Guest guest Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Dear Sridhar, Good reminder from you. Not for nothing that an Australian historian, an Indologist of repute, A.L. Bhasham calls his signature work 'The Wonder That Was India'. Rupa publication uses a hunting scene for the book cover. The graphic belies the marvel that lies between the lines of the text, which in turn kind of underrepresents the real marvel. To leave the book behind, ours used to be a great civilasation. Sadly we are not a proud nation even in terms of our integral heritage. Our creeping amnesia is explained by history. History we suffered, history we lived. The amnesia is now explained by our aural severence. And reinforced by our graphic consumptions. The oral tradition was a bulwark of incorruptibility for our songs, suktis and sutras that hold together our integral heritage at the core. It will take time for us to find out whether the Discovery Of India (by Nehru) is good enough. We burn our libraries (Bhandarkar Oriental...), but secure the walking carcasses that are VVIP most assiduously. We need a generation that will thoroughly learn 'the inner mastery' even while writing programmes, maybe who can begin his day reciting 'Ja(d)jjagrato duramupeiti tadusuptsya tatheibiti... tanme manah...' More later, RK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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