The Hindu-Hindu Dilemma.. !!

Recently me and a couple of my Facebook friends had a small discussion about the pseudo secular nature of the Congress government and on the topic of Hindu extremism. This an account of the discussion we had:

My friend was concerned and a bit furious over the recent wikileaks: "Rahul Gandhi felt that hindu extremism is probably a bigger threat to the nation than the LeT or other jihadist groups." He said that the congress government was pseudo secular and that they only care about the vote bank politics and hindus have never wronged anyone either in the past or now, but have been constantly wronged by other religions and religious communities in the past

Me: "why is there such a hue and cry over the media and everything when the only thing Rahul Gandhi did was state the obvious... !! Hindu extremism is a far bigger threat for a secular India as compared to any other form of terrorism, this has the potential to completely break down the very fabric of the secular and democratic image which india so proudly claims.. and hw long will the indian turn a blind eye towards it.. the insecurity among the hindus these days about their religion and that they might supposedly lose their identity if they dont protect it from the western invasion, sounds to me more like the fear among the islam in the middle east.. !!

its time for the whole nation to wake up to this fact, this bitter truth tht we Hindus, who once boasted of being the most liberal and non propagandist religion of the world, are slowly turning into a bunch of extremists and thus creating more tension in the country between hindus and other religions int he country, especially the muslims.."

My Friend: "have to partially agree with your views. But, i feel hindus have been more tolerant than anyone else. Hindus never tried to impose their religion in other parts of the world by force unlike some religions which are trying to spread in india by appeasing the poor. Many People across the world have volunteered to join hinduism on their own. Unlike muslims, hindus never bullied anyone. But, due to some stray elements and lack of unity, hinduism is unfortunately misunderstood by many. Hindus never destroyed the churches or maszids but we know how many temples were demolished in india by muslims and how much wealth was looted. Hindus respect women a lot while you know muslims encourage polygamy and force women to wear burkha. The phrase 'Hindu extremism' is a non issue as hindus have just retaliated sometimes for their suffering and they never took the first extremist step."

My Friend: "For congress, a muslim supporter is secular and a hindu supporter is communal. There is no such instance of hindus tarnishing the secular fabric of india. It was the power mongering, pseudo secular congressmen did the bigger damage by encouraging forced conversions in places like tirupati. i was just trying to make some basic comparision. If that could lead to hindu-muslim rift, then let that happen"

Me: "okie.. i guess ur wrong in a couple of places..

1st: we did destroy masjids in the past.. babri masjid is one example which was a clear sign of our stupidity. We have also demolished churches in Kerala and in Orissa, raped nuns, and burnt them alive.. U can search on the net for it.. I knw it particularly well cause it happened in orissa and there was a curfew for a couple of days in those regions..

2nd: yes other religions are propagandist and appease the poor in india and in turn convert them.. but then why shldn the poor choose a religion where there is atelast equality, unlike ours where we kinda rate people based on caste.. if i was a SC or ST while being a hindu, and was given an option to convert into a christian, i would happily do so.. after all i too want to be treated as an equal in the society and other religions give them tht.. while hinduism still has SC, ST's, dalits and in some parts of the country even untouchability (harijans)..

3rd: coming to the part of wealth being looted from the hindu temples, i must say tht those happened in the period between 1100 AD and 1500 AD.. why dont u see tht the moghuls who rules india for almost 400 yrs did a lot of good to the country too including most of the monuments u see in delhi and other parts of the country.. so if we want to fight over something tht happened half a millennium ago, then i must say tht we are beyond stupid..

4th: women inequality is a prolly equally prevalent in india too.. not to forget tht we still had "Sati" in india till the early part of the 20th century.. and widows are still not allowed to marry in india, in most of the parts i must say.. we still have a dowry issue.. we still have domestic violence and no one to protect them from.. so i still dont see women equality any better in india as compared to any other religion in the world. "

Me: "on a last note, the govt ur so accusing of being pseudo secular i.e. congress is prolly more secular than any other govt the country has put up with.. the Babri masjid fiasco began in 1989 when BJP was in power, the demolition lead by BJP, RSS.. the rape of nuns and setting them on fire took place again under the BJP regime, the demolition of churches in kerala is again cause of RSS and BJP while the CPM was in power in the state... "

Me: "one last thing, Under the constitution of India, freedom of religion in India is a birth right.. so everyone in the country has the right to choose his or her religion. None can force anything upon them.. So lets learn to respect other people if they choose a different religion, for its their birth right.."

Me: "i dont think we are debating about the globe here.. we are debating about india.. so when u blame muslims for everythin, then can u cite some examples of indian muslims who have done those crime on hindus.. ??

i dont think there will be any (may be the godhra incident)..... but then i think i can cite a thousand examples of indian hindus who have made the lives of muslims and other religions in india, miserable..

and like u said.. imperfections are there in other religions too.. making it an idea and then into a total issue by the hindus in india is totally unnecessary.. when we ourselves arnt perfect, we dont have the right to point fingers at other religions in the country.. atleast they are not trying to damage the secular nature of india, unlike the hindus these days.. and about the program ur so talkin about, "Art of living", i dont think we, either as a nation, or as a religion, are capable enuff or even qualified enuff to teach the world about the art of living..

coming to the point of being victimized and terrorized, its not the hindus who have been thru that.. the majority of the victims has been christians and the muslims.. the reason, hinduism doesnt have as many people as christianity and islam have.. and since the 11th Century, both the religions have been at war for world dominance to have one unified religion.. we hindus have always been a minority and will continue to be so ..

i feel its high time tht we hindus awaken from our slumber and realize tht hindu extremism is a bigger threat than anythin else this country ever faced.. and no matter wht i still dont want the BJP or for tht matter any other govt solely cause of their extremist ideals and radical thought and views.."

Politically Incorrect.. !!

Writing a blog after such a long time makes me feel so bloody rustic.. Especially when i have decided to pen down about some of the politically colossal pitfalls that have already happened in the past year or so.. So without much of useless banter, lets hit the deck, Shall we ??

Year 2010 has been a roller coaster year.. a year which saw India reach new heights (or rather lows i must say.. ) in corruption, nepotism, violence and a hell lot of other things, which by now, i am sure 90% of the Indians are already used to (if you amongst one of those lucky ones to whom such articles still make a difference and you still ponder over for hours as to why doesnt the government do something about it, then consider yourself truly lucky to be still feeling so).. In fact so much has happened over the last bloody year, that by now i am certain most of you, like me, have lost of what was right and what was wrong, including the part as to where should begin from.

The 2G scam, the Aadarsh society scam, the Kashmir issue and somebody please shoot Arundhati Roy for me, will you ??  The only thing which India didnt have all these years, was a voice supporting the secession of Kashmir. Thanks to the bozos of the likes of Arundhati Roy, even that has been fulfilled. First she supports Maoists and Naxals and now she supports secession.. Looks like she has developed knack for anti-Indian terrorist activities. I see another Bandit Queen in the making, the only difference being this one wants Kashmir.. Enough of her prejudiced comments on the nation already, so please someone do me the honours of shooting her..

This year has been a year of total embarrassment for the Congress government, though on the other hand, i cannot say that i am much proud of the opposition BJP either. On one hand its the 2G scam, thanks to which A.Raja has finally etched his name in the annals of history as "Spectrum Raja", then on the other its the Aadarsh Society scam. Looks like the politicians involved in the Aadarsh scam were not so "aadarsh" after all.. Common guys, we all know how much you make a year, atleast you could have spared the poor war widows.. !! Thats the least you could do, since you can neither fight the war (since you are mentally challenged) nor give them any monetary remuneration (since ur monetarily challenged)..

I dont even want to get started on the 2G scam. Its one endless dirty ocean in which surprisingly, everyone in the country in involved.. The sad part of the whole scam being that it threatens to taint one of the most respected business families of India, The Tata's.. As much as i respect them, its sad to see Ratan Tata involved in the whole mess.. Along with all the above, a new term was coined somewhere amidst all this chaos, our own analogy to "WaterGate", "BarkhaGate"..  The tape conversations between her and Radia showcased her lobbying skills.. someone needs to ask her about her cut of the share.. So there goes one of India's premier journalists and I am sure NDTV or for that matter other TV channels must have a hand in the whole thing too..

The India-China story is something which is as old as anyone can remember. In order to improve the relations between both the countries, the government decided to introduce Chinese into CBSE curriculum from 6th class onwards... Somebody please explain me how is making Indian kids learn Chinese (a language is not a global language, neither an easy one) supposed to improve global relations between India and China... ??? That beats me completely.. I can only sympathize with those poor kids who have now learn Chinese, thanks to the government for it..

So finally I guess people will have 2 parties to choose from: a corrupt Congress party or an Extremist BJP (i am sure everyone knows the reasons behind them already. They somehow manage to stay in news for the same reason, all the time, since their inception.) I guess its not such a difficult choice after all. I dont even want to talk abt the CPM's and JD's (Janta Dal not Jack Daniels), DMK, AIADMK, Trinamool, RJD (i wonder what ever happened to them and Laloo), BSP (i am sure they are busy building parks and installing statues at the cost of people's money), SP and the million other obscure parties prevalent in the country who every once in a blue moon, do some act of vandalism and pop up back into the news, so as to keep the country informed of their already forgotten existence.

Jai Hind.. Jai Corruption..