Well said!
No doubt HT proposed the name change to inculcate self-esteem
among Indians. Indians never really considered Nepal anything but a
vassal state of India's. So, if it is something that is in Nepal, but
is getting noticed by others, desis are perfectly at liberty to claim
it as their own. But mind you, it has to be something that is noticed
by the world-- make it the western world. HT is obviously aware of the
desi lack of self-esteem problem. So he was suggesting that it be
re-named after Radhanath Sikdar who might very well have been the man
who did the actual calculations to determine what the colonial masters
credited their man to. Except that this whole idea,of re-naming
things, or tearing down ancient structures (built by them invaders for
example) or building a bridge to no-where or erecting statues in the
imaginary likeness of historical figures and the the like, like
you point out, is well, um, not very bright shall we say?
It is in the same vein as that light-weight general of the
Hinduttwa army attempting to build kharkhowa self-esteem by raising a
statue of Lasit Borphukon
at that military academy somewhere in Tamil Nadu. Light-weight
indeed; certain kharkhowas with abject low self-esteem going ga-ga
over it not-withstanding.
At 1:16 AM -0500 5/15/06, Barua25 wrote:
>urge the netters to dig out the history and discuss the matter in the net
When you have proposed to rename the peak as Mt Radhanath, on the plea that radhanath Sikdar did the calculations, there is nothing for the netters to dig out. I hope you understand that.
I failed to understand what right we Indians have first to rename a peak which is even not in India, but in Nepal and Tibbet. And what we Indian try to achieve by renaming? Any move to rename anything is political. I hope you will understand that? If at all it has to be renamed it will have to either Sagarmatha or Chumulunga. But why? I think the present Mt Everest is as good a name as one can have. What is your objection to naming Mt Everest? IncidentlyGeorge Everest himself suggested that it should not be named after him. Read the book: "The Great Arc : The Dramatic Tale How India was Mapped and Everest was Named"- John Keay.
I would really understand if you would urge the netters to instead rename Hinduism as Sindhuism. Hindu as Sindhu or India and Bharat. That will makes more sense. Hindu and Hinduism and India are names, a you probably know, coined by the 'mlessas'.
RB.
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