: History books must be rewritten in the light of the truth (IANS Interview) #IndiaNEWS #National,Human Interest/Society,FOCUS,Art/Culture/Books By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) India is

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By Vishnu MakhijaniNew Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) India is rising again today at the forefront of a new global spiritual civilization with a cosmic vision, says an extensively researched book that provides a fresh perspective on how Indian civilization was impacted by the forces of the West.
Kanchan Banerjees The Crash of a Civilization (Prabhat Prakashan) critically views how the profound and long-term influence of foreign ideologies and forces such as Christian, Islamic, and later colonists, western, and Marxists have impacted India, her society, and people.
He provides a telling insight into the crash of one of the worlds oldest civilizations and brings the historical view that explains both why the Indic (or Bharatiya, to use the Sanskrit word) civilization has been denigrated and why it is rising again today at the forefront of a new global spiritual civilization with a cosmic vision.
Indic civilization is founded on the ideals of the Rishis of the past. This is also called a Vedic civilization, a Yogic civilization that is the most open and plural in history. But in many ways, the Abrahamic ideas and ideals are the antithesis of the Rishi civilization. For example, present-day Christianity propagates that we all are sinners due to the original sin of Adam and Eve, and for redemption, Christ was born, and we must follow him as the son of God, Banerjee told IANS in an interview.
On the other hand, the Upanishads say that we are Amritasya putrah children of immortals, not sinners. Islamic Azan is a call to Namaz clearly stating that Allah is the only god and all others are false. Whereas the Rishi civilization says, Ekam sat viprah vahudha vadanti– the truth is one but can be realized via different paths.
Abrahamic religions believe in exclusivity, whereas the Bharatiya civilizations hallmark is in inclusiveness. It says Vasudhaiva kutumbakam the entire world is one large family.
Because of these ideals and visions, India never attacked another country. Indias propagation of ideas, thoughts, science, technology, arts, etc. , was done peacefully, without any colonization or imperial designs. Glittering truth and evidence are found in the South East Asian countries.
So, I have devoted a good amount to understanding the birth, rise, and spread of Abrahamic ideas. Then only one can understand how they impacted India and why, Banerjee elaborated.
Speaking about the research that went into the book, he said from childhood, had read about certain events in Indian history which did not make much sense. For example, Sher Shah built the Grand Trunk Road in five years. But it is a pure myth we know today. He also read that India was the Golden Bird; everybody wanted to come to India for wealth, be it Vasco Da Gama, Columbus, or Amerigo Vespucci.

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