>>The history we have learnt or we were fed, now I realise was a customised one.

Bingo! You’re bang on target! The Indian Council for Historical Research (backed of course by the Congress cronies then in power–for 50 years) deserves the sole credit for making this happen. For a meticulously researched account of this and other misdeeds, read Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud written by Arun Shourie. It’s also available via Amazon.com (too lazy to send you the link, sorry!)

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Incidentally, I’ve also blogged on this. If you’re interested, read them here:

http://sandeep.blog-city.com/readblog.cfm?BID=16228

and here
http://sandeep.blog-city.com/readblog.cfm?BID=21412

Best Regards,
Sandeep

Those two posts were really good. And yes, Jarasandha was killed by Bhima, assisted by Krishna, the eternal cheater ;-)

1. Are interested in our heritage, epics, and culture
2. Are pretty knowledgeable on Hindu philosophy in general. I remember reading your “Are you a Hindu” and quite enjoyed it. Funny, the article doesn’t seem to exist anymore.

Keep the flame burning.
Sandeep

Thanks for the encouragement. With regards to the knowledge, I have a long way to go. My old entries are somewhere in the archives, I need to sort them out sometime.

I have added you to my regular reads, and you do write really well. Do write more often. :-)