Karma ,British India etc

12-02-2006, 03:41 PM

--- In advaitin (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "hersh_b" wrote:
>
> If it wasn't the Brits who conquered India then it would have been
> the Muslims, the French, the Portuguese etc. Then where would all
> these English speaking I.T. people have come from? What would be in
> Bangalore? Who would be writing in English about the Vedanta?
> Who would have built the railways and infrastructure?
>
> Hello ToniJi
>
> You imply that it was alright for Brits to conquer India as if they
> had not done it someone else would.
>
> History is replete with examples where one race dominates another
> through violence and repression. I will name only one of which I am
> ashamed of because it exists in my country. This is what we have
done
> to the class of Indians we call Shudras.
>

Namaste Hershiji,

No I wasn't saying it was ok for the British to conquer India, what I
was really saying was that it was the best of a bad choice.

The French were a lot more violent as the example of Algeria and Indo-
China indicate,(literally millions people were killed). The
Portuguese and Spanish were not much different from the French. Look
at Mozambique, Angola, South America etc etc...millions killed again!

The British occupation of India prevented the Muslims from taking and
consolidating their gains over the entire country. Name one country
that the Muslims conquered and stayed where the entire country isn't
Muslim?

Gandhiji said the non violent campaign would have only worked on the
British not the other colonial powers. Possible because of the
Indianisation of the British to some extent.

Also when the non British colonialists left they left little behind.

My parents are Irish and we have a prophecy of old, that in the end
times 'An Irishman will weep upon the grave of an Englishman'. The
Irish dont hold a candle for British Colonialism either.

I don't support Colonialism neither did my father, although he was an
officer in the Indian Army.
Yes you are right what has happened in India to the Sudras and
Dalits/Harijans far outweighs the Indian Mutiny or the Amritsar
Massacre.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6159541.stm

Within illusion it is all a play of karma that's all.

India was left with its religions, sects and philosophy intact and
the British left with this influence on them..........ONS...Tony.