[Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru] Lord Macaulay's letter Dated 2nd February 1835

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Jai Ambe! Hari OM!

 

Dear Shriramji,

 

I like the way you explained the situation. In India... whenever a Hindu speaks

about religon He is a fundamentalist. Most of the part is pseudo secularism.

 

Praying to Goddess Sri Raja Rajeswari.. to give right discrimination, Vidhya and

Vinayam.

 

With Love & OM!

 

Krishna Prasad

 

" Since past and future have never been without the present, to know the eternal

Now is to know the Truth "  

 

 

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, para_anuloma <para_anuloma wrote:

 

> para_anuloma <para_anuloma

> [Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru] Re: Lord Macaulay's letter Dated 2nd

February 1835

> Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru

> Monday, June 30, 2008, 7:21 PM

> Hello Nataraj Ji,

>

> With due deference to your thought, the 20-30% of the

> entire population

> which is getting westernized is enough because there is

> power in

> exponentiality and word of mouth which far surpasses

> TV/Print media.

>

> Also, many youngsters from villages and other remote areas

> of our

> country are also under the influence of Software/IT/Tech

> revolution.I

> personally live with two other room-mates here who come

> from a remote

> village near Theni(Tamizhnadu) and a village near

> Srikakulam(AP).Both

> are doing well here in the IT Field.

>

> It is not that, IT/Software/Tech revolution should not be

> embraced and

> that one should remain an island. I myself am using the

> internet and

> English and you are reading my messages in English. I have

> nothing

> against the tool(English).

>

> My concern is for people who come to west or stay in

> India(seeped in

> western culture) because of a lack of exposure to our Vedic

> and Tantric

> heritage. Exchange of ideas must be done with a vigilant

> eye on covert

> influencing of masses,proselytizing,breaking the cultural

> fabric of

> India,etc.Now, these type of statements make me a Hindu

> fundamentalist

> or so, but Iam not. I go to even Churches, read and

> practice Kabbala,etc

> but not at the cost of my Shaktam.

>

> 'Lot of people flocking to our nation to learn our

> culture and

> religion'--Hmm, statistically speaking, they are still

> less and far and

> few.These are euphemistical statements best left for Indian

> Tourism

> department to promulgate. The fact lies that the majority

> are in the

> grip of 'burning modernism'.We say such statements

> to convince ourselves

> that 'everything is going right'.

>

> It is not the question of culture, Iam worried about too.

> Culture keeps

> evolving and it is not stagnant at any given point of time

> and it would

> be an assinine exercise in trying to control and retrograde

> it. A few

> centuries ago, Indian ladies(including Brahmin ladies) did

> not have the

> habit of wearing any inner wear except sarees, now everyone

> wears an

> innerwear and a cloth-jacket; Men did not wear shirts but a

> difference

> type of natural wear; now they wear the western

> contraptions(Tie,suit

> and coat in even blazing sun to keep up with the corporate

> environment

> and to look and feel debonair). Even language has changed

> much.

>

> We have a lot to learn from cultural insularity and

> preservation from

> the Chinese.Even till day their children living in Canada

> or other

> places stick to their heritage and protect it.

>

> I do accept however, that ours is an amazing feat!

>

> Individual mother tongues in India number several hundred (

> SIL

> Ethnologue lists 415). According to Census of India of

> 2001, 29

> languages are spoken by more than a million native

> speakers, 122 by more

> than 10,000. Three millennia of language contact has led to

> significant

> mutual influence among the four language families in India

> and South

> Asia.

>

> Mind you these are pure languages, not to mention dialects

> and uncoded

> languages.This being so, we are still getting on unitedly

> whatever be

> the regional hatreds and fights. ANY OTHER COUNTRY WOULD

> HAVE BROKEN TO

> SMITHEREENS.

>

> This itself should set us thinking, what is it that acts as

> a gel to

> untie such varied number of people

>

> I would quote the following:

>

> 1. Sanatana Dharma

>

> 2. Vedas

>

> 3. Tantras and the Upavidhyas

>

> 4. Saints and Rishis who are doing Tapas still in our

> country at places

> unbeknownst to us.

>

> What Iam trying to say is that, religion(which comes from

> the latin word

> 'relege' to mean medicine) must be used to heal

> ourselves internally

> first, then externality has to be sought because only then

> we can derive

> some amount of spiritual progress and in this the cacophony

> of the west

> acts as a hindrance.

>

> With due respects to everyone,

>

> Shreeram Balijepalli

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru ,

> " Nataraj TS "

> <tsnataraj wrote:

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > I humbly submit that nothing can change Indian

> Culture, what we hear

> on TV

> > or on print about change in culture or westernisation

> is hardly 20-30%

> of

> > the entire population.

> >

> > Because the rest of them live in Rural India where

> tradtions are still

> > followed and adhered to.

> >

> > I will also like to bring to everyone's attention

> that lot of people

> from

> > other nationalities flock to India to learn about our

> vibrant culture,

> learn

> > about the family values and practice inner peace. So

> Indian culture is

> here

> > to stay and nothing can change it.

> >

> > It is basically our responsbilty to inculcate the

> values of the Indian

> > system in our children.

> >

> > This mail is not to hurt any sentiment just to

> showcase our value

> system in

> > India.

> >

> > Regards

> > Nataraj

> > Bombay

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:37 AM, sadhujag sadhujag

> sadhujag

> > wrote:

> >

> > >

> > > Sir,

> > >

> > > It is shocking to read. Every true Indian should

> read this and

> allied

> > > matters

> > > Britain, with its so called culture could boast

> of such people as

> Macaulay.

> > >

> > > If only our elected representatives understand

> this and much more,

> we could

> > > understand where we are, where we were and where

> we are heading.

> > >

> > > As opposed to this, our innate culture within all

> Indians will shine

> like

> > > Gold, if only the surface dust is blown away. The

> Divine is with us

> and

> > > whatever may be the circumstances

> > > and devillish schemes of other countries,

> cultures, people, our own

> corrupt

> > > politicians etc,. India is poised to shine forth

> in its Full Glory

> in the

> > > years to come.

> > >

> > > You will definitely see that day in course of

> time.

> > >

> > > Pranams

> > >

> > > Jag

> > >

> > >

> > > Group Owner para_anuloma

> > > rajarajeshwari_kalpataru

> > > Cc: kumar.sambhu

> > > Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:33:21 PM

> > > [Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru] Lord

> Macaulay's letter Dated 2nd

> > > February 1835

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > *Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam*...

> > >

> > >

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> > --

> > Regards

> > Nataraj

> >