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Introduction
The Political stranglehold of the British came to an end in 1947, but not the divisive theories they had set afloat amongst our people. In line with their divide-and-rule policy, the natural diversities of regions, languages, sects and cultural traits in the Hindu society were sought to be projected as points of discord and dissension. At the same time, the British were only too well aware of the irresistible appeal of the innate Hindu ethos latent in the hearts of every section and stratum of the society which forms the fountainhead of the unifying current of national life of Bharat. It was this awareness that made them strive in every possible manner to defame and devitalise the Hindu spirit. Towards that end, the glorious history of Hindus was either totally blacked out or grossly distorted, their religious and spiritual traditions were derided as superstitious rubbish, their culture and civilisation painted as barbaric, and so on. Specious theories were propounded to prove that the Hindus were not even the original children of this land.
Author : H.V. Seshadri
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