The word 'Hindutva' could be one
of the most abused and misinterpreted term in India. Some people find it mirror image of an Islamist Sharia state, some believe it as a narrow
interpretation of Hinduism by Hindu extremist class, some believe it as a
dangerous cult which is ready to riot and divide India, some believe that
Hindus want to have political power through Hindutva, as they think that it can
unite Hindus to vote on issues closer to Hindu religion and some believe it as
a reactionary force which rejects the appeasement policies of secular class and
came into existence due to failure of secular forces.
All above interpretations have
merit to a small extent but Hindutva can't be fixed in their frame and has its
own space.
Similarly Indian Secular elite
have given new dimensions to the word 'secularism'. Secularism has become a
shield which can be used to defend the indefensible. It is some sort of Master
key that opens doors to anywhere. A conman can parrot the secular mantra 100
times a day and his misdeeds will be not only ignored but he will be presented
as a victim.
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| journalist cum lobbyist Barkha replies to Nilim |
Take recent example of Nilim Datta who is in prison for cheating people. The man could deny gravity
with his moronic logics and such strong was his secular shield that several
central ministers love to be in his company. Shashi Tharoor who could be UN
chief from India, follows Nilim datta on twitter, thank God We were saved
of this horror of seeing Tharoor as UN chief otherwise to show himself as 'secular'
he could even deny death of our soldiers and would be suggesting for liberation
of his In Laws' home. Secularism is the panacea for any ailment and this is the
reason mediocre love to boast of secularism that is another thing that they
won't be able to defend Indian secularism at all and will always cry foul to
divert the question.
Now when mediocre class abuses
you for taking a path then be sure that you are going in right direction and
this is the case with Hindutva.
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| Shashi tharoor following a conman on twitter |
I have heard many definitions of
Hindutva professed by Organizations like RSS and others and no fix explanation
can be given.
Majority of the people believe
that Hindutva is political face of Hinduism. This is the most common
misconception about RSS or any other parallel group promoting Hindutva.
For what I understand, Hindutva
deals with only one dimension of Hinduism and that is to work for Militarization
of Hindus. It doesn't mean that people are being armed and being given military
training but making them ready to fight back in case of threat. This view can be applied to any persecuted community be it, shias, Ahmadis, Hindus of Pakistan and Bangladesh or the Copts of Egypt or Jews of the world..
Now the question is why
militarization is needed? To know the answer, we should go back in the history.
Hindus who used to have an armed
vigilant society lost the courage to fight back due to continuous suppression
for almost 800 years and compromise became a part of life. It’s a religion
which has no God without a weapon in Hand. A religion which has hundreds of
scriptures including Ramayana and Mahabharata which glorifies death occurred in
battle field. Bhagvad Geeta was dictated by Lord Krishna in the battle
field of Kurukshetra to motivate Arjuna so that he could kill his own cousins
for his right to rule. A religion with
such roots got alienated from the very idea of Hinduism and forgot that
ultimate peace can only be attained by having an armed society which can fight
back if need be. The extreme of this alienation could be seen in the rise of
Mahatma Gandhi. Hindus who used to worship Durga to seek power, Hindus who used
to do Shastra pooja when weapons are worshiped, they agreed with Gandhi and his
non violent principles which included the two cheek theory.
A Land with
Hindu majority was ruled by Muslim invaders for more than 800 years and the
Hindu warrior class whose duty was to fight back, chose to compromise and gave
their daughters to Arab invaders in marriages. Harems of Mughal emperors
contained more than 5000 women who were picked to satisfy the sexual urge of
Mughals. You can imagine a society where a king treats women as prostitutes and
these women could not find a savior but to dismay of the citizens, other Hindu
kings followed similar path and started to keep harems.
Hindutva works to
change this suicidal mindset and works for revival of the military culture of
Hindus so that when they are threatened, they don't run away to save life but
fight back. Until and unless ‘power to retaliate’ is not revived the massacres
of Hindus will continue in Bangladesh, Pakistan and many parts of India. Hindus
will be treated as a helpless mass which can be beaten, burnt and raped without
any fear of repercussion. Hindutva deals only with this aspect of Hinduism.
Politics is far away from Hindutva. Political power was never a goal of
Hindutva but only one of the tools to get closer to the target of
militarization of Hindus. BJP is not the trunk of the RSS tree but one of the
hundreds of stems. In fact RSS doesn't get muddled in politics and gives its
cadres and supporters free will to choose their political leaders. For example
this can be seen in Orissa where RSS works in every single tribal village and
still BJD Has absolute majority.
Hindutva is one of the most
abused terms by different sections due to different reasons. The secular class
has sole reason that is its mediocrity and opportunism. Chanting secular
mantras let them grab opportunities without merit and cover their mediocre
traits. Muslims abuse it due to 2 reasons.
As It denies them their superiority complex and denies their claim of
being ancestors of the Muslim invaders who ruled India for 800 years.
Massacres of vast scale have
happened in India in almost every period. Be it Feroz Shah tuglaq, be it
Shahjahan, be it Aurangzeb or be it Mohammed Ali Jinnah, they have all used
massacres to assert their right to rule. In India, its Hindu majority has been
killed even for reasons like ringing temple bells at the time of Namaz or if
they tried to protect their women f or they denied paying zajia tax. Yes you
might be surprised but Hindus have paid zazia tax to buy peace in their own
land. This continuous persecution made Hindus so weak at heart that major
massacres of Noakhali could happen; Jinnah could openly challenge India of
direct action day and open use of terror to get what he wanted. The elite class
Muslims due to their superiority complex, even though lesser in number could never accept to be ruled by a
Hindu. This is the reason why Jinnah called for direct action day and thousands
of Hindus died and nobody could return back the favor to Jinnah and his Islamic
murderers. These chapters of history which were suppressed by the secular class
of for the sake of power could not be erased in entirety. There is a
very important question which we can ask; why Gujarat riots are so much painful
for the Muslim leadership where as 100's of riots has occurred in India.
Why
don't they cry for Noakhali or riots that have occurred in Gujarat earlier? The
reason is very simple. Earlier riots where led by Muslims and Hindus were on
defensive side. This is the mindset that gave enough confidence to Muslim mob
of Godhra to dare to burn a whole compartment full of 59 Hindu pilgrims. They
had no fear of repercussion; they had taken Hindus for granted. They could not
imagine that Hindus will return the favor. Riots started after that, and Ruler of
Gujarat had enough grace to let the families get the charred bodies and do the
last rites which won't have happened in a secular government. They would have
dumped the bodies in some pit and covered the whole story as some alien attack.
This is the reason Gujarat riot is so painful for Indian Islamists. They got
the message that Hindus won't remain silent anymore and every attack of
violence will have its repercussions. This balance of terror is the reason, Gujarat had 11 years of pin drop silence on the riot meter and no local Muslim
has tried to blast a bomb. The feeling of superiority complex has evaporated
and Muslims have learned the art of cohabitation.
In modern civics lessons,
Gujarat riots will be seen as a crime against Humanity but when history will be
written after 500 years, Gujarat riots will be shown as a turning point from
where Hindus learnt to retaliate, no doubt the retaliation had several incidents of rapes and killing of children and women which tarnished Hindutva but don't forget that many criminals and congressis profited from the situation and participated in the riots to loot.
Babri Masjid demolition won't be shown as a
criminal act but it will be a historical turning point for how Hindus could
capture back their lost land by reconstructing the Ram Temple after almost 600
years. This is result of Militarization of Hindus. If you believe it should be
stopped, Go ask a Kashmiri Pandit or an Egyptian Copt, how secularism has helped them and how the
lack of courage to fight back has left them as refugees in their own country. Once
that ice of inferiority is broken, India will be respected.
As Ramdhari Singh DInkar has written,
"Kshama shobhti us bhujang ko
jiske pass garal ho
Usko kya jo dant-heen, vishrahit
vineet saral ho"
You have right to pardon someone only when you have courage and strength to punish someone. A snake which has no poison is smashed by stones.
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