1 INDIA RISES IN THE WEST A HISTORY REWRITTEN RANGANATHAN MAGADI 2006 2 INDIA RISES IN THE WEST Author Ranganathan Magadi Copyrighted ©2006 by Ranganathan Magadi Published by Ranganathan Magadi, Shobha Sreenath and Jamuna Mysore No part of this book can be copied or reproduced in any form or in any manner without a written permission from the author or the publishers. First printed and published in USA in 2006 E mail address: [email protected] Or [email protected] 3 Author’s note This book is not a discourse on any abstract ideology but an attempt to provide a layman’s knowledge of India and its people, past and present; to portray the strength, weakness, and follies of their leaders and to sketch the lives and achievements of great men who made India great in the fields of political progress, economic development, social transformation, industrialization, education, literature, sports and entertainment. The author has collected materials from various sources and presented them in such a way as to provide sufficient knowledge regarding the bane and boon of the country, the frailty and strength of its leaders and the myth and reality of its people. While the material is based on historical facts and figures, the author claims that the observations made and the conclusions drawn are his own. The author has no intention of hurting the sentiments of anyone or any group of people and the observations made and the inferences drawn are purely based on author’s evaluation of events, personalities and achievements. There is need to rewrite the History of India because no other history has been so distorted as the History of India. History was written during the British period to meet the requirements of the British. The historians from the West could not fully understand and appreciate Indian culture and hence they left out many aspects of Indian life as unimportant. The historians from the east wanted to gain the good will of the political masters by not highlighting any matter which would irritate them. Jawaharlal Nehru rewrote the history of India in his ‘Discovery of India’ to bring out the glory of India which was obliterated by the historians. Indians expected that the history would be rewritten after India’s Independence in its true perspective. Once again in the post-Independence period history was distorted to please the political masters of free India by hiding certain truth or by not highlighting certain facts. The purpose of the book is to highlight the contributions made to India by the people of all communities including the Brahmins and to give the true account of their contributions so that the present generation and the posterity may see for themselves the truth. At the same time I would like to emphasize that intelligence is not the monopoly or prerogative of any caste or class and it is a great injustice and discriminatory to regard any class or caste as backward class or treat them as weaker sections. It is really shameful for any community 4 to demand the tag of backward class or scheduled caste or scheduled tribe to gain undue benefits. Merit should be recognized, appreciated and utilized wherever it is found and I stress once again that mediocrity should not take the place of merit on any pretext in the larger interest of the nation. I profusely thank Prof. Sreenath, Shobha Sreenath, Jamuna R Mysore, Apu Kaushik, Abhi Kaushik and Ravindranath N for providing necessary help in the publication of this book. RANGANATHAN MAGADI 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 .......................................................................................17 INDIA AND ITS PEOPLE ..........................................................................17 India is east and America is west but they are partners in progress............................................................................... 17 India is a home for courtesy and hospitality....................... 19 India has varied culture....................................................... 20 India has a strong family bondage that perhaps no other society has........................................................................... 20 Indians have great tolerance towards other religions. ........ 21 India has favorable climate and rich natural resources....... 22 Cost of living is low............................................................ 23 CHAPTER 2 .......................................................................................25 1. WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT INDIA? ..................................................25 2. WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT INDIAN DIASPORA?............................28 3. THE SUCCESS STORY OF THE GLOBAL INDIANS ...........................31 4. WORLD’S TOP YOUNG INDIAN AMERICAN INNOVATORS ............34 1. SHILADITYA SENGUPTA .....................................................................34 2. RAJIT MANOHAR..................................................................................35 3. NARASIMHA CHARI .............................................................................36 4. ADAM RASHEED...................................................................................37 5. VIKRAM SHEEL KUMAR......................................................................37 6. SHASHI SETH........................................................................................38 7. NEAL KATYAL .......................................................................................39 8. ANSHUMAN RAZDAN...........................................................................39 ....................................................................................................................39 9. KARAN K BHATIA .................................................................................40 10. BOBBY JINDAL ...................................................................................40 11. ANITA GOEL........................................................................................41 6 5. DISTICTION OF GLOBAL INDIANS ....................................................42 1. SHAKUNTALA DEVI .............................................................................42 2. KALPANA CHAWLA..............................................................................43 SPACE RESEARCH ENGINEER ...............................................................43 3. SRIMATHI SRIDHAR.............................................................................44 TOP RANKING STUDENT ........................................................................44 4. RANDHIR KAUR....................................................................................45 A VALIANT SOLDIER................................................................................45 SUNITA WILLIAMS ...................................................................................45 5. NARASINGARAO SREENATH...............................................................46 GREAT ACADEMICIAN ............................................................................46 6. M.N. SRINIVAS, A GREAT SOCIOLOGIST...........................................49 7. C H HANUMANTHA RAO, A GREAT ECONOMIST ............................49 6. TOP US AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENTISTS ..........................................50 1. RAKESH JAIN........................................................................................50 3. SHIVAJI SIRCAR....................................................................................51 4. ARUP CHAKRAVARTI...........................................................................51 5. VIJAY VITTAL........................................................................................51 6. SIVA BANDA..........................................................................................52 7. KISHOR C MEHTA................................................................................53 8. RAJAGOPAL S. RAGHAVAN.................................................................53 Raghavan is a .............................................................................................53 9. DARSH WASAN......................................................................................53 10. RABINDRA N ROY...............................................................................54 11. MALLA REDDY....................................................................................55 CHAPTER 3 .......................................................................................56 INDIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE ..........................................56 CHAPTER 4 .......................................................................................61 INDIAN NOBEL LAUREATES...................................................................61 7 1. VIDIYADHAR SIRAJ PRASAD NAIPAUL.............................................61 2. HARGOVIND KHORANA......................................................................62 3. AMARTYA SEN ......................................................................................62 4. SUBRAMANYA CHANDRASHEKAR.....................................................64 5. Dr. C.V.RAMAN .....................................................................................65 6. RABINDRANATH TAGORE...................................................................69 7. MOTHER THERESA ..............................................................................71 CHAPTER 5 .......................................................................................74 INDIAN RELIGIONS..................................................................................74