The debate on Sanathan Dharma has made the following quotes/anecdotes and references much relevant !!
"It is Advaniji (LK) more than any other public figure, who wrenched the country out of grip of Pseudo-secularism. That form of SECULARISM had become nothing but a cover for sowing fear in the minds of sections of our people - Muslims, in particular - and then presenting oneself as their only available saviour.
To declare oneself to be Secular, in fact even to have others - the media, or instance - group one among the secular, it was enough to dub others 'communal'.
Advanji's leadership of the Ram Janma Bhoomi Movement, his Rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya, compelled the country to re-examine what was passing off as 'secularism'.
-- Arun Shourie in essay 'The Soft Spoken Guide' for the booklet 'L K Advani - A Unique Blogger'.
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| Blogger and L K Advani 2014 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee one said, “India is secular not because of the BJP or the RSS.....Bharat is secular because 82% of its populace is Hindus. It is the thought process and philosophy of Hindus that make this country secular.
Hindus are not bound by a single book, or a single prophet. Even an atheist is a Hindu. Hinduism embraces all.”
In 2014, 'Matters India' website had interviewed me very shortly after the historic mandate that ousted Manmohan Singh and brought in Narendra Modi in the centre of Indian 'power politics'
Senior journalist Jose Kavi had asked:
"You have been ridiculing those opposing Modi as “sickularists.” What does that term mean? What is secularism, according to you?
My response was:
"To me, secularism means respecting each other’s religion. Today, on May 16, 2014 when the mandate came, one Muslim journalist called it a Black Day for India. Now, what is that? He could disagree with the mandate. But should he insult people’s mandate?
That’s Hitler for you. They create fanatics like Giriraj Singh. Congress leaders called Osama-bin-Laden Osamaji, under the presumption that such respect would keep the Muslims in good humor. I have spoken about doles and double standards. It’s not secularism.
Secularism does not mean Muslim appeasement! If Modi is to be hanged and boycotted, why do we glorify late Rajiv Gandhi? And today, (May 16, 2014) I stand vindicated. I was right. People also strongly feel about these.
"The complete Congress sway of the '80s is a thing of the past. Now its writ runs over only three major states. while 17 are governed by an assortment of parties ranging from the extreme right to the extreme left." --
'India Today' article under the title 'A Plural Perspective', March 31, 1990
**** Advani himself said:
"Partition was a mistake. It benefited neither country. We should visualise a new confederation of Pakistan and India".
"The Hindu belief is essentially secular. It strives for harmony. It is because we are a Hindu nation that we are secular".
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Mani Shankar Aiyar, Congress leader and former Union Minister and a 'fiend' of Rajiv Gandhi
-- "I asked him (Rao), ‘Sir, what is wrong with my definition of secularism?’ and his reply which has remained engraved in my heart and on my soul was, ‘Mani you don’t understand that this is a Hindu country’.
I sat up in my chair and said, ‘This is what the BJP says. (But) this is not a Hindu country. We are a secular country and in this secular country we have a huge majority of Hindus but we also have nearly 200 million Muslims and several other Christians, Jews, Parsis and Sikhs. So how can we be a Hindu country? We can only be a secular country.’”
“It is because Narasimha’s mind was so partisan, was so sectarian that he led this country from the secular path to the communal path.”
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Saffron is no longer the colour of renunciation but that of reassertion. --
journalist Bhaskar Roy in March 1990
Will the Constitution rule in Tamil Nadu: Alok Kumar (VHP statement)
on Sept 3, 2023 on Sanatan Dharma row !!
New Delhi ::
Some politicians are daydreaming about the Sanatan which the Mughals, missionaries and the British could not destroy! Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Central Working President and Senior Advocate Mr. Alok Kumar has said that, “I am surprised by both the language and the spirit of the statement of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's son and State Minister Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin.
The kind of threats he is issuing, he did not even consider his own strength. The consequences of such threats can also be serious!!”
Shri Alok Kumar said that Sanatan Dharma also faced challenges from Muslims, missionaries and the British, yet it won. The rule of the Mughals and the British also disappeared. Remember that the one who talks about destroying Sanatan himself gets destroyed.
Stalin's son and I.N.D.I.A. leaders affirming that they came together only to destroy Sanatan dharma should open the eyes of the voters who largely belong to the non confrontational community. But, the way ecosystem is being created is like a virtual time bomb timed to explode anytime after the results of the 2024 general elections would be out and a wrong government takes charge. Congress' hate for hindu people was ingrained by JLN and his bloodline, which carried on for decades to elicit votes from the muslim people. They hid this from the majority voters for over 70 years and ruled over the country. Muslims always knew Congress was their party.
ReplyDeleteIt is time for the majority to come out and vote for the party that would promise to save sanatan dharma. Satya mev jayate. -Kat Patil, Pune