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minorities in India.
imposed disability.
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It would be meaningless to have a discourse on
affirmative action.
minority ? Nor are Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains for the same
reason.
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The present practice in India is to regard any group of
racial society.
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Subsequent judgments of the Supreme Court, such as
concept of minority.
rights for the last sixty years without even defining what or
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quote from the judgment of the 3-judge Supreme Court
on multi-nationalism".
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I would define a Minority in India as :
minority.
educational institutions.
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cannot be removed except by specific affirmative action
assistance.
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and Christians, like the Whites of South Africa, have been
in time, these two religious groups have ruled India for over
them. Instead they should ask for world class primary and
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Hence, minorities will continue to have the right for
justice. Towards this end, we must strive for equal and high
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quality educational opportunity and create a mindset for
and Christians.
matrix.
its leadership should instead look inward and analyse why after
being ruling class of India for thousand years, they need now
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be optimal and of maximum return on investment. This
development.
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reservations or quotas for these two communities as in fact
community that ruled India for over eight hundred years and
policy of appeasement.
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happen for the moment to be the victims of his
displeasure.
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However, the Congress Party which was handed power
principles of equity.
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In such a lop-sided minorityism, Hindus as and when in
DEFINITION OF HINDUTVA
history.
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That means giving up a life style that requires having to change
mental gears abruptly, often and completely every day. Thus the
we need to today.
co-opted if they acknowledge with pride the truth that they are
Hindus and those others who with pride acknowledge that their
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Sanatana Dharma is eternal because it is based not upon the
who compiled it had never met Jesus Christ, and therein lives an
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This unique feature of focusing on the message and its truth
its own merit and not on the authority of anyone. If Newton and
nature and existed long before Newton and Einstein. These are
sages Newton and Einstein. Their greatness lies in the fact that
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course means that the Vatican refuses to acknowledge the
or a Kafir.
naturally inclusive.
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Hinduism recognizes no intermediary as the exclusive
vipra bahuda vadanti, meaning cosmic truth is one, but the wise
me is against me.
the Ultimate Truth and reached Sathya Sai Baba. He then spent
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Monsignor Roberto Amadei of the Vatican summoned him and
same plane!
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interpretations behind us, but, Monsignor, who can deny
whenever He wishes?
Truth was revealed in toto and once and for all, by Christ, etc..
the point that the two go together. I looked at him, puzzled; then
I asked him:
Mario: Tell that to any child, and he will tell you that he sees
be hidden or manifest.
the Church
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Mario: By why, Monsignor? Has the Church never made
Lets not get into that? (it wasnt the first time that
is.
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what would be the purpose of Christ returning in the
conscience.
from Catholic Church for his relationship with Sathya Sai Baba
God and no jealous intermediary can block his way. And the
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Muhammad as a Prophet. In contrast, a Christian or a Muslim
prize, profession etc., are at best, simply the means to that goal
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Besides the eternal and universal human values and norms
kinds. The Vedas are the basic and primary sources of Sanatana
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plus Hindus live in the United States, a fraction of the
billion who live on earth. But recent poll data show that
eternity.
Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
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people who seek spiritual truth outside church is
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Hinduism, selves come back to earth again and again in
area called Akhand Hindustan, and thus reject the British tutored
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Second, Hindutva requires that national policies for
sama bhaava.
God.
any Indian to the original Hindu religion, that is the return of any
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birth-based in Hindu scriptures, but a choice that was subject to
unity.
tongue, and pledge that one day in the future, Sanskrit will
evolve to become Indias link language since all the main Indian
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Eighth, the Hindutva art of governance would be structured
unfortunately are also aided and abetted from within the country
by confused Hindus.
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I would like to mention some Hindutva goals which meet the
their own hands, but that is IPC offence and has no constitutional
significance.
project for public good, and build a Ram Janma bhoomi temple.
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abundant precaution the President can obtain the concurrence of
Order/Health..
Hindu temples its resources and land and using it for all kinds of
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Institutions and Charitable Endowment Acts on the pretext of
can be called the Hindu spirit: his relatively liberal politics, his
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dhimmies on account of religious belief. Akbar approximated to a
The other two men who represent the 'Muslim Period' are
Shivaji and Guru Gobind Singh: men who fought the persecution
especially Aurangzeb.
Singh are chosen because they fought the oppression and cruelty
The pictures chosen from the British period and the era of
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represented by Tipu Sultan and Rani Lakshmi Bai, both
and sweat.
rule.
with Hindu values, Hind Swaraj and Ram Rajya are no hidden
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The 'aroma' of Hinduness or Hindutva also permeates the
Indian state.
concern are discussed and the fate of the nation is decided. The
head of the Lok Sabha is the Speaker, and what we find inscribed
righteousness).
national flag, and the related motto in the central place of the
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Lok Devarampatraarnu
(Chhandogya)
Translation: Open the door for the welfare of the people and
(Panchantantra)
say; for the men of liberal character the whole world is taken as
one family.
Vriddhah na to ye na vadantidharmam
Satyamna tadyachhalambhyupaiti
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(Mahabharat)
Sabha v na praveshtaya
Vakavyam va samanjasam
(Manusmriti)
according to dharma when you are inside it. Those who do not
sin.
the domes and walls of the Indian Parliament signify the values
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that the fathers of Indian democracy and parliamentarianism
wanted to inculcate.
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These ideals are ideals of the Hindu world. They do not convey
Indian Constitution and the Indian polity pay their homage to the
political norms that give the people and territory of India their
defining identity.
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Judiciary, and other important organs of the state recognize
for shaping free India's destiny would remain the millennia old
DEFINITION OF SECULARISM
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The question today is not whether secularism is flawed
Hindutva.
for Hindus and subject to judicial review, but not for Muslims
and Christians.
national interest.
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Thus Manmohan Singh's "M virus' has its roots in
secularism.
that India is what the British had put together, and that the
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Muslim men know that uniform civil code will never
enough for her to write to Judge Ito directly asking him not
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Judge Ito ignored her plea, and convicted Keating to
owners."
who worked for it and earned it! If you contact me I will put
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(Extracted from Hitchens Christopher: The Missionary
virat Hindutva.
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practices were Jewish but formally they were converted
Ms. Sonia Gandhi to ask the MEA to cancel the Rabbis' visa
writings.
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When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse
well.
happening in:
Denmark -- Muslim 2%
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United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- Muslim 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
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ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of
sections, in:
Guyana -- Muslim10%
such as in:
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At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres,
chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as
in:
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Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Madrassas are the only schools, and the Koran is the only
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Somalia -- Muslim 100%
they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia
Law.
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threat and are being treated as second class citizens in this
country.
citizenship in India?
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books published, sales per book foreign book translated,
educational system.
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Accordingly Muslim leadership deploys its leverage
2001).
84.44%. But this figure hides the fact that Hindus resident in
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points in share of Indian population, while Muslims have
12% points since 1881, and the loss in share has begun to
But let alone the Muslim women, even the literacy rates of
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higher education are more easily available to urban dwellers
Reservations and quotas are not the right medicine for the
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Orissans, to Nagas who might seem to have nothing at
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and nature in the way of monistic idealism, though this tendency
Republic today, whose roots are also in the long unbroken Hindu
Brahmans, framed the laws and state policy and the King (known
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Thus it was ordained:
Hindu a millennium ago, the only way any significant group could
culture or nature.
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and those others whose ancestors were Hindus. Acceptance
now for over six decades. Time is at hand to rectify that waffle
This is the goal : to chart a road map for India that is Hindustan
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independence of a nation rests on the quality of the citizen's
values and norms that emerge out of Hindu renaissance, that is,
modernity.
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focus of all three profound thinkers is the multi-dimensional
Mark me, then and then alone you are a Hindu when
when every man and woman who bears the name Hindu,
you. Then and then alone you are a Hindu when the
379].
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Paraphrasing what Veer Savarkar had said, the following is
and others:
If you come along with us, then with you. If you do not, then
without you. If you oppose us, then inspite of you. Hindutva shall
prevail.
renaissance.
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It is worthy of notice that, recognizing this limitation, Hindu
spiritual leaders in the past have from time to time come forward
Raksha Manch for social action, which has become crucial for
have to build".
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Hence, the essentiality of Hinduism, or alternatively the core
Foundation, 2005].
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Hindus] who proudly acknowledge that their ancestors were
Hindus.
books.
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demolish the birth-based caste theory as Ambedkar had wanted
to do.
1947 has led to the present social malaise. Thus, even though
not been able to understand their roots in, and obligations to, the
is being carried out not with the crude brutality of past invasions,
lulled into loss of self-esteem about our past or that the capacity
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Hindus are being lulled, while Muslims and Christians are
that is run for profit, and not as those who are descendents of
Hindus, and a product of conversion and force, and that they too
civilizations, like Greece and Egypt, have for much the same
reason.
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