From: ganapath@plains.NoDak.edu (Prabhukumar Ganapathy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: NEWS : Distortion in history textbooks opposed
Date: 5 Oct 92 17:28:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.20956
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <BvGC41.5HM@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca (Meenan Vishnu) writes:
>In article <Bv7sDs.D6H@ucunix.san.uc.edu> bhatnagr@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Raj Bhatnagar) writes:
>>
>>It is against the tenets of psecularism to accept the conclusion
>>that a psecular invader, such as Babar, could have ever destroyed a 
>>communal place like RamJanmabhoomi. No matter how much the evidence
>>supports the destruction, the psecular experts, proficient in the 
>>art of Hegelian dialectics, will either refuse to see the evidence
>>or will produce an anti-thesis, howsoever farfetched, for every
>>thesis that relates the evidence to the temple destruction by Babar.
>>
>>
>>---raj
>
>
>Ok, let us for a moment, assume that there was indeed a Rama temple and that
>Babar destroyed it and replaced it with a mosque.  If BJP/RSS wants to 
>"correct the historical injustice" by destroying the mosque and replacing 
>it with a Rama temple, why can't the Dravidians destroy all that is Aryan
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>and replace it with Dravidian to "correct the historical injustice" of 
>the Aryans.  (Remember, Most scholars still hold the view that there was 
>indeed an Aryan invasion of Dravidian India although modern "scholars" 
>such as Prof. Kak, S. Rao wants the world to believe that the Aryans are
>the original inhabitants of India.  The evidences that they give are not
>at all convincing to me).
>


In fact this was the same argument that CHO RAMASAMY made in his argument
with a BJP leader in an interview. The BJP leader was either ADVANI
or JOSHI. In fact I posted some reference to this interview earlier.
But I don't know much about Prof Rao etc.


>We (Hindus) should have prevented the Islamic invasions with all our
>hearts and minds back in 640 A.D (see article below).  Now it is no use
>destroying mosques and building temples.  Instead we can use the capital
>to renovate thousands of beautiful temples that are being destroyed by
>nature everyday.  (There are so many such temples in TN for example).
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	I think here you are little bit wrong. Of course nature plays
	a little bit role in this. But it is the POLITICIANS OF TWO
	KAZHAGAM who are more responsible for the sorry state of temples
	in India. The so called SECULAR PARTIES in TN will not question
	why Government Should manage HINDU TEMPLES when it doesn't interfere
	with other religion's worship places. I will not agree that it
	is to "PRESERVE" etc. The politicians are making money everywhere.
	People who belong to SRIRENGAM will not how much damage has been
	done by these "ATHEISTS" to the temples.

	As a side note just see the temples in TIRUPATI and SABARIMALAI.
	PAZHANI aslo attracts lot of people and lot of contributions.
	But our people are busy stealing the money. In case of PAZHANI
	they have even damaged the MAIN IDOL in this process.

	Every TN Government appoints some committiee but nothing works.
	I think we should get politicians out of temple management if
	we are to preserved them. And the most important things is no
	ATHEIST should be allowed in the temple management.


>
>Meenan Vishnu
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