01-18-2006, 06:32 AM
Incursions of Hindutva - By Harsh Mander (Jan. 8 2006, Times of
India) Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave,
new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with
debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face
incursions of radical Hindutva, systematically propagated by front
organisations of the Sangh, threatening to divide and communalise
tribal communities and further distance them from justice.
For the majority of tribals, the Muslim is invisible. The enemy
invented for them instead by the Sangh is Christianity, demonised as
a dangerous foreign conspiracy to destabilise India, propagated by
inducement and fraud by missionaries, pastors and nuns. Healthcare
and education provided by them are dismissed as bribes for
conversion.
...Independent investigations established that these attacks were a
result of hatred and suspicion systematically introduced by activists
of Sangh organisations like Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and Hindu Jagran
Manch.
With the Sangh planning a Shabri Kumbh in Dangs in February 2006,
there are fears of a repeat. There have been several such gatherings
organised by Hindutva activists in the region in recent years,
including a Vishal Hindu Mahasangam in Jhabua in MP in 2002, and
another Kumbh in Bhilwada in Rajasthan in 2004.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...362402.cms
India) Tribals in the forested interiors of India today face a grave,
new threat. Already dispossessed of land and forest, grappling with
debt, hunger, exploitation and bondage, the tribals now face
incursions of radical Hindutva, systematically propagated by front
organisations of the Sangh, threatening to divide and communalise
tribal communities and further distance them from justice.
For the majority of tribals, the Muslim is invisible. The enemy
invented for them instead by the Sangh is Christianity, demonised as
a dangerous foreign conspiracy to destabilise India, propagated by
inducement and fraud by missionaries, pastors and nuns. Healthcare
and education provided by them are dismissed as bribes for
conversion.
...Independent investigations established that these attacks were a
result of hatred and suspicion systematically introduced by activists
of Sangh organisations like Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and Hindu Jagran
Manch.
With the Sangh planning a Shabri Kumbh in Dangs in February 2006,
there are fears of a repeat. There have been several such gatherings
organised by Hindutva activists in the region in recent years,
including a Vishal Hindu Mahasangam in Jhabua in MP in 2002, and
another Kumbh in Bhilwada in Rajasthan in 2004.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...362402.cms