Why the Hormuz remains open for India…
Chaitanya Chinchlikar M a r c h 1 7 · Why the Hormuz remains open for India… Before Modi. Before Pezeshkian. Before India. Before Iran. There were two peoples who were one. Indians called their land Aryavarta. Iranians called theirs Airyanem Vaejah. Both meant land of the 'Arya', of the honourable. They were not neighbours. They were one people. The Sanskrit word for seven is Sapta. In Avestan, the Iranian tongue, it became Hapta. The Sanskrit word for river is Sindhu. In Persian it became Hindu. India is called Sapta-Sindhu in the Vedas. Hapta-Hindu in the Avesta. Hindustan is not an Indian name. Persians gave it to us. Our gods were their gods. Varuna became Ahura Mazda. Agni became Atar. Yama became Yima. Sarasvati became Anahita. Soma became Haoma. Garuda became Faravahar. Not coincidence. One civilisation. Two branches. And the gods were not just in texts. In Lorestan, Iran, a 3,200-year-old plaque was found. Of Ganesha Shiva's trident appeared on Persian royal co...