INDIAN CULTURE

We are proud to have born in India. We are also proud to be a carrier of the world’s ancient
and most developed culture, civilization and heritage. Almost all the civilizations of
the world are about 2000 – 3000 years old. And when we determine the same by adopting
different religious streams, we happen to remember our splendorous and proud history, since
the beginning of the universe.
Let’s think our past, present and future. Taking pride in our past, we should be aware, alert,
prudent and inclined to work hard in our present to build a determined, hopeful and bright
future. A country is doomed to be destroyed, if the people of that country do not take pride
in their history, if they are not inclined to hard work and if they are not hopeful of the future
of their country. The English people took advantage to this situation in our country. Indians,
who sang Vande-Mataram, were taught and are still being taught that we are not the son
of our soil, but we are progenies of monkeys. This theory of evolution by Darvin has been
discarded by western scientists but we are still consuming the same traditional theory, which
erases out identity and self-respect. We are not carrying a lineage of monkeys rather we are
children of Ram, Krishan, Gautam, Kapil, Kanad, Jamini, Brahma, Panini, Patanjali and
other such saints. Even today, we are still studying a history, which transform us into slaves.
We do not respect and honour our ancestors. We only like praises from foreigners. When
it comes to scientists, we talk of Einstein and Newton, and we forget Vishwamitra and
Bhaskaracharya.
When people in the world used to hear about an aircraft in stories, well before that Maharishi
Bhardwaj had already written a treaty on aircraft and he knew how to model one also. Talking
of mathematicians, we remember foreigners like Pythagoras, but great mathematicians like
Aryabhatt, Sridhar and others are ignored. It’s a pity that in the nation of the father of surgery
and medicine, Maharishi Charak and Sushrut, when a child graduates to become a doctor, his
syllabus does not carry a single subject from Maharishi Charak and Sushrut.
One does not find in the world the kind of merit and talent our country has. World over
there are renowned Indians who are doctors, engineers, scientists, economists, philosophers,
thinkers, poets and writers. In business also, people like Lakshmi Mittal are names to reckon
with among multi-national companies. We do not lack in merit and talent. We lack in our self-
respect and self-confidence. Let us unite and with self-belief and self-respect, be determined
to excel in every field and pay our tribute to Bharat Mata. Let’s defeat this western colonialism
and distorted culture with our nationalism and spiritualism.