Memory Vials

Is there any Hindu who supports Asaduddin Owaisi? I am not a political commenter. My political views are inclined towards BJP. Having said that, I support Asaduddin Owaisi. As a usual citizen of this country, it is not too difficult for me to understand that there is no black and white when it comes to almost anything in this world. When I say that I don’t support someone, the immediate question is, what is the option? To give you an example, if someone asks you, if you would like to eat Oranges, you cannot just say no and ask for Apples instead. You ask what is the option. If the option is potatoes, better stay with the Oranges. Asaduddin Owaisi is that Orange. We have got to admit that there are much worse politicians than him. Here, I am not even concerned about the religion of the other politicians. If I have to choose between say Nitin Gadkari and Asaduddin Owaisi, I would go with Nitin Gadkari. If the other candidate is Digvijay Singh, I would vote for Asaduddin Owaisi without b...

The following post is part of my answer to the question on Quora around April 2018- Why do we need Sanskrit today? Why is the BJP government trying to bring Sanskrit back? The original question mentioned Brahmanism in the context so, my answer addresses questioner that concern as well. _*_ Why do we need Sanskrit today? Answer - We don’t need it. Sanskrit as most of the languages in the world is almost extinct. There must be a few hundred people who are using it for communication. Then why to learn such a useless language? Language is part of the culture. It’s part of people. As a society, have we left learning how to paint just because we now have much-advanced cameras and printers that we do not need to paint anymore? Have we stopped learning basic math because we have calculators and computers now? Have we stopped learning Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, and Bhangra because most of the world does not even care about it? Have we stopped conserving our endangered ani...