03-07-2007, 08:53 PM
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V SUNDARAM
Islam-embracing, Christianity-coveting and Hindu-hating parliamentarian of convoluted fame, Sitaram Yechury, in a learned article has recently declared: 'Accordingly Golwalkar proceeds to assert that we means 'Hindus' and, hence, 'Swaraj' means 'Hindu Raj' or 'Hindu Rashtra.' Taking recourse to mythology instead of history, theology instead of philosophy, Golwalkar 'established' that the Hindus were always, and continue to remain, a nation. He proceeds to assert the intolerant, theocratic content of such a Hindu nation. The conclusion is unquestionably forced upon us that in Hindustan exists and must need exist the ancient Hindu nation and naught else but the Hindu nation. All those not belonging to the national Hindu race, religion, culture and language naturally fall out of the pale of our real 'National' life'. In the 60th year of our independence, the effort to consolidate the modern Indian republic based on the foundations of secular democracy, federalism, social justice and economic self reliance requires a democratic ostracisation of such pernicious political projects.'
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is it nation or decimation of nation?
V SUNDARAM
Islam-embracing, Christianity-coveting and Hindu-hating parliamentarian of convoluted fame, Sitaram Yechury, in a learned article has recently declared: 'Accordingly Golwalkar proceeds to assert that we means 'Hindus' and, hence, 'Swaraj' means 'Hindu Raj' or 'Hindu Rashtra.' Taking recourse to mythology instead of history, theology instead of philosophy, Golwalkar 'established' that the Hindus were always, and continue to remain, a nation. He proceeds to assert the intolerant, theocratic content of such a Hindu nation. The conclusion is unquestionably forced upon us that in Hindustan exists and must need exist the ancient Hindu nation and naught else but the Hindu nation. All those not belonging to the national Hindu race, religion, culture and language naturally fall out of the pale of our real 'National' life'. In the 60th year of our independence, the effort to consolidate the modern Indian republic based on the foundations of secular democracy, federalism, social justice and economic self reliance requires a democratic ostracisation of such pernicious political projects.'
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