It’s flawed to divide India into North and South, mentioned panelists comprising journalists and authors on the primary day of the two-day symposium ‘Ram Darbar’ organised by Shri Guru Vashishtha Belief at a lodge in Lucknow on Saturday.
The principle audio system included writer Anand Ranganathan, journalists Harshvardhan Tripathi, Ashok Srivastava and TV anchor Richa Anirudh amongst others.
“India was not shaped in 1947, however it’s a cultural and geographical construction shaped hundreds of years in the past. Those that imagine that India was shaped in 1947 need to break it into 600 items,” mentioned Professor Anand Ranganathan of Jawaharlal Nehru College, Delhi.
At present, Rahul Gandhi is an opposition chief and he’ll stay so until 2047, he mentioned.
“Below his management, individuals will proceed to do politics of division. The MPs of his personal social gathering are repeatedly making an attempt to divide India into North and South. They didn’t even spare Ram. It’s an genuine proven fact that there are extra locations named after Ram in South India than within the North. Ram is current in each nook of India,” Ranganathan mentioned in a session titled Bharatiya Yatra Santi.
Writer Ami Ganatra mentioned individuals from North-East India to Gandhara and from North to South participated within the Mahabharata warfare.
“Arjun’s marriage passed off in Manipur, Duryodhana’s marriage passed off in Kalinga. Individuals had marital and political relations from North to South. That’s the reason it was known as Mahabharata as a result of individuals from throughout India remained linked right here. Due to this fact, one can say that India isn’t a Union of States however it’s a full nation in itself,” she added.
“There are completely different cultures and dialects within the nation however the temples of Sanatan Dharma join the entire of India collectively,” mentioned Pankaj Saxena who has written books on Hindu temples.
In Kerala, there are temples not solely of Lord Ram but in addition of Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan, Saxena added.
The primary session was adopted by one titled “The place ladies are worshipped” by Shefali Vaidya, a author, Swati Goyal Sharma, a journalist and Vivek Kaushik. It was moderated by Richa Anirudh who hailed the significance of girls in Hinduism.
There was additionally a session “Conspiracy to painting media as villain.”
“I don’t discover the media being declared as a villain. There’s a constructive facet to it as one will probably be further cautious and accountable in placing up info,” mentioned Ashok Srivatava.
Day one concluded with the session “Savarkar Ka Bharat Bharaman” by Ranjit Savarkar and others.