tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194106479185431969.post1976283536631429136..comments2022-09-15T16:44:51.451+05:30Comments on Urban Yayawar: Into the Cradle of DemocracyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194106479185431969.post-75486466620884461422010-01-21T07:38:33.063+05:302010-01-21T07:38:33.063+05:30Thanks Yosee, for your comments. No, we also did n...Thanks Yosee, for your comments. No, we also did not get to see the name of Lord Byron, as part of the temple was barricaded for some reason.Urban Yayawarhttp://www.urbanyayawar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194106479185431969.post-19419289370607186182010-01-20T22:20:18.851+05:302010-01-20T22:20:18.851+05:30Enjoyed reading this account of your trip to Gree...Enjoyed reading this account of your trip to Greece.It was like refreshing my memory as my visit was a couple of years before yours. So true, whatever we see in Greece has a "once upon a time" feel to it!<br />So sweet of that Bangladeshi salesman ! We got no such bargain anywhere, but we did meet a Bangladeshi restaurenter who served us kindly.<br /><br />It was only after we returned from Sounion that someone told us Lord Byron has scribbled his name at the base of one of the coloumns. Did you get to see it ?YOSEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364914380063474591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194106479185431969.post-11175484021662201302009-09-12T15:22:09.307+05:302009-09-12T15:22:09.307+05:30Ashish,
Very interesting account. Will definitel...Ashish,<br /><br />Very interesting account. Will definitely help us as and when we take our trip. <br /><br />It is generally believed that Athens was the cradle of democracy. In the Western thought it may well be justified. It is always the viewpoint of the winner or the ruler that is recorded as history for the future generations to follow. Most of the Indian historians (specially those having leftist leanings)have also fallen prey to the same thought process. However, nearly a century before the democratic process started in Athens, this was practiced in the ancient Indian state of Vaishali (a part of modern day Bihar) by the Lichchavis. Incidentally, Mahavir Jain was born to a wealthy nobleman of this tribe. I am not sure if there is any older record of democracy being practiced anywhere else in the world. Love<br /><br />BhaiyaAshok Maheshwarinoreply@blogger.com