“Whenever
you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and
reflect,” said Mark Twain. Some members
of the ruling BJP seem to have become so intoxicated with power that they are
ranting and raving like people bereft of their sense. It is time for them to pause and reflect. And it is time for the Prime Minister to
pause his reflection.
A
few days ago, Sakshi Maharaj advised the Hindu women of India to have four
children each. Now the Shankaracharya of
Badrikashram orders the Hindu women to have ten children each. Of course, the women aren’t so foolish as to
take such exhortations to heart. So
nothing will change. Yet it is worth
asking the question: What motivates the Maharaj and the Acharya (supposedly
wise people) to make such statements?
Do
they think that the population of India is skewed against the Hindus? Below are two diagrams that illustrate the
population of people belonging to different religions, according to the 2011
Census of India. In diagram 1, the
Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are shown separately and in diagram 2 they are added
along with the Hindus since the Hindus in India consider them as extensions of
their own religion.
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| Diagram 1 |
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| Diagram 2 |
The Hindus form the vast majority of the population in the country. What cause do they have for fear from the minority? The sheer sizes of the populations should be enough to embolden the majority community in the country.
What
is the motive of the Maharaj and the Acharya?
Do they want to eliminate the minority communities from the
country? Is it necessary to burden the
planet with more of the dangerous species called human beings for that? With the present strength, can’t the Hindus in
India eliminate the minority communities?
Aren’t the military forces, paramilitary forces, police forces and
political forces all with the majority community? Can’t they use those forces and eliminate the
minority communities without burdening the women with a lifetime of
pregnancies?
The
leaders of RSS continue to demand a Hindu Rashtra. Even two days back Mohan Bhagwat made
Rabindranath Tagore squirm in his tomb by using the latter’s words for
advocating a Hindu Rashtra. On the day
of Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom, the Hindu Mahasabha is planning to erect a temple with the
Mahatma’s killer as the presiding deity!
What
is happening to the country called India?
Who
are the BJP, the RSS and other such organisations trying to hoodwink? And for what?
I think the nation deserves an answer from the Prime Minister. He cannot afford to emulate the former PM
whose maun was the butt of Mr Modi’s
endless ridicule.
Yes - the nation wants to know...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the endorsement, Kalpanaa. Our leaders must know that we are all not as gullible and credulous as they seem to think.
DeleteVery rightly said Sir! Brilliant post! Wish good sense prevails n jobs,education for all communities esp. Minorities can spread so dat our population comes into balance!
ReplyDeleteNo, Amrita, it's not about demographic balance. Those days are gone when the number was a strength. Now ideas and thinking should be the strength.
DeleteQuestions very well placed in post.
ReplyDeleteIt is not the number but the strength of the community that should matter. How "major" is the "terrorist" community? Not bigger than Hindus, Muslims etc all of them put together. Yet, they can strike a blow and shake all the communities of the world.
ReplyDeleteSadly, today, quantity is more important than quality. And life is so superficial.
Of course, the quality should matter. But our Babas and Bhabhies don't seem to know that.
DeleteOMG! these Godmen have gone PK ..
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