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Jun 9, 2020 • 1 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Nope.

It is hilarious when you refer to Kautilya's Arthaśāstra to try to prove that ancient Hindus practiced slavery, when Arthaśāstra says exactly the opposite.

Infact, Arthaśāstra says in no uncertain terms Hindus ("Aryas") shouldn't practice slavery under any circumstances!

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Oct 10, 2020
Exposing Rana Safvi (@iamrana).

Rana Safvi is hailed as a ground breaking historian and award winning author in secular Jamaat. Her entire work eulogizes Mughal invaders and Gangi Jamuni Tehzeeb.

This thread dissects and fact-checks some statements made by her. Thread (1)
We first examine some of the statements made by this "historian" which unveil the real "historical knowledge" she possesses.

After the dissection, we shall delve into the nature, motivation of her work, the powers behind her promotion and hype around her work. Let us begin (2)
Rana Safvi posted a picture. She claimed that this structure was found during excavations from
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But is that really so?

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Sep 5, 2020
This is what I call "groping in the dark"!

You will never find the verse

इतिहासप्रदीपेन मोहावरणघातिना।
लोकगर्भगृहं कृत्स्नं यथावत् सम्प्रकाशितम्।।

Or its translation in Shri Bibek Debroy ji's translation. Do you know why?

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This verse is a part of the section which describes the very popular narrative of Vyasa requesting Ganesha to become the writer of Mahābhārata on Brahma's advice. Ganesha instantly agrees. This is followed by a comparison of Parvas of Mahabharata with the branches of a tree
While this section is found in Southern (Kumbakonam) and Bengal recensions, it is absent in Sharada, Newari and Malayalam recensions etc of Vyasa Mahabharata.

As a result, the entire section was removed in the critical edition(which was used for translation by Shri Bibek Debroy)
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Aug 31, 2020
Menon uncle,

If you are talking about me, please at least have the decency to tag me.

What is the terror? I won't bite. What is hilarious is your complete ignorance. Thread
WRONG!

That is NOT "Bali iconography" & that figure is NOT "Bali figure".

In the artistic convention of early Trivikrama sculptures such as those from Mathura & Badami, Trivikrama DOES NOT trample Bali. He stamps Rahu.

In the sculptures of Mathura and Badami and also in several later day depictions, Vishnu DOES NOT place his foot upon Bali. The laughing face in the sky is Rahu.

You seem to be absolutely clueless about conventions of early Indian art. Image
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Aug 24, 2020
Now that everyone is talking about censorship of Non Left Publications

I talk about the oldest and biggest Non Left publisher of India: Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

This thread about Gita Press, their founding members and their resistance against left-liberal & Cong Govt suppression.
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Hanuman Prasad Poddar was its founding editor. Its first journal Kalyan was published in 1927.

While most journals of this period are confined to libraries and archives, Gita Press and Kalyan still exist with millions of copies Image
Unless other publications, Gita Press publishes its books at a very reasonable price.

For example, a Bhagavad Gita can be procured at Rs.30.

A copy of Hanuman Chalisa cost just Rs. 2 (50 lakh copies printed every year).

Yet, the printing, cover and content quality is FANTASTIC Image
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May 28, 2020
The alleged verse "अहिंसा परमो धर्मः धर्म हिंसा तथीव च" is FAKE & NON EXISTENT in Mahābhārata & ENTIRE Sanskrit literature.

This fake verse was manufactured by a spiritual Baba in 20th century.

The ACTUAL verse is "अहिंसा परमो धर्मः तथा अहिंसा परो दमः" (Mahabharata 13.117.37)
This alleged verse is quite popular in modern Hindu and Hindutva circles. It is often passed off as a verse from Mahābhārata. But it has ABSOLUTELY ZERO scriptural basis and is a modern creation.

Infact, NOWHERE in entire Sanskrit literature is हिंसा ever equated to धर्म
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This misconception arises coz their understanding of what हिंसा entails is different from how ancients understood it
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Feb 17, 2020
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