By
K.V. Paliwal, Ph.D
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One, who is not proud of his honour and his Nation
is not a man, but a male-animal and a Dead.
Problems
Confronting the Hindus
The Hindus have a basic, unbreakable, cultural unity, though residing in different parts of India, speaking different languages and dialects and sporting various life styles. It is because of their association with Vedic Dharma and culture since times immemorial. But today, the Hindus are standing on the brink of disaster. They have been reduced to as a second rate citizen due to wilful disregard to their political, social and religious interests in post- independent India. Most of the Hindu political leaders themselves, on one hand, are discriminating against the Hindus in the name of secularism, and on the other, they are not -taking cognisance of religious conversions of Hindus in the pretext of Freedom of Religion and indulging in the appeasement of the minorities for their vote bank. They are also facilitating divisions and subdivisions of the Hindus in the guise of safeguarding the community, linguistic and regional culture; and are depriving them of their religious education by posing constitutional constraints. Not only this, the Hindu religious leaders themselves, instead of nourishing the roots of integrated and comprehensive Hindu Dharma-tree, are watering only its leaves and branchies, their sects and sub-sects for the advancement of their own personal and sectarian interests. Consequently the grand oak tree of Hindu Dharma is drying up and withering away. As opposed to it, the anti-Hindu national and inter-national forces appear to be determined to finish off the Hindus, their Dharma, culture and everything for which they can be proud of.
At
the national front, the Hindus are facing a serious challenge to their very
survival from Islam and Christianity due to their Hindu conversion activities by
petro dollars, their rapid population explosion, illegal Muslim migration in
India, appeasement of minorities and anti-Hindu attitude of Post Independence
governments and distorting of history and culture of the Hindus through press
and electronic media. Frankly speaking, what could not be achieved during the
Islamic and British Rule, has been accomplished in the last few years. Kashmiri
Hindus have been forced to the refugee's status in their own country while
illegal foreign Muslim migrants from Bangladesh are being treated as honoured
guests providing them all facilities and privileges. Kashmiri Hindus are
suffering and being tortured simply because they resisted to conversion to Islam
and decided to remain Hindu. Hence to be a Hindu is a curse in Hindusthan. Even
after losing one-third territory of India to Pakistan and Bangladesh and
slaughtering of lakhs of Hindus during Partition, the Hindus are unable to live
without peace, security and dignity in the remaining truncated India, and are
still under persistent threat of their annihilation.
On
the international plane, some of the powerful nations are committed to weaken
the predominantly Hindu India from political, social and religious angles.
Earlier (I 947-1992), the America played the role of being India's friend so
that the latter does not place itself completely into the Communist Block. But
after the disintegration of the mighty U.S.S.R. in 1992, such a possibility has
come to an end. And today the American policy is to shackle and shalter, and
possibly enslave India, through its division and sub-divisions into smaller
states on religious and linguistic basis. The American politicians and
administrators continue issuing everyday new and confusing statements on issues
related to India. For Instance in Oct. 1993, the Asstt. Secretary of State, Mrs.
Rabin Raphael said, "Jammu &
Kashmir is a disputed area". Recently (TOI Delhi- 6.12.97) U.S.
President Bill Clinton 'has clubbed India
with trouble spots like Bosnia and Northern Ireland as regions beset with
hatred, murders problems and wars' '
America
learnt a big lesson from the Vietnam war: do not fight directly on the alien
soil; rather wreck it from within as it did in case of Russia. It is trying to
disintegrate India through a long term conspiracy. America is not a friend of
India, and wants India to remain limited to the size of American designs by all
means. The objectives of wrecking India by American lobby are being achieved
through the various activities as conversion of religion of Hindus by about 2500
foreign Christian Missionaries, their political Missions, multinational
companies (MNC's) and their print and electronic media. Economically it has
crippled India by giving loans disproportionate to its capacity to repay and now
it wants to scuttle the advancement of Indian Industry through the,
establishment of a large number of huge multinational companies in India even in
the field of daily consumption goods. MNC's once entered, will not allow the
Indian industry to grow and prosper at any cost and will also not leave the
country despite of being proved undesirable, due to international lobby and
ineffective resistance to them by our leaders for various reasons. The
subversive and sabotage activities as per their plans are going unabated, and
this has crippled social, religious and political life of India. They have sown
the seeds of separatism in various forms endangering national unity, distorted
Indian culture and bedimmed national spirit Now the situation is reaching fast
at a point of no return, and we are watching helplessly our self destruction.
We
are of considered opinion that our own national policies and activities of the
foreigners and some of the politicians are destructive for India; and the next
10-1 5 years are very crucial and decisive for the future of Hindus and India as
a whole. Now therefore, the nationalists and particularly the Hindus will
themselves have to put
up
concerted efforts to fight against both the domestic and foreign conspiracies
for their own existence as well as for their Dharma and culture. For this,
various social, political, educational and religious organizations committed to
the cause of nationalism and Hindu awakening will have to generate a strong
political force; bring about constructive social changes; stop conversion of the
Hindus and revive the pure Hindu Dharma on the lines as proclaimed by Swami
Vivekanand earlier. The Hindus should work out and execute an exhaustive,
multi-disciplinary social reform oriented action plan for awakening,
consolidating and creating a unique Hindu strength, and boldly face the
economic, social, political and religious challenges ahead. Some of the areas of
activity of our action plan are as follows:-
l. Be Proud
to be a Hindu
Swami
Vivekanand calls upon the Hindus to take 'pride
in being a Hindu'and says, "When a man has begun to be ashamed of his
ancestors, the end has come. Here am 1, one of the least of the Hindu race, yet
proud of my race, proud of my ancestor. I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am
proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. / am proud that I am a countryman
of yours, you the descendents of the sages, you the descendents of the most
glorious Rishis one world eversaw." Hence take pride in being a Hindu
and dedicate everything for its honour.
2. Be
Fearless
Only
strong will power coupled with fearlessness protects himself and his nation; and
a Hindu is born fearless as his Atman never dies. So be brave, be fearless, be
prepared for a drastic change, and be a man of dynamic heroism, take a vow to
defend the nation'(fif.z *nu 4tuv) as 'the
world belongs to the brave.'
Give
up the fake, impractical and irrational non-violence of Gandhi because that
pseudo non-violence is not a part of Hindu Dharma. Under all circumstances,
belief in non-violence is cowardice; it is suicidal. To struggle like a brave
for one's self-respect is a sanctimonious fight. How can the Hindu be afraid of
with a staunch faith in rebirth for the defence of motherland? India at present
is passing through a stage of ethnic, religious and political turmoil. In this
critical juncture and period of testimony, the Hindu has to stand firm. So be
fearless, and remain united in order to face the current political challenges
for your own survival.
3.
Regain Ancient Glary
Hindus
can draw immense inspiration from their ancient history, culture and scriptures.
Savitri Devi says 'As long as all Hindus
do not feel that the glory of Hindudom is their glory, and its artistic,
cultural and spiritual inheritance their own treasure, there will be no united
Hindu consciousness, no common aim, no common interest, no common enthusiasm, no
common love, no solidarity among the Hindus and no hope for Hindudom - -----
Let such a new atmosphere be created in
the Hindudom, that every Hindu fisherman may feel that Vyas Deva's Mahabharat is
also his, and be proud of it and of its author Then Hindudom willbe one and
strong". (A Warning to the Hindus,p.94)
In
the same tune, Vedas also inspire their followers. According to Rig Veda
,4-4.26.2 "God gave this land to the
Aryans" and exhorted them to "turn
the whole world into Arya "( RV.
9.63.5). Therefore, "they should perform their heroic deeds as they did earlier "(121.5). "By
the dedication, strength and expertise, this nation had grown stronger.' "(19.41.1). Therefore, like the Aryans earlier, their progeny-
the present Hindus should not only defend this great humanitarian Vedic Dharma
but also expand and establish the same in the whole world. They should be proud
of their Dharma, cultural heritage and ancestors for the enrichment of worldly
wealth, and achievements of psychological, philosophical and spiritual
developments. Think for a moment. Had they not engaged themselves in the
struggles against the aggressors and made exemplary sacrifices in the past, then
there would not have been today either the Hindus or Hindusthan which has
survived, though in a truncated form against continuous atrocities on them
during the last twelve hundred years of Muslim and British rule. Even nc@iv the
Islamic forces are wrecking the Hindusthan within in a different way and
planning to .1slamise India, but Hindus appear to be unconcerned to it. They
should rather be vigilant and regain the old glory by all possible efforts and
sacrifices.
4. Capture
Political Power
According
to Mahabharat "The political duty of
the people towards the state is greater than any other duty "(Sarve Dharma
Raj Dharma Pradhana). This is as true today as it was in the past because
political power along with legal and strong military force is everything in the
present world. A religion becomes stronger with the increase of its followers
which automatically increase with political power in the hand of their
followers. Superior philosophy, morality and spirituality have little place in
life if the political power rests with the people of opposite views and customs.
Where is the Vedic philosophy of the Hindus who were left out in Pakistan in
1947? They have either been converted to Islam or killed or living a degraded
life of slaves as they have no say in political power and legal matters.
Undoubtedly the religious urge organizes its followers. But a greater inspiring
force is patriotism and nationalism which is heart throbs in a man's inner most
soul. The Hindus have always accepted this Vedic dictum- "Beware! Let your nation
never go down " ( 12.11, - 10.173.1) and "/'// lay
down my life for my country, " (Ath. 12.1.62) because for a Hindu, "his
or her nation is father, mother, son and everything " (Ath. 7.6.1). But
now, particularly in post-independent era, the Hindus, in general, have
neglected the above message of the Vedas and MAHABHARATA of giving utmost
importance to nationalism, patriotism and capturing political power. The enemies
of the Hindus know very well that if somehow the patriotic feelings of the
Hindus are destroyed, then they will die by themselves. The Islamic and British
marauders have been working ceaselessly in their own ways to destroy the
patriotic fervor of the Hindus. Even today the anti-Hindu pseudo-secular forces
are unceasingly working against the development of nationalism and a strong will
for capturing political power by the nationalist Hindus. The forces of Pan
Islamism and World Church are awfully engaged in destroying whatever bubbling
enthusiasm and patriotism is left of it in Indians through their own theo-political
organizations.
It
is surprising that even after providing full protection to Christianity under
minority status, the clerics, in general, emphasize on their religion rather on
nationalism. The Christians say, "The
Christian Church can make no terms with the idea expressed in the phrase 'My
Country right or wrong, great as is the debt of service that a man owes to his
fatherland, the claim of Christ remains supreme.' (Lambeth Conf. Rept.
193Op99). In the same tune, Bishop Ezaria said 'When we talk of Christianity, our first allegiance should be to our
Master (Jesus Christ) and after wards to our motherland " (Ezaria of
Dornacle p. 95). Hence the only aim of the World Church in India is to wipe out
the Hindus nationalism in order to create a Christian state by destabilizing and
vivisecting India.
Similarly
the Indian Muslims want to convert India the Darul Harab (land of fighting) to
Darul Islam (Land of Islam). In the name of right of Freedom of Religion under
Article 25, the Muslims give more importance and preference to Muslim Personal
Law than to the Indian Constitution. So by misinterpreting the Constitution,
they are enjoying the benefits granted to minorities and are converting Hindus
to Islam. Though conversion of Hindus to Christianity and Islam, is illegal, yet
the political parties in power such as Congress, Janta Dal, CPM, CPI, SP etc.
with an eye always on their vote bank are totally indifferent to their
antinational activities; and thus are neglecting the national cause. The
activities of these parties are not only against the interest of the Hindus, but
also opposed to the dignity, integrity and sovereignty of India. Therefore, the
Hindus should strive hard and acquire political power at any cost. They should
re-conquer India for themselves, and make India a prosperous and supreme world
power.
In
some parts of India, like Kashmir, and states of N.E. Region, the Hindus are in
minority where they are being insulted, humiliated and expelled as is the case
of Hindu Pandits in Kashmir, and Reang Tribe in Mizoram where they have been
asked to embrace Christianity or leave Mizoram (Panchjanya 21.97). This
necessitates for them to survive first there, and live with honor and respect.
For this, they must unite themselves and grow stronger and stronger.
Simultaneously the Hindus of other regiors must univocally support them and
agitate for their safety and welfare. The lasting solution of these problems is
that Hindus must achieve central political power in their hands. I warn, if
Hindus are not political minded today, they will not survive tomorrow. I am
convinced that only by becoming strong political minded, strictly in the right
sense, the Hindus can face the growing storm, win, survive, even rule the
country and regain the lost glory. The present day Hindus need a wholesale
change of mentality in their social, ritual, cultural and national view point. I
do not appeal Hindus to be fanatic, fascist and superstitious, but they have to
be strong and adopt such postures as to crush the impending challenges which is
quite possible by a strong political will to rule the country by strong
political mindedness. 0 Hindus! Bring a drastic change in your mentality, and
develop strong resistance to hostiles attacks from outside by all constructive
work within.
5.
Hinduize the Politics and Consolidate a Strong
Hindu Vote Bank
At
present, India is the only land for living to the Hindus. It may appear to be
imaginary to some dreamers, but it is a hard fact that if all-out efforts were
not made right now, the Hindus will no more be seen in India too as it has
already happened in Afghanistan and in recently created Pakistan from India, and
is slowly happening in Bangladesh. Hence every Hindu will have to accord maximum
primacy to the defense of India from lslamization by strengthening, uniting and
energizing the patriotic feelings of the Hindus.
The
great architect of modern India Sh. V.D. Savarkar gave a clarion call of 'Militerization
of the Hindus and Hinduization of Politics as the only solution of the
current problems. And following is the action plan.
Ia)
In our democratic country, the protection of the political interest of the
Hindus depends upon their total number and their combined political strength of
nationalist members of the Parliament bearing always in mind the interest of the
Hindus. The present constitution is anti-Hindu, and is oriented towards the
appeasement of the minorities. And in due course, it will lead to the
disintegration of the nation. The protection of the Hindu Dharma and culture rests in the protection of political interest of
the Hindus. According to Mahabharat "The
political duty of the people towards the state is greater than any other duty.
" (Sarve Dharma Raj Dharma Pradhana). Therefore first of all every
Hindu should help to consolidate a strong Hindu political force and a Hindu vote
bank all over India by unifying themselves politically through sinking their
preferences of his/her village, city, region, province, dialect, language,
community and religious sect etc.as nation is first.
b)
Every Hindu should definitely cast his/her vote during each and every democratic
election whether it is of Municipality, State Assembly or Parliament in favour
of a nationalist and a pro- Hindu candidate of good character.
c)
Every Hindu including even a handicapped, the lame, the blind, the disabled and
the patient who can walk must invariably cast his/her vote and use this
political weapon, which is available normally once in five years, in the
interest of the nation. Earlier the countries were won by swords, but now, in
democracy, they are won by consolidated votes.
d)
Be sure that your name is included in the voters list. Examine carefully your
name and address, and get it corrected by concerned officer, if missing, so that
you do not loose your political power of voting.
e)
According to our constitution a two-third majority of MPs is required in order
to enact the new law or modify the old ones. Therefore, make all possible
efforts to select and elect more than two-third MPs who are dedicated to the
Hindu interests; and do not allow to occupy the seats of political power to
those who are prepared to sacrifice the national interest for their own selfish
ends. Had the Hindu,,, voted slightly more pre-determinedly aiming to provide
absolute majority for BJP, in a unified manner, in the 1996 elections, a stable
and strong nationalist Government could have been formed at the center. Though
being the largest single party, BJP did form the Government initially, but was
forced to resign just within 13 days (16-P8 May 1996) due to lack of having
majority as some political parties did not support BJP fearing of loosing Muslim
votes in future elections. Therefore, the nationalist citizens should leave no
stone unturned in providing two-third majority to pro-Hindu nationalist
candidates in the coming elections in 1998, and any other in future.
f) The scholars of Hindu r6ligious scriptures, Dharmacharyas and religious preachers should lay special emphasis on taking active interest in politics as a part of religion in their religious discourses, and articles to news papers, magazines and other print and electronic media. More and more Hindu youths should take journalism as a career to project Hindu view point in relation to social, religious and political matters.
g) Participate actively in elections in order to maintain the noble form of democracy. Expose irregularities and assist Election Officers in nabbing fake voters.
h) Discourage independent candidates and also condemn and castigate professional defectors.
i) Every Hindu should watch carefully the goings on in their neighborhood, and complain to the government against those who are indulging in anti-national activities.
j) People only with valid identity cards and citizenship should be entitled to vote, not the non-Indian infiltrators as Bangladeshis.
k) Every Hindu should actively participate in the political goings on in the country. Be ready individually and collectively to take on the government or opposition group in the interest of the Hindus and encourage other Hindus for demonstration of collective strength.
l) All Hindus should work in unison, and prepare a vigilant and strong Hindu vote bank, by agitating and organizing themselves.
6. Amend Anti-Hindu Constitution
There
are many Articles in our constitution which are not only anti- Hindu but are
constantly harming national unity and integrity. Such articles be scrapped from
the constitution. On the other hand, Article 51A on fundamental duties of each
citizen, and directive principles of state policy viz Article 39A, 41,44 and 51
related to protection of unity and integrity of India, promotion of social
harmony and humanism and abjuring violence, equality in law and justice, be
implemented strictly.
..continued
in Part II (What Hindus Should Do)
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What
Hindus Should Do - Part II
The
citizens have been classified into majority and minority for providing special
rights to minorities which is unnecessary as there is no discrimination against
the minorities. In fact, in our constitution all citizens are equal having,
Equality before Law (Art. 14), Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of
religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth (Art.15), Equality of opportunity
in matters of pubic employment
(Art.16), Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech (Art. 1 9),
and Protection of life and personal property (Art. 21). Therefore, legally there
is no discrimination against anybody what to say of minority.
Thus
the constitution provides both the Right of Freedom of Religion and the Right of
Freedom of Expression. Hence there is no need again of Article 25 to guarantee
'The freedom of conscience and freedom of profession, practice and propagation
of religion'. This has been added under pressure of Church. Speaking on behalf
of the Drafting Committee, K.M. Munshi said Moreover I was a party. from the
very beginning to the compromise with the minorities.... and / know that it was
on this word the Indian Christian community laid the greatest emphasis, not
because they wanted to convert people aggressively, but because-..,the word
"propagate was fundamental part of their tenets.'
Again
according to Article 26-28, the Hindus do not have the right to establish,
impart and manage their religious education, if they are getting Govt. grant and
affiliated to Govt. Organization, while such a restriction is not for minority
educational institutions. Rather under Protection of interest of minorities they
have been given "Right to establish and administrate their educational
institutions "under Article 29-30. Hence Hindus despite of being in
majority are denied those rights which are specially provided to the minorities.
This is a clear case of discrimination against the Hindus. As a matter of fact,
there should be one uniform curriculum, syllabus and school text books in our
educational system throughout the country, and not different to different
religious minorities. In a secular country, the education should definitely be
secular and uniform. The Articles 29 and 30 encourage separatism and
discrimination against the Hindus and support minorities. Hence, the Hindus
should launch a national agitation to scrape or amend these Articles (25-30).
7.
Oppose Pseudo-Secularism
The
word "secular "has been added in our constitution-through 42nd
amendment (31.9.1977). But no where it has been defined and explained. But,
however, Dr. Radha Krishnan, the first vice.-President of India said in the
parliament ........... The Indian state will not identify itself with or be
controlled by any particular religion. We hold that no one religion should be
given preferential status or unique distinction, that no one religion should be
accorded special privileges in national life or international relations for that
would be a violation of the basic principles of democracy and contrary to the
best interest of religion and government." (Recovery of faith, N.Y. Harper
Bro. 1955. p. 202). Hence the state should not give preferential treatment to
any religious community.
According
to the Chambers Dictionary (1 993 ed.) secular means ,,pertaining to present
world, to things not spiritual, not ecclesiastical, not concerned with religion,
not bound by monastic rules etc. " and secularism means 'the belief that
the state, morals, education etc. should be independent of religion."
Therefore, the secular state means a state whose administration and laws and
bylaws are free from the control of religion and tenets of its Citizens and
equality in law of all citizens for the state. Further Holyoake, the father of
secularism, defines secularism as free thinking of an individual based on
his/her consciousness. It is a form of conduct which inspires consciousness to
dedicate itself for the service of mankind through free thinking. Hence, in a
secular state, its laws should be based on equality, morality and consciousness
of the citizens; and should not be strictly controlled by religious tenets of
any of the communities living in the state. But Christianity and Islam do not
allow free thinking to their followers and restrict them to be abided by their
religious scriptures; and therefore, they oppose secularism. According to a
Muslim theologian Prof. Musirul Huq, 'leaving aside a small section of Indian
Muslims, the majority is by no means secular.'(p' 1) again "The Indian
Muslims generally hold'Islam'as 'faith'and 'shariah'the practical exhibition of
the faith to be insep arable ... Thus secularism and secular state are to be
accepted or rejected on the basis of the'shariah'. The secular state as we have
seen, has a precedent in Islamic history, and is therefore, acceptable, but
secularism as a doctrine is believed to be incompatible with Islam.'(Islam in
Secular India p.5). In view of this, Jamate-islami leaders protest against
secularism "The Jam aat (Jamaat-l- Islami- Hind Auth.) has categorically
stated that in the present circumstances, it wants the secular form of
Government to Continue" (ibid.p.1 1) "The Jamaat however, is not alone
in this ambivalence; the majority of the Indian 'Ulema'share this view. Many of
them seem to believe that the state must remain secular but the Muslims should
be saved from secularism. (ibid. 12).
Honestly
speaking Ulema's preach to oppose secularism and appeal Muslims to bring Islam
and shariat in India. on 7th Feb. 1961, at Aurangabad lslami leader Said Ahmed
said 'Will the Muslims after giving up their tenets of Islam be carried away by
the wave of secularism or they will reverse the trend and establish an Islamic
state here ..... we have to establish Islamic rule here after removing the
secular state."
Not
only in India, but through-out the world, the Muslims, in general, are
anti-secularism. According to H.Times(23.1.96) "A Muslim spiritual leader
of Taiakistan named Mufti Faithjis Sheriffova and three members of his family
along with a follower were killed by the fundamentalist Muslims. simply because
the Mufti was the supporter of Democratic secular state.' So the Muslims, both
in faith and practice, do not believe in secularism until and unless they are
helpless or in minority.
Similarly
the Christians condemn secularism. At the Jerusalem Meeting, Dr. Rufus Jones
says "No student of deeper problems of life can very well fail to see that
the greatest rival of Christianity in the world today is not Mohammedanism, or
Budhism or Hinduism or Confucianism, but a world wide secular way of life."
(The Christian life and Message Internal. Miss. Counc. Rept. Vol 3.p. 284).
Similarly Pope Leo 13 said "Secularism is condemnable."
Hence
both Christians and Muslims expect the state to be secular, but they themselves
do not accept secularism in their decisions. Despite of this, the political
parties in power viz Congress, Janta Dal, Muslim League, CPM, CPI, SP, United
Front etc. are going out of the way to grant them whatever just or unjust
demands they make to achieve their political objectives even against the
national interest. Is it secularism to acknowledge Muslim Personal Law, and to
provide financial assistance of hundreds of crores Rs. every year to thousands
of Muslim haj pilgrims Which is not provided even in any Islamic country, and is
also against the tenets of Koran (3.97 )? Is it secularism to provide state
tenetsto Muslim Madarsas and salary to Imams of Niasiids or ;reference in jobs
to minorities in Government and semi government organizations; and to provide
loans on low interest, and special coaching only to minority youths for IAS and
other competitive examinations for Government Jobs? Is it an equality in law? Is
it not discrimination against the Hindus? The surprising fact is that these
minorities do not believe in secularism, yet they are provided all benefits with
special preference at the cost of Hindus, and from the revenue, mostly
contributed by the Hindus. On the other hand, Hindu acts according to his/her
conscience with full free thinking in national interest. So, he is a real
secular and certainly not a pseudo- secular as practiced by Congress, GPM, Janta
Dal etc. during the last half century.
Besides
this, uniformity in state Laws is another requirement of a secular state. But
the Congress and other political parties in power had neither enacted uniform
civil code as was expected from the government under Article 44 of the
constitution during the last 5 decades nor it is willing now to enact as
announced recently (27.10.95) by the Congress Government simply because the
Muslims oppose it. Then is it secularism? It is pseudo-sec6larism. It is anti-
nationalism and anti-Hinduism.
Again
the irony is this that those who do not believe in secularism are awfully
projected in press media as secularists, and the real secularists and
nationalist Hindus are condemned as communal vis a vis anti-nationalists; while
the fact is otherwise. It is the clear cut policy of Congress, CPM etc. of
cutting down the rights and privileges of the Hindus and give them specially to
the minorities. It is not secularism, but minoritism. The present secularism has
deprived the Hindus of their legitimate rights, and will ultimately annihilate
them. All unbiased, rational and judicious thinkers have totally rejected this
monster of pseudo-secularism and the Hindus should condemn it enmass publicly.
Therefore, the Hindus should agitate against the appeasement of the minorities
and oppose pseudo-secularism and minoritism which is flourishing under the garb
of so-called secularism.
Here
the point of consideration is that when the Muslims and Christians do not
believe themselves in secularism in its strict sense, then why grant so many
discriminatory facilities and privileges to them in the name of secularism? Is
it not a well planned strategy and discrimination against the Hindus and a favor
to those who do not believe in secularism c,,' the constitution, and rather they
be treated as anti-constitutionalists.
Moreover,
if the Government is really honest to implement the constitution regarding
secularism, the leaders should first initiate uniform secular education, make
uniform civil code, no religious education at Government cost to any one, stop
appeasing the minorities, refuse to offer lftar parties, stop Hajj subsidy and
avoid all sorts of discriminations based on caste, creed and religion. And if
they do not amend their ways, the only alternative left to Hindus is to oppose
tooth and nail this monster of pseudo-secularism. The Hindus must not tolerate
any discrimination any more under the name of secularism. The truth is that it
is this political discrimination which is deliberately pushing the Hindus
towards a civil war which the Hindus will have to opt unwillingly for their own
survival in this only land as their abode.
8.
Expel Bangladeshi Infiltrators
Muslims
of Bangladesh and Pakistan though are not waging a direct war with India, but
have planned to capture India by demographic aggression and increasing Muslim
population here through regular infiltration. According to this plan, Muslims
from these countries have been infiltrating into and settling down in India,
ever since the independence of India in 1947. And our selfish, short sighted and
vote greedy leaders, unaware of Muslims political psychology and strategy are
resorting to all means to see them settled in India, facilitating them through
providing ration cards, houses, land, properties, arranging loans and employment
and even marriages with Indian Muslims. What a shame, that the leaders who were
entrusted with the responsibility of defense of the nation are practicing
treachery with the people goaded by their petty political aims. The Home
Ministry has openly acknowledged in the parliament that 'There are many other
reasons besides religious and economic factors of the continuous infiltration of
Bangladeshi nationals into /India(Panch-Janya 3.9.95). About two crores of
Muslims have come from Bangladesh alone, and have settled in Assam, West Bengal,
Bihar, Delhi, Bombay and other places. As a result of this, ten districts of
Assam, six of Bengal and many of Bihar have become Muslim majority districts,
which is increasing the possibility of the emergence of an Islamic state in
India itself. The ex-governer of West Bengal, Shri T.V. Rajeshwar has warned the
nation to that effect. (H.T. Delhi 8.3.96). But the Congress, C.P.M., Janta Dal
and United Front governments, always eyeing on their vote bank and greedy for
the state power, have turned a blind eye to these anti- national and
unconstitutional activities and goings on. I believe that the process of
infiltration of Bangladeshis will continue at least till such time when the
North-East region of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh become Muslim majority regions and
a third Islamic state is carved out in India. It is a matter of growing concern
which needs immediate action. Some suggestions are as below:
a)
The government should make a firm determination to resolve this problem, and
enforce strictly the Foreign Nationals Act.
b)
The government should forcibly turnout all non-Indian Muslims who have
infiltrated into India after 1950.
c)
Even the short term visa to Bangladeshi Muslims should be discontinued, and
those persons whose visa term has expired should be sent back.
d) All the routes of illegal entry should be effectively blocked.
e)
When Muslim countries like Pakistan, Malaysia, Saudi Arab are strictly blocking
Muslim infiltration, then the Govt. of India should be all the more strict with
Bangladeshis who infiltrate into India with political aims.
f)
People caught while infiltrating should be sentenced to a minimum of ten years
imprisonment because after partition the infiltration from Pakistan and
Bangladesh is an offence as applicable to any foreigner.
g)
Infiltrating Bangladeshi Muslims should not be granted India's citizenship, even
though they may be in possession of ration cards etc.
h)
No Indian citizen should provide any kind of employment even on daily wages etc.
to any foreign (Bangladesh, Pakistan or Afghan) Muslim man, woman or child; and
all those persons, institutions or contractors who provide them employment
should be considered offenders and be strictly dealt with. The trade and
industry of such persons should be confiscated and they should be sentenced to a
minimum imprisonment of seven years, because providing employment to foreigners
should be deemed a cognizable offence. Law should be enacted to that effect, if
does not exist.
i)
The government should raise this national issue in the U.N.O:
pressurize the Bangladesh government for taking the infiltrators back,
and additionally start a publicity campaign against Bangladesh government for
this strategic long term policy of concentrating Muslims in India.
j) All the Bangladeshis should be taken into custody and camps pending
completion of formalities of sending them back. This is to be under-taken
to restrict their movement, and then they should be handed over to UN Refugee
Commission and not to leave on border.
k)
All the ration cards issued to Bangladeshis should be taken backfrom them.The
government should confiscate theirproperty if they have bought some in India and
their names should be struck off from the electoral rolls, if included.
l)
No writ petition of Bangladeshi Muslims be entertained or heard in Indian
courts.
m)
If the government has a strong will, it is very easy to check and identify the
infiltrators. Settlement of foreigners is a crime against the nation.
n)
Persons, leaders and government servants patronising or otherwise, protecting
Bangladeshi Muslims should be tried for treason and a national campaign should
be started by public and NGOs to condemn and force out of power those political
parties which patronise them.
o)
Bangladeshi Muslims should not have the right to vote, and the election of all
those leaders, in Panchayat and Municipalities, and of M.L.As and MPs be
declared void and unconstitutionp-I who have been elected by manipulation.
p)
Continuous influx of Bangladeshi Muslims is imbalancing the ratio of
Hindu-Muslim population in the states, and the interests of Hindus are being
sacrificed. Therefore, the Hindus should fight it out as crusaders in the
anti-infiltration campaign, this being a question of their life and death. They
should initiate a mass agitational campaign, because that alone will stop the
Bangladeshisation of India, otherwise another new Islamic state will be carved
out in India as a result of this problem (See also Is India Going Islamic, and
Demographic Aggression Against India: Muslim Avalanche from Bangladesh, both by
Baijit Rai).
9.
Adopt Social Reforms
Undoubtedly,
like other world religions, some distortions have crept into the Hindu Dharma
also being the oldest and most ancient religion of the world. Consequently
several social evils have taken deep roots in the social set up of the Hindus
which have been exaggerated during the Muslim and British rule. However social
evils like birth based caste system, social discrimination as high and low
castes, untouchability, dowry system, child marriage, prohibition in widow
marriage, oppression and torture on women etc. which are still rampant in the
rural life of Hindu society, are unauthentic and unacceptable as per Hindu
scriptures. This is why great saints and social reformers, down from the ages,
as Lord Mahaveer, Lord Buddha, Adi Shankaracharya, to Ramanand, Kabir, Guru
Nanak, Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Swami Dayanand, Swami Vivekanand, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar,
Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Phule, Dr. Hedgewar etc. have univocally opposed these
social evils v,-ry strongly and tried to introduce social reforms. In fact, most
of these evils are the contributions of the Muslim rule which were inflated
during the British rule. These were highly exaggerated and publicised by them to
work their way for the conversion of Hindus to Islam and Christianity. The Hindu
Dharma Shastras and the Hindu Society have never termed any of its member as
down trodden, the deprived or the Dalit. Even the Shudra varna of the ancient
period was considered Arya, the respectable as accepted by Dr. Ambedkar also.
However, the varna system and shudra varna do not exist now, and the present day
scheduled castes, scheduled tribes or other Backward classes are in no way
related to the Shudra varna of ancient times. The ancient system of social
classification is based on varna i.e on the nature, qualities and actions
(Karmana varna Vyavastha) of a person bears no relationship whatsoever wi- th
the present day birth based classification (Janmna Jati- Vyavastha). The Hindu
Dharma does not approve birth based caste system what to say of discrimination.
It is absolutely based on love, equality and respect. The Veda says "Among
men none is big or small. All are equal and brothers. All should strive for the
highest temporal and eternal glory." (RV. 5-60.5). '7t injures upon Brahman
(educational class), Kashatriya (warrior class), Vaishya (trading class) and
Shudras (service class) to live in amity and harmony.' (Yaju. 18.48).
In
this contest Swami Vivekanand provides the solutions of our social problems in
the following words:-
"The
solution is not by bringing down the higher but by raising the lower up to the
level of the higher ..... The ideal at one end is the Brahmana, and the ideal at
the other end is the Chandala, and the whole work is to raise the Chardala up to
the Brahmana ...... The plan in India is to make everybody Brahmana, the
Brahmana being the ideal of humanity. If you read the history of India, you will
find that attempts have always been made to raise the lower class.' (Caste
Culture and Socialism p.8-9N
Again
Swami Ji says : "The present caste is not the real jati, but a hindrance to
its progress. Let jati have its sway,- break down every barrier in the way of
caste and we shall rise ------ Therefore, my friends, it is no use fighting
among castes. What good will it do? It will divide us all the more, defraud us
all the more." The great Swami asked the Brahmanas 'Arise and show your
manhood. your Brahmanhood, by raising the non-Brahmanas around you, not in the
spirit of a master, not will the rotten canker of egotism crawing with
superstitions and the charlatanry of East and West, but in the spirit of a
servant." (p. 67). "Our mission is for the destitute, the poor and the
illiterate peasantry and laboring class"...... "The poor, the down
trodden the ignorant, let these be your God.' (p. 60) Swami Ji says "You
have read - "Look upon your mother as God, look upon your father as
God." (Taitt. Up. 1. 1 1.2 ) But / say, The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted, let
these be your God. Know that service to these alone is the highest religion.
(Ranade p.93)
To
the non-Brahmanas, he says "who told you to neglect spirituality and
Sanskrit leaning?".'..... "why do you not become Sanskrit scholars?
Why do you not spend millions to bring Sanskrit- education to all the castes in
India? That is the question. The moment you do these things, you are equal to
the Brahmana
-"I
tell you men who belong to the lower castes, the only way to raise your
condition is to study Sanskrit and this fighting and writing and frothing
against the higher castes is in vain; it does no good, and it creates fight and
quarrel, and this race, unfortunately already divided, is going to be divided
more and more. The only way Io bring about the leveling of caste is appropriate
the culture, the education, which is the strength of the higher castes. That
done, you have what you want (ibid.p.68)" Therefore the Hindus should
follow the message of Swami Vivekanand and others, and discard every social evil
that has crept in to Hindu society by adopting the following measures.
a)
All Hindus should follow the dictum of the Vedas; and reject birth-based caste
system and discrimination, if -any, remove
untouchability
and follow the tenets of equality and mutual love of the Vedas; because there is
no mention of these social evils in these scriptures which are the authentic
texts of the Hindus.
b)
The evil of casteism (caste system) and caste based discrimination is mainly due
to interpolation of caste-discriminatory verses in some Hindu scriptures which
is not in the Vedas. Birth-based caste system and caste discrimination is not a
part of pure Hindu Dharma. I assure one and all that it is unauthentic,
unacceptable and is the latter addition by selfish people. The Hindu
Dharmacharya's and scholars should make special efforts to remove all such
interpolations from the Hindu scriptures as has been done by Dr. Surendra Kumar
in case of Manusmriti.
c)
Many self-contradictory, illogical and irrational statements have crept in the
present editions of many Dharma Shastras, Smrities and other Hindu texts, which
are unauthentic, unacceptable and contrary to the Vedas; and are therefore,
worthy of rejection by one and all. We should, therefore, eschew such statements
and avoid hatred, discrimination and jealousy among our own brothers and
sisters.
d)
According to Mahabharat (Sh.P. 188.10) "There is neither speciality nor
discrimination among the varnas, because the entire creation is the work of one
God. Intact initially, there was only one vama; later on they were expanded into
four due to the special needs and practical requirements of a prosperous
society." Hence we should not discriminate anyone as low or high.
e)
Again, we should not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed, sect or any
other criteria because in Hindu Dharma all human creatures have been treated as
belonging to one human class. (Manusyasch eik vidhi, Sankhya Darshan) i.e.
"all people are alike. '
f)
Every Hindu, and particularly every religious preacher of Hindus Dharma should
take a vow to end untouchability and remove discrimination of high and low
caste.
g)
People should meet one another on equal footing in social and religious
festivities, have community lunches and develop intimate fellow feelings.
h)
At each social gathering and occasion, try your best to remove the
misconceptions that the pre-sent
social evils are the origin of authentic Hindu Scriptures.
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i)
Common meetings during community festivals as of Holi, Deepawaii, Lorhi, Onam,
Durga Puja etc. have been used as a platform for removing social discrimination
and strengthening equality. Hence, we should treat everyday as a day of
festivity and eradicate social discrimination totally.
j)
Inter-caste marriages be encouraged which are gaining momentum now,
particularly amongst the educated and working middle class people. Here
similarity of Job, life style and attitude of both boy and girl to other related
problems is the main factor. This is simply the revival and acceptance of varna
system of Hindu Dharma.
k)
Respect and embrace the poor, the uneducated and the undeveloped of our
community, and extend all support on the basis of equality to raise him/her to
your own level.
l)
Avoid writing caste names. This will reduce caste discrimination to some extent.
Narayan Guru says "in fact, caste does not exist. / say, the days of caste
discrimination are over, and the faith backing it should also come to an end. Do
not write names denoting caste."
m)
Taking it as a religious duty, every bride and groom and their parents, should
take a vow to eradicate dowry system. When the mutual acceptance by the bride
and groom is the decisive factor in the marriage, then the condition of dowry
for marriage is improper, in-human, unethical and unauthentic to our scriptures.
Hence, it should be repudiated by the bride and groom themselves strictly.
n)
When, the entire woman kind, in the form of girl, sister, daughter, wife, mother
etc. has been treated in Hindu Dharma, as respectable, venerable, and worthy of
adoration and protection, it is a heinous crime to torture the daughter in-law,
burning her and causing tension in the family. Hence, we should take it as our
religious duty and vow to respect and protect the women as a class.
o)
Since divorce or separation in marriage, is unacceptable in the Vedas, we should
discourage it, and instead make every possible effort to create family harmony.
p)
We should stop child marriage and encourage young widow marriage, particularly
when the widow is issueless.
q)
Let us be careful of ongoing large scale anti-Brahman propaganda in the print
media by agencies of World Church in the name of ...
Brahmanism
and Dalitism, and make all possible efforts to create harmonious relation-ships
amongst various social groups of the Hindu society on the basis of equality,
love and cooperation.
I
am conscious of the fact that it is difficult to re-introduce varna system in
the present political setup, and birth based caste system can also not be wiped
off immediately. But certainly, we can stop discrimination, create social
harmony, remove untouchability, dispel misunderstanding of approval of social
injustice in Hindu Scriptures, and thus can reduce inter-caste tensions and can
create a more harmonious atmosphere on the basis of mutual love and respect. We
may, though, not be able to create a casteless society altogether immediately
but certainly can proceed towards a non-caste- discriminatory society.
10
Discard Family Planning
International
institutions, particularly those controlled by the Christians, have planned to
eliminate the Hindus by reducing them to a minority in India. That is why,
whenever the Government of India requests them for financial assistance for its
developmental programmes, they insist upon family planning. They, as Well as the
Indian leaders know full well that their appeal for family planning would
neither be accepted by the Muslims nor by the Christians. Therefore, their
entire stress is limited to capping increase in the population only of the
Hindus. They cannot ever muster courage to talk of family planning to non-Hindus
for fear of losing their votes. They ask the Hindus only to reduce their birth
rate so that the increased (Muslim) population can be fed. And the patriotic
Hindus have offered this sacrifice for the nation as well.
The
latest census statistics of 1991 on per cent reduction in population growth rate
is the result of 'two or one' child practice adopted by the Hindus. This is why
the percentage increase of the Hindus (22.78%) during 1981-90 is less than that
of national average (23.79%) even. Not only now, but for the last one hundred
years, the percentage of the Hindu population is regularly on the declining
phase whereas that of the Muslims and Christians it is regularly on the increase
(Table 1). As evident from the census data of 1991 (Table 2) that the
incremental percentage of Muslims during 1981-90 is maximum.
Figure
1: Below shows religion-wise, population on India during 1881-1991 (Census
Repots)
This
is about one and halt times (143.8%) more than that of the Hindus. It may also
be noted that the Hindu population is less than the national average in 16 out
of 32 states. Such an enormous increase in Muslim population, in India, is
mainly due to (i) non-acceptance of family planning, even up to four wives, (ii)
infiltration of Muslims from Bangladesh, (iii) abduction of young Hindu girls
and (iv) conversion of Hindus to Islam. If this state of affairs continues,
there is no doubt, that within the next 15- 20 years the Hindus will
automatically be reduced to a minority in the country; and a Kashmir-like
situation will emerge in Muslim majority areas. The impact of a high
Muslim-Hindu population ratio on the fate of Hindus can be seen even today in
the society. And in Delhi itself, two of my neighbors had to sell their houses
to them and leave Pahar Ganj and Darya Ganj area for security reason under
pressure from Muslim majority. In the entire country, today the situation, is
that Hindus have to forcefully leave that mohalla, village or locality where
their population is very low in comparison to Muslims, and they have to migrate
to safer Hindu majority localities. The Kashmiri pandits (Hindus) have been
forced to leave Kashmir simply being in minority there. Any now they are leading
a miserable life in different parts of India simply because they refused to
accept Islam there, and the secularist Govt. failed to protect their life and
property as expected under Art. 21 of the constitution. But where will the
Hindus go from his only refuge-India when they will be reduced to minority on
national level? To Bay of Bengal, to Hind Mahasager! or drown themselves in
rivers and reservoirs? The phenomenal increase in the ratio of Muslim to Hindu
population will ultimately annihilate the Hindus, Hindu Dharma and culture.
Adoption of family planning by Hindu youths after one or two children, and
refusal of the same up to the child bearing age by the Muslims, even up to four
wives, along with adoption of other methods, is sufficient to transform
India-the only land for the Hindus, to a Muslim majority state, and ultimately
to a total Muslim country, as we are witnessing today in Pakistan created just
50 years ago from India due the same reason of Muslim majority population, from
where remaining Hindus have been almost completely wiped out.
Hence
0 Dreamer Hindus! Don't -live in fool's paradise. Be practical, be pragmatic and
foresighted! Open your eyes, and see the writings on the wall! Visualize for a
moment the long term effect of family planning on the existence and survival of
your progeny as a Hindu in the coming generation. In our democratic political
setup, number of human heads and their casted votes decide the nature of Govt.
and destiny of the people, and not their wealth and assets. What was the fate of
wealth of Hindus accumulated in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and even now in our own
country Kashmir?
Muslims
have planned to convert India into a Islamic state simply by not adopting family
planning. Let me quote from their own plans and intentions. Recently during 1993
elections in U.R the Muslim leaders through leaflets categorically said "Go
ahead, increase your religious votes and never accept vasectomy." Hamid
Dalwai wrote in his book - Muslim Politics in Secular India (p.53) " If not
today then tomorrow, if not tomorrow, then in the next 50 or 100 years India
will sink in Islamic deluge.' Hence in the mean-time now, the Muslims are busy
in increasing their vote bank by all means on one hand, and to feed their bigger
families asking for reservations in Govt. Jobs according to their percent
population, financial assistance for trade, easy loans, contracts in govt. and
semi-govt. organizations etc. focusing on their poverty and backwardness, as it
it is due to Government policies which, in fact, is mainly due to their large
family size.
I
may warn here, one and all, that these lists of political and financial demands
of the Muslims will ever go on increasing with the rise of their population. And
our vote hungry leaders, knowing fully the consequences of non-acceptance of
family planning by Muslims, are meeting all their just or unjust demands. If
such a situation continues, the political power, which is being controlled and
regulated by the Muslims, even at 12% population now as was evident from 1996
elections and formation of United front, to check BJP coming in power, will
finally be in their hands due to majority of Muslim votes. Hence, here are some
suggestions to face that situation:-
a)
The Hindus should not accept family planning in order to safe guard their
existence. Rather they should boycott it openly as a policy on national level.
b)
Hindus should impart job oriented education and vocational training to their
sons and daughters, and should not discriminate between them.
c)
Lead .a simpler life so as to support more children.
d)
The Hindus should work harder and earn more for up-bringing their children.
e)
The younger generation should take a vow to end dowry and all irrational and
illogical traditions and customs with wasteful expenditure.
f)
The Hindus should stop all wasteful expenditure in marriages and other social
functions. They should reduce their expenses incurred on pomp and show to
satisfy their false self ego.
g)
They must stop dowry system completely as a religious duty rather than
practising family planning being compelled to save for dowry.
h)
The youths should take a pledge for a dowryiess marriage and a social movement
be started on a national level irrespective of caste, creed and region. Such an
awakening movement be initiated in each caste with a deterrent social punishment
for dowry hungry people.
i)
The wealthy Hindus should plan welfare projects to provide employment to needy
Hindus. They should extend all possible help to economically weaker persons
engaged for social and Hindu cause.
j)
The Hindu business community, in case of more children, will not have totally to
depend upon outsiders to execute their business organisations: and self employed
people will have more working hands at their own command. Sometimes the business
organisations, created and developed, are snatched away by others due to lack of
own family members.
k)
The Hindus should economically boycott those who harm their interest.
l)
More cooperative organisations be developed at community levels to
generate more employment.
m)
Bring revolutionary social changes, remove all social evils rather than removing
your progeny through family planning.
Finally
it is desirable for a self respecting Hindu, to work harder rather than accept
dowry; to live a life of penury for the sake of his own existence and that of
future generation is better than to lead a life of slavery, degradation and
disrespect in future. If Hindus want to live with self-respect as a community or
a race, in India, they should not practice family planning at all, in the
present political circumstances where vote determines their survival.
11.
Check Conversion of Hindus
Christianity
and Islam - both subscribe to religious conversions. They are busy in finishing
off all world religions, particularly Hindu religion. Misusing the Right to
Freedom of Religion (Article 25) and secularism, the Hindus are being converted
with greater dispatch than during the British rule. As on today, around one lakh
and seventy five thousand Christian Missionaries and seventy thousand Islamic
Tabligis are converting two lakh Hindus annually. It is not discernible on the
face of it for, as per Christian policy they sport Hindu names, dress and
appearance and run Ashramas and temples like those of the Hindus. If this
process of Hindu conversion continues, soon the Hindus will come to minority and
ultimately they will disappear from India leaving no trace behind. It may appear
to be exaggerative and funny to some imaginaries, but it is a proven fact to a
pragmatic and foresighted visionary.
The
extensive conversion activities of Hindus, presently operative throughout the
length and breadth of India, are being planned and executed by the foreign
Christian Missionaries, under different names, whose number increased from 1668
in 1972 to 2326 in 1994 (Home Ministry Report 1993), which will be more now. The
name of Mother Teresa is in the forefront of this work in India, who for this
reason was turned out from foreign countries also. According to The Statesman,
(I 6th March, 1996) 'The sisters of the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa
were expelled from Vietnam on apprehension of converting the Vietnamese people
to Christianity.' In India, too, whenever the foreign clergies are being
considered for expulsion for their anti-national activities, the Mother Teresa
used to intercede on their behalf. To oppose conversion, action plan is as below
:-
I
. The Hindus should agitate asking the government to take effective steps to
stop the conversion of the Hindus and even the willing conversion of the
scheduled castes and tribes and other backward classes should not be recognized
and be rendered ineffective.
2.
No foreign national has a Right to the Freedom of Religion even under Article
25. Therefore, all the Missionaries, who come to India with ostensible aim of
education, religion, social service or protection of environment and are busy in
plans of the conversion of the Hindus, should be expelled. No foreign missionary
be permitted to enter India on any pretext, and no foreign missionary be
conferred Indian citizenship.
3.
The Central Govt. should not usually strike down orders of the State Govt.,
related to expatriation of a foreign missionary from the country, and such a
missionary should not be permitted to re-enter in future.
4.
Opposition to conversion of Hindus should be the main agenda of every Hindu
institution, religious preacher, scholar, writer; and the Hindu society at
large, should strongly oppose the religious conversion of the Hindus on all
levels and through publicity media.
5.
Religious scholars should prepare comparative literature on Christianity, Islam
and Hindu Dharma, and use it against religious conversions Simultaneously, they
should also expose false claims of Christianity and Islam.
6.
They should stop the conversion even of the blind, lame, and disabled Hindus
because their progeny will be normal.
7.
Every Hindu should keep a close watch in his neighborhood, office, locality and
village on the activities of the Islamic Tabligies and Christian Missionaries
and make every possible effort to stop conversion by reasoning and convincing
the concerned Hindu, and also bringing such matters to the knowledge of the
Hindu social workers.
8.
The conversion of the Hindus carried out through fraud and hypocrisy, temptation
and doles should be brought to the notice of administration so that legal action
could be taken against conversion-activists as has been done in Madhya Pradesh
where a Bishop and a nun have been convicted with an imprisonment of six months
and fine of Rs. 500/-.
The
Hindu young girls should exercise caution in their friendship and relations with
non-Hindus, and their guardians should also keep a close watch on their
activities vis-a-vis their young girls.
10.
The Hindu youths-both boys and girls should keep off the Bible Correspondence
Courses, and as far as possible the girls should not be sent to Mission Schools.
The guardians of those children who are studying in Mission Schools, should
maintain a strict watch on the emerging mentality of the children.
Providing
reservations to Dalit convert-Christians is unconstitutional and unjust to Dalit
Hindus. Therefore, the government services should not be reserved for them. This
would harm the interests of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward
classes, besides spurring conversion among the Hindus.
12.
Bring back the Hindu Converts
Bringing
the Hindus converted earlier to Islam or Christianity back into Hindu-fold is in
consonance with the tenets of Hindu Smrities. In practice, the coming back of
those forcibly converted to Islam by foreign Muslim marauders during early
invasions, was accepted by Hindu society (Indian Muslims-Who are They by K.S.Lal
p.44). Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, a visionary of modern India himself adopted
comparative study of religions and called for all the Hindus for the same, and
threw open the doors of Hindu Dharma to one and all even to the followers of
non-Hindu religions and also to the Hindu converts. He and his followers adopted
bringing back of the earlier Hindu converts to Hindu-fold as the main agenda of
their religious activities and publicity campaigns. Many crusaders like Swami
Shraddhanand, Mahashaya Rajpal, Pt. Lekh Ram and many other members of Arya Smaj
had to lay down their lives for this gigantic task of Shuddhi Movement. Lakhs
and lakhs of Hindu converts came back to Hindu fold and many more were saved
from conversion as a consequence of this national upurge of Arya Samaj Movement.
But now this program has also been adopted by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Vanvasi
Kalyan Ashram. But its pace is much slower than that of conversion of the Hindus
in free India which is a serious threat to the very survival of the Hindus.
Therefore, the following program be adopted in this direction:
a)
The ancestors of 99% of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus who were
converted due to then compelling circumstances. Hence, their re-entry into Hindu
fold is just like home coming. This should be encouraged through persuasion of
our long lost brethren.
b)
All Hindu religious preachers and scholars should adopt study of comparative
religion an essential feature, and use the same in their religious discourses.
c)
Social workers be trained on problems and remedial measures in relation to
conversion of Hindus, and bringing Hindu converts back to the Hindu Dharma.
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4.
Bringing back the Hindu converts to Hindu Dharma should be the main agenda today
of every Hindu Dharmacharya and Hindu religious and social Organisation.
5.
Arya Samaj, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram etc. should play a
leading role in these activities, and motivate more workers to join this
campaign.
6.
Free thinking Hindu converts be motivated to join back Hindu Dharma, and this
movement be strengthened on priority because independent judicious thinking and
action according to one's consciousness is permissible only in Hindu Dharma, and
not in Islam and Christianity.
7.
The Hindu society should not discriminate between born-Hindus and those
re-entered to Hindu Dharma in customs, marriages and social ceremonies.
8.
The re-entered people should be respected on the basis of equity, cooperation,
compassion and harmony. They should be provided special full security as
re-conversion from Islam to other faiths is prohibited, and such people deemed
to be killed.
9.
All possible financial assistance be provided to the re-entered Hindu converts
in relation to their education and employment.
1
0. Every Hindu adult should spare a minimum of ten days for such activities and
small groups be organized even at village level.
While
acknowledging that reconversion is a challenging job which requires a strong
will of change in attitude both of born Hindus and Hindu converts. But
certainly, this movement will help reversing the trend of Hindu conversion.
13.
Donate Generously for the Protection of Hindu Dharma
The
propagation, promotion, preservation and protection are the essential features
of any religion to survive and flourish. These are of vital importance for our
Dharma and culture in the prevailing political situations whore distorting of
Hindu culture is on top priority of the political parties in power. The
conscientious Hindus are sore about the present developments, and are convinced
for an urgent need for concerted, organized and immediate efforts to protect and
preserve the sanctity of Hindu Dharma, and culture, check conversion of Hindus,
propagate the true Hindu Dharma based on love, equality and humanity and provide
service to poor, disabled, down-trodden, oppressed and all round development of
children and women.
This
needs money, man power, and management of well- planned projects and strategies
at national level. Hindu Scriptures give top priority for donations and appeal
people to contribute the maximum for preservation and propagation of Dharma.
"You donate with both hands" (Ath 7.26.8) "Donate with dedication
and love even sometimes under compulsion" (Taitt. Up 1.1 1.3). Donation and
truth are the roots of Dharma (Cha. Sutra. 237). "No pious act equals
donation" (Maha. Bh. Anu.). "The Doner bigets Amratam or Moksham"
'(RV. 1. 1 25.6). 'One who enjoys alone is a sinner" (RV. 10.1 17.6).
According Gita (8.5). "One should not give up yagya, religious and social
welfare, penance and donations as these are purifires. " And Manu says
"For noble and pious acts and Dharma, people should generously donate- w;w#
F#O@-a (Manu. 4.227). Hence donation for social and religious causes is the
religious duly of each Hindu. But we do very little. On the contrary crores of
rupees legally and illegally have been pouring in India since independence into
Islamic and Christian organizations as assistance by 55 Islamic and 66 Christian
countries to wipe out the Hindus at the earliest. Besides this, Hindus
themselves are contributing cores of rupees annually to Christian educational
and other institutions, by sending their children to the Mission Schools. And
the same money is being used by them on the conversion of Hindus besides
converting and/ or poisoning the minds of young Hindu children against Hinduism
in the Mission schools. Not only this,. by money power, the Missionaries lure
poor people even to attend their prayer-services on daily or monthly basis.
Recently tribals from Sanswara, Rajasthan told that Missionaries paid to them
Rs. 1 50 to 200/= per month. (Panchjanya 27.4.97). The Church admits that they
buy, converts through money (B.D. Bharti, Vatican-Teresa-Sonia-R7):
What
a shame that the foreign Christian Missionaries through Indian converts are
performing our religious conversion with the help of crores of dollars brought
from abroad, and by our own money; and we, living in our own country are
watching helplessly the conversion of our own brothers and sisters due to
paucity of funds and lack of a vigilant, effective and strong anti-conversion
program of the Hindus. The Dharmacharyas have no moral right to ask for
donations from the Hindus, if they take no pains and fail to save the religion
particularly of, poor, down-trodden, illiterate and ignorant Hindus.
What
a shame that despite of Hindus being relatively richer, in general, not only in
India but also in U.K., USA and elsewhere have not been able to defend the
religion of their poor brothers and check conversion of Hindus simply because
lack of money available for the anti-conversion activities, even though we are
wasting crores of rupees annually on marriages of our children on the pomp and
show and satisfaction of false self ego of high status, spurred by evils as that
of dowry system. O Hindus! You are busy in earning, minting and hoarding of
enormous wealth all the time without caring for your very survival and
existence! If you do not, politically and demographically survive, your wealth
will not be with you either. You have already lost one-third of territory of
India and 20 crores Hindus to Islam in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Can any
civilized community of the world, knowing and seeing everything, bear its total
collapse, destruction and annihilation before his/her own eyes except the
Hindus? That too due to lack of funds! Have you forgotten Bhama Shah of Mewar! 0
Hindus! Be aware of the ensuing danger! Think a little about your own plight,
your own future! Your own destiny and progeny! Hence, attend the call of the
time and act as follows:
A)
Every Hindu must contribute a minimum of one per cent of his daily income for
preservation and protection of Hindu Dharma.
B)
All charitable Hindu organizations and rich Hindus should liberally donate
regularly to such individuals and institutions; (i) which are engaged in
printing and publishing literature on comparative religion helpful in checking
conversion of Hindus and bringing the Hindu converts back to Hindu fold; (ii)
which are working in villages, remote areas, labor colonies and amongst
laborers, tribals, financially and educationally backward people etc. to
promote, preserve and protect Hindu Dharma and the conversion of Hindu converts,
and (iii) which are engaged in establishing the re-converts to Hinduism in
relation to better educational facilities, marriages of their children,
employment, social security and other problems etc.
C)
The rich Hindus should ensure that not a single Hindu is converted due to
paucilly of funds.
D)
The Hindus, at religious ceremonies and auspicious occasions must generously
donate to Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, Keshav
Kunj,
Karol Bagh, New Delhi or Janseva Sansthan, V.H. Parshad, R.K. Puram, N. Delhi
which are doing commendable work among the tribals. Donations may be on monthly
basis also, through local agencies organised through-out the country. Sometime a
pamphlet, read and printed by your donation, could save vunerable convert.
Lastly "one who donates and protects the Dharma, is protected himself"
(Manu 8.15)
14.
Organise Your Own Religious Education
Hindus
do not have the right to receive the education of their religion and culture
through government and recognised schools(Art.26). On the contrary, the Muslims
and Christians, being minorities are absolutely free "to establish, support
and manage their religious educational institutions' (Art. 29-30) without any,
governmental interference. Not only that, the state and central Governments
provide financial assistance to these minority institutions. This amounts to
that the Hindus, though account for 85 per cent of the population of the
country, are constitutionally debarred from getting their religious education,
which is a clear cut injustice with the Hindus. This should vehemently be
opposed by each and every Hindu, individually and institutionally.
Furtherthe
education is a state matterand therefore, as weare already witnessing in the
educational system in the states of Kerela and N-E. Region. So the only
alternative left to the Hindus is either to control the political power in the
states and central government and amend the constitution or organize their own
educational system for their children or keep their children unaware of their
religious tenets. A few suggestions for organizing our religious education are
presented below.
Organizational
Set-up for Imparting Hindu Religious Education
First
of all, a Supreme Hindu Dharma Academic Council or Hindu Dharma Shiksha
Parished, be constituted. It should comprise of scholars, and Dharmacharyas
drawn from all premium religious sects of the Hindus. This should be the highest
policy making body and executive Organization with the following main
activities.
1.
To organize, establish, support and administrate the religious education of
Hindus in India and abroad.
2.
To establish a Central Hindu Dharma Educational and Training Institute (CHDETI)
with branches in each Indian state to impart religious education in the regional
language and at a few places in abroad.
3.
To establish a Research Institute of Comparative Religion particularly in
relation to Islam, Christianity and Hindu Dharma.
4.
To establish a Central Publication Organization to publish authentic Hindu
Religious Scriptures in Sanskrit, Hindi and English while for regional languages
similar publication units be developed in different states.
5.
To develop policies on the coordination among Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and
other sects and sub-sects of Hindu Religion on philosophical and cultural basis.
6.
To develop a comprehensive book on Hindu Dharma giving basic tenets and code of
conduct based on authentic Hindus Scriptures.
7.
To develop guidelines for preparing authentic, logical and non- controversial
editions of Hindu Scriptures free from interpolations, omissions and additions.
8.
To develop guidelines for preparing research monographs, popular books and text
books which should be developed at CHDETI and regional institutes.
9.
To develop policies on awarding degrees and Training Diplomas on Hindu Dharma
and culture.
10.
To develop policies on preservation and management of Hindu Temples and to f
rame rules and regulations for the maintenance and construction of new temples.
11.
To develop guidelines for imparting training to priests and women-priests on
rituals and worship in the temples.
12.
To develop policies and guidelines for coordination between Central and Regional
Institutions and their activities.
Develop
One Comprehensive Book on Hindu Dharma
At
present a large number of Hindu Religious Scriptures are in vogue, and if their
commentaries by distinguished scholars are also included, their number would be
too huge to be read, understood and practised. To be brief we have, in Hindu
religion, 4 Vedas, 6 Vedangas, 6 Brahmanas, 6 Darshan Shastras, 200 Upnishads
with 13 as mains, I 8 Puranas, 1 8 Up-Puranas, 57 Smrities, Mahabharat, Ramayana
with various versions, Gita, several Aranyakas, a few Pratishakhyas, many Dharma
Shastras, Shulab Sutras, Grihya Sutras, Shrout Sutras, Dharma Sutras and Agamas.
Then in Buddhism there are many scriptures as Vinaya Pittaka, Tripattika and
their associated texts. Similarly there are 50 Agamas and about 8 Jain Puranas;
and Sikhism has Shri Guru Granth Sahib. In the present editions of these texts
there are a lot of interpolations except in the Vedas. It is therefore,
impossible for a common Hindu to read and practice all of them in daily life.
However, it may be justified for researchers, orientalists, lndologists,
specialists and senior Dharmacharyas to read, preach and conduct research on
them from the view point of ancient knowledge. But what is essentially required
at present for an average Hindu, is the compilation of one comprehensive book on
Hindu Dharma. This should contain exhaustively main non-controversial, common
and humanitarian tenets and a common code of conduct.
The
basic principles of the Hindu Dharma should be compiled strictly on the basis of
the Vedas because they are our authentic religious scriptures, as acknowledged
by our Rishis, and all the other Hindu scriptures. Moreover, they are free from
interpolations being learnt by heart in thirteen different ways and have been
preserved, in their original form since times immemorial, while such a case is
not with other Hindu Scriptures in which there are ample interpretations. The
common Hindu code of conduct should also be Veda based, but it can incorporate
the vedas-supported conducts from other scriptures such as, Brahmanas,
Upanishads, Darshan Shastras, Smrities, Mahabharat etc. The Valmiki Ramayana can
be taken for infusing inspiration and ideals in human life. Logical,
humanitarian and inspiring episodes and examples can be taken from the Puranas
and Mahabharat. In brief, in this text on comprehensive Hindu Dharma, primacy
should be accorded to the broad, lofty inspiring ideas and ideals and be free
from sectarian and complex outdated rituals. This broad based Text be got
approved by the state units and finally by the Supreme Hindu Dharma Academic
Council. After that, both of these should be translated into the regional
languages. This Text on Hindu Dharma and Valmiki Ramayana should be treated as
authentic Hindu Religious Scriptures and be made compulsory to each and every
Hindu. Needless to say that such a job is difficult, and controversial and, but
is intact of urgent need. This will lay a standard of tenets and code of conduct
and will give a positive, creative and inspiring outlook of comprehensive Hindu
Dharma. It will help in propagating pure Hindu Dharma and avoid conflicts,
controversies and contradictions mainly caused by interpolations and
sectarianism. Then, the Hindu Dharma in a pure form will emerge with more vigor,
will create staunch faith, will invite wider acceptability and will prove more
practical in daily life. Being based on freedom to act according to ones own
conscience will encourage non-Hindus, and Hindu-converts to come back to Hindu
fold. Such a book is the need of the day.
Management
of Religious Education and Training
I
.The CHDETI, established by the Hindu Dharma Academic Council should prepare a
three-tier Religious Education curriculum for Diploma in Hindu Dharma Shastra
(HDS), BA in HDS and MA in HDS level studies and these degrees be awarded to the
successful candidates like any university degree. This curriculum should be on
the basis of Hindu Philosophy, culture, history, rituals, sanskar, and code of
conduct after incorporating the principles and practices of various Hindu sects
and also of Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. The students also be exposed to
tenets of Islam and Christianity on comparative basis.
2
Similar Institutes be developed in the states to impart religious education and
training in the state language, so that people could get religious education in
their mother tongue.
3.
All Gurukuls, temples and centers of learning Sanskrit be coordinated and
affiliated to the Central Institute and Religious Education and be made an
essential part of their studies. They can get degrees both in Sanskrit and Hindu
Dharma Shastras, simultaneously.
4.
The priests and women priests should be trained in conducting Sanskar and other
religious rituals both at Central and State Institutions.
5.
The religious preachers, Priests, Purofits and Dharma-charyas educated and
trained in Hindu Dharma Shastras be preferred to preach and teach Hindu Dharma
and conduct rituals and ceremonies.
6.
Besides the fresh candidates, the priests already working in the temples should
also be given a refreshing training course.
7.
The personnel trained at the above institutions should act as trainers and train
the existing priests and Purohits through-out the country. This will help in
conducting uniform and correct rituals as per the Shastras.
8.
Religious training camps be organized in schools and temples during the summer
vacation for 15-20 days for students and conveniently for others at appropriate
time.
9.
Emphasis should be laid to publish authentic Hindu Religious literature for
different age groups with their translations in the regional languages.
10.
A cell of the CHDETI should arrange training for Hindus living abroad, both in
India as well as in foreign countries.
11.
All possible arrangements be made to impart religious training in each village,
town and city for various age groups of Hindus.
12.
All possible efforts be made to strengthen Hinduism rather than sectarianism by
minimizing internal and intra-sectarian differences.
13.
Scholars and Dharmacharyas should convince the Hindu masses emphatically that
birth-based castes, casteism, untouchability and social discrimination etc. are
quite unauthentic and unacceptable in pure Hindu Dharma, and therefore, such
evils should be abandoned.
14.
The Dharmacharyas should rise above their sectarianism, work to strengthen the
consolidated Hindu Dharma, condemn social evils, expose false claims of
non-Hindu religious organizations and emphasize on national issues, and also
motivate Hindus for political awakening besides spirituality.
15.
They should try to find out the solutions of current problems being faced by the
Hindus, on the basis of Hindu Scriptures.
16.
The Dharmacharyas, for the next five years, at least, emphatically ask people to
worship Godess Motherland and save her dignity, security and sovereignty from
the onslaught of Islam and Christianity.
17.
Checking of conversion of Hindu to Islam and Christianity and bringing back the
Hindu converts to Hindu-fold should be the only agenda of lakhs and lakhs of
Sadhus, Munis and Sanyasis who are supported by the Hindus.
18.
Since politics is a main part of Hindu Dharrna, Dharmacharyas should in their
religious discourses give top priority on the impact of present day politics on
their Dharma and their survival.
19.
There should be a section of C H D E T I to look after the affairs of Hindu
temples and to provide detailed guidelines on temple management, their security,
mode of worship and construction of new temple. All temples be registered in the
central Organization and no new temple to be constructed without due approval by
this body of temples.
20.
The gates of all Hindu temples be thrown open to each and. every human being
irrespective to their castes as God created the human beings without any
discrimination.
21.
Animal sacrifice in the temples be strictly stopped as it is against the Vedic
rituals.
22.
The temples should spend at least 50% of their income on religious education and
training, religious literature and publicity of pure Hindu Dharma and also on
the development of poor.
23.
Every Hindu should compulsorily devote 15-20 days per year, in groups to promote
and propagate religious education or devote in any of their related projects.
24.
Authentic books be developed on the significance of religious ceremonies and
festivals and their mode of celebrating them. These should be made available in
all regional languages.
25.
Ail the main Hindu festivals be celebrated by all Hindus together as a community
festival with a religious duty. However distortions, as we see in Holi festival,
be removed. This will create harmony and unity.
26.
Every saint, sanyasin and vanprasthi who has taken a vow to serve the Hindu
religion should carry the message " Defense of religion is the defense of
the county" to every home and should not accept alms and even food from one
who has not served the Hindu community in anyway.
The
Dharmacharyas should strengthen the whole Hindu religion,instead of working for
the progress of their own Math, Ashram, sect or institution. The Hindu Community
expects a drastic change now from them to lay emphasis on worldly matters also
including economic, social, political problems of youths, women and those of
down-trodden and backward classes. Creative, constructive and nationalistic
approach to synthesise Hindu Dharma and strengthen the Hindus, is the demand of
the day. Let the awakened, enlightened and devoted people from all walks of life
come together for awakening and strengthening the Hindu masses. This is the call
of the Vedas.
15
. Unite Yourself
Hindus,
despite of their inspiring, lofty and national ideology , have been reduced to
an insignificant status simply because they are not united politically. Swami
Vivekanand applealed to Hindus to unite as per the call of the Vedas because
being of one mind is the secret of strong society viz. " Be thou all of one
mind, be thou all of one thought, (RV. 10. 1 91.2). This is the secret of power.
Swamiji
called upon the Hindus to give up their sectarian approach thus:- "It is
not only true that the ideal of religion is the highest ideal, in the case of
India it is the only possible means of work, work in any other line, without
first strengthening this would be disastrous. Therefore, the first plank in the
making of a future India, the first step that is to be hewn out of that rock of
ages is this unification of religion." " All of the us have to be
taught that the Hindus-dualists, qualified monists, or monists, Shaivas,
Vaishnavas or Pashupatas to whatever demonination we may belong, have certain
common ideas behind us, and that the time has come when for the well being of
ourselves, for the well being of our race, we must give up all our little
quarrels and differences."
"National
union in India must be gathering up of its scattered spiritual forces. A nation
in India must be a union of those whose hearts beat to the same spiritual true.'
Therefore to make a great future India, the whole interest lies in Organization,
accumulation of powers, and coordination of wills '(Swami Vivekananda's Rousing
Call to Hindu Nation Eknath Ranade p.82-84)
Swamiji
again says " This is the time to decide your future-while you possess the
energy of youth, not when you are worn out and Jaded, but in the freshness and
vigor of youth: work! this is the time, for the freshest, untouched and
unsmelled flowers alone are to be laid at the feet of the Lord, and such he
receives - ---------- Let us therefore, take up a great ideal and give up our
whole life to it. Let this be our determination and may He, the Lord bless us
and lead us to the fulfillment of our aims." (ibid p.98).
Hence
0 Hindus 'Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.'(Kathop.1.3.14)
JAI
HINDU RASTRA! BHARAT MATA KI JAI!
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