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9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Our History Books should be rewritten. Somewhere I read, Akbar is not as tolerant towards Hindus as written in History Books written by Foreign Historians. In Chittorgarh war Akbar ordered to massacre thousands of Rajput Prisoners of war including women and children. Please correct me Gulatiji if I'm wrong.
9 years ago
rambabu said thank you to Vinod Kumar Gulati for his/her reply to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
With the case of Salmaan Khan, our judicial system has put a question mark upon its own integrity on the points of the granting bail within few hours after conviction and disposal of the appeal by turning down the observation of the Sessions Court on the points which could well be taken into account by the lower court. Prima Facie, the matter seems to be doubtful. Hope the Apex Court will come forward to deliver the justice to the deceased's family.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
Rightly pointed out that the verdict to acquit Salman has cast the doubts on the Judiciary system of India. As a Lawyer (I hope I'm right) You know better
9 years ago
Vinod Kumar Gulati replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Unfortunately, history of our country has mostly been written to please the rulers of the relevant times. For more than ten centuries, we were slave to the foreign aggressors and even today, though being politically free, we are still fond of going through the books written by the foreign historians. If we go through the old structures and make research, we can find out some more details about the glorious past overlooked so far. We need to rewrite our history.
9 years ago
Vinod Kumar Gulati replied to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
With the case of Salmaan Khan, our judicial system has put a question mark upon its own integrity on the points of the granting bail within few hours after conviction and disposal of the appeal by turning down the observation of the Sessions Court on the points which could well be taken into account by the lower court. Prima Facie, the matter seems to be doubtful. Hope the Apex Court will come forward to deliver the justice to the deceased's family.
9 years ago
rambabu answered the question What do you do to avoid boredom?.
Boredom arises due to monotony. Doing the same activity from dawn to dusk leads to Boredom. Avoiding activities of monotonous nature is the secret behind avoiding Boredom. I personally change my activity often. For a few hours I write. And then switch over to painting, which is a livelihood too. Then I chat with my neighbors. At times I try a new activity like playing a Musical instrument.
With all this the question of Boredom will never arise as far as I'm concerned.
9 years ago
usha manohar answered the question What do you do to avoid boredom?.
If one is busy all the time there is no time to get bored. I cannot think of a time when I have been bored because I am busy throughout the day with my work and home front and weekends are a little more relaxed but again enough to do, so no time for boredom and I dont understand how people can get bored !
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Many club British with Muslim rulers to give the impression that Muslims were outsiders. The fact is that most of us are descendants of foreigners. The only original inhabitants are the tribal and Dravidian. It is totally wrong to describe the medieval era as foreign rule. It is this perverted thinking that made the RSS/ VHP functionaries state that Modi is first Hindu ruler after Shivaji. The British never adopted or treated India as their own country. The British Indian government functioned under guidance and control of Great Britain. The Governor General was appointed by British Government in London. India was never home to British people unlike Muslims who adopted and treated India as their own. Most Muslim rulers were born in India and were Indian in true sense. To dub them as foreigner is just a trick to attack secular ideals and promote so called Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra.
While it makes sense that muslim rulers though they were invaders, did adapt to India , many of them were never tolerant with Hindu religion and this is a fact that is learnt in History lessons.They converted forcibly .A few like Akbar were more tolerant realising that force does not work. To bring out this truth is not wrong since Bharat has always been a Hindu Rashtra since the times of Mahabharat , so no point in denying it and also whitewashing the mughal rule which was anything but secular ..
9 years ago
usha manohar liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
This thread is about Shivaji who opposed massacre of Hindus perpetrated by the Mughals starting from Akbar to Aurangzeb. Is it a crime to oppose and fight tooth and nail to put an end to Hindu massacre ?
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Education vs Religion.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
Very true, a true rationalist is one who is broadminded enough to listen to all points of view and not being judgmental and rigid about anything ...I have a neighbor who in my opinion is a true liberated rationalist. He has a beard and a pigtail like most south Indian temple priests have and one can easily mistake him for a radical Hindu. It is only when you speak and have interactions with him that you realise how sane and up to date his views are on any issue ! So, we cannot go by the appearance nor by the background of the person..
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani said thank you to rambabu for his/her reply to the topic Education vs Religion.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
That I'm not rigid and do not force my views on Rationalistic thinking, have been revealed earlier in this thread And I'm ready to correct myself whenever my Rationalistic views are one sided or wrong. Rational thinking is used for my own self. It is another branch of learning in which I have interest.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Many club British with Muslim rulers to give the impression that Muslims were outsiders. The fact is that most of us are descendants of foreigners. The only original inhabitants are the tribal and Dravidian. It is totally wrong to describe the medieval era as foreign rule. It is this perverted thinking that made the RSS/ VHP functionaries state that Modi is first Hindu ruler after Shivaji. The British never adopted or treated India as their own country. The British Indian government functioned under guidance and control of Great Britain. The Governor General was appointed by British Government in London. India was never home to British people unlike Muslims who adopted and treated India as their own. Most Muslim rulers were born in India and were Indian in true sense. To dub them as foreigner is just a trick to attack secular ideals and promote so called Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Education vs Religion.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
That I'm not rigid and do not force my views on Rationalistic thinking, have been revealed earlier in this thread And I'm ready to correct myself whenever my Rationalistic views are one sided or wrong. Rational thinking is used for my own self. It is another branch of learning in which I have interest.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
Manoj Kumar Lamba wrote:
There are many loop holes in our Judiciary system and need to be reviewed thoroughly. It seems there are different laws for poor and rich. A poor man has less money, so he reaches only to session court and his case ends at session court only. While a rich person even found guilty by session court, can go to High court and then supreme court. And this will take many years for the right decision to come.
Generally when a criminal sentence is handed over to a person, he goes to jail. It's only after going to Jail, the criminal will apply for bail. Salman got his bail within a few hours after receiving his sentence. A Bench at the high court heard the case and immediately Salman has been given Bail. Such cases create doubts in the Public. That's why the common man lost faith in the Judiciary system. Yes, such instances happened earlier too. No doubt Indian judiciary needs a thorough overhauling.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Education vs Religion.
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
9 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Our History Books should be rewritten. Somewhere I read, Akbar is not as tolerant towards Hindus as written in History Books written by Foreign Historians. In Chittorgarh war Akbar ordered to massacre thousands of Rajput Prisoners of war including women and children. Please correct me Gulatiji if I'm wrong.
9 years ago
rambabu said thank you to Vinod Kumar Gulati for his/her reply to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
With the case of Salmaan Khan, our judicial system has put a question mark upon its own integrity on the points of the granting bail within few hours after conviction and disposal of the appeal by turning down the observation of the Sessions Court on the points which could well be taken into account by the lower court. Prima Facie, the matter seems to be doubtful. Hope the Apex Court will come forward to deliver the justice to the deceased's family.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
Rightly pointed out that the verdict to acquit Salman has cast the doubts on the Judiciary system of India. As a Lawyer (I hope I'm right) You know better
9 years ago
Vinod Kumar Gulati replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Unfortunately, history of our country has mostly been written to please the rulers of the relevant times. For more than ten centuries, we were slave to the foreign aggressors and even today, though being politically free, we are still fond of going through the books written by the foreign historians. If we go through the old structures and make research, we can find out some more details about the glorious past overlooked so far. We need to rewrite our history.
9 years ago
Vinod Kumar Gulati replied to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
With the case of Salmaan Khan, our judicial system has put a question mark upon its own integrity on the points of the granting bail within few hours after conviction and disposal of the appeal by turning down the observation of the Sessions Court on the points which could well be taken into account by the lower court. Prima Facie, the matter seems to be doubtful. Hope the Apex Court will come forward to deliver the justice to the deceased's family.
9 years ago
rambabu answered the question What do you do to avoid boredom?.
Boredom arises due to monotony. Doing the same activity from dawn to dusk leads to Boredom. Avoiding activities of monotonous nature is the secret behind avoiding Boredom. I personally change my activity often. For a few hours I write. And then switch over to painting, which is a livelihood too. Then I chat with my neighbors. At times I try a new activity like playing a Musical instrument.
With all this the question of Boredom will never arise as far as I'm concerned.
9 years ago
usha manohar answered the question What do you do to avoid boredom?.
If one is busy all the time there is no time to get bored. I cannot think of a time when I have been bored because I am busy throughout the day with my work and home front and weekends are a little more relaxed but again enough to do, so no time for boredom and I dont understand how people can get bored !
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Many club British with Muslim rulers to give the impression that Muslims were outsiders. The fact is that most of us are descendants of foreigners. The only original inhabitants are the tribal and Dravidian. It is totally wrong to describe the medieval era as foreign rule. It is this perverted thinking that made the RSS/ VHP functionaries state that Modi is first Hindu ruler after Shivaji. The British never adopted or treated India as their own country. The British Indian government functioned under guidance and control of Great Britain. The Governor General was appointed by British Government in London. India was never home to British people unlike Muslims who adopted and treated India as their own. Most Muslim rulers were born in India and were Indian in true sense. To dub them as foreigner is just a trick to attack secular ideals and promote so called Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra.
While it makes sense that muslim rulers though they were invaders, did adapt to India , many of them were never tolerant with Hindu religion and this is a fact that is learnt in History lessons.They converted forcibly .A few like Akbar were more tolerant realising that force does not work. To bring out this truth is not wrong since Bharat has always been a Hindu Rashtra since the times of Mahabharat , so no point in denying it and also whitewashing the mughal rule which was anything but secular ..
9 years ago
usha manohar liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
This thread is about Shivaji who opposed massacre of Hindus perpetrated by the Mughals starting from Akbar to Aurangzeb. Is it a crime to oppose and fight tooth and nail to put an end to Hindu massacre ?
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Education vs Religion.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
Very true, a true rationalist is one who is broadminded enough to listen to all points of view and not being judgmental and rigid about anything ...I have a neighbor who in my opinion is a true liberated rationalist. He has a beard and a pigtail like most south Indian temple priests have and one can easily mistake him for a radical Hindu. It is only when you speak and have interactions with him that you realise how sane and up to date his views are on any issue ! So, we cannot go by the appearance nor by the background of the person..
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani said thank you to rambabu for his/her reply to the topic Education vs Religion.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
That I'm not rigid and do not force my views on Rationalistic thinking, have been revealed earlier in this thread And I'm ready to correct myself whenever my Rationalistic views are one sided or wrong. Rational thinking is used for my own self. It is another branch of learning in which I have interest.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
Many club British with Muslim rulers to give the impression that Muslims were outsiders. The fact is that most of us are descendants of foreigners. The only original inhabitants are the tribal and Dravidian. It is totally wrong to describe the medieval era as foreign rule. It is this perverted thinking that made the RSS/ VHP functionaries state that Modi is first Hindu ruler after Shivaji. The British never adopted or treated India as their own country. The British Indian government functioned under guidance and control of Great Britain. The Governor General was appointed by British Government in London. India was never home to British people unlike Muslims who adopted and treated India as their own. Most Muslim rulers were born in India and were Indian in true sense. To dub them as foreigner is just a trick to attack secular ideals and promote so called Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Education vs Religion.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
That I'm not rigid and do not force my views on Rationalistic thinking, have been revealed earlier in this thread And I'm ready to correct myself whenever my Rationalistic views are one sided or wrong. Rational thinking is used for my own self. It is another branch of learning in which I have interest.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Salman Khan released in hit and run case.
Manoj Kumar Lamba wrote:
There are many loop holes in our Judiciary system and need to be reviewed thoroughly. It seems there are different laws for poor and rich. A poor man has less money, so he reaches only to session court and his case ends at session court only. While a rich person even found guilty by session court, can go to High court and then supreme court. And this will take many years for the right decision to come.
Generally when a criminal sentence is handed over to a person, he goes to jail. It's only after going to Jail, the criminal will apply for bail. Salman got his bail within a few hours after receiving his sentence. A Bench at the high court heard the case and immediately Salman has been given Bail. Such cases create doubts in the Public. That's why the common man lost faith in the Judiciary system. Yes, such instances happened earlier too. No doubt Indian judiciary needs a thorough overhauling.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani liked a reply to the topic Lesser known facts of Indian history - Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the greatest of all!.
9 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Education vs Religion.
usha manohar wrote:
Rational thinking is not something that is learnt, it is internal and a personality trait that gets developed as one grows ..There are no set rationalistic ideas because even a person who thinks he is rational may seem irrational to others at times ..So, essentially the more you brand yourself and slot yourself the more irrational you and your attitude looks because it is not natural.
One does not become a rationalist just by proclaiming so. a rationalist is one who thinks independently to arrive at a conclusion. Also, he must not be rigid. He should be ready to listen to conflicting views and change himself if his prior views prove wrong.
9 years ago