Halloween and Diwali: closer than you think

Thread 🧵 This year, Diwali and Halloween coincided on the same day. But is there more to this 'coincidence'? Since Indian and Western calendars differ, their corresponding dates vary.

Yet, both Hallowen and Diwali occur at the same time. End of Harvest season and beginning of winter. In many regions of India, Diwali coincides with the end of a harvesting season known as the Kharif.

Likewise, Halloween occurs exactly at the end of Harvest season and the beginning of winter. This is traditionally October 31/November 1 on Western calendar.

[Mythbusting Thread] ckers

In this thread, I will debunk the MYTH that bursting firecrackers is a new innovation that was recently introduced into dīpāvali festivities.

It will be shown that bursting firecrackers has always been integral and central part of dīpāvali . Since time immemorial, Hindus celebrated dīpāvali by bursting crackers.

[Mythbusting Thread] : Read till the end. At the very core of this entire MYTH is the presumption that Gunpowder (cf. fireworks) was invented in China in 9th century and brought to India by Muslim rulers.

This THREAD debunks this widespread MYTH and throws light on the unknown/hidden history of dīpāvali & gunpowder.

BISHNOI

Who are the Bishnoi?

Bishnoi is a Vaishnavite sect within Hinduism.

They are the world's FIRST environmentalists who led humankind's earliest battles to protect forests and conserve wildlife.

Throughout their history, they fought numerous battles and staked their lives to protect forests and wildlife. They are directly responsible for the survival of many species.

This is a thread about the unknown history of Bishnois. Read on 🧵 The Bishnoi sect was founded in 1485 CE by Guru Jambheśvara. He was born in 1451 CE to a Panwar Rajput family in Western Marwar, Rajasthan.

At 25, Jambheśvara was deeply moved after witnessing a severe drought that devastated Marwar. He saw villagers cutting down trees and hunting animals to survive. Throughout the famine, he provided free food to the poor.

At the age of 34, he had a vision in which he saw people in conflict with nature. He realized that for humans to thrive, they must protect the environment. On the eighth day of Kārtika, Vikram Samvat 1542 (1485 CE), he established the Bishnoi Sampradaya.

Thousands of years before Europeans knew of this concept, Vaishnavism forbade deforestation. Vishnu Purana 2.6 states: "One who wantonly cuts down trees goes to Asipatravana Naraka" (a hell with sword-like leaves).

Guru Jambheśvara was profoundly influenced by this teaching and he enforced it in his sect.

Here is a picture from Harmandir Sahib in 1919.

On the left is General Dyer. This was a few weeks AFTER Dyer kiIIed hundreds of innocents in Jallianwala Bagh.

On the right is the manager (Sarbarah) of Harmandir Sahib, Sardar Arur Singh. Arur Singh invited Dyer and honored him with a turban and siropa inside the golden temple. Dyer was made an "honorary Sikh". Sardar Arur Singh was the same person who threw away the Murtis of Lord Vishnu from the parikrama of Harmandir Sahib in 1905. He begged General Dyer to convert to Sikhism.

Arur Singh- "Sir Dyer, please become a Sikh".
Dyer-"No, I love to cut my hair"
Arur-"No problem sir, we will allow you"
Dyer-"But I can't quit smoking"
Arur-"No problem sir, please give up one cigar per year"
Dyer-"Ha ha okay".
Arur-"Thank you sir, you are our honorary Sikh"

A few other Jathedars also dedicated a shrine to General Dyer inside Gurudwara Sat Sultani (satlani) Sahib.

Low TFR: Biggest existential danger facing Hindu society

More than any terrorism, incidents of ethnic cleansing, conversion etc, low TFR is the biggest danger facing Hindu society today. The sooner Hindus realize this, the better their chances of survival.

Low TFR can make turn you into absolute minority from absolute majority within just 3 generations. Here is how. Let us consider that Hindu population is 80 out of 100. Let us consider that these Hindus have low Hindu TFR of 1.4.

This means that in the first generation, these 80 Hindus reproduce 56 children. In second generation, these 56 Hindu children become adults and in-turn reproduce 40 children. In third generation, these 40 Hindu children become adults in-turn reproduce 28 children.

When all the older generations pass away, we are left with 28 Hindus. Within 3 generations, Hindu population will crash from 80% to 28%.

Sheikh Hasina once claimed that Muslim minorities are unsafe in India. She questioned the need of CAA.

Today, the 57 Muslim countries did not give her refuge. She found protection in "unsafe and intolerant" Hindu India. On social media, there is a myth that Sheikh Hasan and her party Awami League are secular and "protected Hindus".

But nothing could be further from truth. Sheikh Hasina herself is a venomous double faced Islamist.

When India revoked article 370 and implemented CAA, Hasina warned India. She warned that there could be retaliation against minority Hindus in Bangladesh.

dailytimes.com.pk/830242/sheikh-…

Important thread❗

In December 1963, the so called "Prophet's hair" was stolen from a Dargah in Kashmir. As soon as the news reached East Pakistan (Bangladesh), Jihad was declared against Hindus from Mosques in Dhaka.

Rioters went around shouting "kiII the Hindus". A 20,000 strong Muslim mob gathered to loot Hindu properties and set them on fire. Hindus were lynched on streets. Hindu women were rαped in public. Bellies of pregnant Hindu women were ripped out. They made pyramids from the skulls of kiIIed Hindus. Hindus were warned by WAQF board to leave immediately. Central minister Abdus Khan declared that he would skin Hindus alive and make shoes out of it. Hindu temples were destroyed. Hundreds of Hindu villages were burnt to ashes. Walls were painted with slogans like "KiII Hindus, Hindu Maaro". Young Hindu girls were abducted and forcibly converted to Islam.

About 5000 Hindus were kiIIed and 2000 Hindu women were forcibly converted in Khulna alone. 4000 Hindus were kiIIed in Dhaka alone. 10,000 Hindus were kiIIed in Rajshahi alone. Thousands of Hindu women were rαped. There were many cases of Muslim childhood friends kiIIing and rαping their Hindu friends. Many Hindus babies were thrown into river.

Lakhs of Hindus fled Bangladesh.

Is Tamil older than Sanskrit?There are two paths in approaching this question. Both paths lead to the same answer.

First path is answering this question as a Hindu: According to Hindu scriptures, Sanskrit is Devabhasha. Language of Gods themselves before the world even existed. As such, no language can be older than Sanskrit. Case closed.

Second path is answering this question according to modern science and western Indology. According to Indologists, Rigveda is at least 3500 years old. This is academic consensus. Therefore, it predates earliest Sangam Tamil literature by 1000 years if not more. Case closed.

In Kamba Ramayana, Kamban addresses Valmiki as Adikavi("First poet"). He does not know or address any sangam poet in such manner. That Tamil is older than Sanskrit was not imagined or claimed before Robert Caldwell in 19th century. Archaeologically speaking, Old Sanskrit words have been attested as early as 2300 BC in inscriptions of Mesopotamia.

Akkadian kings had names like Arisena and Somasena which are perfectly Sanskritic names.

This is the earliest known trace of Old Sanskrit ("Old Indo Aryan) in Middle East. This would be followed by the evidence from Kassites and Mitanni in the same region.

Fact check: The story of Shri Rāma eating Shabari's Jootha is NOT from authentic Hindu scriptures.

It is not found in Vālmiki Rāmāyaṇa. It is not found in Rāmopākhyāna of Mahābhārata. It is not found in Tulasidās' Rāmcharitmānas. It is not found in Ananda Rāmayaṇa. It is not found in Purāṇas. It is not found in Tamil Kamba Rāmayaṇa. It is not found in Telugu Bhaskara Rāmayaṇa. It is not even found in Rām Avatar written by Guru Gobind Singh.

PS: Even if one were to take it at face value, the story of innocent Shabari tasting fruits to ensure Rāma eats the best is not comparable to spitting into food of kafirs out of spite, you gargantuan idiot!

PS 2: It is जूठा, NOT झूठा. Your Hindi is as bad as your logic and general knowledge. Indian Rāmāyaṇa TV serials often show this episode of Shri Rāma eating Shabari's Jootha as a matter of fact.

However, no such thing is mentioned in Vālmiki Rāmāyaṇa itself.

In Vālmiki Rāmāyana(3.74), it is only mentioned that Shabari collected fruits for Shri Rāma. Nothing simply is said about jhootha.

In Pakistan, there are around 517 Gurudwaras. Most of these Gurudwaras are extremely important to Sikhism as they are directly connected to the lives of Gurus. Nankana Sahib is to Guru Nanak what Ayodhya is to Lord Rāma.

Today, Sikhs do not own any of these Gurudwaras including Nankana Sahib. Most of these Gurudwaras are owned by Muslim WAQF board and are non functional. A few of them are owned by ETPB which is also headed by a Muslim.

Most of the 20,000 acres of Nankana Sahib Gurudwara has been leased to private players. This land is currently being looted and occupied by Land Mafia.

How is it that Khalistanis who threaten and lynch powerless, weak people in the name of Beadbi do not even have the courage to talk about it? Is this not beadbi?

Is there not a single Khalistani who has the courage and conviction to fight for Guru Nanak's Jamnasthan?

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigar… Gurudwara Balila in Nankana Sahib is the place where Guru Nanak spent his childhood.

Today this Gurudwara is owned by Muslim WAQF board. And Daily worship does not even take place.

This is a painting of Harmandir Sahib from 1860.

On the same Parikrama, one can see Yogis performing Yoga. One can see pilgrims performing Surya Namaskar. There are Brahmans writing down Panchanga. Sadhus applying Tilak to pilgrims.

This modern version of SGPC 'Sikhism' resembles Islam rather than original Sikhi. Here is another old picture of Yogis and Udasis meditating on the Parikrama of Harmandir Sahib. Picture taken c. 1905

The sheer audacity to say this. This is shameless approbation and THEFT!

Forget about Algebra, Early Muslims did not not know of any number greater than 400. They did not even know about the concept of "thousand" until 8th century. They thought 14+13=24.

Indians knew Algebra much BEFORE Islamic prophet & religion was even born. Attached is Bakhshali Manuscript dating back to 3rd century CE. It is an Algebraic treatise. Have you anything like this from the Arabian desert? No, you simply plagiarized Algebra from Indians!

The first Muslim who wrote a treatise on Algebra was Al Khwarizmi. The English word 'Algebra' comes from his work. But he was not from deserts of Arabia. He lived in a region which had Hindu past. He studied Hindu sciences and mathematics. It is an academic consensus that Al Khwarizmi's work is taken from Hindu mathematics. The Bakhshali manuscript, carbon dated to 3rd century CE, is an ancient Hindu treatise on Arithmetic and Algebra.

It deals with simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, arithmetic geometric progressions & quadratic indeterminate equations.

Bakhshali isn't earliest Indian Algebraic treatise. Early Algebra is found in Shulba Sutras dating back to at least 800 BC. Traditional Algebra reached its pinnacle in the works of Aryabhata & Bhaskara. What makes Bakhshali special is it offers mathematical proof to its theories

Recently, Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee has published a video titled 'Aurangzeb and Modi'.

The entire video is full of factual blunders, false equivalences and downright fraudulent claims. Its purpose is Hindu holocaust denial.

The following is the gist of his video :

1) Shivaji Maharaj was 'Secular' like Congress. He worshiped Sufis and had Muslims in his army.

2) Modi=Aurangzeb.

3) Aurangzeb did not have any religious fanaticism, but simply used religion for his purpose.

4) There was no Hindu Muslim conflict in India before the advent of Hindutva, BJP, Godi Media and 'whatsapp university'.

5) Hindus were never oppressed by Muslims. Hindus were never enslaved by Muslims. Hindus and Muslims lived together in perfect harmony until the advent of Hindutva, BJP, Godi Media and 'Whatsapp university'.

This thread is a fact check

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Blunder 1:

Dhruv Rathee uses an article from Govind Pansare, a CPI communist politician, to claim that Shivaji Maharaj was worshiper of a Muslim Sufi named Yakut Baba of Kelsi.

Note: Pansare was no historian but a card carrying communist comrade.

indianhistorycollective.com/shivaji-hindut…

Urdu is NOT even a language. Here is my open challenge to those who disagree:

For anything to be a distinct language, the basic premise is that one should be able to write a single sentence in that language without using loanwords from other languages distinct from it.

Anyone who claims that Urdu is a distinct and unique language should walk the talk and write one sentence in Urdu without using the following Hindi words.

The following words are all Hindi (Ultimately deriving from Sanskrit and Prakrit):

मैं आप तू का की यह वह​ हम तुम कहाँ यहाँ जहाँ वहाँ तेरा मेरा तुम्हारा हमारा वो तो अब कब जब तब वह यह है तो तू इस उस किस जिस और के को ने से ही में पर हां ना हम भी कभी तभी यही वही यहीं वहीं कहीं किन उन जिन कौन क्या कैसे वैसे जैसे ऐसे ऐसा वैसा जैसा ये वो

I challenge anyone to write a single sentence in Urdu without using any of the above words. Just one sentence.

Au contraire, I can write thousands of Hindi sentences without using a single Urdu word. Thus, I can show that Hindi has a separate and unique existence that is independent of Urdu. The same cannot be said of Urdu.

Urdu is not even a language. It is just a few Perso-Arabic words squatting on top of Hindi (Just like Mosques squatting on top of Hindu temples) and written using script of invaders. For political reasons, it has been glorified as a 'distinct language'. Do we recognize Hinglish as a distinct language and give 'classical language' status to it?

Any statement that Hindi and Urdu are one and the same is basically legitimizing an imposter at the cost of original.

Abandoned to death: Ongoing Hindu genocide of a 1000 years.

Important thread about the unknown genocide of Kalash and Kafiristan tribes.

PS: This will be a long but informative thread about the past and present of a hardly known Hindu tribal community. Please read until the end.

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Who are the Kalash?

The Kalash is a native tribe of around 4000 people residing in valleys of the Chitral District in Pakistan. This district shares borders with Nuristan in Afghanistan.

Unlike their neighbors, the Kalash are NOT Muslim even today. Their history in the last 600 years has been one of fierce resistance, determination to survive and fight back in the face of repeated genocides and prospect of extinction.

I begin by positing forth a few factual technicalities before proceeding with the actual story. Readers interested in actual story are free to skip whatever follows in brackets.

[Until 1895, the neighbors of Kalash people on Afghan side of the border, known today as Nuristanis, formed one cultural continuum with Kalash and shared their Non-Muslim religion. They were known to Muslims as 'Safed Posh Kafirs'('White Robed Kafirs') and 'Siyah Posh Kafirs'('black robed Kafirs') . This entire Hindukush region was formerly known as Kafiristan ( Lands of the Kafirs). Durand line divided Kafiristan into two. Kalash people fell under British protection but another section of Kafiristan fell to the lot of Afghan king Amir Abdur Rahman. The Amir forcibly converted the Kafiristan on his side of the border in 1895. This Kafiristan was then renamed as 'Nuristan'('Land of the light'). Linguistically speaking, the Kalash people are speakers of Indic language family( Sanskrit language group) whereas Nuristani languages are classified as a separate branch of Indo-Iranian linguistic family. Having specified these internal distinctions, the rest of the thread continues to tell the one history of Kafiristan and its people ]

It would not be correct to say that the concept of Devaninda does not exist in the Vedas and did not exist before 8th century AD. It certainly did.

In the Vedas, there is a frequent reference to देवपीयक/देवपीयू. ​ This compound is a synonym of देवनिन्दक and comprises देवः+ पीयक(reviler)​= reviler of the Gods. It means exactly the same as Devaninda.

This word is frequently mentioned in Vedic literature from Atharvaveda onwards. Attached are references from Monier Williams Sanskrit dictionary and Alexander Lubotsky's Indo Aryan lexicon for the meaning of the word. The Vedas are regarded by practicing Hindus as divine knowledge emanating from Brahma and considered very ancient. Even an uncompromising Western skeptic like Michael Witzel dates Atharvaveda to 1200 BC. Therefore, its antiquity is not in question.
For instance, the word Devapiyu meaning 'abuser of Gods' is mentioned in Atharvaveda 12.5.60 (Brahmagavi Sukta).

Here are the popular English scholarly translations by Sanskrit scholars of this word:

Ralph Griffith translates it as 'Blasphemer of the Gods'. William Whitney translates it as 'God-reviler'. Dr. Tulsi translates it as 'reviler of Divinities'. There is a consensus here among all known English scholarly translations of Atharvaveda that Devapiyu means exactly the same as Devanindaka.

Fact Check: Until March 22 1935, the official name of the country was PERSIA.

On the advice of his Nazi allies in Berlin, Reza Shah Pahlavi changed the official name of country from Persia to Iran. Iran was preferred for its 'racial affinity' with 'Aryan'.

Yes, Iran was one of the older names. But it is not correct to say that 'It was only in the west that Persia was used'. Why was the official name change needed from Persia to Iran?

The official Government directive read: "As Iran is the original home of Aryan race, and since the world (read Nazi Germany) is talking about the greatness of Aryan race, we have renamed our country to Iran"

Jews, Hindus and ethnicity. (A thread)

Kerala had considerable number of Jews till 1948.

These Jews belonged to two very distinct classes.

1) White Jews

2)Black Jews

According to Jewish records, the so called 'black Jews' were slaves with 'filthy Hindu complexion' . They were originally drawn from native Hindu population. The 'black Jews' of Hindu descent were subjected to worst form of discrimination.
Buchanan visited Jewish settlements in 19th century

He noticed that

1) White Jews looked down upon black Jews as 'inferior race' as they had 'Hindu complexion'.

You are factually incorrect. These verses were composed in the late world of classical antiquity and have nothing to do with the co called Babylonian captivity or wars against Philistines. And no context is justified here. Ancient Israel was full of idol worshipers. Where are they today? Ancient Israel was inhabited by polytheists and Idol worshipers who worshiped Baal, Asherah, El etc. Where are those people today. Where are their temples?

They have all been genocided much before any babylonian captivity. Hebrew Bible talks about mass kiIIings of Baal priests. One can not use any excuses like "babylonian captivity" to justify Genocide.

Alexander's encounter with Brahmins:

When Alexander came to the land where Brahmins lived (probably somewhere in Kashmir), Brahmins wrote him a letter. They said 'O king, why do you come to the land of sages? If you come here looking for wealth, you are sorely lacking in wisdom, for we have no wealth. We have only knowledge and patience. This knowledge cannot be taken away from us. You will see nothing here except a troop of naked ascetics. If you stay here for long, you will have to live off seeds of herbs like us.

Alexander saw their bodies were weak and unprovided for, but their souls were filled with fruits of wisdom.

Alexander asked them-"why do you not possess food and clothes?"

Brahmins answered-"We have small need of food and clothes. A man is born naked from his mother and returns naked to the earth, it is wrong for him to fuss about what he should wear. Every place is
a place of fear, despair, and terror. The earth is our mattress, the sky our covering, and we watch the road for death to come. An ambitious man struggles to gain something that is not worth the effort he has put forth, and then he passes from the world while his gold and treasure and crown remain here. Only his good deeds will accompany him, and his head and glory will both return to dust.

Alexander was impressed. He asked them “What do you need that I can provide? I will not hesitate to give you my wealth, or to undergo suffering for you.”

The Brahmins answered, “Great king, close the door of death and old age for us.”

Alexander answered, “But death and old age cannot be undone”

The Brahmins answered, “Wise and puissant king, since you know that there is no recourse against death, and that there is no disaster worse than old age, why do you long for the world in this way, why do you breathe in the scent of this poisonous flower so eagerly? All you will receive is suffering, while your enemies will inherit the wealth you acquire; to make oneself suffer for another’s profit is the act of an ignorant man or a fool. White hairs are a message from death, and what makes you hope that you can stay in the world?”

This person claims that Bhojashala is 'biggest fraud of Indian history'.

She further claims that 'Bhojashala' was coined only 70 years ago. That it had never existed before.

That there is no inscription or text predating 20th century that mentions any Sarasvati temple or Bhojashala at Dhar.

Is this really true?

This thread does a Fact Check
The first text I cite is Prabhavakacarita. This text was composed by Prabhācandra in 1277.

It describes an incident which occurred around the year 1140.

The Chalukya king Siddharaja Jayasimha attacked Dharanagara (Dhar). There, he met a group of students studying in what the text calls 'Bhoja's Pathashala'