He was the LION amongst the rats. The courage and conviction in the man was extraordinary. Who else had the courage to defy the British rule and move out even when heavily guarded in house captivity. The way he met Hitler and moved to Japan was a military insight which only a fighting general could have. Alas! he gave his blood but the country did not get the freedom he desired. Salutation to the man with the Lion Heart!!
As the history of its name demonstrates, unity in Indian religion has been superimposed by outsiders, first by the Muslims, then the Christians, and much later by the British colonialists who through their censuses unintentionally reified the South Asian peoples under that banner. It has only been in the last couple of centuries that the Indian people have embraced the name Hindu as their own.
The word Hindu originated, not as the name of a religion, but as a geographical marker. Hindu derives from the Sanskrit word for river, sindhu, from which the Indus River received its name. Sometime in the first millennium B.C., the Persians, who were then South Asia’s closest neighbors, mispronounced sindhu, and designated the land around the Indus River as hindu. Over a thousand years later, in A.D. 712, the Muslims invaded the Indus Valley. To distinguish themselves, they called all non-Muslims hindus; the name of the land became, by default, the name of the people and their religion. Christians, upon entering Hindustan (as it was then called), committed the same error of reduction. From their perspective, the indigenous people were all idol-worshippers , so they christened the Indians “hindu.” Thus the name hindu originally was given by outsiders to denote a geographic territory, but through the encroachment of various other religious groups it came to encompass all native religions in South East
Re: Name 'Hindu'
by rohit sharma on Nov 30, 2009 04:49 PM
The religious hospitality of Hinduism is proverbial. Hinduism is extremely catholic and liberal. This is the fundamental feature of Hinduism. Hinduism pays respects to all religions. It does not revile any other religions. It accepts and honours truth, wherever it may come from and whatever garb it may put on.
Re: Re: Re: Name 'Hindu'
by rohit sharma on Nov 30, 2009 04:57 PM
you are right when you say respect your parents ! would you see any difference in a muslim, christian or a hindu parent. Islam does not believe in non believers !!! they could not glorify thier motherland since the glory to only one god.
Re: Name 'Hindu'
by rohit sharma on Nov 30, 2009 04:48 PM
a copy paste to a copy paste !! Hinduism is the religion of the Hindus. It is the oldest of all living religions. Hinduism is not a man-made religion. It was not founded by any single person. It is not based on a set of dogmas preached by a particular set of teachers. It was not started as a system, like Islam or Christianity. It is the product of the seers of the Vedas. It was developed from age to age by the teachings of Avataras, Rishis, Vedas, the Upanishads, the Gita and the Itihasas. It will exist as long as the world lasts. There is a peculiar, mysterious spiritual force that is ingrained in the heart of every Hindu.
Hinduism is also known by the names Sanatana Dharma and Vaidika Dharma. Sanatana Dharma means eternal religion, the Ancient Law. Vaidika Dharma means the religion of the Vedas. The Vedas are the foundational scriptures of Hinduism.
Hinduism is a religion of freedom. It allows the widest freedom in matters of faith and worship. It allows absolute freedom to the human reason and heart with regard to questions such as the nature of God, soul, creation, form of worship, and goal of life. It does not force anybody to accept particular dogmas or forms of worship. It allows everybody to reflect, investigate, enquire and cogitate. Hence, all sorts of religious faiths, various forms of worship or Sadhana, diverse kinds of rituals and customs, have found their honourable place side by side within Hinduism, and are cultured and developed inharmonious relation
Re: Name 'Hindu'
by rohit sharma on Nov 30, 2009 04:54 PM
Muslim emperors ruled India for seven hundred years. The British ruled India for two hundred years. Some joined Islam through force. The Muslim emperors and the British were not able to convert the whole of India. Still the glory of Hinduism persists. The culture of Hinduism prevails. Nothing can shake its greatness and root.
Hinduism is neither asceticism nor illusionism, neither polytheism nor pantheism. It is a synthesis of all types of religious experiences. It is a whole and complete view of life. It is characterized by wide toleration, deep humanity and high spiritual purpose. It is free from fanaticism. That is the reason why it has survived the attacks of the followers of other great religions of the world.
Re: Name 'Hindu'
by gaurav shukla on Nov 30, 2009 04:32 PM
I agree. So what if there was a cultural unity; Hindus were not a single geographical entity and that's what that matters. Another thing that doesn't matter is that the incoming Islamic rulers recognized Buddhism as separate entity from Hinduism almost since the start.
India has been afflicted with the biggest curse in the form of the Nehru dynasty. They have accumulated so much money that its now impossible to dislodge them from power. People forget that even the Congress party had elected Patel to become PM in 1947, not Nehru. However, now everything is named after Nehru and Indira etc that it'll be difficult for the younger generation to believe that Nehru was hardly anyone's favourite.
Re: SC Bose
by ACHINTA ROY on Nov 30, 2009 04:12 PM
That is why he had all muslims in the forefront of INA. You are mixing nationalism with fundamentalism and communalism.But if you say he believed in dictatorship, then I agree with you.
Re: SC Bose
by Karthikeyan Rajendran on Nov 30, 2009 04:18 PM
You are making it sound like Nationalism is some kind of disease. Inside that there is no caste or relegion and to put that as 'threat to the nation and Hindus and Muslims'you sure have no idea waht you are blabbering about.
Subhas Bose was a true Indian.It means a selfless leader.As a matter of fact such kind of people are worshiped in India.Partisan of India was a blot on secular fabric of India and it would be always there as a painful memory to all right thinking people.What ever coming out in new books on the basis of classifed information is nothing new. Such kind of chain of thought always remain in any process.Badluck is defeat of kind, honest and right thinking people in front of gundas.
Re: Subhas Bose and Partisan
by sapna mukherjee on Nov 30, 2009 04:21 PM
He has been the real hero for indian independence. Everybody says we got independence due to mahatma gandhi, I totally disagree with it, its not solely duee to mahatma gandhi, he just part of time. after world war II, britishers became verry weak and bose was strengtheninig Indian army in the west, mainly with Hitler and japan, that was the biggest thing Bose had done, apart from forming the Indian Army. A real hero who is not well publicised because of the "ahimsa route" he took.
Re: Subhas Bose and Partisan
by sapna mukherjee on Nov 30, 2009 04:20 PM
He has been the real hero for indian independence. Everybody says we got independence due to mahatma gandhi, I totally disagree with it, its not solely duee to mahatma gandhi, he just part of time. after world war II, britishers became verry weak and bose was strengtheninig Indian army in the west, mainly with Hitler and japan, that was the biggest thing Bose had done, apart from forming the Indian Army. A real hero who is not well publicised because of the "ahimsa route" he took.
He was a real hero of India. If he became the first PM, then India would become a superpower today. Still many of us starving, illiterate under the dynasty rule. Govt of India must disclose the truth behind his death. It was realy mystery. This mystery if reveal, then it will surely open the masks of the socalled leaders of dat time. Once some gr8(!!) leader told dat, if Subhas return to India, he will be hanged. Think the nature of those leaders. He was truly a icon India has ever produced. Vandemataram.
Re: Salute-Bose
by Abdullah Saikh on Nov 30, 2009 04:01 PM
India would become super power 20 yrs back! He had said after independence India need military rule for 10 years !
it is india's misfortune that great leaders like : bose, shastriji,homi bhabha, bhaget singh... suffered a premature death. (am i missing any heroes here)
Re: died early...
by kishore tendolkar on Nov 30, 2009 04:15 PM
may i chhatrapati shivaji's name in it; he was the one who first sighted the danger of attack from sea ; so he built various forts in the sea; unfortunately he died prematurely at 51 but he was born very early ( in 1630) ; had he born 150 years later , no britishers would have succeeded in ruling india;
Re: died early...
by kishore tendolkar on Nov 30, 2009 04:14 PM
may i chhatrapati shivaji's name in it; he was the one who first sighted the danger of attack from sea ; so he built various forts in the sea; unfortunately he died prematurely at 51 but he was born very early ( in 1630) ; had he born 150 years later , no britishers would have succeeded in ruling india;
