THE 'PROGRESSIVE' POLITICIAN OF PATENTLY ANTI-HINDU STANCE IN THE NAME OF SUPERFICIAL LIBERAL NATIONALISM

THE 'PROGRESSIVE' POLITICIAN OF PATENTLY ANTI-HINDU STANCE IN THE NAME OF SUPERFICIAL LIBERAL NATIONALISM

Would it were that critics of Hinduism and Hindutva had studied Swami Vivekananda well before venturing to criticise such in a supercilious, disparaging tone! Criticising thus to suit self-interest and attempt to bolster self-popularity is a decadent practice and is condemnable no less than the fanatical practices these critics choose to preferentially highlight among so-called Hindutvavaadis and the fanaticism of Islamists and bigoted Christians they choose to conveniently bypass. It is time for introspection for these carping critics, purposeless politicians who thus keep on misleading society in the name of shallow knowledge and deep-seated selfishness that seeks every opportunity to squeeze material advantage out of the system in the name of progressive nationalism. 

Religion is the lifeblood of India, has been so for ages and will continue to be so for ages to come. These mosquito-bites of misguided men and women who keep flinging their darts against the board of national consciousness will be of no consequence beyond being momentary irritants that produce responsive rejoinders like this post of mine. It is time that they and their ilk did self-correction and rooted out selfishness from their systems before proceeding to further promote their corrosive cause of eating out of the vitals of the nation while betraying her very cause. Nationalists? Progressive people? Lovers of humanity? These ones of roguish intent are their very antithesis. They are the tranquilisers that induce sleep in a dying Hindu race. Believe them not, my brethren. Wake up to your true nationalism that is embedded in the scriptures of the sages and in the works of that master sage of modern times, Vivekananda. 

Written by Sugata Bose