TOI Article on Incest

Todays, nominee to Media hall of shame is this slanderous article published by TOI which claims that Incest is social heritage of Haryana! Even though, I have very serious issue with this article which is making sweeping claims based on few & Isolated instances, I will focus my attention to last section of this article which drags Hinduism also into it.



In the last section of the article, writer claims that details of incest in Hindu epics and mythological texts are very embarrassing. And then he cites following examples to back up his claim. He writes -

For instance, in the Mahabharata, Arjuna was married to Subhadra, the daughter of his aunt Rohini. Then there is the union of Yama with his twin sister Yami;Manu, son of Vivasvat, and his sister Sraddha;Prajapati and his daughter Ushas;Pushan and his sister Surya;Sukra and his three sisters;Satrajita and his 10 sisters;Nahusha and his sister Viraja. Purukutsa's queen Narmada after her husband's death obtained a son through her own brother

I was intrigued by such intimate knowledge of this writer on Hindu history and decided to conduct a bit of research. It was shocking to realize that his source of knowledge is a thread named INCEST (hinduism exposed) in a PAKISTANI forum.  Yes you heard it correct instead of referring to Hindu Literature or Seers he decides to cut and paste an entire section from an Pakistani Article whose objective is to expose Hinduism!
Following is what thread named INCEST (hinduism exposed) claims. Note he has even copied the punctuations

As examples of incestuous marriages in Hindu mythology may be cited the union of Yama and Yami; Manu son of Vivasvat and his sister Sraddha; Prajapati and his daughter Ushas; Pushan and his sister Surya; Sukra and his THREE sisters; Suka and Pivari; Satrajita and his TEN sisters; Nahusha and his sister Viraja. Purukutsa's queen Narmada after her husbands death, obtained a son through her own brother. 

Seems TOI is taking “Aman Ki Asha” to higher planes!
Now let me try to debunk some of the claims made by TOI and original Pakistani writer
Acceptability of first cousin marriage (arjun & Subhadara) depends upon prevalent customs of the region. In fact it accounts for more than 10% marraiges worldwide!  
Then relationship between Yama and Yami, According to Rig Veda, Yama and Yami were the first mortal twins born of the sun-god. Since there was no one else, she suggested that they produce children together and populate the world. Yama was horrified at the suggestion. He preferred death to incest. He died leaving no offspring behind and so was trapped forever in the land of the dead.
Cut and paste from TOI article. Since the article was  long I have just cut and paste Headline and relevant Portion
You can read the TOI article Incest: here Haryana's shameful social heritage


Link to Pakistani Article which is exposing Hinduism and screen shot

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