Modern living
is captivity; a captivity imposed by debt, novel systems of advancements both scientific and economic have made us captives of our own
making, of our own craft; this is a brief introduction of what has happened to India in my perspective; I am neither a scholar nor an intellect and this
is for the layman to understand…
In historic
times religions indoctrinated pretty much everything; nobility and virtuosity was
regarded as traits of refined men; society was under the influence of priests,
parish’s and Brahmins and it was evident that there was suppression and
oppression which was to an extant supported by religious doctrines; the gentile’s
to the Jews and the avarnas to the people inside the Varna system, infidels to
the Muslims and likewise; every nation has an history and since I know mine as
the best in the lot I in my limited knowledge am trying to comment on that and
as there are similarities to human conditions all over the world any
co-incidence is supposed to happen.
India was the
land of richness, diversity in all its affluent meaning and of heritage,
philosophy, dance, music and what not; the borders of this once affluent land
was first breached by the Muslim rulers and then by the Britishers putting an
end to whatever were pristine in this side of the world to a mix of cultures;
while the Muslim invaders tried to merge into the scenario the British Masters
had only the plan to enslave us and they were successful in doing so looting
everything that was dear and near to our ancestors, enslaving them for 300 or
so years and implementing a system so alien that it still works as an unsuccessful
model as the largest constitution in the world ruining our shastras imparting rules and
our sense and beliefs of law, order or most importantly Dharma.
Prior to
Independence the culture in its richness and diversity was only enjoyed by the
upper caste which were the minority in India; Aryans for namesake as nobody
knows what happened in history. Then the time of Independence came and the
power shifted to the majority whom were suppressed and a revolt occurred against
the ruling class who enjoyed the literature, philosophies and other heritages
bringing down the overall aesthetics of our nation to a low that nobody had any
idea of doing what; in the name of empowering the majority which is a noble
cause we have belittled the aesthetics and knowledge of this land which was
brought down to us by ancient seers, rishis and saints. I was reading the
Manusmriti lately and came across this story, once Brahma Vidya revealed itself
to a master and asked the master to keep it a secret thereby nourishing both of
them, there is a similar shanti Mantra before the study of Upanishads wherein
the student and the master prays that both of them have reverence towards the
Brahma Vidya and in no chance they belittle it and it nourish both of them; the
point is that you can see what is happening to the knowledge of India in the
streets. We have nothing left as I see Upanishads and Vedas being extensively
discussed in Hollywood wherein our own culture mocks it. We are slowly becoming
braindead in terms of everything and until and unless things are not revived
there wouldn’t be an Independent stand to India; take our laws for example,
lets talk about women empowerment we have our arts, crafts, literature everything
dedicated to god and I have no idea what is happening there but that was India’s
answer to women empowerment but we are living in times where rape and murder
culprits are roaming free and what is happening we see a law which is
spineless. Take Saudi for example it gives the maximum punishment to its offenders
of women and in a civilization were women wear Burka and is totally isolated
and if an offence occurs its then completely a man’s fault. Such rules have to
be implemented in India to make our streets safer for women and setting an
example for our future generations…
And what could
happen to India is still a wonder for me because we as a nation are in that much
mess. Even with all these technological advancements if a nation is backward I believe
its because the system is not working proper and what is advancement or growth anyway; its infrastructural, moral and religious.
