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*The etymology of the Word India and Bharat

  Recently managed to get some knowledge about this.  Rhw Sindhu River  a major Asian river that flows through China (Tibet), India, and Pakistan, originating in the Tibetan Plateau and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Many ancient invaders had to struggle to cross this river to enter the land south. The Persians in early 6th century  reached the river Nadar crossed it. They called the people south if thebriver as Hindus  as they found pronouncing the S difficult.  The Greeks then ( mind you there were several intermediate epochs but the gist is this) corrupted the Sindhu river name and word  Hindus into the word  Indus. The river was also called Indus. Then the region  south of Indus became India.  Now once the subject of names what about Bharat. Its stems from the Sanskrit Bharata. One version is that  the name comes from a legendary emperor named Bharata, who was a descendant of the Vedic tribe of Bharatas. He was a wise and powerf...

Another lesson in History unfolding

Kllling fileds : *Venusuala*  For those who  had not followed history and the evolution in  international political post WW2 , here is a repeat of the forces that controlled several nations progress. *Venezuela's political history* is defined by periods of military rule and autocratic dictatorships, punctuated by a relatively stable and democratic era ( early 60's to eightees)  and more recently, a shift toward increasing authoritarianism/ dictatorship,  under Hugo Chávez and his successor, Nicolás Maduro. Anti-government protests have flared up and hundreds of people have been arrested by the security forces, which remain loyal to  Maduro. The US has intrests in oil and so are Europe and some other Latin American countries.  Plus, the US is entangled in the Drug business and crime.  They propped up  Mr  Guaido to seize control but the dictator stopped that. Then lawmaker María Corina  became popular among the opposition. The US and...

Democracies inherently threatened* Why?

Human begins, a vast  majority of them ( 90% or more) are constantly trying to survive . With their hopes and aspirations or  with the mere task of managing couple of meals per day. They live by the day. Few have the time or the intrest for statecraft, governance, rights , equality and thus democracy. At most religion occupies their left over time. Education is only for survival and not for knowledge and wisdom.  It's the nature of people then to be led, told what to do, what to think and what to beleive, whom to trust and whom to hate, what is right and wrong.  They leave all this  to those who lead them. So its easy for  those like Trump, Modi, Putin, Netanyahu, Khameni, Jihadis, Taliban, RSS, Maoists, khlu klax kan and the likes to   control peoole. The Trump and Modi Bhakts, the islamists, the christian extreme right, the Jews and many,  are led like cattle and they follow! A huge mass of humans, across continents, act like zombies and ar...