HIMALAYAS: ONCE THE ABODE OF THE GODS (Satis Shroff)
Himalayas: Once the Abode of the Gods (Satis Shroff) Through the power of the mind the human being creates his or her own environment, which we call culture. Even though Homo sapiens has physical handicaps we are able to create a civilisation wih our special culture-technic which enables us to live in the foothills of the Himalayas (Nepali Sherpas), the Arctic (Inuit) and in hot sandy deserts (Tuaregs). European thought has taken over the thought of living in symbiosis with Nature. The Himalayas were always holy, a sacred Abode of the Gods and Goddesses. The victory of European line of thinking of become victorious over other countries, and the urge to rule them, exploit them for more profit and power became the aim of colonial powers which captured and even sold slaves from Africa for the cotton fields of the USA and elsewhere. The colonial idea of conquest of the highest mountain in the world was one such longing of the British rulers in India. The Everes...