Conscious of the fact that a batallion of "professional" historians & some crazy trolls have begun discrediting me, my work & whatever I said at @IndiaToday conclave with Dr @ShashiTharoor & @sardesairajdeep . Selective screenshots of NCERT books (usual ploy!) to prove falsehood+

Have been used. If such fakery & sleight of hand can be done on social media pity their students who suffer this on a daily basis!
Given below are links of entire books of NCERT :
Class 6: https://t.co/UzlAoZ2GvT
Class 7: https://t.co/hVXMjSZ9mW
Class 8: https://t.co/cuy3AsEJ3Q
Anyone can download entire books & see my point proved amply. Class 7 textbook has merely a map in chp 2, pp 16 that just states names of southern dynasties like Rashtrakutas, Pandyas etc. Some hiranyagarbha myth cited to make Rashtrakutas & their brahmin priests appear foolish
On Cholas in same chp they apparently had 400 types of oppressive taxes- of course jizia later was benign! Cholas are disposed off in 3 pages flat. Apparently Mahmud Ghazni was v interested in finding out more about the ppl he conquered & so got Albiruni to write a book (pg 21)+
Bolstering my point of Delhi centricity while all these great kingdoms are disposed off in 2-3 pgs, chp 3 is fully devoted to the "Delhi Sultans" - what their contribution to this country is no one knows, but their tyranny remains unmentioned +
Chp 4 is fully devoted to "Mughal Empire". Chp 5 on "Rulers & Buildings' is also largely about Delhi Sultanate & Mughal architecture/tombs/gardens wt a few temples strewn in between. "Temples and mosques were beautifully constructed because they were places of worship"🤦 (pp 63)
Justification for temple destruction is elaborate by citing apparent Hindu attacks Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha on Srilankan Buddhists- never mind if that demonizes Hindus or creates conflicts between Hindus & Buddhists; Islamic attacks create disharmony in nation building!
Mind u just 3 lines on any temple destruction at all as against 1 page of Hindu pillaging & that too mentioned so casually that Mahmud Ghazni was not a v important ruler & in middle ages it was common to destroy & loot places of worship of defeated rulers (p66). No proofs given!
Chp 6 on Towns, Traders & Craftspersons is where we get 1 page on Vijayanagara Empire (p 82-83) & that too more on Hampi & what Domingo Paes said & it just "fell" in 1565. No separate chapter for this important Empire but couched amidst unrelated matter. +
Chp 7 on Tribals & nomads has brief para on Ahoms (pp 99-100) where Mughals under Mir Jumla's defeat of Ahoms in 1662 is mentioned but Battle of Saraighat 1671 & counter defeat by Lachit Borphukan happily omitted! Less said abt bhakti & sufi movement in chp 8 the better!+
Chp 9 is called "Making of Regional Culture" - when there was no nation according to these worthies what is "national" & what is "regional"? Delhi is "centre" & Cheras of Kerala, Rajputs of Rajasthan, Bengal are merely "Regional"?Here too Mughals intrude the chapter vastly+
Chp 10 has details of Nadir Shah, Nizam-ul-Mulk, awadh nawabs, but Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is disposed off in less than a quarter of a page that too under a portrait (pp 149). Peshwas get 1 page! Thus ends class 7 history book! +
If this doesn't prove my point of incommensurate portrayal of invaders as against native kingdoms I don't know what else can! I'm told "professional" historians work v hard & shouldn't be insulted. If this shoddy work is what comes after toil, they deserve all the rap on knuckles
Finally all trolls & their overlords sitting in foreign universities, passing slanders against me & my "ineligibilty" - these ad hominem attacks r smthing I'm long used to & they don't bother me one bit. So pls save ur ammunition for some weakling who'd cower under ur bullying.
Professional history doesn't just mean working in a university & churning more liars like oneself. I reject this clergy or should I say as you folks would love to - Brahminism & elitism! I have worked hard for 15 yrs to establish my credentials & won national & international+
Acclaim & Fellowships on the merit of 6 books I have authored & forthcoming one from Routledge UK. Hence certifications from anonymous trolls/"professionals"/media mischief makers/or ur close clique of circular referencers ("peer reviews") is something I reject in totality!
Truth, courage of conviction & a clear conscience along with the support of my readers is all that i have as my strength. The rest of you with no constructive criticisms/feedback & your malicious insinuations are irrelevant to my life or my work! So pls utilize ur time elsewhere!

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பொருள்:
1.எப்போது ஆரம்பித்தது என அறியப்படமுடியாத தொலை காலமாக (தொல்லை)

2. இருந்து வரும் (இரும்)


3.பிறவிப் பயணத்திலே ஆழ்த்துகின்ற (பிறவி சூழும்)

4.அறியாமையாகிய இடரை (தளை)

5.அகற்றி (நீக்கி),

6.அதன் விளைவால் சுகதுக்கமெனும் துயரங்கள் விலக (அல்லல் அறுத்து),

7.முழுநிறைவாய்த் தன்னுளே இறைவனை உணர்த்துவதே (ஆனந்த மாக்கியதே),

8.பிறந்து இறக்கும் காலவெளிகளில் (எல்லை)

9.பிணைக்காமல் (மருவா)

10.காக்கும் மெய்யறிவினைத் தருகின்ற (நெறியளிக்கும்),

11.என் தலைவனான மாணிக்க வாசகரின் (வாதவூரெங்கோன்)

12.திருவாசகம் எனும் தேன் (திருவா சகமென்னுந் தேன்)

முதல்வரி: பிறவி என்பது முன்வினை விதையால் முளைப்பதோர் பெருமரம். அந்த ‘முன்வினை’ எங்கு ஆரம்பித்தது எனச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனால் ‘அறியாமை’ ஒன்றே ஆசைக்கும்,, அச்சத்துக்கும் காரணம் என்பதால், அவையே வினைகளை விளைவிப்பன என்பதால், தொடர்ந்து வரும் பிறவிகளுக்கு, ‘அறியாமையே’ காரணம்

அறியாமைக்கு ஆரம்பம் கிடையாது. நமக்கு ஒரு பொருளைப் பற்றிய அறிவு எப்போதிருந்து இல்லை? அதைச் சொல்ல முடியாது. அதனாலேதான் முதலடியில், ஆரம்பமில்லாத அஞ்ஞானத்தை பிறவிகளுக்குக் காரணமாகச் சொல்லியது. ஆனால் அறியாமை, அறிவின் எழுச்சியால், அப்போதே முடிந்து விடும்.

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