India's current tragedy is that it is ruled by three undereducated BJP
bigots - two Gujus called Modi & Shah and a sadhu from UP called Yogi .
Under their influence, what is usually recognised as Science has been
played down and more attention given to an ancient set of beliefs in the
Vedic period, glorified as Vedic Science.
Hindustan has never been known for its intellectual scholarship. The
Hindus did not not even keep historical records, unlike the Chinese
whose records go back to 1200 BCE.
A Muslim scholar by the name of Albiruni (971-1039) had arrived in India
as a camp follower of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (967-1030).
He wrote an innovative study of India but was not impressed by Hindu
scholarship.
He wrote:
"The so-called scientific theorems of the Hindus are utterly confusing,
devoid of any logical order, and always mixed up with silly notions of
huge numbers and spaces, and religious dogmas… They cannot raise
themselves to the methods of a strictly scientific deduction."
The British had set up an education system, including universities and
sent the first Prime Minister Nehru to England for study. But there
always remained a Hindu nationalist core that dreamed of or imagined a
past Vedic era of high scholarly achievement. The present Modi's BJP
government supports this dream and is trying hard to revive the past and
formalise these achievements. In the process, they have tended to bypass
the need for historical evidence and logical deduction, and to
distinguish between fact and fiction.
THE COW HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR SPECIAL STUDY and a detailed syllabus
developed. The government body for cow welfare, Rastriya Kamdhenu Aayog
(RKA), has been set up to organise a countrywide online examination on
cows. The exam will have separate papers for primary and middle school,
secondary, college – and one for the general public.
The head of the RKA on Monday released a physical chip (costing Rs50 -
100) made apparently of cow dung and which he claimed could reduce
“radiation from cell phones”.
“This is a radiation chip. You can keep it in your mobile. If you keep
this chip in your mobile, it reduces radiation significantly."
A distinction is made between ‘desi’ (Indian) cows and other cows called
‘exotic’ or Jersey.
It is claimed that in every aspect the health benefits of by-products
from the Indian cow is superior. “The quality of milk from the Jersey
cow is not at all good, but the quantity is larger.”
The colour of Indian cow milk “tends to be light yellow as it has traces
of gold in it” (while the Jersey cow does not have). The Gold claim has
been hotly contested.
The syllabus also claims that Indian cows are more naturally hygienic,
“hardy and clever enough not to sit in dirty places” whereas the Jersey
cow is lazy and prone to diseases.
Finally the Cow ‘syllabus’ makes claims that earthquakes can occur from
the mass slaughter of Jersey cows, not being as emotive as Indian cows.
Ha, ha. So much for BJP Hindu Science
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Eddie
