.....Unraveling of Treasure....

......that India is a treasure Trove was well known before & still.....Our recent visit to Kanheri caves in Bombay ...tnx to an untiring effort by my Brother in law ,despite being indisposed for the day....taking us for a round....glad the children were exposed to the archaeological sites of a Buddhist age...they threw questions abt the water channels thr & possibly water cisterns in the caves so well laid out in the BC & early CE periods...the propagation of a Philosophy & establishment of an order in the deep jungles of The National Park amidst thick Flora & Fauna....the Budhhist Monks....the visits to Rajgir & Nalanda during my student days....the excavated sites of an University whr scholars frm far flung areas of the globe frequented ....those were the halcyon days of a nascent civilization taking shape.....no wonder the Karla & Kanheri caves r part of a philosophy so well established....& so well propagated Internationally....informed the Children tht after our visit & arrival back to the Isles thr is a grand news of a Discovery of further of a Treasure Trove in the same Borivli National Park of a Few more ancient caves now discovered by students, teachers of local colleges & University....ASI is duly informed & its as if these r even more ancient,  bereft of water channels & served as Monsoon shelters for the monks .....The entire national Park Borivli Bombay is a unique place...& needs to be preserved , as more & more evidence r coming to the fore.....I was unimpressed at the lack of maintenance of  many a site : this visit to Maharashtra....ASI,State Govts.& NGOs, Corporates, Individuals hv to double up fast.....must preserve the Soul of the Country, for this infinitely rich country.....Lord Macaulay's education system proves to be one lopsided affair not benefitting as it chose to deride our indigenous strength of Learnings ....no wonder our thinking veers of the course of otherwise a strong genetic predisposition of our Native  learning....to cast the "Indien" into a "West' was one tragedy tht was enacted for full 250 yrs of domination.....as we march full steam , its time to protect , Preserve & learn frm our age old nativity....the Borivli national Park caves discovery is a whiff of fresh air reaffirming our rich back ground......!!!!