[GreenYouth] What is "Hindutva"?

[Sukla Sen]

The term is being very much bandied about in a very loose way.
By people across the spectrum.
So, it is necessary to have some clarity.
The following is an attempt in that direction.

Hindutva is a political ideology - linking itself to Hinduism, which
professes hatred and violence against the (adversial) "other", Muslims, in
particular, among others, geared to the final goal of "Hindu Rashtra".

Gandhi had popularised the Ram Dhun (ref.: ), and it
used to be sung in public prayer meetings conducted by him.
Hardly any one charges him of "Hindutva", not even of the "soft" variety.
In spite of his call for "Ram Rajya".

For that matter, nor a staunch Gandhian Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's volunteer
force, "Khudai Khidmatgar" (Servants of Khuda?God), was ever deemed an
illustration of soft "Islamism".
In fact, "Khudai Khidmatgar" seemed to have had gelled only too well with
Gandhi's very own imagery of "Ram Rajya".
One complemented the other.

So, affiliation with Hinduism is definitely a necessary but not even
remotely sufficient condition for being qualified as "Hindutva".

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That's, btw, how I had tried to define "Hindutva". Ref.: 'Indian
Nationalism, Hindutva and the Bomb' at .

Here're two revealing illustrations (from Golwalkar):
I. <>
II. <>

(Source.: .)

And, for real time illustrations, one may like to look up: <
https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Hindus/>.
And, also relevant: 'Yogi Adityanath's Men Telling Hindus (with Adityanath
Himself on Stage) To Rape Dead Muslim Women Is Beyond Shocking' at <
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/yogi-adityanaths-men-telling-hindus-to-rape-dead-muslim-women-is-beyond-shocking-230679.html>
(3-mins. onward.).

Sukla

N.B.: Any feedback would be highly welcome.

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[GreenYouth] What is Hindutva?

[Sukla Sen]

The term is being very much bandied about in a very loose way.
By people across the spectrum.
So, it is necessary to have some clarity.
The following is an attempt in that direction.

Hindutva is a political ideology - linking itself to Hinduism, which
professes hatred and violence against the (adversial) "other", Muslims, in
particular, among others, geared to the final goal of "Hindu Rashtra".

Gandhi had popularised the Ramdhun (ref.: <
https://truehinduism.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/raghupati-raghav-raja-ram-explained/>),
and it used to be sung in public prayer meetings conducted by him.
No one charged him of "Hindutva", not even of the "soft" variety.
In spite of his call for "Ram Rajya".

For that matter, nor a staunch Gandhian, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's
volunteer force, "Khudai Khidmatgar" (Servants of Khuda), was ever deemed
an illustration of soft "Islamism".

So, affiliation with Hinduism is definitely a necessary but not even
remotely sufficient condition for being qualified as "Hindutva".

<>

That's, btw, how I had tried to define "Hindutva". Ref.: 'Indian
Nationalism, Hindutva and the Bomb' at <
http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article10225>.

Here's an illustration (from Golwalkar):
<>
(Ref.: .)

And, for real time illustrations, one may like to look up: <
https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Hindus/>.

Sukla

N.B.: Any feedback would be highly welcome.
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[GreenYouth] How Much More Blood Do TV Anchors Want to See Spilled?

[Sukla Sen]

<<‘They justified the killing of Hindus!”
“They ask — how dare the tricolour yatra be taken out without permission;
why raise incendiary slogans like Bharat Mata ki Jai in the first place…”

These are the kind of intemperate posts that are being published about
Pankaj Jha and me in a Facebook page titled ‘Dainik Bharat’, which is in
the business of spreading rumours and inciting riots. The rumour machine is
working overtime and an indiscriminate public is under its sway. The state
of affairs is such that journalists who are bringing you the facts are
being threatened with death. So much so that even their families are not
being spared.
...
The threat to kidnap a journalist’s daughter marks a new low. Any
Hindu-Muslim conflict takes place in an explosive atmosphere of heightened
tension and emotions. One inflammatory statement is like throwing a burning
matchstick in a tinderbox. If such attempts to vitiate the atmosphere were
the handiwork solely of some extremist organisation, it would still be
understandable. In this instance it was mainstream journalists who
conveniently dispensed with facts to present a patently false picture of
the incident before the people of the country.
...
Considering that the Muslims  of Kasganj were also raising the Indian flag,
why were they declared ‘enemies of the tricolour’? Moreover, when the
Muslim community too was raising the Indian tricolour, how right is it to
make statements about Pakistans flourishing in India?>>]

https://thewire.in/220897/kasganj-hindu-muslim-riot-tv-anchor-channels/

How Much More Blood Do TV Anchors Want to See Spilled?

BY ABHISAR SHARMA

ON 04/02/2018

Some TV channels deliberately spread a made-up story of how the Muslims of
Kasganj were protesting against the national flag.

Screenshot of AajTak, whose coverage of the Kasganj riot has been
criticised for displaying bias.

‘They justified the killing of Hindus!”
“They ask — how dare the tricolour yatra be taken out without permission;
why raise incendiary slogans like Bharat Mata ki Jai in the first place…”

These are the kind of intemperate posts that are being published about
Pankaj Jha and me in a Facebook page titled ‘Dainik Bharat’, which is in
the business of spreading rumours and inciting riots. The rumour machine is
working overtime and an indiscriminate public is under its sway. The state
of affairs is such that journalists who are bringing you the facts are
being threatened with death. So much so that even their families are not
being spared.

Pankaj Jha travelled to Kasganj and produced a report on the incident that
had transpired there – without any hype and without blaming anybody in
particular. The results of that are there for you to see. Read what he has
posted on his Twitter account:

“Since morning I have been receiving one telephone call after another from
a certain type of people who vilify me, threaten to kill me and provoke me
by saying they will kidnap my daughter. They ask, do we now need permission
even to take out a tricolour procession? But the person who said so was the
DM of Kasganj. Shouldn’t this question be posed to him? In all my years of
journalism I never imagined things would come to this pass. I have stopped
taking calls from these telephone numbers. You want to know why — because
what comes from the other side is a fusillade of abuse and threats to shoot
me down.”

The threat to kidnap a journalist’s daughter marks a new low. Any
Hindu-Muslim conflict takes place in an explosive atmosphere of heightened
tension and emotions. One inflammatory statement is like throwing a burning
matchstick in a tinderbox. If such attempts to vitiate the atmosphere were
the handiwork solely of some extremist organisation, it would still be
understandable. In this instance it was mainstream journalists who
conveniently dispensed with facts to present a patently false picture of
the incident before the people of the country.

Pay attention to this one TV news anchor’s hectoring statements/questions:

Are we going to have conflicts over the issue of flying the national flag
within our own country?
If not in India, where will the tricolour be raised? In Pakistan?
Who are the real enemies of the tricolour in Kasganj? Why isn’t the police
disclosing their names?
How many such Pakistans are flourishing in India?
Are Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki Jai communal slogans?

Note the tenor of the third statement/question – who are the real enemies
of the tricolour in Kasganj? The Muslims too were waving the national flag
– why was this fact hidden? This fact has been confirmed by pictures and by
the statements of IG Thakur himself. You don’t even need to do some great
investigative journalism for it.

The administration has admitted that permission had not been granted for
the tricolour procession. However, the anchor of that news channel
conveniently branded a specific community as Pakistani on day one itself.

Considering that the Muslims  of Kasganj were also raising the Indian