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- There are some persons - who have *heard* some fierce "speeches" from some
- unknown, frustrated "intellectual" and then those men of straw (hearer) do
- try to excrete the same towards those who are proselytes of lower abilities
- and lesser creed. Such people, do exist in alarmingly dangerous numbers in the
- feudal countries where religious "fanaticsm" is often a way of emancipation
- and fortitude. Often, these mouthpieces have no knowledge of what is right or
- wrong, and, suffer from the inability to be analytical and most unfortunately
- turn out to be flat liars or at best as obfuscators. Yes, one of such persons
- who fall into the above category is Sanjeev Mahajan - who has in all
- probability accepted the apprenticeship under the politically unknown
- Dr.T.Jayaraman. Many storms in a teacup have waxed and waned, but, the utter
- falsehood that has engulfed Sanjeev Mahajan remains as an unsolved mystery.
-
- Mahajan and his guru, in a recent trashy article, go to the extent of making
- Marxist claims that Hinduism and Brahmanical culture is baleful to the real
- progress of the Indian society. I have asserted that Sanjeev Mahajan is
- a flat liar, and thus doubt the cerdibility of his "guru" because I have now
- come across a "strange" writing of Dr.Karl Marx - where Dr.Marx hold in the
- highest esteem the Brahmanical culture and intellect. To cut the long story
- short, I reproduce in verbatim the exact quote from the works of Karl Marx
- himself. (The reference, from where this is abstracted, is provided in its
- complete details - below.)
-
- ".... At all events, we may safely expect to see, at a more or less remote
- period, the regeneration of that great and interesting country, whose gentle
- natives are, to use the expression of Prince Soltykov, even in the most
- inferior classes, " plus fins et adroits que les Italiens " (more subtle and
- adroit than the Italians), whose submission even is counterbalanced by a
- certain calm nobility, who, notwithstanding their natural langor, have
- astonished the British officers by their bravery, whose country has been the
- source of our languages, our religions, and who represent the type of the
- ancient German in the Jat, and the type of the ancient Greek in the Brahmin."
-
- (The above quote shows the respect that Karl Marx - originator of the most
- charming Stalinist theories had for the Brahminical intellect in India. the
- quote appears in [1, p. 221].)
-
- So when Sanjeev tries his best to denigrate the Brahmins and the Hindu way
- of life, please *DO NOT* pay attention. What has Mahajan and his guru to say
- now ? Another rebuttal from Stalin ?
-
- Similarly on the Islamic rule in India, Dr.Marx writes,
-
- " Arabs, Turks, Tartars, Moguls, who had successively overrun India, soon
- became Hindooized, the barbarian conquerors being, by an eternal law of
- history, conquered themselves by the superior civilization of their subjects."
-
- (See [1, p.218].)
-
- I think that both the quotes explicitly states what Dr.Marx himself thought
- of India, Hindus and Brahmins and the Islamic invasions in India.
-
- Therefore I think that the IPSG members, and, Sanjeev Mahajan are guilty of
- spreading falsehood and obfuscation amongst informed readers. What is most
- shameful is that many uninformed foreigners reading the arguments from the
- guru of Sanjeev Mahajan will be fooled. This must be taken seriously. I also
- appeal to all Hindus, to read the works of Dr.Marx and verify for themselves
- how respectful, one of the *greatest* social scientists in this world, Dr.Karl
- Marx, was towards the ancient Hindu culture or the Sanatan Hindu Dharma.
-
- - regards,
-
- deb chatterjee
- (a good samaritan)
-
-
- REFERENCE
- *************
-
- [1] Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels, (collected works: 1853-'54, vol. 12),
- Lawrence and Wishart, London, 1979, England: ISBN 0 85315 357 4. (The
- article is titled " The Future Results of British Rule in India ".)
-
- [At most Universities the call number is HX 39.5.A224 1975C]
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-