What tales of ancient Vedic aircraft say about India's place in modern world

May 16, 2015 02:16

Just as it is indisputable that even in later decades, after decolonization, India's contributions to knowledge were easily dismissed, forgotten, and appropriated by the West.

Yet these grievances cannot be taken in isolation, since the same has happened and is happening to many other cultures and societies.

And as far as India goes, the Hindu right, rather than functioning as a brave resistance, has been a willing collaborator in this process, attacking historians, banning books, and destroying ancient manuscripts (as happened when the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute was ransacked in 2004), disemboweling the past of all its complexity.

In the place of that richness, it has been working hard to create myths it can be proud of, even if that means an ancient book created in modern times, filled with Vedic aircraft that cannot fly.

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