru Chollada, Talai Nimirndhu Nillada (Say You Are a Tamil, Hold Your Head High).
The growing legion of Modi's admirers in the Hindu community all over the world are saying: Hindu Enru Chollada, Talai Nimirndu Nillada (Say You Are A Hindu, Hold Your Head High).
They are no longer prepared to be defensive in proclaiming their Hindu idenity, in asserting their rights as Hindus. They are secular in the genuine sense of the word, but for them secularism does not mean developing a guilt complex about being a Hindu and all the time conceding the rights of others. They do not accept the argument that a Hindu, who asserts his rights, ceases to be a secularist.
Maut ka Saudagar', 'Liar', 'the Ugly Indian' etc etc etc.All the kind of epithets, the likes of which till now used to come easily out of President George Bush's mouth and the pens of his neo conservative supporters.
Mr Bush should be worried that he has now a growing number of competitors in the coining of demonising epithets in the community of the self-styled secularists of India.
What epithets they did not use against Narendra Modi for the last five years and particularly in the weeks before the election to the Gujarat legislative assembly, in which the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party won a spectacular victory despite the best (or worst) efforts of these self-styled secularists to demonise him day in and day out! The pathological dislike -- even hatred -- that some of our journalists -- particularly in the electronic media -- have for Modi could be seen or sensed as one watched the television coverage of the counting of votes on December 23.
Initially, as it appeared that the BJP might not do well in the final tally, there was excitement among many television anchors. They thought they had tasted blood. After an hour, the BJP candidates started racing ahead and it became clear the the Congress was in for a drubbing.
The disappointment on the faces of some of the anchors was to be seen to be believed. A star lady anchor could not help remarking: 'Modi might be able to win the elections in Gujarat, but he still can't get a visa to go to the US and other Western countries.' Some consolation!
Instead of spending their time searching for abusive expressions in the dictionary and in their copy-book of such expressions, if these self-styled secularists had only visited the Web sites, discussion groups and blogspots of members of the Hindu community not only in India, but also in other countries of the world -- particularly in the US -- they would have noticed something, which might have given them cause for introspection. They would have noticed that Modi is becoming the icon of a growing number of Hindus not only in India, but also in the Hindu Diaspora spread across the world.
The support for him is not confined only to the Gujarati-speaking Hindus of the world. It is spread right across the Hindu spectrum -- whatever be the language or ethnicity or place of origin of the Hindus concerned.
They would have noticed that in the Hindu Diaspora in the West, more young people admire Modi than grown-ups. Many of his young admirers in the US were born and brought up there and had the benefit of the best of secular education. In spite of this, there is a sense of pride in them that the Hindu community has at long last produced a leader of the calibre of Modi.
What is it they see in him?His simple and austere living of the kind associated with the late Kamaraj of Tamil Nadu, but not seen in the leaders of today?His reputation as an incorruptible politician, the likes of which is not found anywhere in India, not even in his own party?
His style of development-oriented governance, which even his detractors do not hesitate to praise?The fruits of his policy, which Gujarat and its people are already enjoying?His tough stance on terrorism?
His lucid-thinking on matters concerning our national security?His defiance in the face of the greatest campaign of demonisation mounted against him, the likes of which only Indira Gandhi had faced from her political opponents and sections of the media in the 1970s?
All these are factors, which influence their favourable perception of him, and which have already been highlighted and analysed in the articles on his impressive election victory.But there is one factor, which is more important than these and which has not found mention in the analyses.
That is, for large sections of the Hindus -- young and old, even more among the young than among the old -- he gave them a sense of pride in their identity as Hindus.They feel that he removed from their minds long habits of defensiveness as Hindus carefully nurtured by the self-styled secularists. As if to proclaim one's Hindu identity and to assert one's rights as Hindus in their own homeland in which they are in a vast majority (80 per cent of the population) is to be communal, is to become an ugly Indian.
For these self-styled secularists, a pretty Indian is a Hindu, who is all the time on the defensive, fights shy of proclaiming his Hindu personality and asserting his rights as a member of the majority community.
These self-styled secularists would not address their sermons of secularism to the Islamic countries, where for a Muslim to convert a non-Muslim into Islam is an act blessed by Allah, but for a non-Muslim to convert a Muslim into his religion is a crime calling for the death penalty.
For them, secularism is a virtue which a Hindu should practise towards others, but not others towards him.
It is Modi's rejection of this hypocrisy of the self-styled secularists, which makes him stand apart as a Hindu leader with a difference in the eyes of his admirers. Bharathiyar, the Tamil poet who inspired millions of Tamil youth to join the independence struggle under Mahatma Gandhi, wrote: Tamizhanenru Chollada, Talai Nimirndhu Nillada (Say You Are a Tamil, Hold Your Head High).
The growing legion of Modi's admirers in the Hindu community all over the world are saying: Hindu Enru Chollada, Talai Nimirndu Nillada (Say You Are A Hindu, Hold Your Head High).
They are no longer prepared to be defensive in proclaiming their Hindu idenity, in asserting their rights as Hindus. They are secular in the genuine sense of the word, but for them secularism does not mean developing a guilt complex about being a Hindu and all the time conceding the rights of others. They do not accept the argument that a Hindu, who asserts his rights, ceases to be a secularist.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
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Arise 'O' INDIA By Francois Gautier
ARISE ‘O’ INDIA by Francois Gautier- K. RamakrishanThe author of book ‘Arise O India’,
Francois Gautieris a celebrated French journalist and writer and was the political correspondent in India and South Asiafor ‘Le Figaro’, France’s largest circulatednewspaper. A devotee of Sri Aurobindo and The Motherhe lives in Auroville, the city of dawn, theinternational city founded by the Mother. He is anavid observer of happenings in India.
He has published his impressions in leading newspapers and magazines.The book is dedicated ‘To India who gave me so much’contains the author’s 17 thought provoking essays.
In the essay ‘who are Hindus?’ he analysis the originof Hindus and Hinduism and writes; ‘Finally, it isdifficult to understand Hinduism if you do not graspthe concept of Shakti, the divine feminine energy.
Because of the influence of British thought, it isnowadays fashionable in India to always highlight the downtrodden condition of Indian women and itsunderprivileged place in Indian society.
As a result,Western correspondents are always keen to do storieson female infanticides in Bihar, child marriages, orsati cases in Rajasthan. But who knows that no countryin the world has granted such an important place towomen in its spirituality and social ethos? Thus inIndia-and its true that it is often a paradox, as
women, because of later Muslim influences, have oftenbeen relegated to the background-the feminine conceptis a symbol of dynamic realization.
She is the eternalMother, who is all Wisdom, all Compassion, all Force,Beauty and Perfection.’Gautier argues that to understand India and Hinduism,‘one then has to go beyond the cliches of paganism andthe accusations of sects that have been applied toHindus, particularly after the coming of Christianmissionaries to India who had a vested motive to showHinduism in a light....’ He Alexandra David-Neel, theFrench explorer, writer and mystic about theremarkable role that gods play in India: “because theimages or statues are like a battery which is chargedover the ages by the adoration of the devotees, who inturn can draw energy, inspiration, or grace from thesestatues.” She continues “As battery, the energy in thestatue will not get discharged, as long as thefaithful continue to worship it by their cult andadoration.’’ And she concludes: “Gods are thus createdby the energy given out by the faith in theirexistence.”Quoting Sri Aurobindo, Gautier irrefutably places theGenius of Indian politics “There always was a strongdemocratic element in prevalent. -Muslim India, whichcertainly showed a certain similarity with Westernparliamentary forms, but these institutions wereIndian”.
And states ‘It is to be noted that these Indian Republics existed long before the Greek ones,although the world credits the Greeks with havingcreated democracy; but as usual History is recordedthrough the prism of the Western world and is veryselective indeed.
One should also add that none ofthese Indian republics developed an aggressivecolonizing spirit and they were content to defendthemselves and forge alliances amongst them.’The author states that the four masterpieces to embodyIndia’s Genius in literature are the Vedas, theUpanishads, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharatha.
Describing the Bhagawad Gita as ‘the supreme work ofspiritual revelation in the whole history of our humanplanet, fir it is the most comprehensive, the mostrevealing the highest in its intuitive reach, hewrites, ‘no religious book ever succeeded to saynearly everything that needs to be known on themystries of human life: why death, why life, whysuffering” why fighting? Why duty?’In the essay ‘Islam and the Muslim Invasions”, Gautierraises pertinent questions such as:
What is the Geniusof Islam?
What is the strength of Islam?
Why did Islamcrush Hinduism so mercilessly?
The limitation ofIslam, etc.
He cites two reasons for the decline ofIndian civilization; ‘the foremost is that in India,spirit failed matter.
At some point her yogis startedwithdrawing more and more in their caves, Her gurus intheir ashrams. Her sannyasins in their forests.
Thusslowly great tams overtook matter, an immensenegligence towards the material, an intense inertiaset in, which allowed for the gradual degradation ofthe physical, a slackening of the down to earthvalues, an indifference towards the worldly, which inturn permitted successive invasions, from Alexander tothe Muslim and finally the European, the repe of theland of the Vedas.
‘The second reason and the one which has been mostcommonly invoked, including by Muslim apologistsbecause it is so obvious, is the fossilization of thecaste system and the gradual take over of India by anarrogant Brahmin and Kshatriya society.’
About the Muslim invasions of India he categoricallystates ‘Let it be said right away: the massacresperpetuated by Muslims in India are unparalleled inhistory, bigger than the Holocaust of the Jews by theNazis; or the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks;more extensive even than the slaughter of the SouthAmerican native population by the invading Spanish andPortuguese.’Quoting American Historian Will Durant, Gautier sumsup the incredible damage done to Indian culture,civilization, human population and environment duringthe Muslim invasions which spanned nearly tencenturies:
“The Islamic conquest of India is probablythe bloodiest story in History. It is a discouragingtale, for its evident moral is that civilization is aprecious good, whose delicate complex order andfreedom can at any moment be overthrown barbariansinvading from wothout and muliplying within”However these atrocities were ‘negated’ in a thousand ways: ‘gross, clever, outrageous, subtle so that inthe end, the minds of people are so confused and muddled, that nobody knows anymore where the truth is.’ What is Negtionism? ‘Negationism means that this whole aspect of Indian History has been totally erased not only from text books, but also from the memory,from the consciousness of Indian people.’
He argues.He wonders how Hinduism has survived the onslaught of Muslim savagery: ‘it shows how deep was her faith, how profound her karma, how deeply ingrained her soul inthe hearts of her faithfuls.
The seeds planted by theMoghuls, by Babar, Mahmud, or Aurangzeb, have matured:the 125 million Indian Muslims of today have forgottenthat they were once peaceful, loving Hindus, forciblyconverted to a religion they hated. And they sometimestake-up as theirs a cry of fanaticism which is totallyalien to their culture.’About the E uropean invasions, particularly that ofthe Missionaries, the author states, ‘Thesemissionaries indeed poisoned the minds of the peoplethey converted, making them hate their own religion,their own country sometimes, cutting the from theirown cultural roots’..........’Everywhere theChristians went, they stamped mercilessly on cultures,eradicated centuries old ways of life of the peoplethey conquered.
They were thus able to radically altercivilizations, change their patterns of thinking. Andthree generations later the children of those who hadbeen conquered, ahd forgotten their roots, adaptedChristianity and often looked upon their conquerors astheir benefactors’.Analyzing the Indian Independence movement, the authorwrites ‘Hinduism, true Hinduism was for Sri Aurobindothe basis for India’s and greatness, it was also theessence of nationaliam, the MEANS of liberating Indiaand ultimately the foundation of the future if India.
Unfortunately, the leaders of the Indian NationalCongress did not have the same vision.’ AboutGandhiji, he says ‘ultimately, it must be said thatwhatever his saintliness, his extreme and somehowgijid asceticism, Gandhi did enormous harm to Indiaand this harm has two the European element in his lifeand his Non-violence was the greatest violence to hisown body.
‘In true Christian fashion he punished hisbody to back mail others.’In the essay ‘India Today’ the author quotes SriAurobindo “India of the ages is not dead nor has Shespoken Her last creative word. And that which She mustseek now to awake, is not an anglicised orientalpeople, docile pupil of the west and doomed to repeatthe cycle of the Occident’s success and failure, butstill the ancient immemorial Shakti recovering Herdeepest self, lifting Her head higher towards thesupreme source of light and strength and turning todiscover the complete meaning and vaster for of HerDharma.” and hopes that BJP will help fulfill theprophecy of the great Maharshi.Elaborating the dangers facing India today,
Gautierwrites that India’s upper-class the cream of thisnation appear to enjoy Indeia-bashing “Theirparameters appear to be set by what the West thinksabout India, by amnesty International’s comments ontheir nation. They want to apply to India the samenorms, which are used in the Industrialised world.
And extraordinarily, many of India’s elite ridicule whatmakes this country unique in the world, what no othernation in the world possesses; Dharma, true Hinduism;the knowledge passed down by thousands of sages,saints, yogis, sadhus of the Eternal Truth, that whichpassed down by thousanda of sages, saints yogis,sadhus of the Eternal Truth, that which gives meaningto this otherwise senseless life and which the
Westhas totally lost: the Wheel of life, the endless rebirths and ultimately the evolutionary Ascension ofman towards the Ultimate Truth.’The author foresees India emerging as a spiritualleader of the world. In the 17 essays the reader hasbeen taken through all the ‘dangers, threats,aggressions, pitfalls, perils, mistakes, that the landof Bharatha went through in the aftermath of theglorious Vedic epoch.’The author appreciates the role of Hinduism, purely because of his conviction that it offers somethingeternal which no other religion can. He is, t the sametime quite critical of its current plight and exhorts Hindus to awaken and realize the glory their Motherland.Through these essays, the reader has been harpedconstantly of the fact that the Gratness that WASIndia is not something of the past, that India’sSanathana Dharma, her boundless reserves ofspirituality are infact, ready to manifest themselvesagain.‘India has to wake up to Her destiny, recoup herspiritualized outlook. stop looking at Herself and atthe world through the Western prism of understanding,which is an artificial view, out of touch with theinner reality and which has been imposed to India byits colonizers for three centuries.’ That is the finaldeam of Francois Gautier.He has done a great service to Bharat Mata through hiswritings, which deserve serious study.--
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Unite; believe you are blessed and Hindu Bipin Balakrishnan Thousands of names, idols and traditions Still deep in heart your prayers are unitedYour soul, convivial and purged of hatred O’ tolerant being you are blessed and Hindu!Your epics depict wars of truth and dharmaAnd define the meaning of earthly existenceYour Vedas guide with knowledge of ages Illuminate gloomy souls of ignorant beings My pen could never rest if on you I writeFor there you stay in this globe’s historyBut where are you? Lost in clueless world-Of mortal beliefs and selling your heritageYour glorified tolerance is now a weaknessAnd had paid enough to all those intrudersHave you not yet learned from those wounds?Deep and bleeding; on your mother’s heart They all had their fortune, your conquerorsMissionaries, comrades and now terroristsAnd for few silver coins you sold your faithWhen you could join hands and unite for good But not anymore, if you can hear these linesAnd feel your mother’s fading but sweet callChant those mantras that bond shivering handsUnite and believe you are blessed and Hindu
Francois Gautieris a celebrated French journalist and writer and was the political correspondent in India and South Asiafor ‘Le Figaro’, France’s largest circulatednewspaper. A devotee of Sri Aurobindo and The Motherhe lives in Auroville, the city of dawn, theinternational city founded by the Mother. He is anavid observer of happenings in India.
He has published his impressions in leading newspapers and magazines.The book is dedicated ‘To India who gave me so much’contains the author’s 17 thought provoking essays.
In the essay ‘who are Hindus?’ he analysis the originof Hindus and Hinduism and writes; ‘Finally, it isdifficult to understand Hinduism if you do not graspthe concept of Shakti, the divine feminine energy.
Because of the influence of British thought, it isnowadays fashionable in India to always highlight the downtrodden condition of Indian women and itsunderprivileged place in Indian society.
As a result,Western correspondents are always keen to do storieson female infanticides in Bihar, child marriages, orsati cases in Rajasthan. But who knows that no countryin the world has granted such an important place towomen in its spirituality and social ethos? Thus inIndia-and its true that it is often a paradox, as
women, because of later Muslim influences, have oftenbeen relegated to the background-the feminine conceptis a symbol of dynamic realization.
She is the eternalMother, who is all Wisdom, all Compassion, all Force,Beauty and Perfection.’Gautier argues that to understand India and Hinduism,‘one then has to go beyond the cliches of paganism andthe accusations of sects that have been applied toHindus, particularly after the coming of Christianmissionaries to India who had a vested motive to showHinduism in a light....’ He Alexandra David-Neel, theFrench explorer, writer and mystic about theremarkable role that gods play in India: “because theimages or statues are like a battery which is chargedover the ages by the adoration of the devotees, who inturn can draw energy, inspiration, or grace from thesestatues.” She continues “As battery, the energy in thestatue will not get discharged, as long as thefaithful continue to worship it by their cult andadoration.’’ And she concludes: “Gods are thus createdby the energy given out by the faith in theirexistence.”Quoting Sri Aurobindo, Gautier irrefutably places theGenius of Indian politics “There always was a strongdemocratic element in prevalent. -Muslim India, whichcertainly showed a certain similarity with Westernparliamentary forms, but these institutions wereIndian”.
And states ‘It is to be noted that these Indian Republics existed long before the Greek ones,although the world credits the Greeks with havingcreated democracy; but as usual History is recordedthrough the prism of the Western world and is veryselective indeed.
One should also add that none ofthese Indian republics developed an aggressivecolonizing spirit and they were content to defendthemselves and forge alliances amongst them.’The author states that the four masterpieces to embodyIndia’s Genius in literature are the Vedas, theUpanishads, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharatha.
Describing the Bhagawad Gita as ‘the supreme work ofspiritual revelation in the whole history of our humanplanet, fir it is the most comprehensive, the mostrevealing the highest in its intuitive reach, hewrites, ‘no religious book ever succeeded to saynearly everything that needs to be known on themystries of human life: why death, why life, whysuffering” why fighting? Why duty?’In the essay ‘Islam and the Muslim Invasions”, Gautierraises pertinent questions such as:
What is the Geniusof Islam?
What is the strength of Islam?
Why did Islamcrush Hinduism so mercilessly?
The limitation ofIslam, etc.
He cites two reasons for the decline ofIndian civilization; ‘the foremost is that in India,spirit failed matter.
At some point her yogis startedwithdrawing more and more in their caves, Her gurus intheir ashrams. Her sannyasins in their forests.
Thusslowly great tams overtook matter, an immensenegligence towards the material, an intense inertiaset in, which allowed for the gradual degradation ofthe physical, a slackening of the down to earthvalues, an indifference towards the worldly, which inturn permitted successive invasions, from Alexander tothe Muslim and finally the European, the repe of theland of the Vedas.
‘The second reason and the one which has been mostcommonly invoked, including by Muslim apologistsbecause it is so obvious, is the fossilization of thecaste system and the gradual take over of India by anarrogant Brahmin and Kshatriya society.’
About the Muslim invasions of India he categoricallystates ‘Let it be said right away: the massacresperpetuated by Muslims in India are unparalleled inhistory, bigger than the Holocaust of the Jews by theNazis; or the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks;more extensive even than the slaughter of the SouthAmerican native population by the invading Spanish andPortuguese.’Quoting American Historian Will Durant, Gautier sumsup the incredible damage done to Indian culture,civilization, human population and environment duringthe Muslim invasions which spanned nearly tencenturies:
“The Islamic conquest of India is probablythe bloodiest story in History. It is a discouragingtale, for its evident moral is that civilization is aprecious good, whose delicate complex order andfreedom can at any moment be overthrown barbariansinvading from wothout and muliplying within”However these atrocities were ‘negated’ in a thousand ways: ‘gross, clever, outrageous, subtle so that inthe end, the minds of people are so confused and muddled, that nobody knows anymore where the truth is.’ What is Negtionism? ‘Negationism means that this whole aspect of Indian History has been totally erased not only from text books, but also from the memory,from the consciousness of Indian people.’
He argues.He wonders how Hinduism has survived the onslaught of Muslim savagery: ‘it shows how deep was her faith, how profound her karma, how deeply ingrained her soul inthe hearts of her faithfuls.
The seeds planted by theMoghuls, by Babar, Mahmud, or Aurangzeb, have matured:the 125 million Indian Muslims of today have forgottenthat they were once peaceful, loving Hindus, forciblyconverted to a religion they hated. And they sometimestake-up as theirs a cry of fanaticism which is totallyalien to their culture.’About the E uropean invasions, particularly that ofthe Missionaries, the author states, ‘Thesemissionaries indeed poisoned the minds of the peoplethey converted, making them hate their own religion,their own country sometimes, cutting the from theirown cultural roots’..........’Everywhere theChristians went, they stamped mercilessly on cultures,eradicated centuries old ways of life of the peoplethey conquered.
They were thus able to radically altercivilizations, change their patterns of thinking. Andthree generations later the children of those who hadbeen conquered, ahd forgotten their roots, adaptedChristianity and often looked upon their conquerors astheir benefactors’.Analyzing the Indian Independence movement, the authorwrites ‘Hinduism, true Hinduism was for Sri Aurobindothe basis for India’s and greatness, it was also theessence of nationaliam, the MEANS of liberating Indiaand ultimately the foundation of the future if India.
Unfortunately, the leaders of the Indian NationalCongress did not have the same vision.’ AboutGandhiji, he says ‘ultimately, it must be said thatwhatever his saintliness, his extreme and somehowgijid asceticism, Gandhi did enormous harm to Indiaand this harm has two the European element in his lifeand his Non-violence was the greatest violence to hisown body.
‘In true Christian fashion he punished hisbody to back mail others.’In the essay ‘India Today’ the author quotes SriAurobindo “India of the ages is not dead nor has Shespoken Her last creative word. And that which She mustseek now to awake, is not an anglicised orientalpeople, docile pupil of the west and doomed to repeatthe cycle of the Occident’s success and failure, butstill the ancient immemorial Shakti recovering Herdeepest self, lifting Her head higher towards thesupreme source of light and strength and turning todiscover the complete meaning and vaster for of HerDharma.” and hopes that BJP will help fulfill theprophecy of the great Maharshi.Elaborating the dangers facing India today,
Gautierwrites that India’s upper-class the cream of thisnation appear to enjoy Indeia-bashing “Theirparameters appear to be set by what the West thinksabout India, by amnesty International’s comments ontheir nation. They want to apply to India the samenorms, which are used in the Industrialised world.
And extraordinarily, many of India’s elite ridicule whatmakes this country unique in the world, what no othernation in the world possesses; Dharma, true Hinduism;the knowledge passed down by thousands of sages,saints, yogis, sadhus of the Eternal Truth, that whichpassed down by thousanda of sages, saints yogis,sadhus of the Eternal Truth, that which gives meaningto this otherwise senseless life and which the
Westhas totally lost: the Wheel of life, the endless rebirths and ultimately the evolutionary Ascension ofman towards the Ultimate Truth.’The author foresees India emerging as a spiritualleader of the world. In the 17 essays the reader hasbeen taken through all the ‘dangers, threats,aggressions, pitfalls, perils, mistakes, that the landof Bharatha went through in the aftermath of theglorious Vedic epoch.’The author appreciates the role of Hinduism, purely because of his conviction that it offers somethingeternal which no other religion can. He is, t the sametime quite critical of its current plight and exhorts Hindus to awaken and realize the glory their Motherland.Through these essays, the reader has been harpedconstantly of the fact that the Gratness that WASIndia is not something of the past, that India’sSanathana Dharma, her boundless reserves ofspirituality are infact, ready to manifest themselvesagain.‘India has to wake up to Her destiny, recoup herspiritualized outlook. stop looking at Herself and atthe world through the Western prism of understanding,which is an artificial view, out of touch with theinner reality and which has been imposed to India byits colonizers for three centuries.’ That is the finaldeam of Francois Gautier.He has done a great service to Bharat Mata through hiswritings, which deserve serious study.--
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Unite; believe you are blessed and Hindu Bipin Balakrishnan Thousands of names, idols and traditions Still deep in heart your prayers are unitedYour soul, convivial and purged of hatred O’ tolerant being you are blessed and Hindu!Your epics depict wars of truth and dharmaAnd define the meaning of earthly existenceYour Vedas guide with knowledge of ages Illuminate gloomy souls of ignorant beings My pen could never rest if on you I writeFor there you stay in this globe’s historyBut where are you? Lost in clueless world-Of mortal beliefs and selling your heritageYour glorified tolerance is now a weaknessAnd had paid enough to all those intrudersHave you not yet learned from those wounds?Deep and bleeding; on your mother’s heart They all had their fortune, your conquerorsMissionaries, comrades and now terroristsAnd for few silver coins you sold your faithWhen you could join hands and unite for good But not anymore, if you can hear these linesAnd feel your mother’s fading but sweet callChant those mantras that bond shivering handsUnite and believe you are blessed and Hindu
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