Ekta | wisdomekta

  “Bharat as a civilisation was a reality, and reducing that reality and near-unbroken lived experience to a mere talking point to score brownie points over one another was more proof of expediency than real conviction in the values the Indic civilisation stood for.” During class 9th, the history lessons taught me that the Mughals, Afghans, and, lastly, the Britishers who invaded India had pronounced and positive effects on our overall development and progress. My little brain tried to mug it up, but the heart thought, “ were we that backwards!! ”. The reason for this heart-thinking was my mother. My mother, who is a core vedic follower and a Sanskrit philosopher, on the one hand, wanted me to learn all the historical “bookish” facts due to academic reasons. Still, on the other hand, she was the one who told me “real” facts about “gold-bird: India”. She introduced me to the lives and works of Shri Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Shri Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and other patriotic personalities. Sev...