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Date:	12/25/05 - 6:34 PM
Name:	Anjana
Site:
Location:	Asia-Pacific.
Comments:	Hi Ms Londhe, I sent several messages to you at your email, where I already detailed how much I admire your site. This is in response to Govind Bhudia's guestbook entry on 12/14/05. The place GandhAra (not Ghandhar) is not related to the name AlexAndros, which was the real name of Alexander III known as Megas Alexandros or the Great. Compare: GandhAra to AlexAnder. The stress on GandhAra is on the syllable with 'r', whereas in Alexander, the syllable with 'n' is stressed as opposed to the one with 'r'. On the other hand, the city name KAndahAr is not derived from Alexander but comes from alterations over time to the original GandhAra which was a large region, like a province, not just a city. SikhAnder is the Indian name for Alexander because an Indian-sounding name could be found that seemed sufficiently similar to it, while Iskandar appears to be the name attributed to him in Islam. The name 'Iskandar' arrived in India with Islam, while the Indian God Skanda was by then already long attested even in Southeast Asian countries. Skanda has nothing to do with Alexander either. The idea that works like the Mahabharata and Indian place names like Gandhara "must be the result of contact with Europe" (Greece in this case), is proof of how much it's sunk into our psyche there can not possibly be a civilization outside of European ones. Hence the celebration of Columbus Day in America, as if America wasn't discovered tens of thousands of years prior to the accidental discovery instigated by Columbus (ignoring the catastrophe in human terms resulting from the latter). By such faulty logic, Mayan, Incan and Aztec civilizations would then only be regarded as civilizations after imbibing European influence (what influence?), prior to which they too, like India, must have been practically non-existent or at best unimpressive!

Date:	12/24/05 - 3:36 PM
Name:	Jayesh Taparia
Site:
Location:	Currently in France.
Comments:	Respected Publisher/Webmaster, I am grateful and indebted to you for bringing up this website. It indeed is extremely informative and a Ganga of information. Thank you so much. Yours faithfully, Jayesh.

Date:	12/23/05 - 11:02 AM
Name:	Vasu Pragadheeswaran
Site:
Location:	Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Comments:	Respected madam, Excellent web site, very informative, which propagates our views to all our world. Great job. Please add information on Dharsuram temple-Kumbakonam.

Date:	12/20/05 - 12:41 PM
Name:	Lakshmi Narasimha Giridhar
Site:
Location:	Hyderabad, India.
Comments:	Respected Maam, I felt proud of the one to be at your site. I really saw the pain for rebuilding the unfold tradition and culture of Hinduism. Maam, I believe and would like to bring a word for you. The Tradition & Culture of this Great Land is preserved from hundreds and thousands of Years in the form of Arts & Crafts. We are grateful to You, if you give a small place for Indian Handicrafts and Handlooms, the inner meaning of Indian Dress Code & Ethics in Your site under Social & Culture Tag. It will help the citizens of the world - for What Hinduism is. I feel Hinduism 'Not at all a religion - But A Way of Life'. Today, we all are missing the Life for just Living. Your Humble work for restoring Values will stay forever. I pray Lord Ganesh to Bless You with Peace & Joy. Just I can offer you "padaabhi vandanam" Giridhar Ganga.

Date:	12/15/05 - 4:49 PM
Name:	P Chandrashekar Rao
Site:
Location:	San Francisco-Redwood City, CA, USA.
Comments:	I got your link from another site panchamukha hanuman. Before I go in detail, I read the reviews, which was very informative. I think I can get lot of information of Hinduism from your site. I am presently staying here but my permanent address is in Pune, India.

Date:	12/15/05 - 4:26 PM
Name:	Dr Prayag Narayan Misra
Site:
Location:	Chandler, Arizona, USA
Comments:	Dear Sushma Ji: Although your collection of information on Hinduism is a good effort, it does not include any references to Arya Samaj, founded by Swami Daya Nand Saraswati. It also does not refer to pioneering vedic contributions of Acharya A C BhaktiVedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Cosnciousness [ISKCON] in 1966 in NY, NY, USA. Since its inception, ISKCON has grown to 250 Temples and Farms throughout the world. There are millions who have been encouraged to follow Vedic philosophy after in contact with ISKCON. The essence of teachings is to chant Holy Names of Krishna, viz. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare! Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!! Names of Krishna and He himself are non-different! Your humble servant's servant, Dasanudas. (Note: For information on Swami DayaNand Saraswati refer to chapter on Quotes 250_270 and chapter on Hindu Revivalists. Information on ISKCON founder Swami Prabhupada will be included in the next update).

Date:	12/14/05 - 1:32 PM
Name:	Govind Bhudia
Site:
Location:	London, United Kingdom.
Comments:	Namaste Sushmaji, First of all this is one of the best sites one can come across. I would like to attract some comments from fellow visitors of this site, regarding" Ghandhar ". I wonder if this name has any connections with " Alexander ", since there are so many other names that derive from this name, e.g. Sikhander(abad), Iskhander, kandhahar or Skandhar etc. and the very name I have mentioned above "Ghandhar" which may have derived from the word " Alexander ". If this name has any connections with the Greek conqueror than the Ghandhar of the Mahabharata could not be pre Greek era. There are some claims made to the present day Kandhahar of Afghanistan, that Sakuni and Ghandhari were from there (avaganastan). I have also seen a different Ghandhar situated somewhere in the North West Frontier region near to Taxila. If this was the case than the dating of Mahabharata could be debatable. I may be wrong, but would love interact with fellow visitors of this fantastic site. Govind.

Date:	12/14/05 - 12:31 AM
Name:	Kripal Rayjada
Site:
Location:	Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
Comments:	Sushmaji, what an amazing site!!! I was looking for a site, which can give me such detailed information about Hinduism for a long time. Finally I got this site from a friend. I can’t believe it. So much information is provided here. I will forward this site to all my Hindu and non-Hindu friends. Congratulations to you and your team.

Date:	12/10/05 - 5:53 PM
Name:	Michael T
Site:
Location:	Ireland.
Comments:	I am most interested to find out why do you not refer to or cover the voluminous work of L. A.Waddell who wrote extensively on the supposed Aryans and the history of India. I am unable to find a single reference to this scholars work, and yet he was erudite in several Indic languages and cannot be simply classed along with the other Western thinkers and apologists that you often cite. Waddell was surely one of the great Indic scholars and wrote extensively on India and on Tibet, who had mastered the various ancient languages, had decoded inummerable Vedic myths and tracked the tribal movements across the world. His work on etymology and philology is exemplary. Whatever one makes of his thesis and conclusion, it seems imperative that his work is canvassed on this site of yours. He towers above the other "Aryan" theorists that you mention. Therefore, it seems unreasonable to not mention or critique his work on this fascinating and important subject. Waddell is the author of the following books: A Sumer Aryan Dictionary Among the Himalayas The British Edda Buddhism of Tibet Or Lamaism Egyptian Civilization Its Sumerian Origin and Real Chronology Indosumerian Seals Deciphered Lamaism in Sikhim Lhasa and Its Mysteries With a Record of the Expedition of 1903 to 1904 Makers of Civilization in Race and History The Aryan Origin of the Alphabet: Disclosing the Sumero Phoenician Parentage of our Letters Ancient and Modern The Phoenician Origin of Britons Scots and Anglo Saxons Discovered by Phoenician and Sumerian Inscriptions in Britain by Pre Roman Briton Coins Tibetan Buddhism: With its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in Its Relation to Indian Buddhism. I would appreciate a response to this question to my personal email address... Many thanks for the excellent site and work. Michael T. (Note: Thank you very much for your information about L A Waddell. I was not aware of his research. I am in the process of buying these books. I will include his research in the next update).

Date:	12/10/05 - 2:27 AM
Name:	Ved Prakash
Site:	http://www.myads.org/
Location:	Houston. USA.
Comments:	Hello Sushma, Thanks for maintaining this wonderful website.

Date:	12/8/05 - 7:55 PM
Name:	Hanu Kumar
Site:
Location:	United States of America.
Comments:	Wonderful site. I appreciate what you have done. I am an Indian in USA. I want to tell you one thing one Christian web site wrote. They were trying to tell different religions in one-line sentences. They wrote: Hinduism: worship of 300 million gods. Christianity: worship of god who is lovable and approachable. This clearly shows how much one knows about our religion and the feeling of superiority with out a base.

Date:	12/6/05 - 6:30 AM
Name:	K. A.
Site:
Location:	India.
Comments:	Sushama, Thank you so much for this beautiful site where you've brought together such a wealth of information related to Hinduism. You've done us all an immense service, especially at such unhappy times when so many people are trying to go out of their way to cast our beliefs and way of life in a negative light. I hope that Hindus, Indians who have left Hinduism without really having looked into it first, and anyone else to whom Hinduism may appeal, will come and read through your site and gain a better understanding of it and of India's history. Your site might also prevent less informed people from referring to any endeavours by Hindus to retain their religion in the face of aggressive conversion activities as 'Hindu fundamentalism'. I also hope that Indian children, so used to manufactured history and impressed with a false and ugly picture of the Hindu religion by so-called 'secular' Indian schools and institutions, may realize that there are a great many good things about the religion that have been hidden from them. Perhaps your site will change Indian parents' inactive stance on this matter, and push them into positive action, so that they will either teach their children such things themselves, or help to build schools that no longer indulge in blatantly rewritten histories and mudslinging at Hinduism. Thank you greatly. (Note: Due to space requirements, the rest of the long message has been posted in the chapter - visitor's emails. Please refer to it. Thanks).

Date:	12/5/05 - 12:52 PM
Name:	Amey Khare
Site:
Location:	Pune, India.
Comments:	Namaskar, It being a great pleasure in knowing that "AAPLA MANUS" has created such a beautiful website :) Well, its very informative as well. I do appreciate the efforts you have put in for all this!!! I am proud of you lady..! Now, I will keep on visiting your site regularly to keep me updated about Hinduism ! I will recommend this site to my friends, relatives etc. Keep it up..!!!! :) Best of luck for all your future endevors!!! :).

Date:	12/5/05 - 11:11 PM
Name:	Ravi Desai
Site:
Location:	Mumbai, Maharashtra. India.
Comments:	Dear Sushma, Work well done, good research, good presentation, I have enjoyed reading the beauty and greatness of Hinduism. Thank you for the effort you have put into it. Good job again..

Date:	12/5/05 - 9:31 PM
Name:	Swaroop Jayant Joshi
Site:
Location:	Bangalore, India.
Comments:	Great, Great, Great.. Excellent work on our Hinduism. Thanx Sushma Madam for providing such worthy details.

Date:	12/5/05 - 4:04 PM
Name:	Prashant Suresh Pendsay
Site:
Location:	Aurangabad, Maharashtra. India.
Comments:	Undoubtedly Great Work. I would wonder what could be the purpose of such a detailed and tremendous work. If it is to educate the world about Hinduism then we should be doing in such away that while telling about Hinduism we do not attack other's ideology by saying "Prophetic religion is severe, militant, uncompromising, intolerant, while mystic religions are renouncing, and peaceful." For others to listen to you, you have to make them receptive. And one will not listen to you if you start talking bad about one while talking good about you. I hope my suggestion shall be taken in good spirit. Thanks and Regards. (Note: For more information on Prophetic religions and their followers subsequent actions like Jihad and Crusades, refer to chapter on Glimpses VI, Introduction to Hinduism, Islamic Onslaught, European Imperialism and Conversion).

Date:	12/5/05 - 12:29 PM
Name:	Phadke Subodhkumar Narayanrao
Site:
Location:	Pune (State: Maharashtra Country: Hindustan).
Comments:	Namaskar Madam, Excellent work being done you and that too out of passion. Heartily congrats to you and for your passion. Dhanyawad, Phadke I love my surname and also like to be called as Phadke too.

Date:	12/5/05 - 8:07 AM
Name:	Abhijit Phadnis
Site:
Location:	Thane, Maharashtra, India.
Comments:	Dear Sushmaji, I stumbled upon your site by chance. You are doing simply phenomenal work. May God bless you with all His choicest blessings. You may like to note that Western Hindus (Stephen Knapp, David Frawley & others) have set up 'Vedic Friends Association'. They have a website titled 'vedicfriends.org'. You may visit the site & see whether you may like to provide a link. Jeffrey Armstrong, one of the VFA scholars is visiting Mumbai late December and we will be organizing a number of talks in Mumbai, Thane & Pune (as we did in early 2004) to enthuse our own youngsters to turn to our ancient wisdom. Kindly keep up the good work & if I can be of any assistance, do let me know. Warm regards, Abhijit Phadnis.

Date:	12/3/05 - 7:54 PM
Name:	Abhay Deodhar
Site:
Location:	New Orleans, USA.
Comments:	Dear Sushmaji, I am a regular visitor of your excellent website. I have enjoyed reading the beauty and greatness of Hinduism. Thank you for the effort you have put into it. God bless you! Regards, Abhay.

Date:	11/29/05 - 6:34 AM
Name:	Raju
Site:	http://a-itindia.com.
Location:	Ahmedabad, India.
Comments:	It is really a fantastic site. I will visit your site again. Thanks.

Date:	11/24/05 - 2:54 PM
Name:	Haresh Apanna
Site:
Location:	Long Island, NY. USA
Comments:	In the past I have posted, thanking you for this enlightenment you have given to us Hindus. I just finished reading the chapter on "European Imperialism" and to tell you the truth I'm boiling with anger against all the rapist, murders, and thieves of my motherland. I'm especially angry with Jesus Christ for saying this-- that is if he really did. " Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and the son, and of the Holy Ghost." (mat.xxvii 1 9) This is what made, and is still making Christians preach conversion. That was also why so many Christian’s fanatics went to all over India preaching conversion and in the process killing millions of our people, especially in Goa where, sorry I can't call a murderer a saint, Francis Xavier murdered so many Hindus. At present I'm reading the chapter on Dwaraka, and I noticed the use of the English spelling of Bhagwan Krishna instead of our Sanskrit Krsna. I know English is imbedded in most of us, but at least we should try to use our Sanskrit way as much as possible. Thanks again for educating us on the history of our Motherland. Ayushmanbhav--long live.

Date:	11/23/05 - 11:20 AM
Name:	Padma
Site:
Location:	India.
Comments:	It is really nice to know the facts and truths about our own country. And it is really fascinating that it is all available in the same site. Great efforts. I have a suggestion: You could probably allow people to upload their creative paintings and images.

Date:	11/22/05 - 9:47 PM
Name:	Ravindranath Malladi
Site:
Location:	Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Comments:	Hi, I am extremely delighted to see this rich and realistic content, which are organized in a nice way. I feel proud of it. I have one suggestion: Also please dedicate a special section on all the Hindu warriors / Heroes who fought against the barbarians and social evils. Other wise it may look like Hindus are cowards. Once again thanks a lot. - Ravi.

Date:	11/16/05 - 12:28 PM
Name:	Ugra Narayan Jha
Site:
Location:	Mumbai, India.
Comments:	Really, this is the great site of our Hinduism and thanks to you and your team to make such a nice site. I have visited Dwaraka and surrounding its really very fantastic. You have done great job. Thanks again.

Date:	11/15/05 - 1:33 AM
Name:	Tejaswi
Site:
Location:	Canada.
Comments:	Hi, This is such a great website. I have been reading this non-stop for 7 hours now. I was wondering if it is possible to put up a forum here.

Date:	11/10/05 - 6:12 AM
Name:	Sachin Pendse
Site:
Location:	Mumbai, India.
Comments:	The site is a fantastic contribution for those who are unable to visualize the depths of our culture. It is necessary for all of us to contribute in some or other way with authentic data and information related to Hinduism. I would like to know if it is possible to obtain information of traditional navigation techniques, boat-building techniques from ancient India. If so please help by sending mails and / or reference books with details of publications.

Date:	11/10/05 - 12:15 AM
Name:	Jenny
Site:
Location:	Virginia, USA.
Comments:	I enjoyed being able to read more about Hinduism, having visited India a few times. I have a very strong opinion about the future of Christianity, which is that it will eventually dissolve and become indistinguishable from Hinduism. This is simply because Christianity is in the process of splintering. It takes a great effort to keep native ideas, cultural differences from mixing into Christian thought. For over 1400 years the church fought to keep heresy (un allowed religious or social philosophy) out of their domains. Once the Church of England was set up (the same church with the bishops that deny Jesus-- how silly and how unsurprising) and the Lutherans split off successfully, Christianity became broken. Second factor was that the bible became translated into common languages, the printing press allowed more people to own bibles. Soon "every man was his own pope". I think as the Catholic Church weakens (and it will), Christianity will become more chaotic and destroy itself because most people practicing it will lack the understanding of it to withstand real challenges to their beliefs. Therefore they rely on the precise words in their translation to know what to believe, and that never works. Instead they resort to fighting. Do not think Hinduism is so different from Christianity. I have studied both, seen holy sites in both, and I really see only a difference in history and politics. If anything, it will be swallowed as so many other religions before it. And it is not such a bad meal--Jesus's teachings are those of a true guru. (Note: message has been shortened to fit in the space).

Date:	11/9/05 - 9:03 PM
Name:	Siva Nandi Sivananda
Site:
Location:	United States of America.
Comments:	When I saw your site down...my heart sunk..I mean that...PLEASE DONT LET THIS SITE GO DOWN..IT MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE..Especially us NON INDIAN HINDUS....If ever you need help….Tech help or Financial assistance ..PLEASE!!!!! NOTIFY ME AT ONCE. Namaste. Aum Shanti! (Webmaster’s note: Thanks for your offer of help. We experienced some technical difficulties with our web hosting service. It has now been resolved. I appreciate your concern. I have every intention to keep this site operational for a long time to come. Kind regards – Sushama Londhe).

Date:	11/9/05 - 1:12 PM
Name:	Captain Anuraag Avasthi
Site:	http://hindu-india.com/
Location:	India.
Comments:	Hi, I am really impressed with your site. So much of hard work gone into it. I am in the process of making a site http://hindu-india.com and just wish to use some of the content posted here.

Date:	11/3/05 - 5:13 AM
Name:	Vinod Tuli
Site:
Location:	Noida – India.
Comments:	Stumbled on this excellent site while searching for the History of Hinduism with a view to ascertain as to how the HINDUS and Hinduism has survived all these millennia. It is very informative and contents are enlightening for students of history. Vinod Tuli.

Date:	10/31/05 - 9:50 AM
Name:	K.R. Banerjee
Site:
Location:	India.
Comments:	I would like to contribute an article to your website. My previous chess article is on your website. Can you please let me know if I can post my new article here. Thanks. K.R.Banerjee (Note: Please mail the article to me on my email address, which appears on the index page. Thanks).

Date:	10/30/05 - 7:25 AM
Name:	sg
Site:
Location:	India.
Comments:	I visit your site from time to time and have found it fascinating. The information is excellent and an eye opener. There is though a part that I am not sure off, which is Hinduism as the oldest religion. I understand that goes to Jainism, which is considered to be time immemorial. Lord Adinath who is the first thirthankar of Jainism is known to on this earth over 1000 of centuries ago and the last thirthakar Lord Mahaveer was born 2500 years ago. So if you have some information please put it on the web site. (Note: Thanks for the suggestion. Will include some information on Jainism in next update).

Date:	10/24/05 - 11:56 AM
Name:	James Jonnathan
Site:
Location:	India - an eye opener.
Comments:	Hello friends, I have spent last 2 years in India. India is so varied with its flora and fauna culture, unimaginable. I never knew there is so much variety in the world. But due to non-expressiveness of Hindu people, nobody outside of the country has correct image of what sort of people they are. But believe me, it is amazing. I must say it has developed over 10,000 years of hard discovery and efforts. This site is tremendous, but there should be similar efforts from all corners of the world to know the hidden treasure of the universe. God bless the people and their faith. James.

Date:	10/22/05 - 12:31 AM
Name:	Denish Odedra
Site:
Location:	New Delhi, India.
Comments:	This site is wonderful and engaging work...I am proud to be Indian.

Date:	10/21/05 - 8:58 AM
Name:	Sudhir Deshmukh
Site:
Location:	India.
Comments:	One of the best websites for knowing more about Hindu philosophy. I learned a lot. I recommend all Indians to keep this site in favorites for reference.

Date:	10/21/05 - 7:36 AM
Name:	Mohammad Sabu
Site:
Location:	India.
Comments:	Great Heritage. This job (website) is really a tribute to Hinduism and Humanity. History is the witness, those whosoever has attained the highest level of knowledgehood, intellectual supremacy and enlightenment, they have specifically proclaimed they look to Hinduism for their spiritualism, and to answer many unanswered questions. India is a testimony to the peace, harmony, and perseverance in the world. Though many borrowed ideologies have weakened the great civilizations, still there is firm belief that one day Hinduism will rise to show the world the much-needed path that it was doing for centuries. --M.Sabu.

Date:	10/16/05 - 5:38 AM
Name:	Hari Motwani
Site:
Location:	Karachi, (Sindh) Pakistan.
Comments:	Namaskar! In the quest to know more and more about myself /(existence), my birth at a place, different than the world of my own liking, my praarabadh to remain here for my livelihood, I always search on Internet, have come across your tremendous work / collection, a treasure for the aspirants. I congratulate your for your struggle. God Bless you to continue it for the coming generations. I am 65 at the time, am member of the editorial board responsible for the printing of socio-religious magazine in trio lingui-Sindhi-Urdu-English since 1991---135 monthly issues have been printed so far. It is on the pattern of Kalyan Kalpatru. Your page will help us a lot to translate. Personal e-mail address is requested. Regards.

Date:	10/15/05 - 7:47 AM
Name:	P. R. Ramachander
Site:	http://www.geocities.com/ramya475/
Location:	Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
Comments:	Dear Friend, For the past five years I have been spending the best part of my time in translating several Sthothras in to English. The idea was two fold: 1.Bring home the majesty of these sthothras to those not knowing Sanskrit 2.Provide a means for our modern day youngsters who are ignorant of Sanskrit and unfortunately many times more confidant in reading English than their mother tongue. Last week I have completed creating a web site www.geocities.com/ramya475 where all my translations(more than 40) are given. This web site contains many great sthothras which include Vishnu Sahasranamam, Lalitha Sahasranamam, Soundarya Lahari, Shivananda Lahari, DEvi Mahatmyam, Sundara Kandam etc. There is also a collection of daily prayers under the heading Nithya Sthothra Parayana. I request all of you to visit the web site and also bring it to the notice of your friends who may be interested. With best wishes, Ramachander.

Date:	10/14/05 - 6:48 AM
Name:	Dolf Hartsuiker
Site:	http://www.adolphus.nl/sadhus
Location:	Netherlands.
Comments:	On your page http://www.atributetohinduism.com/India_and_Greece.htm you include a link to my site on Sadhus which is outdated. See http://www.adolphus.nl/sadhus Thank you for including information on my book.

Date:	10/13/05 - 10:31 AM
Name:	Shri Ma Kristina Baird
Site:	http://www.shrikali.org/
Location:	Australia.
Comments:	This is a truly amazing site. I would like to mention our site www.shrikali.org as this is a new site promoting Vedism, Shaivism and Buddhism and of interest to readers seeking new insight.

Date:	10/12/05 - 4:27 PM
Name:	Hiren Gala
Site:
Location:	New Jersey, USA.
Comments:	Excellent site and a true gateway of knowledge to enlightenment. I would love to see the articles on a parallel school of spiritual practices along with Vedic known as Sramanic traditions of ancient India. Lord Mahavira was the last Jain Tithankar of Sramana tradition. There is ton of literature in modern Sanskrit as well Prakrit and other ancient languages by Jain scholars and Acharyas.

Date:	10/9/05 - 11:24 PM
Name:	Guilherme Valnier
Site:
Location:	Brazil SC Criciúma.
Comments:	Congratulations, for the very nice work. This site is a very important fountain for the knowledge. All I wanna say is, thanks. The Hinduism is a very beautiful, way to see the life.

Date:	10/9/05 - 4:59 PM
Name:	Sunil Jaggi
Site:
Location:	London, UK.
Comments:	Respected Maam, I don’t mean to embarrass you but I think the only way I can show how I feel about this site is by touching your feet. I am a 28 years old man who has always had this desire to do something of the sort what you have done. But the day to day demands of modern life always kept me busy, looking at this site and browsing through it I can’t even estimate how long did it take to put it all together....You are an incarnation of Mata Saraswati for the modern day generation. May God bless you and if by any means I can contribute please don’t hesitate to ask for my humble services. Would love to do something and make my life worthwhile.... With lots of respect and reverence... Charan Vandana, Sunil Jaggi.

Date:	10/9/05 - 8:49 AM
Name:	Harvinder Singh Gill
Site:
Location:	London, U.K.
Comments:	This is a great site and a great effort to keep the Indian culture alive, very informative. May God bless you for your good work. May Waheguru keep you in chardi kalan! Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh

Date:	10/2/05 - 6:25 PM
Name:	Sumer Singh Chauhan
Site:
Location:	North America.
Comments:	Dearest Sushmaji, First of all, I have always been an avid fan of your site and have always told people to come here if they want answers. One of the greatest feelings was when I saw one of my old essays quoted on your site "Divide and Conquer", I was really touched since the original essay contained references and footnotes from interviews with the Sikh royal families, thus causing a stir at the University about information not being available to the public about the common heritage of Sikhs and Hindus. Actually, the reason I am sending this message is because I have no idea how to email you. http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20051010&fname=Pakistan+%28F%29&sid=1. I just wanted you to see this link as it has a lot of information you will find useful for the history section. Again, my deepest Pranam to you, God bless you for this service, which you have done, not only for my generation (when I stumbled upon your site as an Undergraduate) but also for what you have done for future generations and non-Hindus alike. Thank you for your dedication and love of our culture and faith, God bless you. Sincerely, Sumer.

Date:	10/1/05 - 4::05 PM
Name:	Reed Roberson
Site:
Location:	Cary, NC, USA.
Comments:	This is a wonderful resource for Hindu information and research. I came across this today and realized very quickly that I will be spending a lot of time here. While this is only my first post I did want to introduce visitors to a site that deals with some of the most rare Hindu posters and art prints that I have ever seen. My wife and I went to India about 3 years ago. And while we were there we spent about 4 days in Bombay visiting all the shops and checking out all the Hindu art. It was a load of fun and we'd go back in a heart beat. - PowerfulPosters.com

Date:	9/30/05 - 9:26 AM
Name:	Rajesh Sharda
Site:
Location:	Toronto, Canada.
Comments:	Wonderful site. Your site confirms that there is hope for the revival, the abundance of contributions and rightful acknowledgement of the Vedic Dharma. I am doing research on the origins of the "Ved Shashtra", which in turn leads me to the lost continent of "Lemuria" or "MU". Since we are told that the origins are, rishis in deep meditation receiving them through divine sources, during the eve of mankind. The Vedas are "Apauruseya", meaning they are not of man’s intellect, but divine, or correctly Devan. You are assured I will visit your site regularly, and people please feel free to email me on insight to my query. Jai Hind!

Date:	9/29/05 - 6:25 AM
Name:	Ajay Sahdeva
Site:
Location:	Delhi, India.
Comments:	What a wonderful site to have come across. It contains precious gems on Hinduism and the design of the site is splendid. Many of the misconceptions regarding our ancient past have been blown away by the extensive research done by the author of the site. To find so much data and information at one place is really incredible and commendable. May Truth Prevail. Jai Hind! Please make available online as many of those books listed in the link 'Recommended Books'. It would be a great service to us who cannot buy those expensive books. Thanks.

Date:	9/29/05 - 12:33 AM
Name:	Ashok Gautam
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Location:	Noida, India.
Comments:	Thanks for doing something on Hinduism. I think Hinduism is not a religion but it is a thinking that has the potential for making a better world for peoples.

Date:	9/28/05 - 11:45 PM
Name:	Hindu Singh
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Location:	Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Comments:	Hindu Dharam and caste system - Out of 1028 hymns in the Rigveda, only one - Purush Sukta (10.90.11-12) mentions Brahmana, Rajanya, Vaishya & Shudra as being formed from the mouth, arms, thighs & feet of the sacrificial Purush. What perplexed me was that the next two lines (10.90.13) say "Indra and Agni from his mouth were born" & in the next two (10.90.14) "Earth from his feet". How can a poet contradict himself within a space of four couplets? The only explanation possible seems to be that the mention of castes in this hymn is an insertion at a much later time when the powerful Brahmins wanted to portray Vedic sanction for this inequitous social system which was working to their advantage. They being the only group who were able to read the veda, others had no means of checking if their assertion was true. In the Bhagvadgita, there is only one place where the four groups are mentioned in context of their different activities. In Ch 18.41-44, please try to read the original shloka because all the translations I read had distorted what the simple meaning was. The operative word is "Swabhav" & there is absolutely no mention of heredity. All that the poet has said is that those with an intellectual Swabhav are Brahmin, those with an ambitious Swabhav are Kshatriya, those with a commercial Swabhav are Vaishya & those whose Swabhav is serving/helping others are Shudra. There is no mention of any group being bad or untouchable. So I could not find any sanction for the caste system in the Gita. My last piece of evidence is the historical account of Indian society in about 300BC by Megasthenes in his book Indica. He talks about the society organised in seven groups according to occupation & he does not mention any group as being untouchable or outcast. In fact, he does not use the term Shudra at all. Ultimately, I have come to the conclusion that the caste system is not derived from the Sanatana Dharma that originated from the Rigveda. It is very likely that the Brahmin group, because of their literacy & role in religious ritual, became very powerful & ultimately were corrupted by that absolute power to subvert the entire social structure justifying it falsely to be ordained by Rigveda. Manu Smriti was a creation of these power-crazy people as were many post-Vedic texts. It amazes me that with all this evidence in black & white our society is still in turmoil from believing that our Dharma sanctioned the torture of our own brothers & sisters.

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