FOOLING OURSELVES

FOOLING OURSELVES

Dr K Prabhakar Rao

The distorted history versions of our history has gone down the throats of Indian generation after generation. Thanks to the European versions and the anti Hindu Muslim writers of past in Medieval India. Most of the Mughal kings have been depicted as the most benevolent, law abiding, friendly and virtuous and above board. Our pseudo Marxist inspired historians in a hurry to please the rulers ignored great atrocities committed on Hindus by various invaders, the past Delhi sultans and Mughal rulers. Our historians are scared to call a spade a spade and our pseudo leaders much glorified by media to appease minorities have hidden facts of innumerable atrocities and project as if nothing serious happened to Hindus in past thousand years. Emperors are projected as very tolerant and we hail Akbar as the great. He was no doubt blood thirsty and after the fall of Chittor he ordered massacre of 30000 Rajputs and destruction of temples. This is clearly evident from the Fateh nama issued by him at that time. We hail him as a great monarch. Surely he was not.

Akbar put various conditions to those who were vanquished including sending a bride from Royal family to the harem. This was the most insulting condition and the fate that awaits the bride is any ones guess. . Most of them became concubines and did not enjoy status of a queen. When do we wake up as a nation? We slept in 1947 and nation was let down by leaders who led the struggle. Even today we as a nation are not strong. We hesitate to even glorify the great Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj who saved India from being Islamized. Achievements of our past heroes are not highlighted and are passed off in one sentence Like.. They also ran. Shame indeed.

In fact the men whose actions resulted in division of this great nation have been given the status as great patriots and achievers in books and scores of statues have been erected all over. Even Lenin was glorified till he was removed from the pedestal after fall of USSR. It is very important that our real past achievers are brought to the fore front and glorified and without the sacrifices of those great men probably we would not be seeing this day. Sadly the present leaders are forgetting this aspect and running after instant fame and name and money. They are prepared to sell their self respect for occupying chairs and positions. Some are seeking and accepting University doctorates ( Honorary) while in official position. These Honors have become so cheap that film starrs who shake their limbs for coppers are also being given these honors. How shameful indeed! For them nation is a waste paper basket. But history will never pardon the traitors and dubious men. They will be exposed some day to be thrown into dark pages of history. The struggle to glorify our past great men must continue and the nation that does not acknowledge its past leaders and have pride in them will ultimately perish. This is a real truth.