ANANT PAI - THE MAN BEHIND AMAR CHITRA KATHA

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In 1967, Anant Pai and his wife, who were visiting New Delhi, were at a bookstore in the city. The TV at the store was playing a quiz featuring some students from St Stephen’s College and

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ADI SHANKRACHARYA IN KASHMIR

Adi Shankaracharya, a great philosopher - a saint of high order, who re-established true faith in upanishads and gave Vedanta philosophy a right footing. He visited Kashmir & by his name the famous Shankaracharya Temple is situated in Shrinagar.

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He visited Kashmir when Buddhism was dominating in India, the great Shankaracharya launched a Vigorous Campaign in the South and popularized the cult of Bhakti, to reduce the influence of Buddhist domination.

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He had a sweeping tour of the country and defeated Buddhist Scholars with his powerful logic.

"He checked the tidal wave of nihilism (denial of all reality) .

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At the same time Kashmir was also under strong influence of Buddhism, when Vasugupta appeared on the scene and changed the whole current of religious thoughts. He propagated the 'Siva Sutra', revealed to him by 'Shiva' himself, as engraved on a big stone at

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the foot of Mahadeva mountain.

Shankaracharya visited Kashmir after giving a final blow to Buddhism in the rest of India. Shankaracharya visited Kashmir with the intention of advancing Vedantic knowledge.

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PYTHAGORAS: AN AMBASSADOR OF HINDUISM TO THE WEST

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History of knowledge in Europe starts with Pythagoras. Pythagoras, in the 6th century BC was the first European(Greek) who brought Indian knowledge and mathematics to Greece in an organised way.

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Pythagoras was born around 560 BC, on Samos an island not far from the coast of the Asia Minor . His life history was recorded from oral traditions a couple of centuries after his death, and even that information has survived only in fragments.

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After studying the very best available in his country (music and gymnastics) he set out for more. He went to Egypt which had already received Indian Geometry through its contact .

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With Indians as well as with Indo-Iranians and had then scholars teaching geometry and a bit of astrology. During his stay in Egypt, Egypt was invaded by Iran and he was brought to Iran as a captive , where he stayed at Babylon and other cities.

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Babylon was no more a Semitic city by that time, and it had been thoroughly Indo-Iranized in language, religion and knowledge at least a century earlier, when the Medes and the Persians thoroughly overran the country of Babylon, and it was now a part of Persian
Empire

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ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION OF INDIA UNDER THE BRITISH RULE

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In 1800 CE, India amounted to a whopping 20% of the total world manufacturing output!

But more importantly the balance of trade went into the Indian economy in the form of goods in

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exchange or bullion and helped Indian people’s standard of living. It had second most powerful economy, the wages and productivity throughout all the sections of society were high. It had a simple, inexpensive education system suited for its needs.

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But, by the year 1900 , India had become synonymous with poverty, its exports accounted for mere 1.7% of the total world trade , and more than 30 million (more than 10 % of India's population) died of starvation in the British rule.

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After 1818 when British became the major power in India Indian manufacturing output rapidly declined while British
increased.

See the attached image of table given by Paul Kennedy in his book ‘The Rise and Fall of Great Powers’

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During the same period per capita levels of industrialization (relative to UK in 1900 =
100 scale) is given by Paul Kennedy in the following table.

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SUPERPOWER THAT INDIA WAS IN ANCIENT TIME 👇

India’s maritime links extended to the West as well where it traded with the Persian and Roman Empires. There were two main routes — one via the Red Sea and one through the Persian Gulf.

From there, they made their way in caravans through the desert (and/or sailed up the Nile) to Mediterranean ports such as Alexandria. Indians sold textiles, spices (some that they had brought from South East Asia) and other luxuries.

Interestingly, the most important items that the Indians seem to have demanded in payment from the West were precious metals. Thus, the Indian trade surplus with the Roman Empire caused a constant one-way flow of gold coins.

Roman writer Pliny (AD 23–79) wrote that “Not a year passed in which India did not take fifty million sesterces away from Rome.” The drainage of gold was so serious that Emperor Vespasian was forced to discourage the imports of Indian luxury goods

and ban the export of gold to India in the first century AD.

Imagine how rich we Indians were

As a result of these centuries of trade surpluses, Indians accumulated a large store of gold.

VEDAS AS BASIS FOR SCIENCE -

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The word Veda means knowledge and are the most sacred scriptures of Hinduism. The Vedas are also called Sruti meaning that was heard and revealed to the Seers and ascetics.

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UPAVEDAS

1. Artha-Veda-dealing with statecraft
2. Ayur-Veda- concerns medicine & health
3. Dhanur-Veda- discusses military science
4. Gandhrva-Veda- unfolds music and arts
5. Sthapatya-Veda- explains architecture

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1. ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT IN THE VEDAS

The science of Vasthu Satra, which concerns with the layouts and the direction of building architecture and is hot current topic the world over, is traceable to at least the year 3000BC in the Vedas.

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The Gumbaz found on the mosques all over the world actually originated as the interlocking dome in the Stupa of the Buddhist architectural tradition in India.

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The building of huge structures without the use of any modern equipments actually tell the story of advanced feat in construction practices.

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RISHI PINGALA:THE ANCIENT INDIAN SAGE DISCREDITED FOR HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATHEMATICS & PHI

Have you ever heard about,"The Golden Ratio"?
The Golden Ratio or Phi(Greek) is a mathematical ratio of nature. Mother Nature is the most exquisite artist in herself.

&Its this Phi she uses to create all the beauty in World.
If anyone uses this ratio correctly in their art,it can turn into a spell-binding piece of work.Such is the significance of'Phi'.But my thread isn't about it.Its about somethin called'Fibonacci Series'&who actually made it

Phi is related to Fibonacci series(0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34...)
&this series is responsible for everything dat is beautiful on this planet. Just try to calculate the ratio of any 2 successive numbers ÷ each of them by the number before it in above infinite series.

E.g. 3/2=1.5, 5/3=1.666, 8/5=1.6, 34/21=1.61904 and so on. Did you notice something? The ratio is coming almost same every time. This ratio is called 'Phi 'which is numerically represented as 1:1.618. This Golden Spiral is made in exact proportion of 1:1.618.

The thing I want to emphasize here is that we always find only those things appealing and attractive that have Phi. It's in our subconscious. Isn't it some revelation? We are the part of this Divine proportion of the God or the Mother Nature. Check these:

Statue of Equality (Ramanuja) Muchintal, Hyderabad, Telangana

The Statue of Equality is a monument in India dedicated to the 11th-century Vaishnavaite Sage Bhagavad Ramanuja, commemorating 1000 years since his birth. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji in 2019.

In 2014, Sri Chinna Jeeyar came up with the idea to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Sri Ramanuja's teachings by building the Statue of Equality. The statue is constructed on an estimated 34 acres in Hyderabad, India.

It consists of a 216 foot tall statue of Ramanuja and is surrounded by 108 Divyadesams (model temples) and includes an educational gallery. The project budget is 1000 crore rupees.The foundation stone for the Statue of Equality was laid by Chinna Jeeyar.

The statue was built by Aerosun Corporation in China before being shipped to India. It is made of panchaloha, a combination of gold, silver, copper, brass and titanium. The statue relies on donations to fund its construction.

The temple is located on the 27,870 square metre second floor with a 120 kg statue of Ramanuja, representing the years he lived, meant for daily worship. The 1,365 square metre third floor including a Vedic digital library and research center.

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