I am bored. Can anyone give me good mahabharat/Harivansha memes to have a good laugh🥺
Whenever people think of mahabharat, they think about politics, cruelty. Personally I feel that mahabharat definitely has funny moments in between the politics🙃
Try to share some lore accurate memes on mahabharat/harivansha.
Does Western Uttar Pradesh (or, more precisely, Kuru, or Upper Doab) constitute a distinct cultural region unto itself, the way if you're in it, you'll feel it a lot different than any other zone no matter how sister, or, is it largely the same region and culture as neighboring Haryana, which, historically, was part of the region (i. e. the two were one, not understating the significance of either ;)) uptil the punitive division of 1858?
• A hundred and sixty-eight years is a long time. If there were similarities to begin with, they have very likely been surpassed by now due to political and administrative realities of being part of Punjab and United Provinces (later Uttar Pradesh) provinces for almost two centuries; the two regions are now likely to have developed identities of their own, even if distinct from their modern parent provinces, that are not likely to be melted and fused together in the near, or far, future ever now.
• However, cultures in India have a long history of being stubborn. Haryana was part of Punjab ever since the Sikh Empire, but Sikhism never managed to pass beyond Ambala and Panchkula; the populations of Haryana (and Himachal) sustained their Hindu culture and practices and the Hindi language, and this directly led to the Singh Sabha movement of the 1960 decade that directed the formation of modern Haryana in 1966. (Do not fixate on micro-details here. The intended general point is clear)
• Similarly, the Upper Doab sustained its Khadi vernacular, distinct practices that did not resemble its fellow neighbors in Uttar Pradesh, and at the very least a memory of an identity; even if it never materialized into a mass-movement of autonomy, for reasons good or bad.
• So, that brings us to the modern day. As someone living in or from either side of Yamunaji, what do you think of your neighbor to the other side? Is the Doabi a purabiya for you? Is the Haryanvi a harsher Punjabi for you? Or are they siblings or cousins that got separated in a tragedy that resulted from a heroic resistance that defined the region in the modern mainstream memory a century and a half ago?
Give your opinions!