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)

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?

Read on

https://twitter.com/NeelSingathia/status/1302359714223722498

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

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

https://twitter.com/kazhugan/status/1300014232201617409

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.

https://twitter.com/kazhugan/status/1300018732769529856

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. Gita Press was established in 1923 by JD Goyanka.

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

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)

https://twitter.com/Ishu_nits/status/1241420344331620353

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

Thread:

Here is a fascinating map of all the places of ancient India as mentioned in Mahābhārata. This map is put on display in Purana Qila, which is the ancient Indraprastha of Mahābhārata.

Take a look at the map and see the name of your region during those days. Mahābhārata is simply the encyclopedia of ancient India. The geographical details are very comprehensive. Below in this thread, I shall elaborate upon every region (2/n)

Did you know?

"Valentine's day" is named after Saint Valentine . He was a Christian bishop and a physician.

He refused to treat his own fatally sick mother because she would not give up her belief in pagan God Jupiter and get baptized.

The disease killed her! #ValentinesDay According to Legenda Aurea (compiled in c. 1275 CE), Saint Valentine was described as "destroyer of non christian pagan idols"