Editorial: God's Presence in Every Particle
God resides in every particle. This true principle, prevalent in the minds of the people, has been proclaimed in the Vedas as follows - Om īśā vāsyamidaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiñca jagatyāṃ jagat. Meaning, whatever exists in this transient world, God resides in all of it. Modern science, in its gradual steps of success, is approaching the truth explored through the insight of Indian sages. According to the philosophy propounded in Indian scriptures, in the tripartite creation of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, everything dissolves into the Supreme Brahman (God) when the three gunas are in equilibrium. When God, by His will, breaks this equilibrium, attraction and repulsion arise among the three gunas of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, and from this, the creation of the universe begins. The concept of the Big Bang in the formation of the universe is widely accepted. The discoveries of modern science also largely validate this concept, according to which the universe began to form with the great explosion of a dense body through the activity of three particles in an atom - electron, proton, and neutron.
On July 4, 2012, at the Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, scientists succeeded in finding the God Particle after 14 years of tireless effort in a grand experiment. In this success, scientists have come close to India's spiritual thought of God. Therefore, calling these particles the God Particle is entirely appropriate. Based on historical background, the God Particle has been named the Higgs Boson particle in scientific language. The Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose, born on January 1, 1894, in Calcutta, told the scientific world that in addition to electrons, protons, and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, other particles also exist in vast numbers. His idea was advanced in 1965 by the British scientist Peter Higgs. Scientists have achieved the current success based on this principle. Therefore, the God Particle has been named the Higgs Boson particle. In this, the name Boson is derived from the name Bose of Satyendra Nath Bose, which is indicative of the rich power of Indian intellect.
Vivekanandamritam: Vedic Religious Ideals
Swami Vivekananda
For us, the most important subject is religious thought, the soul, the Supreme Soul, and everything related to religion. We shall take the Samhitas. These are collections of hymns and are considered the most ancient Aryan literature; in fact, they are the oldest literature in the world. Although there may be some small fragments of literature older than these scattered here and there, they cannot truly be called books or literature. As compiled texts, they are the most ancient in the world, and they depict the primordial feelings of the Aryans, their aspirations, and questions concerning their customs and traditions. Right at the beginning, we encounter a very strange concept. These hymns contain praises to various deities. These deities are called Deva or the 'shining ones'. These gods are many. There is Indra, then Varuna, Mitra, Parjanya, and so on. One after another, various characters from mythology and allegorical tales appear before us.
Scrutiny: British Historians' Perspective on Indian History
Dr. Ratnesh Kumar Tripathi
Without knowing how and in what circumstances the writing of Indian history was initiated by British historians, if we consider their historical writing as the basis of truth, it is akin to doing injustice to history, and especially to Indian history. In the history of the world, whenever and wherever one community came under the rule of another, the writers of the ruling class, keeping in mind the needs of governance, wrote such a history that patriotism, self-confidence, self-respect, and courage would not be awakened in the common people.
The Indian history written by the British is, generally, tainted with this flaw from beginning to end. Perhaps no country's history in the world has been distorted as much as that of Hindustan. At that time, the relationship between Hindustan and England was such that after this relationship began, the writing of an impartial Indian history became almost impossible. On one hand, there was the imperialistic view of the English writers, and on the other, the foreign education, mental slavery, and dire economic circumstances of most Indian writers of the English period. The result is that in most of the books on British Indian history that we find today, emphasis is placed on trivial, insignificant matters, and the important aspects of history are neglected and suppressed.
Orientalist Historians
In the context of Indian history, if we discuss some of the important British historical writers, we find that initially their perspective was somewhat positive, but in later periods, it completely changed into destructive ideas. For example, in the economic world of the 17th and 18th centuries, European scholars praised India profusely. From the arrival of Vasco da Gama until the 18th century, many scholars called India the 'Golden Bharat'.
