Media plays a major role in changing and manipulating public opinion. While some of it may be advantageous, some are downright condemnable because of the insinuations they make trying to change history probably to please some vested interests .. Hu ffington post has done this several times before but this time they got a dose of their own medicine from the twitterati ..The two links give all the relevant details!
A very distorted view of Great Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb- wll described as Fakir Badshah- has been handed over from generation to generation. He is said to have destroyed many temples but this is also on record that he helped many temples by donating Jagirs. Possibly, some temples were den of corruption and anti state activities. Aurangzeb had to act against them. Here is an article on aurangzeb:
Whitewashing a reign of terror and butchery based on religion and communalism does not hide facts ..
The reign of Aurangzeb witnessed one of the strongest campaign of religious violence in Mughal Empire's history. Historian Matthew White claims an estimated 4.6 million people were killed under his reign.[84] Aurangzeb banned Diwali, re-introduced jizya (tax) on non-Muslims,[85] led numerous campaigns of attacks against non-Muslims, destroyed Hindu temples.[86]
Aurangzeb issued orders in 1669, to all his governors of provinces to "destroy with a willing hand the schools and temples of the infidels, and that they were strictly enjoined to put an entire stop to the teaching and practice of idolatrous forms of worship".[87] These orders and his own initiative in implementing them led to the destruction of numerous temples, contributing to the list of temples destroyed during Islamic rule of India.[88][89]Some temples were destroyed entirely; in other cases mosques were built on their foundations, sometimes using the same stones. Idols were smashed, and the city of Mathura was temporarily renamed as Islamabad in local official documents.[87][90]
( Wikipedia)
How does it help today to condemn or glorify someone who lived 400 years ago.Today we desire to live in a secular society. By constantly raking up such issues what purpose is achieved.Yes he was a demon so what or he was not so demon as is claimed, so what. Please migrate into 2017 from pre 1900.
vijay wrote:How can history be distorted. Everyone knows who did what. It is only the convenient interpretation that is resorted to by different ideologies from time to time.
The falsification of history continues by word of mouth not only by the Hindutva groups but also passed on from generation to generation by the communities that fought again st Mughals. There is hardly anything that be done about this.
People seem to be conveniently forgetting that falsification of history was done by the famous sickulars in order to appease their favorite community and now when the Hindus, are trying to bring the real facts to light, it is either considered to be not really relevant or seen as an act of saffronasation and accused of trying to spread Islamiphobia! How hilarious the leftists can get!
vijay wrote:The leftists are not getting left out and the rightists are not always right. Will some one explain what is the need to appease the minority ? It is a canard conveniently spread by vested interests for cornering votes.
Well, only the leftists can explain that! It is a mystery we right wingers are still trying to solve!
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:vijay wrote:How can history be distorted. Everyone knows who did what. It is only the convenient interpretation that is resorted to by different ideologies from time to time.
The falsification of history continues by word of mouth not only by the Hindutva groups but also passed on from generation to generation by the communities that fought again st Mughals. There is hardly anything that be done about this.
And not by the political parties ? That is extremely amusing because most of the articles and written work on Subjects where people like Tipu, Aurangazeb etc are glorified , are written.by people who have close affiliations with Communal parties ...
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:People seem to be conveniently forgetting that falsification of history was done by the famous sickulars in order to appease their favorite community and now when the Hindus, are trying to bring the real facts to light, it is either considered to be not really relevant or seen as an act of saffronasation and accused of trying to spread Islamiphobia! How hilarious the leftists can get!
They are indeed hilarious because they are on shaky ground having one foot either side and not knowing when the two would pull away leaving them to sink in a pit of their own maklng !!!
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