The Hindu art of self-hate

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self-hate>Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:12:55 -0700>>The Hindu Art of Self

Hate>Shachi Rairikar>January 22, 2005>(The author is a Chartered Accountant

working in a software company>in Indore, MP, India and manage

www.indpride.com)>>http://www.indiacause.com/columns/OL_050122.htm>>The Hindu

talent for self-condemnation does not find a parallel>anywhere in the world.

The art of self-hate is what the Hindus have>mastered in during the latter half

of the last century. The>politicians, media, so-called secularists,

intellectuals, human->rights activists who never tire condemning Hindus are

themselves>Hindus. The greatest enemies of the Hindus today are the

Hindus>themselves.>>Understanding the Hindu mind is not difficult. Let us try

and analyse>our mentality - the Hindu mentality. Whenever there is a problem

with>some other community, which is harming the Hindus, how do we address>the

problem? We have two options ­ we acknowledge the problem and>take action for

its resolution or we do not acknowledge the problem.>What if we acknowledge

this problem? ­ We will have to take steps to>resolve it, interact with the

other community in question; there>might be confrontation and agitation; we

will have to "fight". What>if we do not acknowledge the problem at all. Nothing

happens ­ no>confrontation, no agitation, no "fight". The adverse effects of

the>problem can be tolerated ­ after all, it is easier to tolerate than>to

fight. What if grave consequences will have to be faced in the>years to come?

At the moment we are comfortable with few adjustments>and compromises, so why

worry about the future? Who cares if to make>today more comfortable we make

tomorrow bleak?>>How do we address the problem then? The easier course of

actions is>to blame our own people for being communal,

narrow-minded>fundamentalists. After all, it is much easier to confront the

Hindus>as they are less aggressive and less violent. Fighting the real

enemy>would require a lot of courage so we choose to make the enemy

look>saintly and turn against our own people. We find faults with our

own>people rather than addressing those who are actually at the crux of>the

problem. So our politicians, media and the so called secularists>and

intellectuals call the Hindus communal and fundamentalists,>responsible for

rioting but never have the courage to criticize the>Jehadi terrorists; and the

human rights activists agitate for the>human rights of the terrorists, never

caring for the human rights of>the victims of terrorism.>>So we don't

acknowledge that the rising Muslim population is a threat>to the integrity of

our country and to the very existence of the>Hindu civilization. What if we

have faced a vivisection of our>Motherland when the Muslim population became

one third of the>country's population? What if the only Muslim majority state

Kashmir>saw the driving away of the Hindu minority from their homeland? That>is

history and we Hindus have an excellent record of not learning>anything from

history. Even though the current trends and figures>clearly reveal that we are

heading towards a second partition, our>intellectuals and media refuse to

acknowledge this. Instead, they are>criticizing our people who conducted

demographic studies on the basis>of religion. They find census figures on the

basis of religion>completely irrelevant and uncalled for in a "secular" country

like>India. The larger threat facing the country becomes a non-issue>whereas

whether religious demographics should be studied as a>principle or the

technical errors like the publication of wrong data>on the first day become the

issue. The idea is to take the attention>away from the larger issues and focus

on the non-issues, so that we>don't have to address the real issues. To address

the real issue we>will need to talk to our Muslim community, persuade them to

go>against Islam and practise family planning, persuade them to not>shelter but

report the illegal Bangladeshi immigrants staying in>their colonies, we will

need to confront and "fight". We quietly look>for an escape route, don't

acknowledge that the problem exists and>condemn those who perceive it, then

there is no confrontation and we>need not "fight".>>Thus, when Uma Bharati gets

arrested for hoisting the national flag>on "disputed ground", we do not question

how and why a ground>became "disputed" for hoisting the national flag, we do not

question>the loyalty of the community whose "sentiments" get "hurt" by

the>hoisting of the national flag, instead we blame her for indulging

in>communal politics and criticize her for using the national flag to>play with

the sentiments of the people. When the Shankaracharya gets>arrested on the

charges of murder, we do not see the conspiracy and>evil motive behind it,

instead we start doubting his innocence and>character and start discussing

"equality before the law". When riots>break out in the aftermath of Godhra, we

condemn the rioters as>communal fundamentalists but do not say a word to those

who started>it all by torching a train full of Hindus. Instead we conduct

an>enquiry to prove that the Hindus had themselves deliberately started>the

fire in order to have justified grounds to riot.>>Thus, we cannot perceive a

threat to the country's integrity from>illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, we

cannot acknowledge that the>terrorism faced in India and throughout the world

is Islamic>terrorism, we cannot see the merits of teaching the real history

of>the atrocities of the Muslim invaders, we cannot change the

British>education system, we cannot regulate the madrasas which

breed>terrorism, we cannot ban the missionaries who defame our religion

and>convert our tribals by unethical means and methods, we cannot feel>pride in

rebuilding our demolished temples, we cannot call India what>it truly is ­ a

Hindu Nation.>>Thus, we condemn our own people who talk of driving away

the>Bangladeshis staying illegally in our country, we call our people

who>implement laws against terrorism communal, we call the teaching of>the true

history of India as "right-wing" history, we call the>teaching of Vedic

mathematics and astrology as "saffronisation" of>education, we believe that the

missionaries are doing great services>for our tribals, we find the re-building

of demolished temples a>wasteful effort to dig up the past, we call India what

it officially>is - a secular country.>>If we acknowledge all these problems, we

will have to work towards>their solution. The cowardly, escapist Hindu mentality

refuses to>acknowledge the problem, so the question of working towards

a>solution does not arise. We do this under the pretext of Hinduism>being

secular, peace-loving and non-violent, but we accept and>practise only those

aspects of Hinduism which suit us. Hindus spend>time, money and energy in

performing poojas, yagyas, Bhagwat path,>visiting swamis and babas but when it

comes to practicing the real>philosophies of the Vedas and the Bhagwat Geeta,

we back out.>>We have forgotten the teachings of the Bhagwat Geeta which asks

us to>fight against the wrong ­ adharma. We are using the tolerant and>secular

mask to hide our incapacity. We have tampered and moulded the>doctrine of

ahimsa or non-violence to camouflage our inaction. Not>protesting against

violence is in fact supporting and encouraging>more violence, which is a

greater sin. What we are resorting to today>is not tolerance, secularism or

non-violence but cowardice. Mahatma>Gandhi had once said, "My own experiences

but confirm the opinion>that the Mussalman as a rule is a bully, and the Hindu

is a coward;>where there are cowards there will always be bullies." Even

this>great apostle of peace and ahimsa had said, "I do believe that where>there

is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise>violence ... but

non-violence is infinitely superior to violence.">>The ostrich mentality of the

Hindus does not help make Bharat a>better place to live in. Rather it endangers

the very existence of>the Hindu civilization. Turning a blind eye to our

problems will not>solve the problems, instead it will only aggravate them.

Nehruvian>secularism has already left us with a legacy of complications and

it>would be sad if our successors were to inherit more. Playing the>blind man's

bluff is leading us to disaster. It is high time we call>a spade a spade,

"fight" the real enemies or else it will be too>late. It is time we pay heed to

what Lord Krishna told Arjun:>>"Klaibyam maa sma gamah Paarth

naitatvayyupapadyatey>Kshudram hridaya daurbalyam tyaktovttishta Parantapa">>"O

Arjun! Yield not to unmanliness for such an attitude is not worthy>of you.

Casting aside your weakness of mind, therefore arise, O>scorcher of enemies,

and get ready for the battle.">>Shachi

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