Book Reviews [1/2] : Volga Se Ganga, Ghazani se Somnath

Last week, I read two mind blowing books by two great Hindi SahityaKars.

"Volga Se Ganga Tak" by Rahul Sankrittyyan and "Somnath" by Acharya Chatursen Shastri. These two books are must read books for any Indian who wants to know about Indian history in the form of a lucid story. These both books serve the purpose with a purpose.

"Volga Se Ganga Tak" tells about the story of the migration of Aryan Tribes from the banks of river "Volga" in Central Russia and their struggle in founding a civilisation des miracles in India.

Well my views about the Aryans are quite opposite to that as mentioned in the book, i strongly believe that "India is the native land of Aryans and we are their proud inheritors, hope i will prove it some day with strong reasons and explanations".

Highly Recommended (9/10)

"Somnath" deals with the heroic resistance of Indian people/kings against the invasion of barbaric Mahmud of Ghazni, (Many people call him as Sword of Islam) on the that time epitome of Indian religion, The Somnath temple, in Gujarat in 11th century AD.

This book is too emotional for a person who is proud to be an Indian. This book tells how Mahmud of Ghazni destroyed the Shiva Linga into three pieces and took these pieces and burried these parts in the stairs of a Mosque in the Ghazni. Quite a tragedy for an Indian. He also took the doors of the Temple to his Ghazni. Those doors were brought back to India by Britishers, some people doubt that too.

After Independence, India did the honour and rebuilt the epitome. We can build any thing but we cannot revert back the history and we cannot and we should not take the revenge because that Mahmud is no more.

Highly Recommended (9/10)

Signing off....

Ab teri himmat ka charcha gair ki mahfil main hai

After a long time, i got some time to add some thing to my blog page. This page is for all the people who got ParamVir Chakra by fighting in the most graveyard conditions.
ParamVir Chakra
The highest decoration for valour is the Param Vir chakra which is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or preeminent act of valour self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, whether on the land,at sea or in the air.The decoration is made of bronze and is circular in shape.it has, on the obverse ,four replicas of "Indra's Vajra" embossed round the state emblem in the center. On the reverse the words "Param Vir Chakra" are embossed both in Hindi and English with two lotus flowers in the middle.

And the list starts:

1	Major Somnath Sharma	Major Somnath Sharma	Param Vir Chakra	1947-48 Operation
2	Naik Jadunath Singh	Naik Jadunath Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1947-48 Operation
3	Battle of Tithwal	Karam Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1947-48 Operation
4	Raja Ramchandra Ki Jai	Havildar Major Piru Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1947-48 Operation
5	The Last Charge	Subhedar Joginder Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1962 Sino-Indian Conflict
6	Inspiring Leadership	Major Shaitan Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1962 Chinese Attack
7	Major Dhan Singh Thapa	Major Dhan Singh Thapa	Param Vir Chakra	1962 Chinese Attack
8	Gunning For The Enemy	Havildar Abdul Hamid	Param Vir Chakra	1965 Indo Pak War
9	Till the last breath	Lt.Col Tarapore	Param Vir Chakra	1965 Indo Pak War
10	A Solo Effort	Lance Naik Ekka	Param Vir Chakra	1971 Indo Pak War
11	An Inspiration To His Men	Major Hoshiar Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1965 Indo Pak War
12	Saviour Of Srinagar	Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon	Param Vir Chakra	1971 Indo- Pak war
13	Banas Rescue Mission	Naib Subedar Bana Singh	Param Vir Chakra	1987 Pakistani Infiltration in Siachen
14	Ambushed	Major Ramaswamy Parameshwaran	Param Vir Chakra	Indo-Srilankan Peace Accord
15	Young Hero	Captain Viram Batra	Param Vir Chakra	1999 Kargil war
16	A Dare Devil Leader	Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey	Param Vir Chakra	1999 Kargil war
17	Grenadiers Charge	Grenadier Yogendier Singh Yadav	Param Vir Chakra	1999 Kargil war
18	A Cliff Hanger	Rifleman Sanjay Kumar	Param Vir Chakra	1999 Kargil war
19	In the Heart of Africa	Captain Gurubachan Singh Salaria	Param Vir Chakra	1961 UN intervention in Congo
20	A tireless Soldier	2nd Lt. Rama Raghoba Rane	Paramvir Chakra	1947-48 Indo-Pakistan War
21	2nd Lt. Arun Khetarpal	2nd Lt. Arun Khetarpal	Paramvir Chakra	1971 Indo-Pakistan War

They fought for strangers and those strangers are we. For a very good account please visit http://prideofindia.net/param.html. Happy browsing, signing off.

This post is dedicated to all Indian soldiers, Identified or Unidentified, died or wounded fighting anywhere, for any country, against any country. This is about France. The Stone of Remembrance at the center of the sanctuary with the main feature behind. Neuve Chapelle, France This memorial is dedicated to all The Indian Soldiers who fought for the France in First World War. In unforgottable words "Return to your home in the distant, sun bathed East and proclaim how your countrymen drenched with their blood the cold northern land of France and Flanders, how they delivered it by their ardant spirit from the firm grip of a determined enemy ; tell all India that we shall watch their graves with the devotion due to all our dead. We will cherish above all the memory of their example. They showed us the way, they made the first steps towards the final victory. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.  

The Legend of Purana Kila

Well, now i have some time to add something to my maniac nature. I happened to be at Purana Kila some time ago. There is nothing very special, to a ordinary tourist. During my home visit my Father told me that in Delhi there is a Kila built by the Great Pandawas. Firstly i totally ignored that information as Pandawas were in india around 5106 years ago. But when i visited that fort just to convince myself, i was completely astonished. Although this Kila (in Indraprashtha) is under protection of Archeological sites law, but there are no sign boards there giving information about the history of the Kila, its history is also debatable. Some sources say that it was built by "Humayun" in 16th century. But a lay man can easily say that it was not built by Humayun as the architecture is pure hindu. All people call it by Pandwas kila. All the people who live near by also told me the same. It might be the case that it was given its new life by "humayun". It also has a Mosque built by SherShah suri. What ever be the case Indian Government should provide notice and sign boards inside that fort.
I forget to write about the remains of the fort. A very heavy crowded road bisects the Kila in two some how equal parts. The Fort has no proper room left as far as i have observed, only walls and grounds are there, singing the unsung glory of ancient indian architecure. I dont think but i believe that these are the remains of ancient fort built by pandwas or later indian kings much before Mughals.
Some times i think why indians are not told about their glorious past and about all other things that they can be proud of. Signing off.