Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 20:04:42 EDT
From: <DXA4@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re:RSS (MP Government's Silent Rev...)

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Dinesh Agrawal...
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|>From: jakhan@IASTATE.EDU (Javed A Khan)
|>Subject: Re: RSS ( MP Government's Silent revolution in Education)
|>If their vision encompases the muslim culture, the sikh culture,
|>the parsee culture, the buddhist culture ... then where's the need for a
|>renaissance? What we have today is the Indian 'Hindu" culture they seem to
|>be so desperately seeking.

The question is not whether "WE" have an Indian Hindu culture or not.
The question is whether we WILL HAVE it.

Kashmir is a perfect example of the Muslim culture's "tolerance" and
"respect" towards  the   minorities: be it the Sikh or Hindu culture.
Mercilessly driven out of the valley.

One can only be guided by facts of history. Intolerance and  lack of
respect towards  minorities   are  distinct traits of the Muslims or
atleast in those places where muslims are in majority.

From days when Hindu culture was spread out far and wide, Afganistan
and Pakistan and Bangladesh. All the three places now "proudly" call
themselves Islamic, while systematically  annhilating/effacing those
strains of "Hindu"  culture out there. 1971  is a supreme example of
butchery of Hindus in Bangladesh by a fanatic Pakistan.

If tomorrow India were to suddenly become Muslim   majority, perhaps
100 to 200 years would be a decent time  estimate, given the rate of
increase of Muslim population. What is the assurance, that the Hindu
populace   would   be treated fairly and   with respect  and dignity.

So   being "secular" does  not mean that it becomes a  free-for-all
playing ground, to  let events progress vagrantly. Even free market
economies have their boundaries within which fair dealings should be
conducted.

It is my opinion that RSS/VHP/BJP wants to frame one such "paradigm"
It is the opinion  of the  many  Hindus that I know posess. To have
a  control over  current events, to CONTINUE a civilization that is
5000  years old, by  binding  the  different  strands of the Indian
culture.

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This  becomes all  the more   important and pertinent, when many of
those who belong to such "strand" /*the Muslim */ have a history of
intolerance. And there is  much   evidence to prove that this trait
still  flows unabated. [Kashmir]. Continued  religious conversions,
many by luring the poor, with money. Building mosques after mosque
mostly   with   gulf   money, regimenting and   consolidating with
carefully orchestrated propoganda is not assuaging, but intimidatory.
These  are  facts  which I have observed in MADRAS for the past few
years. Include the support of New college students for Pakistan in
case of an Indo/Pak cricket/hockey match.
Given this build up, and the current happening in Kashmir, what would
be the fate of future Hindu generations ?????
As a Hindu I have reasons to worry, to be concerned. These are facts
and not an attempt to whip up paranoia. One need not become a fasicst
to point out such abnormalities. It is fancy to term these concerns as
"xenophobic" rantings, and some will.
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Only God knows what would  the  "paradigms" be that shall instantly
bind everybody. Would a common civil code do it, or the construction
of the temple at RJB/BM do it, or an Akhand Bharat provide an
immediate solution or would abolition of article 370 do the trick. Or
is economic liberalization the magic word.

The  problem is nobody  knows the answer. The crisis in India is a
distinct manifestation of this CONFUSION.

India/Hindu culture NEEDS a rennaisance, for SURVIVAL.

Regards:
Krithi.

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Aside:
Being "SECULAR"  does not  mean that  one should be an ostrich by
living  in delusion, or  avoid "confronting" an existing problem. It
is my opinion that RSS/BJP/VHP wants to "confront" the problem. This
may  sound "intimadatory"  to some, but  how true is the information
that trickles down to the press or to the net. How much of that info
has not  been tainted. RSS/BJP/VHP has always been the target of the
slander  campaign of  the Congress. Because a united HINDU vote bank
is the death knell of Congress in India.
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