The Indians’: Historians tell the many histories of India with humanness and scholarly objectivity

 An exhibition organised by the Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi earlier in 2023, titled “Glory of Medieval India: Manifestation of the unexplored Indian dynasties, 8th-18th centuries”, was proof of a much-dreaded pudding. That the current ruling dispensation is aggressively saffronising history is no secret, but the brazen omission of all Muslim kingdoms and dynasties in the exhibition confirmed what many of us have known for some time.

Through the corridors of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), along the frenzied renaming and remaking of Mughal-era heritage structures and cities, via manipulation of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks, and by means of rendering the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) toothless, the BJP-led government is erasing Muslim contributions to India’s history and culture. Their reason was articulated by ICHR member secretary Umesh Ashok Kadam, who said that he didn’t consider Muslim dynasties Indian dynasties. “Those people (Muslims) came from the Middle East and didn’t have a direct connection with Indian culture.”

The ICHR has been tasked by the State to write a multi-volume revised history of India – no, Bharat – and one can reasonably guess the nature of its contents. While their stated intention of including neglected or forgotten histories deserves praise, their omissions-by-design stink of bigotry.

Challenging the Juggernaut

It is this juggernaut that The Indians: Histories of a Civilization attempts to challenge. A comprehensive volume, edited by noted linguist and cultural theorist Ganesh N Devy, journalist and author Tony Joseph, and professor of history and archaeology Ravi Korisettar, it brings together a vast range of essays on the history of India, with themes ranging from archaeology, anthropology, and linguistics, to religion, culture, and the arts.

The book is divided into seven parts: The Evolution of Humans and Their Life Conditions; Foundations, Emergence, and the Decline of Civilization; The Language Mix and Philosophies in Ancient India; Cultures, Sub-Nationalities, and Region; Colonialism; Towards Federalism – Social and Political Movements; and India since Independence. These sections include a whopping 101 essays, bookended by an introductory note by Devy and a detailed afterword by noted historian Vinay Lal.

This breathtaking width of topics is necessary to accommodate the intention of the book, that is, to map the “histories” of a civilisation. Note that the title is purposefully plural because the story of India is the story of each one of us; stories told in multiples, and indeed sometimes, in contradictions. Editor GN Devy, however, warns in the introduction, “The many-ended openness of history as a field of enquiry allows majoritarian politics and autocratic regimes to replace the narrative of history by irrational and untenable claims.” Recently, these claims have tended towards an undesirable homogenisation.

This book stands in stark contrast to the bull-headed insistence on “oneness” with campaigns promoting one nation, one election, one language, one religion, and whatnot. Those who insist on “unity” forget the important caveat of diversity which gives India its uniquely pluralistic legacy. The book aims to uphold the “scientific view of history” while countering the “ideologically-charged attempts to distort the history of South Asia” with “fantasy, hallucination, and wishful nostalgia.”

As many Indias as there are Indians

Standing up against the State’s massive resources has been no mean feat, especially for Devy, who produced this work “in extreme financial difficulties.” And yet, the pages of The Indians offer unparalleled wealth to students of history and seekers of pluralistic perspectives.

The first part of the book traces the evolution of the Indian subcontinent from the earliest times, drawing a picture of the region using data from palaeoclimatology and population genetics. Tony Joseph’s essay on migrations harks back to his pathbreaking book Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From, which almost entirely changed the narrative of our ancestry. In this essay, Joseph uses the metaphor of an “Indian Demographic Pizza” which I found equally charming and memorable.

This pizza, he says, comprises a base of Out of Africa migrants who form about 50%-65% of the population. Slathered on this base is a Harappan sauce comprising Indians from North and South India, who form the “cultural glue” of beliefs and practices found all over the country. And finally, there are later-day migrants who are the cheese and toppings of this pizza. Joseph’s theory is firmly supported by genetic evidence and is a great reminder to all those who like to stake a primacy claim on the land.

shri radhe..

The childhood of Albert Einstein ...

After clarifying the mathematics Albert Einstein completely fond of dead subject and continuously avoid to the other subject that result it was very difficult to pass the exam totally.

Every time he was starting and reading the mathematics so much that he forget to study the other subjects. do the result of other subject was not so much good but it was for his good result of mathematics and physics he was pass the exam somehow.

In 1894 the darkness was fallen down in the house of Einstein. It was very difficult to run the family and continue the expense of study and the family natural.

The soviyat ruler continuously harass the businessman, and for that reason the father of Albert Einstein closed their family business and finding out to plan to go the outside of foreign country.

Einstein was remain only at Munich City and his family was established the business at monarch City. Do the time was very little to stay alone at Muni City Einstein became very studios and finding away to new invention of mathematics and physics.

In every moment Einstein continuously thinking to find out the suspense energy and hidden theory of physics and mathematics.

His father advice him to study and do service for the family because the expenses of family was not been maintained by his family business.

As per the advice of his father Albert Einstein started to study the old institution Swiss federal academy of polytechnic.

In the entrance exam of the academy of polytechnic Einstein could not pass in the zoology and botanical study,though he was completely passed  in the exam of  physics and mathematics.

The management of Swiss federal academy of polytechnic asked to Einstein and his guardian that if he took any past certificate from madhyamik exam they will took admission immediately.

At last Einstein was admitted to the missionary madhyamik school and at the time he has a girlfriend. Do his girlfriend was 4 year older than him he married but they are marriage was not completely successive it was breaking down after a few years.

After 4 year he was passed the polytechnic academy and a new mission started in his life to find out a new job for support to his family.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Hare Hare.

On the 21st August in 1901 he get the civilization of Switzerland tho he was left the civilization of German 5 year ago. In that time he finding the job and in the another side he publis his opinion in the science and technology journal.

After 1 year he got a service from a Swiss school for 3 month. Though he get enough popular team for the name of teacher he became jobless after 3 month.

At that time he is actual task was to find out any job services in the employment news and apply for the job. In the meantime when he get extra time to study he was continue to go library for huge knowledge of science and physics.

It was very difficult life at the time of when he became jobless and no other person provide him so much time to guide. He rush to the senior person and the person who know about the employment to get a job.

After starting a lot of time he find out that he have no time to waste and it is a best opportunity to do doctor at degree .

He prepared athesis on the subject of the motion of gas and momentum of the gases.

After a long journey of 2 year Einstein find out a job with the help of his friend in a patent office as a clerk in 1903.

He married in a coffee House with his girlfriend at the time of when he was a clerk of patent house.

With great enthusiastic and great studying power and hard work Einstein discover 3 new idea of physics. Einstein discover thee new thery, electromagnetic effect of light, photo electric effect and e equal to MC square.

Einstein invent that energy can be converted into mass. And mass will also be convert to energy.

He Guess that in the time of the solar ellipse the light will be bending toward the sun and it was his assessment but it was theoretically proved by all the world scientist.

Einstein became the very familiar and popular scientist of the world and he was the only topic to all the scientific hall.

After a few year he joined to the university as assistant professor. The Nobel prize will be distributed to Albert Einstein but not for the invention of relative theory.

The father of Nobel scientist Alfred Nobel provide the term and condition of Nobel prize that the invention which will be benefited to the social and it will benefit for the future of the society. The novel committee did not find any clue to provide the Nobel in the relative theory. At last in 1921 for the invention of photoelectric effect Einstein was honoured by the Nobel prize in physics.

In 1930 Einstein meet with Vishwa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore, he also invent with the help of Satyendra nath Bose the scientist of West Bengal India the boson effect in 1928.

Though Einstein invented lot of theory thesis and discover a lot of hidden energy and technology of the world for the sake of the society he became very sad when atomic bomb was affected to German Hiroshima.

The idea of atomic bomb was given by Albert Einstein to the president of America. In the help of Einstein theory American scientist invent atomic bomb and the applied on German Hiroshima and Nagasaki City in the world war.

The destructive and very pathetic scenery was completely breaking down the heart of Einstein till his death. Einstein was very sad and said I am completely liable to the pathetic situation of all German people.

I am also student of science a student of technology and service in the technical field and always use science to enhance my skill. I bought down to Albert Einstein every time for his enormous activity for the society.

Thank you all Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Hare Hare.

The assence of little child Albert Einstein by Sir RK Mahato

It is very truthful that Albert Einstein was very simple silent and polite child in his childhood it was very difficult to understand that it was the basic and initial faces of great scientist Albert Einstein. It is very difficult to assign and assess that the little child would be one of the greatest scientist of the world.

According to the writer I just explain what was the childhood of Albert Einstein and how a simple shy child became the world best scientist forever.

Inhin childhood his father brought him a compass for playing and it effect in his life deeply. Continuously the little Albert play with the compass whole day and finally he slept down at bed keeping his compass in the chest. The little Albert observe that there is some hidden substances or hidden power which effect the compass very clearly.

From that suspense substances and hidden power while the only mission to find out in his whole life.

In the entire life the little child Albert continue to find out what was the hidden power to effect on compass what are the hidden energy which effect on compass?

Albert Einstein was very simple and not so much interested in the subject of his study. The school student also was not so much affected by Albert Einstein because he had no extreme interest on the knowledge in the book..

It is tremendous to understand that Albert Einstein in his childhood did very hateful look toward the mathematics and it was not good subject for him.

He is uncle was one of the good mathematics teacher at that time. When he started to learn mathematics from his uncle he became very much formed of mathematics and very much interested on mathematics subject.

The divine pleasure at the station of Brindavan

Sitting at the Radha kund it feel amicable and unexpected.How much faith of God be overwhelming there?

At the place while I was sitting was almost 2 am morning and a bunch of devotees was emerging gradually..My faith was being increased by the little sound of the devotee." Radhe radhe mujhe shyam Mila de". Though the word was not perfect and genuine,"radhe radhe '" is not been spelt because it can be hurt to the honour of "Sri Radha."

sitting a few time my body feel to relax and I did rest for 30 min there.Though there was it seem that people at that place feel uncommon person but still they admite the respect because of my personality and behaviour at that place..

Shri radhe Shri radhe radhe Shri radhe..Kishori kuch Aisa intejam ho jaye..mu jubase radhe radhe radhe nam ho jaye

Faizan Mustafa writes: New penal code falls short of its laudable objectives..

 Criminal law’s promise as an instrument of safety is matched only by its power to destroy. It is arguably the most direct expression of the relationship between a state and its citizens. In no other branch of law is more at stake not only for the individual but also the community. Only the coming decades can tell to what extent the three new Bills meet the stated objectives of improving law and order, simplifying the criminal justice process and achieving the laudable goal of “ease of life”. Ideally, making criminal law compatible with the constitutional vision should have been the foremost object of the new codes.

Home Minister Amit Shah, like Macaulay, will be remembered for initiating a sea change in Indian criminal law. The 42nd report of the Law Commission, 1971 had proposed a revision of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). But the amendments in 1972 and 1978 lapsed due to the dissolution of Lok Sabha.

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