Vande Mataram made compulsory in K'taka
Friday, 01 September , 2006, 01:22
Bangalore: The Karnataka government has made it mandatory to sing Vande Mataram in all schools on September 7 to mark the national song's centenary.
Announcing this to newspersons here, State Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj S Horatti said the government had issued a circular in this regard.
''There is no fuss about it...everybody should sing it.'' Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh had dashed off a letter to all the State Governments, asking them to make all school children sing the national song on September 7. The issue assumed communal overtones when certain Muslim leaders had taken exception to making it mandatory, stating that it hurt their religious sentiments.
Jumping into the bandwagon, the BJP had objected to this and singing Vande Mataram had been made compulsory in BJP-ruled states.
As the issue became a full blown controversy, Singh had claimed that he had only suggested singing the national song and not made it mandatory.
Meanwhile, doubts were being raised about the national song's centenary, with some historians questioning the HRD ministry's wisdom.
Vande Mataram puts BJP between a rock and a hard place
NEW DELHI, AUG 31 (PTI)
The BJP, which has announced it will order compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in UP schools if voted to power in the state, remained non-committal today about mandatory recitation of the national song in states already in its control.
Despite RSS chief K S Sudarshan's remarks yesterday that Vande Mataram should be made compulsory in all schools, party leaders confined themselves to attacking Muslim clerics, but gave no assurance on whether governments in all BJP-ruled states would ensure strict enforcement of the Central directive on the national song.
"Singing of the national song is no certificate of patriotism, but its opposition is indeed evidence of separatism," BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in a statement.
BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar also kept the offensive on against HRD Minister Arjun Singh, who has declared the singing of the national song would be optional on September 7 for schoolchildren in the wake of opposition from Muslim clerics to any move to make its recitation compulsory.
With no legal tools in place that could make singing of Vande Mataram compulsory for everybody, Javadekar dodged questions as to how the BJP governments planned to ensure mandatory compliance of the Central directive on September 7 to mark the centenary of the adoption of the national song.
In his comments last evening, the RSS chief advocated compulsory singing of Vande Mataram at all schools. "Why not? It has to be made compulsory everywhere?" Sudarshan told reporters when asked whether the national song should be made mandatory in madarsas as well.
Wake up call from Asok Singhal
8/31/2006 10:27:43 AM Press Release
Statement of Shri Ashok Singhal with regard to âVANDE MATARAM CENTENARYâ Celebration
New Delhi:Sri Syed Ahmad Bukhari, leader of UDF a new Muslim Party and other Ulemas of Muslim National law Board should clearly understand that India is our mother and only then we as her children, Hindus & Muslims, are brothers.
Today a popular slogan is raised: âYadi Bharat Mein Rehna Hoga to Vande Mataram Kahna Hogaâ (If you have to live in Bharat, you have to say Vande Mataram).
It is not just a slogan; it is our pledge of National integration and unity. The statement of Muslim National Law Board that they will not bow to Bharat Mata is an affront to our Constitution.
They should remember that not a single Muslim could win the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections a few years ago because they had vomited venom against Ram Janma Bhumi.
This is the same Vande Mataram song which had given a befitting reply to the ill-conceived effort of the Britishers to divide Bengal and had spear headed the bang Bhang Andolan a hundred years ago.
It appears to be a part of the worldwide conspiracy of Islamic Jehad aimed at spreading terror everywhere. They are openly active in India without fear and inciting their people saying they will snatch away Mugalistan out of India.
I appeal to all the youths of our country and specially the volunteers of the Bajarang Dal to try to persuade the students in schools and colleges to sing Vande Mataram song on the 7th of September 2006, which is its centenary celebration day. They should also take pledge not to rest contented until Bharat Mata in fully integrated (AKHAND) with Bangladesh and Pakistan also being its part as before the Partition.
We should understand that India is our Mother who has reared us and has nourished us and we owe a solemn duty towards her. Let one and all sing Vande Mataram only then the centenary celebration will be successful.
`Vande Mataram' to be sung in schools on September 7
Staff Reporter
State Government's instruction to all educational institutions
MADURAI: The State Government has instructed educational institutions to join the chorus singing of `Vande Mataram' at 11.a.m. on September 7.
A communication was issued to Education Department authorities in districts on Wednesday, directing students of schools, colleges and educational institutions to join the nation-wide singing of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's song.
The national song would be sung simultaneously as a fitting finale to the commemoration of its centenary. <b>Officials in the School Education Department here said that instructions were received from Chennai after Chief Minister Karunanidhi looked into the issue and directed the authorities to involve the students in singing it.</b>
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Being Hindu is much different in the US than in India
Associated Press
New York, September 4, 2006
It took coming to America for 13-year-old Samyuktha Shivraj to understand what it really meant to her to be Hindu.
Since she and her family came here five years ago, they have been more observant about practicing their faith then they were in India. They go to their temple in Queens more often, she is a member of the youth club there, and there are more conversations about what the prayers she's reciting really are saying.
"When I say those prayers now, I actually know what it means," Shivraj said. "It's not just a mundane ritual routine that I'm doing."
It is a common refrain for Indians around the United States. The cultures in India and the US are so vastly different that practising Hinduism in America sometimes doesn't resemble practising Hinduism back home. Temples act as a community hub and religious education centres here. They offer language classes and tutoring. Young Hindus like Shivraj are attending Indian heritage camps.
Back in India, Hindus are so immersed in the religion and surrounded by fellow Hindus that there is no need for such services. Hindus pick things up and learn simply by taking part in all the rituals and traditions.
"To be Hindu in America is much more an intentional choice than it is in India," said Diana Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University. "Even if you're first generation, you have to decide if you perpetuate it or if you just kind of let it go.
That reality has created a challenge for Hindus here - and for their temples and cultural organisations - as they try to pass the faith on to a younger generation.
At the Ganesh Temple in Queens, founded in 1977 and one of the oldest temples in the country, there's a community centre that people can use for weddings, performances and other events; education activities from religious instruction to language lessons and academic tutoring; and the youth club that Shivraj is part of.
Those are not elements commonly found at temples in India, said Dr Uma Mysorekar, one of the temple trustees. But in India, she pointed out, they don't need to be - because Hindus are surrounded by their religion.
"We just observed and followed and never questioned," she said.
When Indian immigrants started coming to the United States in larger numbers, in the years after the 1965 revamping of immigration laws, they carried their religious traditions on as best they could, meeting for prayers and worship at one another's homes, or renting public spaces, said Anantanand Rambachan, professor of religion at St Olaf College in Minnesota.
That realisation came from seeing how religion is done in the United States. Here, Christian tradition relies heavily on doctrine, on what people believe, Rambachan said, rather than what they do. In India, the emphasis goes the opposite way, since Hinduism covers a wide spectrum of gods and beliefs, and ritual is very important.
In America, Hindus "are increasingly being challenged to articulate the Hindu tradition in a manner that places more emphasis on doctrine," Rambachan said. "People will ask, 'What do you believe?'" Rambachan said.
Faced with that, temples and cultural organisations that had been working to make outsiders understand more about the faith realised they needed to help young Indian Americans know what they believed, if the religion was going to be passed on.
"If we don't do our part, we will lose these youngsters,' Mysorekar said.
"There was a lot of foundation we had to lay even to exist as Hindus among non-Hindus," she said. "Now it is for us to do the job within our own community."
In addition, some organisations around the country have decided to use the method of that most American of summer pastimes - camp.
Shivraj spent a couple of weeks this summer helping her mother, a classical Indian singer, run a weeklong camp on Indian heritage, which included sessions on religion.
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BANGALORE: Temples in the state will not be under control of the state government any longer, with the Karnataka HC on Friday striking down as unconstitutional the Karnataka Hindu Charitable Endowments Act, 1997.
Observing that the government was trying to bring about a division among the Hindus, a division Bench comprising Justice R Gururajan and Justice C R Kumaraswamy said the Act was discriminatory in nature as it left out mutts, Jains and Sikhs who are a part of the larger domain of Hindu religion.
The HC made it clear that the Act being struck down would have a prospective effect.
Over 170 appeals had been filed against a single judge order dated September 9, 2005 in which the provisions of the Act were challenged. The court had then rejected a batch of petitions filed by various temples in the state and held that the Act was valid and constitutional. </span></span>
"Hindutva" still influences politics in some regions: U.S. report
"India respects freedom of religion that the constitution provides"
# Hindutva-based policies couldn't be implemented without court approval
# Government sometimes did not act swiftly to counter attacks against religious minorities
# Indian courts have regularly upheld principle of religious freedom
Washington: "Hindutva" continues to influence government policies and societal attitudes in some regions at the State and local levels in India despite the United Progressive Alliance Government's rejection of the ideology, says a U.S. Government report.
The U.S. State Department's annual report on religious freedom worldwide, released here on Friday, however, said, "Hindutva-based policies could not be implemented without passing court review to determine whether they were consistent with the principles enshrined in the country's secular constitution."
Despite the Government's 2005 action to withdraw textbooks espousing a Hindu nationalist agenda, the report says, continuing problems with biased textbooks in some States led the Government to take action by recommending formation of a National Textbook Council to ensure such books no longer appear in the curriculum. â UNI
Hindu News Headlines for October 14, 2006
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Hindutva And The Defence Of 'Upper' Caste Hegemony</b>
2006-10-14 Published by Hindunet Gathered by Internet Desk - Hindunet
The ideology and politics of Hindutva are geared to protecting and promoting the hegemony of 'high' caste Hindu elites. The twisted logic of 'Hindu majoritarianism' is deployed in the service of the immensely powerful 'high' castes, who form only a minority of the 'Hindu ' population. Claiming to speak on behalf of all 'Hindus', Hindutva formations have made no bones about defending 'upper' caste privilege.
This is clearly evident in their opposition to caste-based reservations, although, from time to time, some Hindutva leaders, driven by political compulsions, may appear to support protective discrimination for Dalits, Adivasis and the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). But on the issue of extending such provisions to 'low' caste Muslims and Christians, who form the vast majority of the Indian Muslim and Christian population, Hindutva ideologues are unanimous in their vehement opposition. They have stiffly denounced moves to extend caste-based quotas to these groups, although these communities continue to be discriminated against and are among the poorest of India's poor. They argue that since Islam and Christianity do not sanction caste, 'low' caste Muslims and Christians have no right to be treated by the state on par with 'low' caste 'Hindus' for purposes of affirmative action.
Source :: http://www.countercurrents.org
http://www.countercurrents.org/comm-sikand131006.htm
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Hindutva And The Defence Of
'Upper' Caste Hegemony</b>
By Yoginder Sikand
13 October, 2006
Countercurrents.org
The ideology and politics of Hindutva are geared to protecting and promoting the hegemony of 'high' caste Hindu elites. The twisted logic of 'Hindu majoritarianism' is deployed in the service of the immensely powerful 'high' castes, who form only a minority of the 'Hindu ' population. Claiming to speak on behalf of all 'Hindus', Hindutva formations have made no bones about defending 'upper' caste privilege.
This is clearly evident in their opposition to caste-based reservations, although, from time to time, some Hindutva leaders, driven by political compulsions, may appear to support protective discrimination for Dalits, Adivasis and the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). But on the issue of extending such provisions to 'low' caste Muslims and Christians, who form the vast majority of the Indian Muslim and Christian population, Hindutva ideologues are unanimous in their vehement opposition. They have stiffly denounced moves to extend caste-based quotas to these groups, although these communities continue to be discriminated against and are among the poorest of India's poor. They argue that since Islam and Christianity do not sanction caste, 'low' caste Muslims and Christians have no right to be treated by the state on par with 'low' caste 'Hindus' for purposes of affirmative action.
A good illustration of this distorted logic is an article by a Hindutva polemicist Sandhya Jain that appeared some months ago in the Organiser , the official mouthpiece of the RSS (23 July 2006). Titled 'Minorities Cannot Ask for Caste Quotas', the article denounces proposals for reservations for 'low' caste Muslims and Christians. Caste, Jain writes, going against what Hindutva apologists otherwise often insist about caste being allegedly alien to Hinduism, ' is the building block of Hindu society'. The romanticized picture of the caste system that she goes on to paints is deliberately designed to conceal its horrors, including the cruel oppression of the 'low' caste majority that receives sanction from the Brahminical religion.
Jain describes the caste system as a means by which 'the myriad groups of the Indian landmass were historically integrated into a cultural and social unity, which nevertheless respected the diversity of their beliefs and practices'. No talk here, of course, of the cruel subjugation of the bodies and souls of the 'low' caste majority that provided the very foundation of the system which Jain so lyrically extols. And, of course, her claims about the 'cultural and social unity' that the caste system allegedly engendered are even more outrageous. As anyone who has read the classics of Hinduism would know, the 'low' castes were forbidden, on pain of severe punishment, to learn the Vedas or Sanskrit, don the Brahminical thread, enter temples and so on. And even today, violations of the iron law of caste in large parts of rural India can invite punishment by slaughter. In no sense did any feeling of 'unity' that Jain talks of even remotely exist between the different castes, who existed in a state of mutual repulsion bound together by intricate rules of 'purity' and 'pollution' devised by the Brahmins that kept the exploitative system intact. In other words, the different castes were forced to be and remain different, and in no sense could they said to be collectively a 'social' or 'cultural' unity.
So far does Jain seem to go in her passionate defence of caste that she denounces critiques of the system as a conspiracy, finding no merit in their arguments. Hence, she claims that 'concerted intellectual attacks upon caste, in both the colonial and post-colonial phases' stem from a realization that it is the caste system that has prevented mass conversions to Islam and Christianity. Without considering their arguments, she appears to generalise about all critics of the caste system, seemingly suggesting that they are all motivated by missionary zeal to deplete Hindu numbers.
Faced with the brutal reality that Hinduism has, for centuries, provided theological sanction to caste and caste-based brutalities, 'upper' caste Hindu apologists, including Hindutva ideologues, sometimes react by claiming that caste is foreign to 'true' Hinduism, which, they argue, has no room for discrimination. This argument is, of course, completely fanciful. But when faced with demands for extending caste-based affirmative action policies to 'low' caste Muslims and Christians, these apologists for Hinduism completely reverse their stance. Caste, they now insist, is integral to Hinduism, and since only Hinduism or Hindu society has sanctioned caste-based discrimination, affirmative action policies cannot be extended to Muslims and Christians. Thus, Jain argues, 'Caste does not exist in the theology of Christianity or Islam'. Hence, she says, 'they cannot be allowed to make a political expedient of caste and use it to undermine Hindu society from within'. By conflating the theory of Islam and Christianity with their practice she seeks to deny the legitimacy of demands for affirmative action to 'low' caste Muslims and Christians, who, although they identify with theoretically egalitarian faiths, continue to face varying forms of discrimination both within their own religious communities as well as the larger society.
Since Jain sees caste as unique to Hindu society, she denounces what she calls efforts 'to snatch caste-based quotas from Hindus and extend them to Muslims and Christians'. But that does not mean that she enthusiastically welcomes such quotas for those 'low' castes that are treated as 'Hindus' by the state. She appears too much of an ardent Hindutvawadi to look kindly on any such move that might threaten to undermine 'upper' caste privilege. Thus, in order to discredit current demands for quotas for OBCs in educational institutions, she claims, without adducing any proof, that 'there is currently a welcome review among the OBCs themselves about the desirability of reservations in academia'. Worse still, her irrepressible hostility to protective discrimination drives her to declare that 'Hindu society as a whole perceives the current move as a ruse to divide the society in conflicting caste camps'. By 'Hindu society' Jain presumably means the 'upper' caste minority, for no major Dalit or OBC leader, social movement or political organisation has opposed caste-based affirmative action. Obviously, and this reflects the general 'upper' caste Hindu way of imagining the world, the 'upper' castes are here automatically presumed to be the authoritative spokespersons of ' Hindu society as a whole'. 'Upper' caste interests are thus easily projected as the interests of all 'Hindus'.
Presumably, the 'low' caste majority could well be damned. Making no effort to conceal her defence of 'upper' caste privilege, Jain goes on to denounce talk of extending caste-based affirmative action to the private sector on the grounds that this would lead to the 'disempowerment of India's assertive and upwardly mobile educated middle class', which, needless to explain, is almost entirely 'upper' caste in composition.
As Jain's diatribe against caste-based affirmative action clearly reveals, talk of Hindutva as the ideology of 'Hindu communalism' is completely misleading. It must be identified as a political project geared to promoting essentially the interests of the 'upper' caste ruling minority, while using the logic of 'Hindu majoritarianism'. It is as much of a menacing threat to the Bahujan majorityâAdivasis, Dalits and other marginalised and oppressed castesâas it is to non-Hindu Indians.
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mr Yoginder Sikand u r analysis is totally wrong. hindutva is related not with upper caste hegemony but integratng whole hindu society irrespective of any caste, creed, sect and religion. caste system is a myth in hindu religion its only in politics. in hindu spiritualism there is not a single word mention about caste and untouchability. all most all hidnu religious leaders have denounced any sorts of untouchability and caste. caste is a social problem and a spiritual crisis. hinduism is far more liberal rleigion in the world. it give recogniation to an atheist also like charvaka philosophy. there are lots of freedom of expression in hinduism unlike islam and christanity which are narrow in expression and outlook. dalits, adivasis, obcs whatever u say they follow hinduism with zeal and they hardly getitng convert to any religion. bahagavd gita is far superior than koran and bible. there is no mention of caste in hinduism but 'varna' which is based on ones' own action and qualities. it is as simple as that. if there is any caste conflict and oppression its a law and order problem and nothing else. just like u people say terrorism is not an islamic problem.
"there is no Allaha but one absolute truth called AUM. Lord Krishna is the one and only messenger of that absolute truth and Bhagavad Gita is world's only universal spiritual text which is non sectarian and has no dogma"
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<b>A Warning to the Hindus </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A Warning to the Hindus is a 1939 booklet by Savitri Devi. It is a treatise written in an attempt to "...make both those Hindus who are not nationalists, and those Indian nationalists who do not care to call themselves Hindus, into Hindu nationalists." The authoress valued Hindu India as the last surviving remnant of ancient Aryan spirituality, and issued this as a warning that it faces the threat of submergence from alien influences.
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An old article where Ghose (part of the anglicised elite mentioned in the article) gets away with making blatant generalizations about OBC's:
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The VHP and the rise and rise of 'Shudra Hindutva'
Sagarika Ghose
When members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad assembled in New Delhi last
week they complained that they were treated with scorn. They said
English-speaking secularists made fun of them. They said they were ridiculed by
the 'Macaulayist' media.
The VHP-Bajrang Dal has, over the last decade, added a new enemy to their
list of evil influences on Hindu rashtra. Not just the Muslim and the Christian,
but also the 'English speaking' 'western educated' class, exemplified in the
persona of the 'secularist'. The secularist is not recognised merely by his
stance on the Babri masjid or the Shah Bano case or on terrorism. Instead, a
secularist is anyone who listens to western music, eats in Italian restaurants
or does not sport a tilak and dhoti. A secularist is an upper caste individual
employed in a corporate job or the private sector. As Pravin Togadia never tires
of saying,''Our enemies are the Three Ms: Muslims, Macaulayists and Marxists.''
Togadia hates secularists but loves the fact that they exist because without
them he would lose his "son of the soil" appeal. "Please argue with me," he
pleads.
Yet Togadia's critique conceals the increasing class and caste anger of
the VHP. The VHP's new definition of 'Brahminism' is anyone who is urban,
educated and drinks cappuccino at Barista. As a VHP worker said, "Today we may
riot against Muslims, tomorrow we will fight against Brahmin dogs if the need
arises."
When the VHP was first formed in the sixties as a loose organisation to
feed into the programmes of the RSS and strengthen Hindu feelings among the
diaspora, among its founders were Brahmins like K.M. Munshi and Ramaprasad
Mookerjee. Subsequently during the Ramjanmabhoomi movement, caste differences were suppressed in the overall mission of creating a Hindu monolith. But over the last decade, the VHP has become transformed from an organisation of traders, petty industrialists and provincial bureaucrats to a grouping whose cadres are
made up predominantly of Other Backward Castes (OBCs). As Manjari Katju writes
in the recently published Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics, "with
change in social composition, the VHP's language of mobilisation changed from
mild socio-religious criticism to a vitriolic attack on the entire social and
political ideology of the state".
As part of the deliberate campaign of 'social engineering' and bringing
lower castes back to the Hindu fold, the VHP-BD is as much a party of Shudras as
it is of Brahmins, for whom strident oratory is in fact a deliberate drama
enacted to gain votes and social recognition.
Take a spot poll. Earlier generations of the VHP leadership may have been
Kayastha like Giriraj Kishore or Bania like Ashok Singhal. But new generations
are all OBCs or Shudras. Pravin Togadia? Patel, sometimes classed as
'Backwards'. Narendra Modi? OBC. Uma Bharti? OBC. Vinay Katiyar of the Bajrang
Dal? OBC. Acharya Dharmendra? OBC. Sadhvi Rithambhara? OBC. Kalyan Singh? OBC.
The VHP is thus, today, a movement that has been described by a Dalit historian
as a movement of 'Shudra Hindutva'. VHP Hindutva was once obsessed with the aim
of bridging caste divides in the creation of the Hindu vote. But now it
increasingly sees itself as anti upper-caste, anti-English and
anti-metropolitan. In the VHP's terms, even BJP members like Jaswant Singh or
Arun Jaitley or Arun Shourie or even Vajpayee himself are all the 'secularist'
enemy.
Today certain VHP workers claim a self-image akin to the revolutionaries
of the French revolution, who guillotined the elite on the street. "Why do you
accuse us of being violent? Didn't the French kill their rajas and ranis?" Some
VHP members say that their hero is Parashuram, slayer of upper castes. They
speak of the need to fight the "new Brahmins", who must be "fought because of
their monopoly on English-language education, employment and access to
international careers". While the RSS may be made of genteel Brahmin patriarchs,
the Shudra Hindutva of the VHP is a violent protest movement against all
elitism, a social revolution aimed to snatch power from the speakers of angrezi
and the wearers of bell bottoms. "Shudra Hindutva" is not only fiercely
competitive with Muslims but also enraged at being left out of the new economy.
In the anti-Muslim riots in north India in the eighties, Kurmis, Jats and
other OBCs formed the main fighting force. The VHP cadres in Gujarat are
predominantly OBC. It was the OBCs in the Gujarat Bajrang Dal, not Brahmins or
Banias, who were the frontrunners of the attacks against Muslims. OBCs are seen
to be more anti-Muslim than Brahmins precisely because their professions place
them in direct competition. A Muslim artisan's or a Muslim tailor's main
competitor is not the Hindu Brahmin or the Hindu Kshtriya but the Hindu OBC.
Many OBC fortunes have been made by membership in the VHP or Bajrang Dal.
The BJP's trishul distribution campaigns in Rajasthan are taking place among
OBCs, apart from Dalits and Adivasis, with the promise to hand them Kshtriya
status and an avenue for upward mobility. Membership in the VHP thus provides a
higher caste status in the Hindu hierarchy. Also, OBC youth who fail their
school-leaving examinations or suffer academically because of the lack of
English, can often find employment in the VHP. There are many instances of ABVP
activists or Reddy businessmen not only becoming affluent through membership of
the VHP but also acquiring liquor contracts, real estate and licences to set up
private colleges.
The Congress has failed to understand OBC aspirations. The OBC parties led
by Laloo Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav are in mutual competition with the VHP, but one only has to cast one's eye at the chic Diggy Raja to the Scindia
scion, to trendies like Aiyar, Soni, Alva and Nath, to realise that the
leadership of the Congress is still suvarna and paternalistic. The restless new
cadres powering their way into the VHP and the BJP cannot be won over by
pointing them towards Kabir's pluralism or the excellent bhajans of Mirabai.
What they are looking for is a counter-identity that provides social status,
seats in Parliament but, most importantly, the jobs and privileges of the
English-speaking class. They may not ever get these jobs, but the VHP provides,
at least, a place in the social sun. Togadia who grew up in an Ahmedabad chawl
may never get to play tennis at the Delhi Gymkhana but being in the VHP has
guaranteed him a place in a television studio.
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HINDUTVA PARAMOUNT âP.K. Krishnadas
2006-11-21 Published by Hindunet Gathered by Internet Desk - Hindunet
Elected unanimously as state president of the Kerala BJP at a meeting held on November 5 at Thrissur, 43-year-old P.K. Krishnadas is a swayamsevak since childhood. A teacher by profession, like his parents, Shri Krishnadas, a native of Peringalam, Thalassery in Kannur district was State leader of ABVP, BJYM and general secretary (organisation) of the BJP from 2003. Having arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram Railway Station on November 10, he was received by a sea of RSS, BJP and Parivar activists and taken to the State BJP headquarters, âMararjiâ Mandiram, with caparisoned elephants, traditional musical instruments and fireworks. He spoke to Organiser correspondent before proceeding to the Central Jail to meet RSS/BJP workers, under imprisonment for resisting CPM murderous attacks. Excerpts:
As the new BJP chief, what are your priorities?
Despite RSS having a strong network in Kerala at the grass root level of the BJP is not strong and effective in the state. My first priority is to strengthen the booth level set up and to develop an efficient and broad based core group at every nook and corner of Kerala. The BJP flag and ideology should be visible, everywhere. Next, the entire Kerala BJP will hit the roads with mass agitations, aimed at taking up all the issues affecting the people. Organisational strength and mass agitations are complementary. The BJP vote bank is from 5 to 12 per cent. With these, in a highly polorised state like Kerala, we cannot dream of winning seats to assembly or parliament. My aim is to take the BJP vote above 20 per cent, so that we can start winning in our strongholds like Kasargod and Thiruvananthapuram.
How do you view the political situation in Kerala where the CPM is openly wooing the minorities?
The situation in Kerala is very explosive and the security of the state is at stake. Even the C.M., head of Southern Command of Army, Navy, RAW, IB, etc. have said that PAKâs ISI is very active in Kerala. Bomb manufacturing and explosions are going on in full swing. Kerala which is a high target in the Islamic terroristsâ designs is on top of a volcano. But unmindful of all these, the CPM and the Congress are wooing minorities, especially Muslims. While Muslim League is backing NDF, the CPM is backing SIMI, Jamaat-e-Islami, Sunni factions, Madhaniâs PDP and lastly but interestingly, also NDF. There is anger and anguish among Hindus and feeling of insecurity among Christians. The Hindus and right thinking Christians and Muslims are expecting a strong nationalist movement and my mission is to rise up to their demands and build a strong nationalist BJP in Kerala. Moreover, the CPM by trying to amend the Devaswom act, is trying to bring entire temples under its control. This will be strongly resisted by the RSS and BJP.
With minorities almost reaching the half-way mark, is the scope for Hindu politics in Kerala. Moreover the signals from SNDP/NSS towards BJP are not encouraging?
For us Hindutva is paramount as it is nothing but Indianness and a bridge to our roots of cultural nationalism. Hindutva is an all embracing umbrella. Whatever effort we make to increase our strength will be on the strong basement of undiluted Hindutva. We have a working relationship with the NSS and SNDP which represent major communities of Hindu Nairs and Ezhavas. We hope to strengthen it and also enter into dialogue with other Hindu organisations representing Hindus. We hope for a total unity from Bhrahmins to Vanvasis. Moreover several churches in Kerala are very much nationalist. Among the Muslims, due to wrong indoctrination, those parties who do not talk extremism are dumped. This has to be changed and a right thinking Muslim mindset evolved. These can be possible only if the Hindus remain strong and vigilant. To me, Hindutva is more relevant in Kerala than anywhere.
An open letter to the author and the daily who published Hate Article titled "Guru of Hate"
12/5/2006 10:23:27 AM Haran.B.R
Dear Mr. Ramachandra Guha
I had come across your article of 'hatred' titled "The Guru of hate" in the Sunday magazine section of 'The Hindu' dated November 26, 2006. In a venomous attempt to blame the RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi â tried & failed by the so-called secularists many times in the past â you have insulted one of the greatest men of this Great Hindu Bharath. Guruji Golwalkar was never against true democracy, as you have observed, but, he found only the 'Communist Socialism' & 'Nehruvian Secularism' as alien to the cultural ethos of this Great Hindu Nation.
Big blunders made by small men like you & me may vanish in no time, but small mistakes made by great men like Gandhi & Kamaraj has had long standing effects as proved by the History of Independent India. M.K.Gandhi made the biggest blunder of choosing Nehru, instead of Sardar Patel, for the post of Prime Minister. Nehru never valued the Hindu culture & ethos and he himself had said that he was a Hindu only by the accident of birth and that he was the last English man of India. He always had a hatred for Hindutva, which made him to declare this Great Hindu Nation as a 'secular state', while Mohammed Ali Jinnah bravely declared Pakistan as a Muslim Nation. Likewise Kamaraj made the blunder of making Indhra Gandhi as the PM for which he repented during his entire later stages of life, especially during 'Emergency'.
The Islamic Invasion of India and its tyrannical rule for 700 years and the British rule for 300 years have established the fact that Muslims & Christians are the worst dacoits & murderers, who looted this country's treasures, persecuted the Hindus and destroyed its cultural, religious & educational heritage to a great extent. History also proves that the Parsis & Jews have respected & accepted the sentiments & aspirations of the Hindu majority and very decently live like our guests with friendship & cooperation.
When we go deep into the History of Freedom movement, we can find out the cruel & barbarous happenings on the Indo-Pak borders during partition. Millions of Hindus were massacred, their women raped & their children killed by the Islamic hooligans of Pakistan. Nathuram Godse's sisters were also among them, which prompted him to take the unfortunate decision. But, he was never associated with RSS and it is also a fact established by History that, RSS played a vital role in the protection of Hindu & Sikh community during the partition days.
During guruji's days, this Great Hindu Nation was facing the threats of only McCauley, Muslims & Missionaries, but now there is another fourth threat in the form of 'Media', which again is controlled by the Communist & Leftist intellectuals like you, trying to de-hinduise this nation in the name of secularism. When talking of secularism, I would like to bring to your kind notice the article on 'Guru Golwalkar' by none other than Kushwant Singh in "The Illustrated Weekly of India" dated November 26, 1972. He has elaborately dealt about his meeting with Guruji and finally concluded that Guruji would be the right person for bringing Hindu-Muslim unity. I have attached that article below for your reference.
The great writer Sitaram Goel had also written in detail about the visit of Shri.Jayaprakash Narayan to an RSS camp, where in he had interacted with the Swayamsevaks, which totally changed his misconceptions about the organization. I have attached below the excerpts of Sitaram Goel's article also for your reference.
Last but not the least; let me bring to your notice the information about a research conducted by a Christian on RSS. Dr. (Father) Vincent Kundukulam of St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary, Aluva, Kerala, had conducted a thesis for a doctoral research titled "RSS and Church in India" for Sorbonne University, Paris, France. He had admired RSS for the dedication & discipline of its cadres, the simple life style of its Pracharaks, the moral teachings it imparts to the younger generation in its daily 'Shakas' and the voluntary labor & service put in by its cadres at critical times as natural calamities. Father Kundukulam argues against branding the RSS ideology as fascism, Nazism, fundamentalism or communalism. He had also concluded that the growth of 'minority fundamentalism' only would strengthen RSS. This information is also given as attachment for your reference.
I have cited the opinions of a secular journalist, a straightforward socialist & a Christian Religionist, so that, you can clear your 'jaundiced' eyes. Please remember that, from Gandhi to Ambedkar, every leader had appreciated RSS and Nehru even went to the extent of inviting RSS to join the government. So, it will not serve the purpose, even if secularists like you attempt to revive the 'dead & old' allegation of RSS's involvement in Gandhi's assassination, again & again.
Let me also assure you that the building of Hindustan (Hindu Nation) is not a failed project (as observed by you), but a planned process, which is not only a present dream but also a future reality. The way the secularists & minorities are going ahead with their agenda at present, I don't think that the building Hindustan would take much time.
Jai Hind! Vandemataram!
With Warm Regards,
B.R.Haran
(A Proud Hindu)
A note to the Editor of The Hindu:
As a proud Hindu, I feel that you do not deserve the name "The Hindu" and hence, may I request you to change your name as "The Secular" or "The Islam" or "the Christ" or what ever you feel.
Virat Hindu sammelan in Shimla
2006-11-13 Published by Hindunet Gathered by Internet Desk - Hindunet
RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri K.S. Sudarshan has said the clash between Islam and Christianity would cause death of crores of innocent people in the world. âSuch a situation is about to arise because both these forces are destructive. In such a situation only India can spread the message of peace and brotherhood in the world. But without uniting the Hindu society we cannot show the right path to the world,â the Sarsanghachalak said. He was addressing a Hindu sammelan held in Shimla to celebrate the birth centenary of Shri Guruji. Kshetra Pracharak Shri Dinesh Chandra was also present on the occasion.
Thousands of people including the religious leaders of various sects, sub sects and representatives of social and religious organisations participated in the sammelan. Organised at the premises of Vikasnagar Saraswati Vidya Mandir, the sammelan was presided over by Shri Bhagram Ghai, president of Valmiki Sabha, Shimla (West). Swami Shukdev Maharaj and Mahant Yogi Shri Suryanath, president, Shri Guruji Birth Centenary Celebration Committee, Himachal Pradesh, were also present on the occasion. School children also presented colourful cultural activities on the occasion.
The Sarsanghachalak warned that both Islam and Christianity have pushed all efforts to establish their control over the whole world. âBoth these religions want to expand their territory by any mean and they have no faith in sarvadharmsambhav. In such a situation the world peace is in danger. One side, the Church is involved in the conspiracy of converting people of all countries like India where the followers of Hinduism or any other religion live and India has been a victim of such conspiracies for long. On the other hand, the Islamic terrorism has emerged as another threat to the world peace. The Hindu society has not only to protect itself but also has to spread the message of peace and brotherhood in the world,â he said.
Shri Sudarshan said the statistics of last one-century are witness that the population of Hindus is regularly declining in whole India. âNobody ever imagined that even after Partition of the country Hindus would become minority in their own country. It is a matter of serious thought that who will provide shelter to the people of India who had once provided shelter to Jews and Persians? We have no option other than Bharat. It is a challenge before every Hindu that the ratio of their population should not decline in their own country. It is necessary to protect the culture and civilisation of Bharat,â he said adding that the founder of RSS had 80 years back thought of the similar situation and started work for uniting Hindus.
The Sarsanghachalak said the untouchability developed in the country during the period of slavery. Our religious books have no mention of untouchablity. The Sangh has been active to eradicate such evil practices and is also working for development of Bharat where no Hindu will be untouchable and everybody would feel as brother of one mother. Citing the example of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Lord Buddha, Maharishi Valmiki, Sant Ravidas, Guru Govind Singh and other great personalities, he said Bharat is our matribhoomi, pitrabhoomi and karmabhoomi and its protection is our duty.
Earlier, Swami Sukhdev Maharaj said every Hindu should oppose untouchability. He said taking undue advantage of some evil practices in the Hindu society the Christian missionaries are converting people and we should counter them bravely. Hindus are told to control population while the Muslims and Christians are kept outside the preview of family planning programmes. He cautioned Hindus against it. Stressing on unity among Hindus, he said everybody should follow the path shown by Dr Hedgewar.
Mahant Shri Suryanath said the conspiracy of conversion has been exposed in Himachal Pradesh. He narrated in detail the incident of taking some innocent girls by Christian missionary to a Church and converting them into Christianity in Chamba. He said the Hindu society would not tolerate such incidents. He said the Sangh has been arising the spirit of self-respect even among the sections of the society who have been treated untouchable for centuries. This is the section that gave birth to the personalities like the author of Ramayana Maharishi Valmiki, Sant Ravidas and the father of Indian Constitution Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
Presiding over the function, president of Valmiki Sabha, Shri Bhagram Ghai said the people of his community would protect the Hindu society with full strength. He praised the efforts of the Sangh to eradicate untouchability from Hindu society. The Sarsanghachalak honoured Shri Ghai with a shawl and a cap. Mahant Suryanath honoured the representatives of various sects and social and religious organisations.
INTERNATIONAL HINDU THINK-TANK BULLETIN
INTERNATIONAL HINDU THINK-TANK BULLETIN
INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE: On 27th November 2004, I sent a letter (copy enclosed) to a few friends whose names came to my mind easily (list of names not repeated here); I sought their views and co-operation. The response has been very encouraging. Todayâs âInternational Hindu Think-Tankâ Bulletin is the first one in this Series.
Every well-wisher of Hindu Dharma and Hindu Society is welcome to join by contributing Articles for the Bulletin and/or by sharing his/her desire to receive the Bulletin.
FORMAT: It will be convenient if a contribution in the form of an Article also contains âSummaryâ. If a Contribution is not accompanied by such Summary, we shall make an effort to present a Summary, followed by the Article.
CONTENTS: The material should be thoughtful and thought-provoking. Material can also be from some other personâs published writing, but it must have adequate reference, giving due credit to the original author.
DISTRIBUTION: This Bulleting will be dispatched by e-mail to all the persons who are receiving daily Hinduvoice.net Bulletin. Any well-wisher of Hindu Dharma and Hindu society can join and also opt out any time; there is absolutely no obligation, and no monetary charge either.
DATES OF ISSUE: This Bulletin will be issued on 1st and 16th of every month of Julian calendar January, February, March, etc.
FINAL REQUEST: Co-operation and Blessings are solicited from every well-wisher of Hindu Dharma and of the whole Human Race.
G. C. ASNANI
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Enclosure: G.C.Asnaniâs letter of 27th November 2004.
27th November 2004
Prof. G.C.ASNANI, MSc., Ph.D. (United Nations Service, Retd.)
822, Sindh Colony, Aundh, Pune - 411 007 (INDIA)
Tel: 91-20-2588-0347.
E-mail: i) asnani@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in ii) gcasnani@hinduvoice.net
SUBJECT: International Hindu Think-Tank
My respected friends,
1. It is becoming clear that there is an International Alliance with the objective of removing from Earthâs surface, the Hindu Religion, Hindu Society and Hindustan. If Hindu Religion be removed from Hindustan, then its removal from the rest of the Earth will be relatively easier.
2. The five enemies of Hinduism are â i) Jihadi Islam, ii) Christian Church,
iii) Communism, iv) Purchased Press, v) âCover of Secularismâ.
3. By and large, Hindus have lived under the influence of slogans like âSarva Dharma Sama Bhava; All Religions Teach the Same Thing.â Such slogans have dimmed the Hindu Vision and recognition and identification of enemies of Hindu Religion. The teachings of Hindu Sadhus, Indian Press and Indian Politicians have created ignorance in average Hindu mind about the existence of enemies of Hinduism. Very few Hindus have read some extremely immoral and cruel teachings of the Holy Quran, Holy Bible and the history of Christianity and Islam and the methods of their attack on Hinduism inside Hindustan and outside Hindustan, how the land of Hindus has been fast shrinking since the Emperor Constantine was converted to Christianity and later Islam exploded and captured countries in Asia, Europe and elsewhere. The tyranny of Islam nearly broke the bones of Hindu Society in Hindustan. Readiness of Muslim masses to resort to Riots and Mass violence has frightened the Hindus terribly. Furthermore, after Independence and Partition of 1947, Hindu Leaders have fought amongst themselves and done shoe-shining work for Muslims for one Hindu to win over another Hindu with the help of Muslim vote Bank. Muslims have been steady in their ambition to Islamise the whole of Hindustan; they have used the silliness and greediness of selfish individual Hindu Politicians who go on giving more and more to Muslims to win their votes, to defeat their Hindu rivals. The word âsecularismâ has been a very convenient cover for the silly greedy Hindu Politicians in this policy of appeasement of Muslims, and weakening of Hindu Society. Through different clauses of the Indian Constitution, the Hindu Society is getting fragmented and the majority Hindu community is getting divided into warring minorities, claiming Minority Protection and Rights. Aggressive anti-Hindu groups are getting stronger and stronger, day-by-day.
4. There are many individual groups of persons who are exchanging amongst themselves, valuable information and suggestions for protection of Hindu Dharma and Hindu Society Here, by Hindu Dharma, I mean Hinduism including its sisters/daughters like Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Jainism. Hinduism is approximately summarized in Geeta. In my humble view, we should co-ordinate the efforts of these individual groups and form something like âInternational Hindu Think Tankâ.
5. I would like to issue a fortnightly E-mail Bulletin containing thoughtful articles for the benefit of Hindu Society. We have resources at Pune, at my place, to collect such articles and distribute amongst thinking people, at no cost to recipients, without paying any money to those who send their own or othersâ Articles. This system may start from 1st January 2005.
The friends mentioned in the list above, and others who come to know of this suggestion, are hereby requested to kindly send their suggestions and material at the earliest, particularly on the following points:
(i) We welcome good-will of organizations like RSS and VHP, but we do not get attached to them, or remain under their control; we do not become tool of any political organization also. We shall remain Independent Thinkers, free to think independently and express ourselves freely, with usual observance of rules of decency.
(ii) Our thinking should display innovativeness.
(iii) We should not be secretive; we stand on Truth and Boldness to speak out the Truth, with usual discipline of responsible persons.
(iv) We should interact with thoughtful and liberal-minded persons of all religions and nationalities. Human society has become sick of fanatics, who shall not think independently and who shall not allow others to think or express themselves fearlessly. Dharma is one, Universal Righteousness, approximately summarized in Geeta. The Truth has been suppressed for too long in the name of this or that âReligionâ; we shall come out of that suppression and dictatorial madness. We are free thinkers with boldness to speak out. We shall not hesitate to speak on strong and weak points of different ideologies, including historical developments inside Hindu Society. Progress cannot take place without serious thinking and some sort of free and decent expression. The world is shrinking to the size of a World Village, through advances in modern communication technology. We stand for the welfare of the whole human race, which is thirsting for a decent, rational, humane ideology. Hinduism provides a good nucleus-centre, which may need some rectification in practice and also correct interpretation. There is too much literature on Hinduism; Geeta can be regarded as a good summary; an average person has neither time, nor facility, nor inclination to study too much literature. This International Hindu Think-Tank group will also try to provide a sort of E-mail âHindu Book-Shopâ of important books on Hindu Dharma. Co-operation of available expertise on the subject of gathering information and providing easy access to the information on Hindu Dharma and related topics is earnestly solicited. There is lot of competence available inside Hindu Society, which lies scattered throughout the world; that needs only a little effort of co-ordination. From my experience in respect of Hinduvoice.net Bulletin, (News and Views), I find that there are so many friends, men and women, who are anxious and kind enough to provide lot of useful information daily through e-mails. I am extremely grateful to them and I am delighted to see that type of free voluntary service to the cause of Hindu Dharma. There is no lack of such noble persons at all. All that we need is a little co-ordinating effort. Internet facility is a great opportunity provided by God/Goddess, the Protector of Dharma; we should use that facility. Centres of Excellence will automatically crop up to take up voluntary free service work on different aspects of Hindu Dharma at various places in the world; we shall only try to provide information links to get them all inter-linked.
Thanking you very much, my friends,
Yours in the service of Sanatana Hindu Dharma,
G. C. Asnani
Sangh is the medium of national rejuvenation. We make Hindus self-confident, says K.S. Sudarshan
A report by Shamrao Deshpande
âThe world is facing a four-fold crisis todayâIslamic terrorism, massive proselytisation by church, expansionist activities of Maoist China and consumerism propelled by America and western countries. These demonic forces could squarely be met only on the basis of consolidation of Hindu society,â said RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri K.S. Sudarshan, while addressing a gathering of uniformed swayamsevaks at Subhash Maidan in Belgaum, Karnataka on November 12. Dakshin Kshetra Sanghachalak Shri Parvatarao and Prant Sanghachalak Shri Siddangouda Gadigudal were also present on the occasion.
He said if Hindus want to lead a honourable life in the world, they would have to be strong and powerful. âThere is no place for the weak here. Evil deeds do take place only because of human weakness. Crises befall only because of absence of social disintegration and presence of weakness. Due to weakness of Hindu society, it was assaulted, plundered and thrashed. It was exploited and rendered weak. The Sangh has rekindled the sense of self-respect and self-confidence among Hindus. That is why the sloganâGarva se kaho ham Hindu hainâhas been reverberating from the far-flung nooks and corners of the country. Hindus are truly loyal to this country. They are the inheritors of the most ancient culture in the world, which alone gives the message of human well-being at large. But Hindus have forgotten their inner strength. They have become oblivious about âwho they really are.â Hence, they have fallen a pliable prey to these destructive forces,â he added.
He further said before founding of the Sangh, Dr Hedgewar was a Congress worker. But he did not approve of the slavish support to Khilafat movement and Muslim appeasement by the then Congress leaders including Mahatma Gandhi. âEven Lokmanya Tilak and Barrister Jinnah had opposed it. There was massive Hindu carnage by Muslims throughout the country. Over 1500 Hindus were massacred in Kerala alone. Over 30,000 Hindu women were molested. Thousands of Hindus were converted to Islam. Because Hindus had grown weak, they were made soft targets of such heinous crimes. The country cannot be protected until and unless the mainstream society, i.e. Hindus are not organised and strong. No political outfit could protect the country. It needs a social organisation of patriotic people. This led Doctor Sahib to conceive the Sangh,â he said.
The Sarsanghachalak said good samskars are essential for consolidation of the society and good habits do not get formed in a day. âIt needs long-drawn sustained efforts. Unison in thinking, speech and conduct are needed for it. Together with the mantra of organisation, Doctor Sahib gave us the method of daily shakha. By dint of his tireless efforts, he proved to the world that Hindus could be organised. It had its adverse impact on his health. Thinking only about the country, the Sangh and the motherland occupied his subconscious mind even when he was in a semi-conscious state during his severe sickness,â he said.
He further said Shri Guruji resolved to fully dedicate himself for sacred national mission of Hindu consolidation. âHe carried forward the whole organisation from strength to strength for 33 long years. During that period, the Sangh reached every district of the country. The third Sarsanghachalak Shri Balasaheb Deoras took the Sangh shakhas to taluka level. During the stewardship of Shri Rajju Bhaiya, the Sangh reached further to the mandal level,â he added.
The growth of the Sangh is steadfast. Ever-new dimensions are being added to its multifarious and multifaceted growth. Various organisations like ABVP, Vidya Bharati, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, VHP etc are toiling day and night to create a wide-spread network of socially conscious and intensely active organisations in various fields of social activities throughout the country. He said the Sangh values equality, fraternity and organisational aspects the most. Our efforts to bring together all the elements including the religious heads are on. At the outset, tributes were paid to the memory of the late Dr Nagalotimath, national member and also the provincial president of Shri Guruji Birth Centenary Celebration Committees, and veteran Sangh worker Shri Vithal Adake.
(The writer is editor, Veervani, Marathi weekly.)
Sangh is the medium of national rejuvenation. We make Hindus self-confident, says K.S. Sudarshan
I agree with Mr. Sudarshan that the world is facing a four-fold crisis todayâIslamic terrorism, massive proselytisation by church, expansionist activities of Maoist China and consumerism propelled by America and western countries. But I do not agree that these demonic forces could squarely be met only on the basis of 'consolidation of Hindu society'. We should correct this by 'consolidation of Indian society'. Primary duty for this consolidation rests with Hindu community as it is a majority community in India.
But it will not be done by merely saying 'Garva se kaho ham Hindu hain'. Our actions should also be supporting this statement. Our religion teaches us how to relate to this world. How many of us follow these teachings?
Our religion teaches us that God manifests in all human beings. How many of us treat all human beings as equal, with love, compassion, respect and dignity?
We are born as Hindus. Let us live like Hindus. Let us take every body, irrespective of their religion, caste and creed, along with us on this path of consolidation of Indian society.
12-24-2006, 11:25 PM
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There are those who will refuse to come along the path because whatever ideology they follow tells them that it is wrong to do so and I don't think anyone has the patience or time to beg them to change.
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Our religion teaches us that God manifests in all human beings. How many of us treat all human beings as equal, with love, compassion, respect and dignity?
We are born as Hindus. Let us live like Hindus. Let us take every body, irrespective of their religion, caste and creed, along with us on this path of consolidation of Indian society.
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Our religion teaches us to treat everyone with love all the time? Read the Gita lately? Or ever?
There is a point where love stops and righteous warfare begins. Letting terrorists slaughter you is cowardice. And thinking all muslims are terrorist is wrong thinking. Both are spoken against in all the Dharmic works.
What is known today as Hinduism is 'Sanatana Dharma'. There is no equivalent word to 'Dharma' in any language. The best close word is 'Religion'. So, we can say that Hinduism is an eternal religion, based on eternal dharmic principles. These principles are beyond time, space and people.
Followers of man-made religions could not understand these principles and defined them in their own ignorant ways. As India had been under the rule of these people for long, many followers of Hindu Dharma have also started speaking in their tone. Unfortunately these people are seen as progressing Hindus.
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