THE HINDU RENAISSANCE ... 3
We talk about the resurgence of the Hindu civilisation and go raucous over it. But do we care for our fellow Hindus ? Do we feel for them and help them in their plight ? Are we not plain hypocrites, cowards with a cause at last to exhibit our collective weakness in a pretentious show of strength ? Is this the way we are going to protect Hindu interests by not taking any pains whatsoever either to practise our dharma or to study its scriptures deep enough to hold our own against intellectual attacks from religious adversaries with the malefic agenda of mass conversion of Hindus to their creed ? What about developing an equitable Hindu society where all men are truly venerated as divine, free of caste compulsions or gender bias ? How long must these hundreds of millions of Dalits suffer, they who have endured animal living for millenia and, yet, have survived to this day by stupendous power of suffering and an undying vitality ?
It is time to ponder these questions as well while pandering to politics, for the people, once they rise to self-consciousness about the human denial dealt them for ages, will break free from the cages of caste and tear Hindu society apart. It is well to remember this and do whatever is needful to save Hinduism and its billion-strong adherents.
Written by Sugata Bose
Photo : Narayana Guru
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