What Is Rumour Is Not Always History —But What Becomes a Rumour Is Never Empty”Karbala, Hussaini Brahmins, and the Line Between Truth and Reverence“What is rumour is not necessarily history,but what becomes a rumour is never entirely baseless.”This old proverb captures, in one breath, the maturity required to understand history.
“What Is Rumour Is Not Always History — But What Becomes a Rumour Is Never Empty” Karbala, Hussaini Brahmins, and the Line Between Truth and Reverence “What is rumour is not necessarily history, but what becomes a rumour is never entirely baseless.” This old proverb captures, in one breath, the maturity required to understand history. Because history is not built only from documents and dates. It is also shaped by memory, emotion, reverence, and repetition. Sometimes these elements illuminate truth. Sometimes they enlarge it beyond recognition. The popular claim that “30,000 Brahmins stood with Imam Husain in the Battle of Karbala” lives precisely in this grey space—between history and belief, between reverence and exaggeration. Is it true? Is it false? Or is it, as the proverb suggests, not an event—yet not entirely empty either? This blog seeks clarity, not confrontation. Karbala: A Historical Event, Not a Myth Imam Husain The Battle of Karbala took place in 680 CE. It wa...