Showing posts with label INDIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label INDIA. Show all posts

Thursday, May 7, 2015

India is the epitome of Religious tolerance -Country of Buddha.

Khalaf Al Harbi, a prominent thinker and columnist from Saudi Arabia, says India is the most tolerant nation on the earth.
Heaping praises on India in his latest column, he says, "In India, there are more than 100 religions and more than 100 languages. Yet, the people live in peace and harmony. They have all joined hands ...to build a strong nation that can produce everything from a sewing needle to the rocket which is preparing to go to Mars. I must say that I feel a bit jealous because I come from a part of the world which has one religion and one language and yet there is killing everywhere. No matter how the world speaks about tolerance, India remains the oldest and most important school to teach tolerance and peaceful co-existence regardless of the religious, social, political or ethnical differences."
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

DIVISION OF INDIA/BHARAT

Photo: • the division of nation •

# ee tha hamara akhand bharat jo tukdo m bat gaya

# let's not let anyone divide our nation any more. Let's celebrate akhand bharat coming independence day

# Some states such as jk, bengal are at verge of it. So choose right leaders & save nation from further being divided into pieces• the division of nation •

# ee tha hamara akhand bharat jo tukdo m bat gaya

# let's not let anyone divide our nation any more. Let's celebrate akhand bharat coming independence day

# Some states such as jk, bengal are at verge of it. So choose right leaders & save nation from further being divided into piece

Thursday, November 27, 2014

INDIA A MIGHTY POWER IN 1800'S DOWN TO BEGGAR-RISE AGAIN.

In 1800 entire Great Britain ( not so great really ) treasury stood at 16 million pounds . Akbar 1600 17.5 million pounds , in 1700 Aurangazeb 's, excuer reported an annual revenue of more than £100million

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Monday, November 10, 2014

IS IT INDIA THAT WILL BE SUPERPOWER ALONG WITH USA NOT CHINA IN 15 YEARS.

Pro-democracy protesters stand behind umbrellas as police prepare to advance on their positions near the central government offices in Hong Kong on October 15, 2014. Hong Kong has been plunged into the worst political crisis since its 1997 handover as pro-democracy activists take over the streets following China's refusal to grant citizens full universal suffrage.  AFP PHOTO / ALEX OGLE        (Photo credit should read Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images)Compared to the other so-called BRICS – Brazil, Russia and India – China shines like the moon. Since Deng Xiaoping created the Four Modernizations in 1978, China has surged from being a marginal player on the global stage to a powerhouse that has attracted $2 trillion of foreign direct investment.
Its economy ranks first in the world in building modern infrastructure, global exports ($2.2 trillion), Internet usage (600 million people), college graduates (7 million per year), rate of economic growth (10 percent from 1980 to 2010), movement of peasants to the city (400 million from 1980 to 2013), high-speed rail under construction (40,000 miles) and major airports (43). By 2025, it will likely have the world’s largest gross national product.
Given all this unprecedented growth, how can China miss becoming the world’s next superpower in 10 or 20 years?
A superpower also needs to develop political democracy, economic freedom, military power, legal system, quality of life and high tech creativity. In all these areas China lags far behind the United States, and INDIA.
Politically, the United States had the world’s first democratic government in 1789 and expanded the franchise ever since. By contrast, after 65 years in power, the Chinese communist government has not even begun to make the transition towards a semi-democratic state. Rather, the government, whose think tanks in the 1990s used to talk of managing a democratic transition, has cracked down on movements in minority areas and in Hong Kong. There are no democratic elections at any level. Without this transition, the People’s Republic of China faces the serious possibility of falling apart like the Soviet Union did in 1991.
Economically, while the United States has a strong, relatively open capitalist economy, Chinese economic freedom is so poor that the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom ranks China 137th in the world alongside Cameroon and Tajikistan. As a result, the Conference Board, citing the negative roles of state run capitalism and growth-fixated monetary policy, estimates Chinese economic growth to slide to only 4 percent by 2020.
Militarily, the United States has hundreds of bases around the world, 11 aircraft carrier battle fleets, tens of thousands of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons, well trained officers and numerous major allies around the world. China, whose military spending is less than 30 percent of American spending, is still working on its first aircraft carrier (bought from Ukraine), imports major weapon systems from Russia, and has a small strategic nuclear force. A large number of its officers are of peasant origins. It lacks any major allies.
The United States created a government of laws, an independent judiciary and the protection of civil liberties. In China, the government does not allow free speech, assembly, an independent judiciary or religion. Massive corruption has allowed high Chinese Communist government or party officials to reap fortunes of hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars
China lags far behind the United States. While the United States has the majority of leading high-tech companies – Google, Apple, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Oracle and others – China has almost none. Neo-Confucianism and Communism have suppressed Chinese creativity. Since 1950, not a single Chinese scientist working in China has won a Nobel Prize in Science. By contrast, the United States since 1945 has won a staggering 235 Nobel Prizes in science.
UNDERDOG IS- INDIA/BHARAT IF MODI RETAINS POWER FOR 10-15 YEARS AND INDIA WILL BE A GOLDEN EGG AGAIN ,NOT IN SENSE OF MILITARY POWER BUT SPIRITUAL,PEACE POWER,WHAT IT IS KNOWN FOR UNTILL ISLAMSIT AND BRITISHERS TERRORIZED AND TOOK OVER CONTROL TO RULE AS DEMONIC POWER.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

INDIA- A FUTURE HUB FOR MANUFACTURING REPLACING CHINA-A GOLDEN INDIA IN MAKING

Abbott Laboratories  in Gujrat is in full swing without any interruption with world class roads.
Modi now in power at Central India as Prime Minister ,will change India like Gujrat has been changed in 13 years.
India vs. China: The Battle for Global ManufacturingIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping other executives will be similarly impressed with the ease of manufacturing in his country. Before Modi took charge in New Delhi, he headed the state government in Gujarat, and during his 13 years in power there he made the state an industrial leader. Manufacturing accounts for 28 percent of Gujarat’s economy, compared with 13 percent for the country as a whole, and a touch less than the 30 percent figure for manufacturing titan China.
China became an export powerhouse because of its vast pool of low-wage workers, but it’s no longer so cheap to manufacture there. Pinched by double-digit increases in China’s minimum wages, many companies are looking for low-cost alternatives. Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia are attractive, but they lack the deep supply of workers available in India. “It’s the only country that has the scale to take up where China is leaving off,” says Frederic Neumann, a senior economist with HSBC (HSBC). Vietnam and Indonesia? “Neither one is big enough to take up the slack,” he says, leaving India with a “golden opportunity.”


By 2016 the country’s growth rate of 7.2 percent will surpass China’s 7.1 percent, says CLSA senior economist Rajeev Malik.
The hourly labor cost in India for manufacturing averages 92¢, compared with $3.52 in China, according to Boston Consulting Group. But, says Anil Gupta, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, India hasn’t come close to matching China’s investments in the roads, ports, and power networks that companies want. “Lousy infrastructure essentially eats up any advantage the country may have on the labor front.”
Local leaders allied with Modi are trying to change that. In Madhya Pradesh the state government is creating 27 industrial areas while promising to improve infrastructure and make labor laws and land acquisition regulations more investor-friendly. Passing new labor laws that make it easier to hire and fire is especially important.
On the diplomatic front, Modi has adroitly taken advantage of the rivalry between Japan and China: After recent meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping, he won commitments for almost $57 billion in investments in India. China pledged $20 billion, and Japan about 4 trillion yen ($35.5 billion). Much of the money will be used to build a giant industrial corridor between Delhi and Mumbai featuring high-speed trains and superhighways. The goal, University of Maryland’s Gupta says, is to turn the area into the equivalent of southern China’s Guangdong province, which built special economic zones to transform China into an exporting power. India’s leaders “have the political ducks lined up” to make that happen, he says.
ARTICLE IN Businessweek

 

Monday, October 27, 2014

SOME IMPORTANT ANCIENT INDIA'S FACTS AND WHY- A ? MARK FOR YOU

क्यो नासा के वैज्ञानीको ने माना की सूरज से "ॐ" की आवाज निकलती है?
→क्यो अमेरिका ने भारतीय देशी गौमुत्र पर 4 Patent लिया व कैंसर और दूसरी बिमारियो के लिये दवाईया बना रहा है ? जबकी हम गौमुत्र का महत्व हजारो साल पहले से जानते है!
→क्यो अमेरिका के सेटन हाल यूनिवर्सिटी मे गीता पढाई जा रही है?
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→क्यो इस्लामिक देश इंडोनेशिया के Aeroplane का नाम भगवान नारायण के वाहन गरुड के नाम पर Garuda Indonesia है जिसमे Garuda का symbol भी है? क्यो इंडोनेशिया के रुपए पर भगवान गणेश की फोटो है?
→क्यो बराक ओबामा हमेशा अपनी जेब मे हनुमान जी की फोटो रखते है?
→क्यो आज पूरी दुनिया योग-प्राणायाम की दिवानी है?
→क्यो भारतीय हिंदू वैज्ञानीको ने हजारो साल पहले ही बता दिया की धरती गोल है ?
→क्यो जर्मनी के Aeroplane का संस्कृत नाम Lufthansa है ?
→क्यो हिंदुओ के नाम पर अफगानिस्थान के पर्वत का नाम हिंदूकुश है?
→क्यो हिंदुओ के नाम पर हिंदी भाषा, हिन्दुस्तान, हिंद महासागर.. ये सभी नाम है?
→क्यो वियतनाम देश मे Visnu भगवान की 4000 साल पुरानी मूर्ति पाई गई?
→क्यो अमेरिकी विज्ञानीक Haward ने शोध के बाद माना की गायत्री मंत्र मे 110000 freq के कंपन है?
→क्यो बागबत की बडी मस्जिद के इमाम ने सत्यार्थ- प्रकाश पढने के बाद हिंदू धर्म अपनाकर महेंद्रपाल आर्य बनकर हजारो मुस्लिमो को हिंदू बनाया और वो कई बार जाकिर नाईक से debate के लिये कह चुके है मगर जाकिर की हिम्म्त नही हुइ..!
→अगर हिंदू धर्म मे यज्ञ करना अंधविश्वास है तो क्यो भोपाल गैस कांड मे जो कुशवाह परिवार एकमात्र बचा जो उस समय यज्ञ कर रहा था, गोबर पर घी जलाने से १० लाख टन आक्सीजन गैस बनती है..!!
→क्यो Julia Roberts (American actress and producer) ने हिंदू धर्म अपनाया और वो हर रोज मंदिर जाती है.
→अगर रामायण झूठा है तो क्यो दुनियाभर मे केवल रामसेतू के ही पत्थर आज भी तैरते है?
→अगर महाभारत झूठा है तो क्यो भीम के पुत्र ''घटोत्कच'' का विशालकाय कंकाल वर्ष 2007 में नेशनल जिओग्राफी की टीम ने भारतीय सेना की सहायता से उत्तर भारत के इलाके में खोजा?
→क्यो अमेरिका के सैनिकों को अफगानिस्तान (कंधार) की एक गुफा में 5000 साल पहले का महाभारत के समय का "विमान" मिला है? ।

Friday, June 27, 2014

Battle of Imphal's 70th anniversary-Forgotten heroes.

Commonwealth War Cemetery, Imphal, Manipur (Photo credit: Dinodia/Corbis) two battles resulted out of the 1944 U-Go Offensive of the Japanese 15th Army under Lieutenant General Renya Mutaguchi. The plan was to conquer India and use it as a launchpad of future Japanese military campaigns. Imphal, which was heavily invested by the 15th and 33rd divisions of the Japanese 15th Army, was defended by the IV Corps of the British Fourteenth Army, comprising the 17th, 20th and 23rd Indian Infantry Divisions, including the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade.
Independent India has never shown any care or concern about the war veterans, as they are a living memory of India's colonial past—men who fought a "foreign war" for a foreign government
 London-based Japanese filmmaker and actor Junichi Kajioka will hold a premiere of his World War II epic "Imphal 1944" on Saturday to mark the end of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Imphal to acknowledge the role of the 2.5 million (25 lakh) soldiers who fought by the Allies' side in the Second World War.
Thousands of soldiers, belonging to both the Japanese and the Allied Forces, were killed and maimed in several high-pitched battles across Manipur, a significant, but forgotten, theatre of WW II. Notably, the twin battles of Imphal and Kohima have been called "the greatest-ever battle involving British forces" by the National Army Museum, London.


70 years after defeating Japan, India forgets Imphal
Indian troops charge a Japanese position during the Battle of Imphal in 1944.
Times of IndiaYet the truth is the battles of Kohima and Imphal, in fact the whole of the Burma Campaign, was the swansong of the old Indian Army. It was for the first time that the Indian Army fought a foreign invader on Indian soil—a subtle transition for a force that for centuries had been an imperial strategic reserve, an instrument of colonial expansion and retention of the British Empire. And it was the first time that the seemingly invincible armies of the Empire of Japan were decisively beaten by the same Indian soldiers whom the Japanese perceived as lesser men. Yet the truth is the battles of Kohima and Imphal, in fact the whole of the Burma Campaign, was the swansong of the old Indian Army. It was for the first time that the Indian Army fought a foreign invader on Indian soil—a subtle transition for a force that for centuries had been an imperial strategic reserve, an instrument of colonial expansion and retention of the British Empire. And it was the first time that the seemingly invincible armies of the Empire of Japan were decisively beaten by the same Indian soldiers whom the Japanese perceived as lesser men.
Yet the truth is the battles of Kohima and Imphal, in fact the whole of the Burma Campaign, was the swansong of the old Indian Army. It was for the first time that the Indian Army fought a foreign invader on Indian soil—a subtle transition for a force that for centuries had been an imperial strategic reserve, an instrument of colonial expansion and retention of the British Empire. And it was the first time that the seemingly invincible armies of the Empire of Japan were decisively beaten by the same Indian soldiers whom the Japanese perceived as lesser men.

"The two world wars showed the fighting quality of the Indian soldier to the world. Victory in the Second World War has been, by far, our biggest military achievement, yet nobody in India talks about it. It's such a sad state of affairs that the country that sent the largest voluntary army in history to fight that war has forgotten the sacrifices of the millions of men and women. We expect the Narendra Modi government to do something about it.
Read more- HERE  "The two world wars showed the fighting quality of the Indian soldier to the world. Victory in the Second World War has been, by far, our biggest military achievement, yet nobody in India talks about it. It's such a sad state of affairs that the country that sent the largest voluntary army in history to fight that war has forgotten the sacrifices of the millions of men and women. We expect the Narendra Modi government to do something about it. Of course, we are late, but better late than never," said Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Anil Bhat, the former spokesperson of the defence ministry and Indian Army.   "The two world wars showed the fighting quality of the Indian soldier to the world. Victory in the Second World War has been, by far, our biggest military achievement, yet nobody in India talks about it. It's such a sad state of affairs that the country that sent the largest voluntary army in history to fight that war has forgotten the sacrifices of the millions of men and women. We expect the Narendra Modi government to do something about it. Of course, we are late, but better late than never," said Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Anil Bhat, the former spokesperson of the defence ministry and Indian Army.   
  Kohima, on the other hand, was defended by just 1,500 men of the 1st Assam Regiment, Assam Rifles, and 4th Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. But they held off 15,000 invading Japanese for two weeks until they were relieved by the 161st Indian Infantry Brigade, a vital component of the battle-hardened 5th Indian Division.  Incidentally, in Imphal, the Japanese were assisted by the Indian National Army, which had another objective apart from fighting: to try and make soldiers of the Indian Army defect. This strategy, of course, didn't work. There were a few desertions, no doubt, but for every Indian Army soldier who switched his loyalty, 68 remained loyal. 
On July 3, 1944, the Japanese decided to retreat to Burma, but the retreat became a rout. Thousands of sick and wounded Japanese soldiers died by the wayside and were never cremated. London-based Japanese filmmaker, Junichi Kajioka, has made a film on this, named Imphal 1944. It will be screened in Imphal at the closing ceremony on Saturday.  "Many Japanese still come to Manipur every year in search of the bones of their family members who lost their lives in this war. The battles of Imphal and Kohima are not forgotten by people, and a lot of unburied souls are still sleeping in Northeast India and the border of Myanmar. I believe they are still being taken care of by the people here. My film aims to be a symbol of peace between Britain, Japan and Manipur. The film offers the world an important message of friendship between old enemies," Kajioka told this correspondent. 

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

MODI JI 'S STEP#1 TO BUILD NATION

invites you to work for India.
Join this grand movement to create a strong, glorious and inclusive India. You are requested to fill this form.  Remember- your contribution will be a gigantic step in creating a better India.

Narendra Modi invites you to work for India. 

Join this grand movement to create a strong, glorious and inclusive India. You are requested to fill this form. 
Remember- your contribution will be a gigantic step in creating a better India.  
http://www.narendramodi.in/form/
 
ये कैसा नेता है; जो संसद में जाता है
तो भी संसद को
मंदिर समझ के उसको नमन करके अंदर

प्रवेश करता है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो बोलता है भारत
माँ की सेवा करना कैसी कृपा बल्कि माँ की सेवा के
लिए समर्पित हूँ
ये कैसा नेता है; जो मुस्लिम कार्ड
नही खेलके सभी 125 करोड़
हिन्दुस्थानियो का ख्याल रखने
का बोलता है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो बोलता है हम चले ना चले
देश चल पड़ा है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो खुद क्रेडिट ना लेके
बोलता है की ये जनता का विश्वास
और उनकी आशाओ की जीत है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो खुद नाम कमाने
का नही बल्कि बोलते है की भारत के लोग हर
जगह नाम कमाते है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो दुसरो की तरह अपने
लिए नही बल्कि देश के लिए जीने
का बोलता है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो कौन हारा कौन
जीता ये ना गिना के देश के विकास की बात
करता है
ये कैसा नेता है; जो बोलता है
की मेरी जो उचाईया दिखती है
वो मेरी नही बल्कि मेरी पार्टी के
वरिष्ट नेताओ ने मुझे कंधे के ऊपर
बैठाया है ये कैसा नेता है; जो सत्ता सँभालने
से
पहले ही 2019 में अपने कार्यकाल
का रिपोर्ट कार्ड देने का बोलता है
ये कैसा नेता है: जो जात-पात-धर्म
की बात ना करके "सबका साथ;
सबका विकास" करने का बोलता है ये
वही नेता है; जो अच्छे दिन
लायेगा अब से अच्छे दिन की शुरुआत
हो गयी
मैं मेरे देश के इस महान नेता माननीय
श्री. नरेन्द्र
मोदी जी को कोटि कोटि शीश झुका के
नमन करता हूँ
एक भारत श्रेष्ठ भारत...
जय मोदी राज...
 
 
 

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Mighty India from world's 2nd wealthy nation in 1770's to bottom in 1920's under BRITISH EMPIRE.LOOT.


Reason for india to be poor. Indian economy was second 28% GDP of world second to China's 33% GDP in 1770's came down to 15% in 1850's and then 1% in 1920's. For detail -
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GERMANY IS CHRISTIAN THEN WHY INDIA IS NOT HINDU NATION?

When Germany is Christian, Why India is NOT Hindu ?
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Though I live in India since long, there are still some points that I find hard to understand – for example why many educated Indians become agitated when India is considered as a Hindu country. The majority of Indians are Hindus. India is special because of its ancient Hindu tradition. Westerners are drawn to India because of it. Why then is there this resistance by many Indians to acknowledge the Hindu roots of their country?

This attitude is strange for two reasons. First, those educated Indians seem to have a problem only with ‘Hindu’ India, but not with ‘Muslim’ or ‘Christian’ countries. In Germany for example, only 59 percent of the population are registered with the two big Christian Churches (Protestant and Catholic), however, the country is bracketed under ‘Christian countries’. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, stressed recently the Christian roots of Germany and urged the population ‘to go back to Christian values’. In 2012, she postponed her trip to the G-8 summit for a day to address the German Catholic Day. Two major political parties carry ‘Christian’ in their name, including Angela Merkel’s ruling party.

Germans are not agitated that Germany is called a Christian country, though I actually would understand if they were. After all, the history of the Church is appalling. The so called success story of Christianity depended greatly on tyranny. “Convert or die”, were the options given not only to the indigenous population in America some five hundred years ago. In Germany, too, 1200 years ago, the emperor Karl the Great ordered the death sentence for refusal of baptism in his newly conquered realms. It provoked his advisor Alkuin to comment: ‘One can force them to baptism, but how to force them to believe?’

Those times, when one’s life was in danger if one dissented with the dogmas of the Church, are thankfully over. And nowadays many in the west do dissent and leave the Church in a steady stream – partly because they are disgusted with the less than holy behavior of Church officials and partly because they can’t believe in the dogmas, for example that ‘Jesus is the only way’ and that God sends all those who don’t accept this to hell.

And here comes the second reason why the resistance to associate India with Hinduism by Indians is difficult to understand. Hinduism is in a different category from the Abrahamic religions. Its history, compared to Christianity and Islam was undoubtedly the least violent as it spread in ancient times by convincing arguments and not by force. It is not a belief system that demands blind belief in dogmas and the suspension of one’s intelligence. On the contrary, Hinduism encourages using one’s intelligence to the hilt. It is an enquiry into truth, based on a refined (methods are given) character and intellect. It comprises a huge body of ancient literature, not only regarding Dharma and philosophy, but also regarding music, architecture, dance, science, astronomy, economics, politics, etc. If Germany or any other western country had this kind of literary treasure, it would be so proud and highlight its greatness on every occasion. When I discovered for example the Upanishads, I was stunned. Here was expressed in clear terms what I intuitively had felt to be true, but could not have expressed clearly. Brahman is not partial; it is the invisible, indivisible essence in everything. Everyone gets again and again a chance to discover the ultimate truth and is free to choose his way back to it. Helpful hints are given but not imposed.

In my early days in India, I thought that every Indian knew and valued his tradition. Slowly I realized that I was wrong. The British colonial masters had been successful in not only weaning away many of the elite from their ancient tradition but even making them despise it. It helped that the ‘educated’ class could no longer read the original Sanskrit texts and believed what the British told them. This lack of knowledge and the brainwashing by the British education may be the reason why many ‘modern’ Indians are against anything ‘Hindu’. They don’t realize the difference between western religions that have to be believed (or at least professed) blindly, and which discourage if not forbid their adherents to think on their own and the multi-layered Hindu Dharma which gives freedom and encourages using one’s intelligence.

Many of the educated class do not realize that on one hand, westerners, especially those who dream to impose their own religion on this vast country, will applaud them for denigrating Hindu Dharma, because this helps western universalism to spread in India. On the other hand, many westerners, including Church people, very well know the value and surreptitiously appropriate insights from the vast Indian knowledge system, drop the original source and present it either as their own or make it look as if these insights had been known in the west.

Rajiv Malhotra of Infinity Foundation has done painstaking research in this field and has documented many cases of “digestion” of Dharma civilization into western universalism. He chose the term digestion, as it implies that that which is being digested (a deer for example) is in the end no longer there, whereas the ‘digester’ (a tiger) becomes stronger. Similarly, Hindu civilization is gradually being depleted of its valuable, exclusive assets and what is left is called inferior.

If only missionaries denigrated Hindu Dharma, it would not be so bad, as they clearly have an agenda which discerning Indians would detect. But sadly, Indians with Hindu names assist them because they wrongly believe that Hinduism is inferior to western religions. They belittle everything Hindu instead of getting thorough knowledge. As a rule, they know little about their tradition except what the British told them, i.e. that the major features are caste system and idol worship. They don’t realize that India would gain, not lose, if it solidly backed its profound and all inclusive Hindu tradition. The Dalai Lama said some time ago that already as a youth in Lhasa, he had been deeply impressed by the richness of Indian thought. “India has great potential to help the world,” he added. When will the westernized Indian elite realize it?
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 Though I live in India since long, there are still some points that I find hard to understand – for example why many educated Indians become agitated when India is considered as a Hindu country. The majority of Indians are Hindus. India is special because of its ancient Hindu tra...dition. Westerners are drawn to India because of it. Why then is there this resistance by many Indians to acknowledge the Hindu roots of their country?

This attitude is strange for two reasons. First, those educated Indians seem to have a problem only with ‘Hindu’ India, but not with ‘Muslim’ or ‘Christian’ countries. In Germany for example, only 59 percent of the population are registered with the two big Christian Churches (Protestant and Catholic), however, the country is bracketed under ‘Christian countries’. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, stressed recently the Christian roots of Germany and urged the population ‘to go back to Christian values’. In 2012, she postponed her trip to the G-8 summit for a day to address the German Catholic Day. Two major political parties carry ‘Christian’ in their name, including Angela Merkel’s ruling party.

Germans are not agitated that Germany is called a Christian country, though I actually would understand if they were. After all, the history of the Church is appalling. The so called success story of Christianity depended greatly on tyranny. “Convert or die”, were the options given not only to the indigenous population in America some five hundred years ago. In Germany, too, 1200 years ago, the emperor Karl the Great ordered the death sentence for refusal of baptism in his newly conquered realms. It provoked his advisor Alkuin to comment: ‘One can force them to baptism, but how to force them to believe?’

Those times, when one’s life was in danger if one dissented with the dogmas of the Church, are thankfully over. And nowadays many in the west do dissent and leave the Church in a steady stream – partly because they are disgusted with the less than holy behavior of Church officials and partly because they can’t believe in the dogmas, for example that ‘Jesus is the only way’ and that God sends all those who don’t accept this to hell.

And here comes the second reason why the resistance to associate India with Hinduism by Indians is difficult to understand. Hinduism is in a different category from the Abrahamic religions. Its history, compared to Christianity and Islam was undoubtedly the least violent as it spread in ancient times by convincing arguments and not by force. It is not a belief system that demands blind belief in dogmas and the suspension of one’s intelligence. On the contrary, Hinduism encourages using one’s intelligence to the hilt. It is an enquiry into truth, based on a refined (methods are given) character and intellect. It comprises a huge body of ancient literature, not only regarding Dharma and philosophy, but also regarding music, architecture, dance, science, astronomy, economics, politics, etc. If Germany or any other western country had this kind of literary treasure, it would be so proud and highlight its greatness on every occasion. When I discovered for example the Upanishads, I was stunned. Here was expressed in clear terms what I intuitively had felt to be true, but could not have expressed clearly. Brahman is not partial; it is the invisible, indivisible essence in everything. Everyone gets again and again a chance to discover the ultimate truth and is free to choose his way back to it. Helpful hints are given but not imposed.

In my early days in India, I thought that every Indian knew and valued his tradition. Slowly I realized that I was wrong. The British colonial masters had been successful in not only weaning away many of the elite from their ancient tradition but even making them despise it. It helped that the ‘educated’ class could no longer read the original Sanskrit texts and believed what the British told them. This lack of knowledge and the brainwashing by the British education may be the reason why many ‘modern’ Indians are against anything ‘Hindu’. They don’t realize the difference between western religions that have to be believed (or at least professed) blindly, and which discourage if not forbid their adherents to think on their own and the multi-layered Hindu Dharma which gives freedom and encourages using one’s intelligence.

Many of the educated class do not realize that on one hand, westerners, especially those who dream to impose their own religion on this vast country, will applaud them for denigrating Hindu Dharma, because this helps western universalism to spread in India. On the other hand, many westerners, including Church people, very well know the value and surreptitiously appropriate insights from the vast Indian knowledge system, drop the original source and present it either as their own or make it look as if these insights had been known in the west.

Rajiv Malhotra of Infinity Foundation has done painstaking research in this field and has documented many cases of “digestion” of Dharma civilization into western universalism. He chose the term digestion, as it implies that that which is being digested (a deer for example) is in the end no longer there, whereas the ‘digester’ (a tiger) becomes stronger. Similarly, Hindu civilization is gradually being depleted of its valuable, exclusive assets and what is left is called inferior.

If only missionaries denigrated Hindu Dharma, it would not be so bad, as they clearly have an agenda which discerning Indians would detect. But sadly, Indians with Hindu names assist them because they wrongly believe that Hinduism is inferior to western religions. They belittle everything Hindu instead of getting thorough knowledge. As a rule, they know little about their tradition except what the British told them, i.e. that the major features are caste system and idol worship. They don’t realize that India would gain, not lose, if it solidly backed its profound and all inclusive Hindu tradition. The Dalai Lama said some time ago that already as a youth in Lhasa, he had been deeply impressed by the richness of Indian thought. “India has great potential to help the world,” he added. When will the westernized Indian elite realize it?