I am like that, I am a proud person, I like the "sar kata sakte hai lekin sar jhuka sakte nahi!" strategy, Looking at the world around me, Looking at history especially, It looks like a foolish strategy :-)
My dad came back from Rajasthan trip, He is very insightful!, He observed, All these Rajasthan warriors / Rajputs, are supposed to be so proud (Movies and popular culture shows them as a very proud race, They are like epitome of 'death before dishonour' culture or something) Saala every one of those Rajput king has married off his sister or daughter to a Moghul king and bowed down his head! What proud my ass! (hehe dad din say that, its my colourful attempt to depict his tone! :P ) You go and see Rajasthan every palace and temple is well preserved, as opposed to Karnataka temples which are destroyed by Muslim rulers ( And Karnataka people are supposed to be mild mannered swalpa adjust maadi types!)
In history, who survived are the ones who bowed down their heads, those who held their heads high have perished.
What happened to Maha Rana Pratap? Died in Haldi ghati! He is a martyr! He head his head high, fought,was defeated and dead.
Raja Maan Singh, made friends with Akbar, married his sister off to Akbar, bowed down his head, His palace is still intact today in Jaipur.
Rani Lakshmi Bai fought the British and was destroyed ( Ok she is a hero today! So? ) and her minister who betrayed her by making a deal with the English Some Scindia, That bloody traitor! His family is still very wealth political family, active in politics and People still voting for them!
Hmmmm, So really which strategy is good? You decide! I think flexible values are good. if your conscience allows it. Mine does not (yet) I need more to work on my maturity little more :P
Anyway I was thinking how come whole of middle east upto Pakisthan is Islamised and India is still in Hindu Majority, even tho Moghuls ruled India for 800 years and British for another 200?
Is it the strength of Hindu religion? Then Pakisthan was also Hindu wasnt it?
There may be lot of other reasons, but one of reasons is thanks to all those kings who made treaties with Moghuls. If they had fought and lost the kingdom, they would have been forced to convert to Islam along with their whole kingdom. Its not easy to convert a king and his whole kingdom, if he is making a treaty and not exactly losing to you. So Hinduism, all their palaces (which are heavily influenced by Islamic architecture) temples all survived. Its a good outcome.
My dad came back from Rajasthan trip, He is very insightful!, He observed, All these Rajasthan warriors / Rajputs, are supposed to be so proud (Movies and popular culture shows them as a very proud race, They are like epitome of 'death before dishonour' culture or something) Saala every one of those Rajput king has married off his sister or daughter to a Moghul king and bowed down his head! What proud my ass! (hehe dad din say that, its my colourful attempt to depict his tone! :P ) You go and see Rajasthan every palace and temple is well preserved, as opposed to Karnataka temples which are destroyed by Muslim rulers ( And Karnataka people are supposed to be mild mannered swalpa adjust maadi types!)
In history, who survived are the ones who bowed down their heads, those who held their heads high have perished.
What happened to Maha Rana Pratap? Died in Haldi ghati! He is a martyr! He head his head high, fought,was defeated and dead.
Raja Maan Singh, made friends with Akbar, married his sister off to Akbar, bowed down his head, His palace is still intact today in Jaipur.
Rani Lakshmi Bai fought the British and was destroyed ( Ok she is a hero today! So? ) and her minister who betrayed her by making a deal with the English Some Scindia, That bloody traitor! His family is still very wealth political family, active in politics and People still voting for them!
Hmmmm, So really which strategy is good? You decide! I think flexible values are good. if your conscience allows it. Mine does not (yet) I need more to work on my maturity little more :P
Anyway I was thinking how come whole of middle east upto Pakisthan is Islamised and India is still in Hindu Majority, even tho Moghuls ruled India for 800 years and British for another 200?
Is it the strength of Hindu religion? Then Pakisthan was also Hindu wasnt it?
There may be lot of other reasons, but one of reasons is thanks to all those kings who made treaties with Moghuls. If they had fought and lost the kingdom, they would have been forced to convert to Islam along with their whole kingdom. Its not easy to convert a king and his whole kingdom, if he is making a treaty and not exactly losing to you. So Hinduism, all their palaces (which are heavily influenced by Islamic architecture) temples all survived. Its a good outcome.
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