Michel Danino rebuts Prof. Irfan Habib's scathing article on search for Saraswati river
Today's Hindu has this article by Michel Danino, "Misinterpretations in ‘Searching for Saraswati’", http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/misinterpretations-in-searching-for-saraswati/article7123050.ece, which rebuts Prof. Irfan Habib's scathing article on the search for Saraswati river. [From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irfan_Habib: "Irfan Habib (born 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the approach of Marxist historiography. He is well known for his strong stance against Hindu and Islamic fundamentalism."]
I submitted the following comment to the article web page:
Thanks to Michel Danino for this rebuttal of Prof. Habib's scathing article. I do not know much about the topic to comment on the details. However, I do believe that there are kernels of truth in Hindu scripture like the Vedas, itihasas and puranas, and efforts to find scientific evidence in such matters should be encouraged, within reasonable financial limits of taxpayer money. Let the truth be revealed about India's ancient past even if such truths are way beyond the current mindset of some veteran and distinguished Indian historians. Once evidence is found they will have to accept the reality. But so long as reasonable evidence is not found one must view such beliefs as beliefs and not try to impose it upon people at large as established facts.
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[The above comment got accepted/published.]
I would like to add that my belief in many of the matters related to Hindu scripture like Rama & Krishna being real figures, and even Prahlada, Hiranyakashipu and Narasimha Avatar being real figures, stems from my belief in Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's words on these matters which, I believe, came from his mystical knowledge about these matters.
I submitted the following comment to the article web page:
Thanks to Michel Danino for this rebuttal of Prof. Habib's scathing article. I do not know much about the topic to comment on the details. However, I do believe that there are kernels of truth in Hindu scripture like the Vedas, itihasas and puranas, and efforts to find scientific evidence in such matters should be encouraged, within reasonable financial limits of taxpayer money. Let the truth be revealed about India's ancient past even if such truths are way beyond the current mindset of some veteran and distinguished Indian historians. Once evidence is found they will have to accept the reality. But so long as reasonable evidence is not found one must view such beliefs as beliefs and not try to impose it upon people at large as established facts.
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[The above comment got accepted/published.]
I would like to add that my belief in many of the matters related to Hindu scripture like Rama & Krishna being real figures, and even Prahlada, Hiranyakashipu and Narasimha Avatar being real figures, stems from my belief in Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's words on these matters which, I believe, came from his mystical knowledge about these matters.
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