sir please add my number to clt group On 28 February 2017 at 11:47, aliya zoheb <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very true sir history was never between Hindus and Muslims it was always > between two Kings..... > But irony is though ppl know this they like to hear the story the other > way.... > I wish everyone accepts this and not become a customer for product of the > opportunists ...... > Who are earning crores by establishing series of companies ..... > Keep clean heart and one will realise what is right and wrong... > Don't support if found wrong ,support if found true...... > > > On 28 Feb 2017 9:49 am, "Gurumurthy K" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Social Science teachers, > > It is said that one of the important roles of history teaching-learning is > to examine data/evidence from past events/stories and make judgements of > the past , for the present and the future ..... > > In my opinion, we are seeing quite a bit of intolerance to dissenting / > differing views and that is dangerous for democracy. The recent cold > blooded murder of Srinivas in Kansas by a person who believed Srinivas to > be an illegal immigrant is an example. Many believe this murder was > associated with the larger climate of hate and intolerance being built in > the election campaign in the US. > > I can see parallels of this crime with what is happening in India, with > Akhlaq lynched by a mob, his crime being that he had meat in his fridge. I > am not wanting to argue if the meat was beef and if it was a crime to have > it in his fridge. My argument is what right did a group of people have to > take justice in their hands and kill him. Even the state delivers a death > sentence only after lot of due processes. Neither the white man in Kansas, > nor the mob in UP had this right. > > I was distressed to read in today's paper the kind of foul language used > against a Delhi University student (Martyr's daughter faces 'rape threat' > on Facebook > <http://www.deccanherald.com/content/598675/martyrs-daughter-faces-rape-threat.html>). > As the revolutionary Voltaire said "I disapprove of what you say, but I > will defend to the death your right to say it...: In my view, history > teachers have a very very very important role in teaching tolerance and > acceptance (even celebration) of diversity of beliefs, faiths and cultures. > We cannot silence voices through violence but only reason through > arguments... > > As sociology teachers, see the challenges of today's environment and > incidents that affect peace and harmony. As teachers of sociology and > political science , bring in examples of diverse views and the > contestations/disagreements and negotiations between diverse ideas and > cultures will help students get a feel of the complexities of contemporary > social and political realities. And of course as young minds what they can > think of and do to make democracy more meaningful to them and to their > fraternity.... > > I shared my views, disturbed by the news from Delhi. Comments, feedback, > thoughts welcome.... > > Sharing below an article from DH yesterday about how Aurangzeb was perhaps > not a bigot as is widely believed and taught .... > > regards, > Guru > > Source - http://www.deccanherald.com/content/598595/view-aurangzeb-bi > got-has-colonial.html > > New Delhi, Feb 27, 2017, PTI: > 'Aurangzeb: The Man and The Myth', published by Penguin Random House, > takes a fresh look at the controversial Mughal emperor. According to > Truschke, Hindu and Jain temples dotting the landscape of Aurangzeb's > kingdom were entitled to Mughal state protection, and he generally > endeavoured to ensure their well-being. Screengrab > > *Historian Audrey Truschke refuses to buy the argument that Aurangzeb > razed temples because he hated Hindus saying it has roots in colonial-era > scholarship, where positing timeless Hindu-Muslim animosity embodied the > British strategy of divide and conquer.* > > In her new book, she also says that had Aurangzeb’s reign been 20 years > shorter, he would have been judged differently by modern historians. > Truschke, an assistant professor of South Asian history at Rutgers > University in Newark and an avid follower of Mughal history, New Jersey, > has now come up with a new biography on Aurangzeb. > > "Aurangzeb: The Man and The Myth", published by Penguin Random House, > takes a fresh look at the controversial Mughal emperor. According to > Truschke, Hindu and Jain temples dotting the landscape of Aurangzeb's > kingdom were entitled to Mughal state protection, and he generally > endeavoured to ensure their well-being. > > "By the same token, from a Mughal perspective, that goodwill could be > revoked when specific temples or their associates acted against imperial > interests. Accordingly, Emperor Aurangzeb authorised targeted temple > destructions and desecrations throughout his rule," she claims. > > "Many modern people view Aurangzeb's orders to harm specific temples as > symptomatic of a larger vendetta against Hindus. Such views have roots in > colonial-era scholarship, where positing timeless Hindu-Muslim animosity > embodied the British strategy of divide and conquer," she writes. > > She says there are, however, numerous gaping holes in the proposition that > Aurangzeb razed temples because he hated Hindus. > > "Most glaringly, Aurangzeb counted thousands of Hindu temples within his > domains and yet destroyed, at most, a few dozen. This incongruity makes > little sense if we cling to a vision of Aurangzeb as a cartoon bigot driven > by a single-minded agenda of ridding India of Hindu places of worship. > > "A historically legitimate view of Aurangzeb must explain why he protected > Hindu temples more often than he demolished them." Truschke argues that > Aurangzeb followed Islamic law in granting protection to non-Muslim > religious leaders and institutions. > > "Indo-Muslim rulers had counted Hindus as dhimmis, a protected class under > Islamic law, since the eighth century, and Hindus were thus entitled to > certain rights and state defences. > > "Yet, Aurangzeb went beyond the requirements of Islamic law in his conduct > towards Hindu and Jain religious communities. Instead, for Aurangzeb, > protecting and, at times, razing temples served the cause of ensuring > justice for all throughout the Mughal Empire." > > Truschke claims state interests constrained religious freedom in Mughal > India, and Aurangzeb did not hesitate to strike hard against religious > institutions and leaders that he deemed seditious or immoral. > > "But in the absence of such concerns, Aurangzeb's vision of himself as an > even-handed ruler of all Indians prompted him to extend state security to > temples." > > She says Aurangzeb had 49 years to make good on his princely promise of > cultivating religious tolerance in the Mughal Empire, and he got off to a > strong start. > > "In one of his early acts as emperor, Aurangzeb issued an imperial order > (farman) to local Mughal officials at Benares that directed them to halt > any interference in the affairs of local temples." > > Truschke claims that political events incited Aurangzeb to initiate > assaults on certain Hindu temples. She also argues that if Aurangzeb's > reign had been 20 years shorter, closer to that of Jahangir (who ruled for > 22 years) or Shah Jahan (who ruled for 30 years), modern historians would > judge him rather differently. > > "But Aurangzeb's later decades of fettering his sons, depending on an > increasingly bloated administration, and undertaking ill-advised warring > are a hefty part of his tangled legacy. Thus, we are left with a mixed > assessment of a complex man and monarch who was plagued by an unbridgeable > gap between his lofty ambitions and the realities of Mughal India," she > writes. > > > > -- > ----------- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > - https://docs.google.com/formsd1Iv5fotalJsERorsuN5v5yHGuKrmpF > XStxBwQSYXNbzI/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ > ವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_ > Software > ----------- > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Maths & Science STF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > ----------- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > - https://docs.google.com/formsd1Iv5fotalJsERorsuN5v5yHG > uKrmpFXStxBwQSYXNbzI/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ > ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Public_Software > ----------- > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Maths & Science STF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. - https://docs.google.com/formsd1Iv5fotalJsERorsuN5v5yHGuKrmpFXStxBwQSYXNbzI/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maths & Science STF" group. 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