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I
have always wondered why we read and see more of
Chanakya than Chandragupta Maurya? Why Chanakya
needed a Chandragupta a ‘Sudra’ to replace Nanda,
another ‘Sudra’? Why Chanakya, a ‘Brahman’
didn’t try to become a ‘Samrat’ himself?
Why Sword of Chandragupta didn’t make him
corrupt? Why Samrat Ashoka is celebrated more
for his repent on violence than his regime of
power? Why Amrapaali the ‘Nagarbadhu’ was still
considered a celebrity? Why the statue of ‘Yakshi’,
which has been dated back to Ashoka period, is
wearing a very low waist cloth Which is no
different than today’s low waist jeans
considering the fact that ‘Yakshi’ is wearing it
like a dhoti and not like a sari. Why we don’t
see any cloth over her head? Who destroyed these
open-minded culture and values? Who made our
females third grade citizen in our society,
where vast majority of them are being killed
even before birth? As per a report it is
happening more in affluent middle class. Who
destroyed our open culture, was it Bakhtiyar
Khilzi, whom we still celebrate in the name of
Bakhtiyarpur, who destroyed and burnt the
Nalanda University and buried our democratic
society of ‘Mahabodhi-Vihar (Bihar)’? If he
destroyed our values then why we are so
determined on following the rules set by him?
Why we are happy to be a big hypocrite society.
Why today’s Chanakya, Amar Singh is happy
confessing that he flirts with Bollywood
actresses and his Chandragupta, Mulayam Singh
Yadav is running ‘Operation-Majnoo’, where,
forget about youths like me, even middle aged
wives and husbands were slapped and humiliated
in front of cameras?
Whatever people may say but Bihar has been
better in showing respect to females in
comparison to many states in India. With 50%
reservation for females in Panchayats, Nitish Ji
has done a great service to Bihari Society.
While our rural Dalit and OBC females have been
working outside their house it is now time for
our rural upper caste females to break the
shackle and come out. Hope this 50% reservation
will encourage them. Let there be equal
participation of females on their terms in all
walks of our life.
Once it is assured, I am sure old values will
return.
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Dear Vipin,
You are right about ‘Yakshi’, I had
seen her statue. From the historian
point of view these statue tell you
a lot about the contemporary culture
and I can tell you that even after
so many thousands of years ‘Yakshi’
can give complexes to most modern
female of today’s world. You are
right; she definitely belonged to a
society, which was open-minded free
from Taliban and Shiv Sena.
Depiction of free, healthy and happy
female also signifies a free,
healthy and happy population. You
cover the head of ‘Yakshi’ your
whole society gets covered with
darkness! - Ruchi, Reading, UK -
Jan. 18, 2006
Both extremes are bad. I guess the
golden path is the middle one. A
society that is too free has a
horrible underbelly and so does an
oppressive Taliban like society.
Look at industrialized societies and
their problems which have been
elaborated in some detail in the
previous articles. While the young
in India want to experiment with
more and more "freedom" they do not
realize what their own status would
have been had their parents been
"free" people. If father had
numerous girl friends (Yakshis),
mother (like the celebrated Yakshi)
had numerous boy friends and they
treated their kids as liabilities.
Turning the argument on its head,
when they grow up would they like to
have "free" kids who are busy being
Yakshi or running after Yakshis and
who care a hoot for "the old man /
woman"?
The ills of a Taliban like society
need not be listed as they are
numerous. Some where in the middle
is a society that is responsible. A
society that respects elders and
women, loves kids and is friendly.
So long as our society is in that
band it is good for everyone. Some
deviating individuals are found in
all societies. One need not worry
till these deviating individuals are
exceptions rather than the rule. -
Rajesh Chaubey - Jan. 18, 2006 |
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