VECTORS IN HISTORY: MAIN FOCI - INDIA AND USA Volume 1

“ The Communists, while in power in Kerala and Bengal, did not create re-education camps for their political opponents. Jyoti Basu did not put a ban on the Bengalis from worshipping the goddess KALI. Temples were not shut down, as the churches were shuttered down in the Soviet Union. The spirit of Hindu religion is too powerful and pervasive. In ultimate analysis, real secularism lies in Hinduism and is embedded in Hindutava.” From THE GRASSROOTS OF INDIA’S SECULARISM “Historically, Haiti was the first country in the ‘new world’ where the African slaves, with support from the natives, had militarily thrown the French colonials out. Perhaps, it taught a lesson to the European colonizers, that they never lost their grip on any colony for the next 150 years.” From HAITI: A LAND OF PERPETUAL STRIFE AND PASSION “People of this region were physically emaciated due to systematic starvation caused by decades of famines due to the British punitive measures. The agriculture was destroyed and so was the cottage industry including the famed muslin of Dacca that villagers thrived on. According to the official British Gazetteer more than 6.7 million Indians died of famines and diseases during 1896 and 1912.” From A GLIMPSE OF INDIAN DIASPORA “A lesson of history is that once a dictator wins over the intellectuals, then the masses are easily converted, or conversely. There is only a small window of opportunity when individuals can speak up against an historical wrong before it is too late.” From A KIND OF INTELLECTUAL HOLOCAUST “During early industrialization in the 18th century, poor working and living conditions in damp climate, TB raged in England, Europe and even in the US. Many persons of name and fame are known to have died of TB at young ages. The great Indian mathematician Ramanujan also contracted TB in Cambridge and died in India within weeks of his return from UK in 1920. He was only 32.” From TUBERCULOSIS AND INDIA “The challenges of every kind are around all the time. One needs to have a passion and insight to recognize and pick a cause and fight for it. A focus in life is gone when life is on a drift, or on a cruise control” From MISS AND MAKE OF BHAGAT SINGH “History, in all its facets, is an index of a nation’s total development. Whereas, mathematics may be studied independent of politics, humanities and literature, its history is a patch in the quilt that history is.” From HISTORY, MATHEMATICS & HERITAGE “However, a point has to be stressed that as long as the Hindus were being converted to Christianity and Islam, it was fine with the world. But if any Muslim or Christian voluntarily decides to re-convert to the Hindu folds, then it flares up into communal riot and projected as a crime against Islam or Christianity.” From THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA “When national issues are often discussed from ethical, moral and universal grounds, then it tolls the decline of an affluent society. They forget how their ancestors fought with their blood and sweat in building a great nation.” From A PERSPECTIVE ON HOMELAND SECURITY “It was essentially to protect the religious freedom of various Christian churches, which started emerging after the Church Reformation. Hence, it does not give other religions the same rights and privileges.” From A PERSPECTIVE ON HOMELAND SECURITY “By the turn of the 19th century, the British were secured from the East and South of India. In the North and West they used diplomacy: Make a peace treaty when enemy is strong and break it when enemy is weak.” From TALES OF MONARCHY “During this researching I hit upon a romantic story of a German, a commerce representative in Zanzibar, and its royal princess. They eloped away to Aden and married in 1867, but lived in Germany. It has been the story of all empire builders going after the beautiful women, as they go after new challenges, Once an adventurer is always an adventurer in any arena - be it physical, intellectual or financial etc... “ From MUSCAT MUSEUM & MORE “The size of a temple is an index of the political clout of its community. It is also a place of celebration of family events, showcasing the talents of the youth, and recognizing contributions of the adults. Spirituality and sociability are inseparable.” GURDWARA VS. HINDU TEMPLE “No one, unaware of their heroic deeds, would pay any attention to their ordinary facial features. Ordinary looking people appear extraordinary because of their great deeds and sacrifices.” From THE GADAR MEMORIAL CENTER: A PERISCOPE “Nearly half a million Indians were shipped out as indentured labor in some 60 British colonies in Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, Canada, and Pacific islands, including Fiji.” From YUBA CITY: A CITADEL OF PUNJABIYAT IN USA “one is generally drawn towards places or persons who are associated with sacrifices and service to the people above self.” From MY SECOND VISIT TO THE GADAR CENTER “The then British Prime Minister went on record in supporting a ban on the entry of Indians in Canada by saying that ‘the Hindus have not contributed anything to the human race in the last 2000 years’. In recent times, the US TV evangelist Billy Graham and presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan have also made similar statements against the Hindus. However, the Hindus have not waged any media blitz against such libels.” From KOMAGATA MARU: THE FIRST MARITIME REVOLT “…through the 20th century, kinship amongst the Whites was stronger than it was in the browns of Indian subcontinent. One may observe its superiority over the ‘black’ blood of the Africans and the ‘yellow’ of the Orientals - including the Chinese and Japanese. Racial affinity is an undercurrent of life.” From KNOW THY BLOOD “However, Defoe is very successful in capturing rise and fall of life style due to bad decisions or natural calamities. Fatalism does not rule, but the will to change the unpleasant present prevails.” From DANIEL DEFOE AND ROBINSON CRUSOE “Just as the USA is the greatest nation in the world today, so was central India during 600-800 AD. The Hinduism, the most tolerant religion, had made the Hindus tolerant. When people become soft and weak, then they begin to tolerate people and ideologies that are known for intolerance towards outsiders. It is the beginning of the decline of that nation. What happened to the WTC on 9/11 - likewise, it happened to India. Gradually, India was run over and ruled by invaders - one after the other, in bits and pieces, pillaged and parceled, debased and destroyed.” From A LESSON FROM AJANTA AND ELLORA “All my life, I have been attracted by men who dramatically change the lives of their people. Gandhi and Hitler come in the same category for me. Alexander and Buddha are together, and so on.” From ALEXANDER THE GREAT: A PERISCOPE