Tag archive for ‘History’

• British attributed Indian crimes to Hinduism

  2 December 05 • 1 comment

  The British invaders of India were an extremely prejudiced lot when it came to India’s culture, religion and people. Consequently, they were not very fond of Hinduism, and wrote highly objectionable stuff on the topic. When they noticed that Indian criminals were as religious as the common people, they were confused. Not only were thieves,…

• Thugs killed Millions of Indian travellers

  1 December 05 • 4 comments

  The final review of Mike Dash’s fascinating book – Thug: The True Story of India’s Murderous Cult. Thugs were a notorious band of marauding murderous highway robbers that plagued Indian roads between the 1600s and mid 1800s (Introduction to Thugs). They used to trick wealthy and not-so-wealthy travellers into traveling with them as a group….

• How Jagannath festival became Juggernaut massacre

  30 November 05 • 0 comment

  Did you know that the English word “Juggernaut” is derived from Jagannath, and is pronounced the same way? But the difference lies in that the word has been disastrously misinterpreted to mean very negative things, just the opposite of the original word which is divinity Itself! Dictionary.com gives the meanings for juggernaut: Something, such as…

• Why British viewed Hinduism as Barbaric

  27 November 05 • 1 comment

  

  Given below are snippets from the above book which describes the activities of the Thugs, as the murderous Indian cult was called. In many British minds, therefore, Hinduism became perceived as a barbaric religion. It was a faith that permitted infanticide – specifically, the killing of unwanted female children – and suttee, the burning of…

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