Saturday, 10 June 2023

WHAT WE AIM AT IN 'GREATER RAMAKRISHNA'


WHAT WE AIM AT IN 'GREATER RAMAKRISHNA'


The Ramakrishna Movement is centralised in the Belur Math. But beyond its boundaries there are many more smaller organisations which in their own way are trying to conduct their activities in the name of Sri Ramakrishna. Their capacities are limited, material resources scarce, too, and even man power, the most important component of it all, in short supply. Hence, these distributaries of the Ramakrishna Mission are more often than not not long-lasting. They dry up as water in desert-sand. Founded on initial enthusiasm by an idealistic, enterprising person, often a monastic, the movement dries up in verve and vigour with the passage of time, leaving little trace that may allow posterity to retrace its earliest beginnings. But such is human nature, such the divergence of opinion and original perspective, such the refusal to abide by absolute obedience to congregational code that a central movement invariably throws out its distributaries which cause the initial Order to give birth to countless sects. In regard to the Ramakrishna Order as well this has been, is going on and will continue to be. More and more organisations will form out of the initial inspiration of Thakur-Ma-Swamiji whose footprints it is our objective to trace on the sands of time. With that end in view this group has been started so that people are more aware of these little whirlpools of social and missionary activity centring the Master.


Written by Sugata Bose

Thursday, 8 June 2023

SANATAN DHARMA ... 2


SANATAN DHARMA ... 2


Rebirth is a reality. This idea of a single birth on earth followed by eternal habitat in heaven or damnation in hell as per divine judgement on the Last Day is untenable from the standpoint of the Indian dharma traditions.


Transmigration of the soul through a vast number of births leading to progressive purification and eventual liberation of the soul (Videha Mukti) is fundamental to the Sanatan Dharma.


Neither Islam nor Christianity or Judaism has penetrated the secrets of terrestrial and transcendental reality as the Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) has. The Law of Karma explains what the Abrahamic God in the three Semitic religions fails to do. This goes against the omniscience of the Abrahamic God and the flawed philosophy of sorts arising out of it by way of theological Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It also clearly proves the philosophical superiority of the Sanatan Dharma over the three Semitic faiths. 


Sanatanis should study the Dharma thus and resist the intolerant, toxic onslaught of Islam and Christianity on the Hindu polity. 🕉 


Written by Sugata Bose

āĻŦেāĻĻাāύ্āϤেāϰ āφāϞো⧟ āϏāĻŽাāϜāϰāĻ•্āώা ... ā§§



āĻŦেāĻĻাāύ্āϤেāϰ āφāϞো⧟ āϏāĻŽাāϜāϰāĻ•্āώা ... ā§§

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āϝিāύি āϏাāϧু āϤিāύি āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĻুāϰ্āĻĻিāύে āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻŦ্āϰāĻš্āĻŽāĻļāĻ•্āϤি āωāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϝāϤ্āύāĻŦাāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦেāύ | āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻ…āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄāϤাāϰ āϏংāϰāĻ•্āώāĻŖে āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ | āĻļুāϧু āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰেāϰ āϏূāĻ•্āώ্āĻŽাāϤিāϏূāĻ•্āώ্āĻŽ āĻŦিāϚাāϰ āύি⧟ে āĻ•াāϞাāϤিāĻĒাāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ āύা | āĻ•ি āĻāϏে āϝা⧟ āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻŦেāĻĻাāύ্āϤ āϏāϤ্āϝ āύা āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟাāĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻŦেāĻĻাāύ্āϤ āϏāϤ্āϝ āύাāĻ•ি āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤাāĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻŦেāĻĻাāύ্āϤ āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧাāĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻŦেāĻĻাāύ্āϤ āϏāϤ্āϝ ? āĻāχ āύি⧟ে āφāϞোāϚāύা āϤো āϏāĻšāϏ্āϰ āϏāĻšāϏ্āϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে | āϤাāϤে āĻĒুāĻŖ্āϝāĻ­ূāĻŽি āĻ­াāϰāϤāĻŦāϰ্āώেāϰ āĻ­ৌāĻ—āϞিāĻ• āĻ…āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄāϤা āĻ“ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻ•ি āϰāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰা āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšāϞ ? āĻŦাāϰে āĻŦাāϰে āĻŦিāϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϰ āφāĻ•্āϰāĻŽāĻŖে āϏāύাāϤāύ āϏāĻ­্āϝāϤা āϜāϰ্āϜāϰিāϤ, āĻ•্āϞিāώ্āϟ, āĻšāϤāĻĒ্āϰা⧟ | āĻ•ে āϰāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে āϤাāĻ•ে ? āĻāχ āĻ…āϤি āϏূāĻ•্āώ্āĻŽ āϤাāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻŦিāϚাāϰ ? āϤাāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϝāĻĻি āϜāĻĄ়āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύেāϰ āϏাāϧāύা āĻ•āϰāϤ āĻ­াāϰāϤ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖে āĻ“ āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāĻ—ে āĻ•্āώাāϤ্āϰāĻŦীāϰ্āϝেāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ āϏংāϘāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧāĻ­াāĻŦে āϤাāĻšāϞে ā§§ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļী āĻŦিāϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϰ āĻĻাāϏāϤ্āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāϤ āύা āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āφāϜāĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝāĻŽাāύ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āύাāύা āĻĒ্āϰাāύ্āϤে |


āφāĻŽāϰা āĻāχ āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāϚাāϰেāχ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻী āĻ•াāϟাāϞাāĻŽ | āĻ•োāύ্ āφāϧ্āϝাāϤ্āĻŽিāĻ• āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāϟি āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰāĻŽāϤে āĻŦāĻĄ়, āĻāϤেāχ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤেāϰ āφāĻ—্āϰāĻš | āĻāĻĻিāĻ•ে āϝে āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĻāϞে āĻĻāϞে āĻŦিāϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϰ āϤāϞো⧟াāϰেāϰ āφāĻ—া⧟ āĻ“ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻšাāύুāĻ­ূāϤিāϰ āĻ…āĻ­াāĻŦে āχāϏāϞাāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻ–্āϰীāώ্āϟāϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰে āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϭ⧟āĻ™্āĻ•āϰ āĻŦিāĻ­াāϜāύেāϰ āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϏেāĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻ•াāϰো āĻ–ে⧟াāϞ āύেāχ | āĻ•ি āĻšāĻŦে āĻāχāϏāĻŦ āĻŽāĻšাāύ, āωāϚ্āϚ āφāϞোāϚāύা⧟ āϝা āĻŽুāώ্āϟিāĻŽে⧟ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰāχ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖāϏাāϧāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻšā§ŸāϤ āĻŦা, āĻšā§ŸāϤ āĻŦা āϤাāĻ“ āĻ•āϰে āύা ? āϝে āϚাāώাāϟা āĻŦীāϜেāϰ āĻ…āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦিāϧāϰ্āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļে āφāϤ্āĻŽāĻšāύāύে āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤি āĻĒা⧟, āϤাāĻ•ে āĻļāώ্āϝেāϰ āĻŦীāϜ āϏুāϞāĻ­ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝে āύা āĻĻি⧟ে āĻŦ্āϰāĻš্āĻŽāĻŦীāϜেāϰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύী āĻļুāύি⧟ে āĻ•ি āĻšāĻŦে ? āϤাāϰ āφāϤ্āĻŽাāϰ āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻĒāϰ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤাāϰ āĻĻেāĻšāĻŽāύ্āĻĻিāϰāϟি āϝে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻিāύ āĻĻাāϰিāĻĻ্āϰেāϰ āϚূāĻĄ়াāύ্āϤ āĻšāϤাāĻļা⧟ āĻŦিāύāώ্āϟ, āϏেāĻĻিāĻ•ে āύāϜāϰ āĻ•āχ āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ ?


āĻ•ি āĻšāĻŦে āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻ•āĻĨা⧟ āϝāĻĻি āϤাāϰ āϝāĻĨাāϝāĻĨ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāĻ— āύা āĻĨাāĻ•ে āϜীāĻŦāύেāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤāϰে āĻŦিāĻĒুāϞ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰা⧟ ? āϝāĻĻি āϏāϤ্āϝিāχ āϜাāύি āϝে āϜীāĻŦāχ āĻļিāĻŦ, āϤāĻŦে āĻ•েāύ āĻāχ āϜীāĻŦāύ্āϤ āĻļিāĻŦāĻĒূāϜা⧟ āĻāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻšেāϞা ? āϏāĻšāϏ্āϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϝা āĻšāϞ āϤাāϰ āϭ⧟াāĻŦāĻš āĻĒāϰিāĻŖাāĻŽ āϤো āϚোāĻ–েāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে | āφāϰ āĻ•েāύ ? āĻ•ি āĻšāĻŦে āĻļুāώ্āĻ• āĻļাāϏ্āϤ্āϰāĻŦিāϚাāϰে āϝেāĻ–াāύে āϜীāĻŦāύ্āϤ āĻ­āĻ—āĻŦাāύ āĻĒূāϜাāϰ āĻ…āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦিāϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϰ āĻ•āĻŦāϞে āĻĒāϤিāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻিāύ ? āĻšিāύ্āĻĻু āϏāĻŽাāϜāĻ•ে āĻŦাঁāϚাāĻŦে āĻ•ে āϝāĻĻি āϏাāϧু āϏāϜ্āϜāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽিāϞিāϤāĻ­াāĻŦে āϏāύাāϤāύ āϧāϰ্āĻŽেāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āφāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦāϰূāĻĒা⧟āĻŖ āύা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ āϝāĻĨাāϝāĻĨāĻ­াāĻŦে ? 


āϰāϚ⧟িāϤা : āϏুāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāϏু (Sugata Bose)

Tuesday, 6 June 2023

āĻ•ি āĻŦāϞেāύ ?


āĻ•ি āĻŦāϞেāύ ?

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āĻ াāĻ•ুāϰ āĻ•ি āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ āϤাāϤে āĻāϤ āĻŽাāĻĨাāĻŦ্āϝāĻĨা āĻ•েāύ ? āϝāĻĻি āĻĒāĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āύা āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাঁāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা, āϤিāύি āĻ•ি āĻŦাāϧা āĻĻিāϚ্āĻ›েāύ āφāĻĒāύাāĻ•ে āύিāϜে āϝা āĻŦুāĻেāĻ›েāύ āϏেāχāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ­াāĻŦāϤে āĻ“ āϚāϞāϤে ? āĻļুāϧু āĻļুāϧু āϤাঁāĻ•ে āύি⧟ে āĻāϤ āϟাāύাāϟাāύি āĻ•āϰেāύ āĻ•েāύ āϝāĻĻি āφāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŽāϤাāύৈāĻ•্āϝ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤাঁāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻĒāĻĻে āĻĒāĻĻে ? āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āϚিāύ্āϤা āĻ•āϰāĻ›েāύ āϤো ? āϤাāχ āĻ•āϰুāύ | āĻ াāĻ•ুāϰেāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦোāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšā§Ÿāύি | āϝāĻ–āύ āχāύ্āĻĻ্āϰি⧟াāϏāĻ•্āϤি āϝাāĻŦে, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤাঁāϰ āĻ•āĻĨা, āĻ­াāĻŦ, āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŦ āϝāĻĨাāϝāĻĨ āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦেāύ | āϤāĻ–āύ āφāϰ āĻ•াāωāĻ•ে āĻĒāĻĻে āĻĒāĻĻে āϜিāϜ্āĻžাāϏা āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে āύা | āϤāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āύিāϜেāϰ āĻ­েāϤāϰেāχ āĻĒে⧟ে āϝাāĻŦেāύ | āφāϰ āϤāĻ–āύāχ āĻļাāύ্āϤি | āĻŽোāĻĻ্āĻĻা āĻ•āĻĨা āĻšāϞ āĻāχ---āĻāϤāϟুāĻ•ু āĻĒāĻĄ়াāĻļোāύা āύেāχ, āϏাāϧāύা āύেāχ, āĻļুāϧু āĻĒāĻĻে āĻĒāĻĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ ? āĻŦāϞি, āĻĒাāĻ ে āύিāώ্āĻ া āĻ•োāĻĨা⧟ ? āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϚুāĻĒāϚাāĻĒ āĻ াāĻ•ুāϰ-āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϜী āϏংāĻ•্āϰাāύ্āϤ āĻŦāχāĻ—ুāϞো āĻāĻ•āĻŽāύে āĻĒāĻĄ়āϞে āĻšā§Ÿāύা ? 🕉 


āϰāϚ⧟িāϤা : āϏুāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāϏু (Sugata Bose)

SANATAN DHARMA ... 1


SANATAN DHARMA ... 1


The Veda is not a book. It is the vast body of spiritual laws revealed before the purified vision of sages which have subsequently been collected, classified and preserved in book-form. These revelations are in the form of poetic verses of sublime beauty. The classification of the Veda was done by Maharshi Krishnadvaipayan Vedavyasa and the four books that resulted are the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. 🕉 


Written by Sugata Bose 


Photo: Maharshi Yaajnavalkya

Monday, 5 June 2023

"āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āĻšāϞে āĻšāĻŦে |" āĻ•াāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āφāϏāϞে---āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āύা āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ ?



"āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āĻšāϞে āĻšāĻŦে |" āĻ•াāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āφāϏāϞে---āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āύা āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ ?

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āĻĒ্āϰāϚāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āϤো | āϜāϞ āĻ–েāϤে āĻ—ি⧟ে āĻŦোāϤāϞেāϰ āĻ›িāĻĒিāϟা āĻšাāϤ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŽাāϟিāϤে āĻĒāĻĄ়ে āĻ—েāϞ | āĻ•ে āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻ āĻ•াāϜ ? āĻŽাāϧ্āϝাāĻ•āϰ্āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি ? āĻāχ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϏāϤ্āϤাāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϚāϞিāϤ āϚৈāϤāύ্āϝāĻļāĻ•্āϤি āύা āύৈāϰ্āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ• āϚৈāϤāύ্āϝāĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϚাāϞিāϤ āύাāĻ•ি āύৈāϰ্āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ• āĻ…āϚৈāϤāύ্āϝāĻļāĻ•্āϤিāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϚাāϞিāϤ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻĻেāĻļāĻ•াāϞেāϰ āϜ্āϝাāĻŽিāϤিāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύেāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āύি⧟āύ্āϤ্āϰিāϤ āϝা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻ­āϰেāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰāĻļীāϞ ?


āĻ•োāύāϟা āϚেāϤāύ āφāϰ āĻ•োāύāϟা āĻ…āϚেāϤāύ ? āĻ•ে āĻŦোāĻে āϤা ? āϚেāϤāύ āĻ•োāώāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āϜীāĻŦ āύা āĻ…āϚেāϤāύ āĻ…āύুāϏāĻŽāώ্āϟি āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāώ্āĻ• ? āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤি āϚৈāϤāύ্āϝāĻŽā§Ÿ āύা āĻ…āϚৈāϤāύ্āϝ ? āĻĒ্āϰাāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āύি⧟āĻŽ āϚেāϤāύ āύা āĻ…āϚেāϤāύ ? āϜāĻĄ় āφāϰ āϚেāϤāύেāϰ āĻŦিāĻ­েāĻĻāϰেāĻ–া āĻ•āχ ? āĻ•োāĻĨা⧟ ?


āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻ āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŽāϤাāύৈāĻ•্āϝ āφāĻ›ে āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύে āĻšā§Ÿ āύা | āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāĻŽāϰা āϏ্āĻŦ⧟ংāĻ•্āϰি⧟ āύা āĻŦিāϧাāϤাāĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞিāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟি āϚিāύ্āϤা⧟ āĻ“ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽে ? āφāĻŽāϰা āĻĒ্āϰা⧟āχ āĻŦāϞে āĻĨাāĻ•ি āĻŦা āĻļুāύি, "āĻ•াāϜāϟা āĻšāĻŦে āϝāĻĻি āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āĻšā§Ÿ |" āφāĻŽি āĻ•ে āĻ“ āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰ āĻ•ে ? āĻ•াāϜ āĻ•āϰে āĻ•ে āφāϏāϞে ? āφāĻŽাāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ•ি āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ• āύাāĻ•ি āχāϚ্āĻ›া āϏ্āϤāϰāĻŦিāĻ­াāϜিāϤ āϝাāϰ āĻ­াāϏāĻŽাāύ, āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰ āϏ্āϤāϰāĻ—ুāϞোāĻ•ে āĻŽāύে āĻšā§Ÿ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦāϞে āφāϰ āĻ—āĻ­ীāϰে āĻ…āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻšেāϤুāϰূāĻĒ āϏ্āϤāϰāĻ—ুāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻ•āϰি āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āĻŦāϞে ? āĻāϰ āϏাāĻŽāĻž্āϜāϏ্āϝ āĻ•োāĻĨা⧟ ?


āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰāχ āĻ•ি āĻŽাāύুāώ, āϜীāĻŦ, āϚেāϤāύ, āϜāĻĄ়, āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻ•িāĻ›ুāϰূāĻĒে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļিāϤ ? āϤাāĻšāϞে āϏেāχ āĻĒুāϰোāύো āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ--āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āχāϚ্āĻ›া āύা āψāĻļ্āĻŦāϰেāϚ্āĻ›া ? āĻ‹āώি āĻ•ি āĻŦāϞেāύ ? 


āϰāϚ⧟িāϤা : āϏুāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāϏু (Sugata Bose)

Sunday, 4 June 2023

THE CONVERSION PROBLEM ... 5 HINDU RASHTRA




THE CONVERSION PROBLEM ... 5


HINDU RASHTRA 


Liberals who speak against Hindu Rashtra, think what will happen to Bharatvarsha should it with dangerous demographic change become an Islamic state in the not too distant future. Where will your liberalism be? Study the history of Islamic republics worldwide and find out. Near home itself study the fate of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to come to enlightened understanding. If you still do not see reason and believe in the survival of universal human rights in a Muslim-majority, Hindu-minority state which is where we are heading slowly but surely, you are in a state of self-imposed blindness. Hence, a Hindu Rashtra of sorts with checks and balances is in the judgement of many the only way ahead where proliferation of alien antithetical cults must be curtailed somehow. But whither democracy then? And whither democracy as well in the not so long a run if its very clauses are systematically used to subvert it as is the modus operandi of subversive forces at present.


The question is whether declaring India a Hindu Rashtra will at all address the present problem which is hinged on the relative fertility of the followers of two competing religious ideologies, the intolerant of the two threatening to snuff out the all-accepting other like it has done throughout its gory history since its bloodstained birth. These are deep questions and their answers need to be realistically sought keeping the text of our Constitution in mind. How is scripturally sanctioned fanaticism to be tackled? How may perverts from Hinduism be brought back to the Sanatan fold? May it be that civic training of the citizenry in dutiful citizenship will iron out core ideological differences in so far as their practical application is concerned and lead the nation along the progressive line of the Vedanta with its universal philosophical acceptance of all sects? But the Abrahamic religions are scripturally exclusive. Will their adherents ever accept the wisdom of the Vedas by relegating the intolerant doctrines of their own faiths to secondary significance? These are moot questions which need answering.


The Partition of undivided India has left a permanent suspicion in the minds of Hindus about the true intent of Muslims in this regard. It is a brutal historical experience whose wounds are still festering here and daily being opened up and cast afresh in the Muslim-majority severed sections of the great motherland. The Great Calcutta Killing of 16 August, 1946 and the Noakhali and allied genocide of Hindus in East Bengal whose bloody persistence for nearly three months forced the hands of the Congress leadership to accept Partition following quite the plot laid down by Muhammad Ali Jinnah is still fresh in Hindu memory, a gory horrific memory though it may be. Hindus are being persecuted in many parts of India today where, disunited and meek as they are, they are being subjected to all sorts of violence periodically with vote-seeking political parties remaining passive bystanders to such aggression. Hence, the Hindu reaction is coming one of which is the demand for declaration of India as 'Hindu Rashtra'. Of course this has been a longstanding demand of the Sangh Parivar. What the repercussions of such a Constitutionally validated declaration, hypothetically speaking, will be within the many-branched body politic of the Hindus is of prime concern here as well. And the aforementioned moot question will yet remain---How long will this Hindu Rashtra remain so with the demographic balance ever tilting bit by bit in the other direction? 


Is an Islamic State of India inevitable then within the next several decades? Gloomy proposition but a realistic prospect.


Is liberalisation of the Indian Muslims utterly impossible? I do not believe so. If political parties are forced by people's pressure to stop minority appeasement and illegal immigration, perhaps we may find a way out of this knotty problem with liberal, scientific education replacing ideological indoctrination in madrassas. But it is an onerous task given the corrupt character of the political class in India from top to bottom. Hence, dangerous days are ahead for India. We must find a way out. But what is it?


Written by Sugata Bose