| How I Became A Hindu - My Discovery Of Vedic Dharma |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| DISCOVERY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HINDUISM | |
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there was an attempted coup in Russia in 1991 to overthrow Yeltsin and restore communism,
the then Congress led government of P.V.N. Rao quickly recognized the coup leaders as the
new Russian government, only to quickly withdraw its remarks in embarrassment when the
coup failed. It seemed that Indian intellectuals transferred their loyalty from London to
Moscow or Beijing but never placed it in Delhi or anywhere else in India or its
traditions! I had already learned how much the Vedas and the history of India had been distorted by western scholars. Their missionary and colonial biases, as well as their lack of insight into spiritual traditions and symbols made their work more a mockery of the teachings than any real understanding. Sri Aurobindo once remarked that their work was comparable to kids playing with marbles outside the gates of a temple, totally unaware of the inner sanctuary. That this modern mindset might denigrate Hindu social or political movements was something to be expected. So when I saw the English language media of India criticizing Hindu social groups I took it all with a grain of salt, like their uncritical embracing of the Aryan invasion theory.
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