History is written to help us only to know at what stage of the evolution of the human society we live, and whether we are progressing. At times, the past may inspire us to aspire for higher things. It may provide us inspiration to lead a better life by being more useful to the community, society and the country. It may also help us know in case we are leading a life far inferior than our begone generation, how we can improve ourselves. Let us not even for a moment take pride in our past unnecessarily, without being worthy of that past and thus tread the slippery path of our fall.
Empty pride is a symptom of mental sickness.
Let us not be victims of such a disease. My interest in the subject is as old as thirty years. When I was a student in Bombay, my Professor who was a Catholic Christian, claiming to be the successor of the Saraswat brahmin converts wanted me to collect some information of the history of Saraswat brahmins. Whatever may be the cause of his curiosity, it helped me to think over the subject and also undertake some serious study. One conclusion I could reach in this field of study is that, the Gowda Saraswats have nothing to do with Gauda Desha or Bengal.