Lying secularly

Recently I came across a website by name 'The campaign to stop funding hate' http://www.stopfundinghate.org/. The people behind this work are mostly US based intellectuals who run many NGOs back home and collects money from US for developmental projects in India. The effort is genuine and we need many more such NGOs so that NRIs and foreign funding agencies can be effectively utilized for nation building. But along with this noble work these groups are also involved in proving that they are the only authentic Indian and rest all are sectarian groups not entitled to collect money for Indian people. In doing so they even forget that they are tarnishing image of Indian majority culture which they claim to help with their funding. As the name goes by, the people involved in this project literally 'HATE' anything related to hinduism and want to believe us that India is not a birthplace of hinduism and the modern India has a composite culture evolved by mixing indigenous and invaders alike.

As a hindu, I even agree to diversity in ideology. Ultimately we all are looking forward to build a nation with our own ideas. There is nothing wrong in it. Let people in and outside of India decide our sincerity and they will support us in every possible way. But by taking our local matters to international stage we as a nation is at loosing end. When these people blame RSS for spreading hate in India against minorities, they are doing same outside India against majority. Money alone cannot do all. Devoted people for implementations of the ideas are essential. RSS is running more than 70,000 projects in India and not at all dependent on foreign funding. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1013666219441914390

Let us accept the fact that RSS is and will not be affected by this hate mission but certainly the proponents in the eyes of society. RSS believes that many more efforts are required to build the nation and everyone can participate in his/her capacity with his/her own ideas.

Following are few thoughts may be helpful to understand RSS better if one wish to:

- According to Darwin, only fit survives through evolution. Our traditions dates back prehistoric period according to UNESCO (Rigveda: first written document). Is it not worthwhile to understand what is so special about us when Egypt, Roman, Babylonian, Greek, Persian,Syrian and many more cultures are non existent today?

- We evolve through time, our thoughts changes as per the situation, experiences. It is also applicable to society, culture and even to organization. Most flexible culture sustains. Rigid one remains only part of history. Flexible culture has more probability of incorporation of situational customs. Is it justifiable to cut the head for headache instead of treating for pain?

- If hindu majority is violent all along the history then is it possible to see the mosaic structure of our present society?

- Hindutva of RSS is politically not convenient for its ideological opponents and hence they brand this is as not original hinduism. Our all deities are with weapons and teaches us to use them whenever necessary. For hindus, who believe in coexistence, it is always the last option and of course not desirable at all. But today we forgot that such option exist and any reaction of hindu soceity is seen as fascism and branded as 'majority communalism'. Giving reaction for any religious and secular problem is reserved for others and not for hindus. An eye for eye will certainly make whole world blind but at the same time this is also true that otherwise the world will have only one type of eyes which is evident by 54 muslim and over 120 christian countries where other 'eyes' were wiped out on the surface of this planet in the name of 'jihad' and 'crusade'.

- Organized religions always prospered through political system hence in west they have to use the word 'secular' and devise a system through which chruch was kept out of government. Hinduism never flourished through king like christianity as the core values of hinduism does not belong to materialistic world. The concept of secularism is not applicable in Indian scenario at all.

- Hindu rashtra for RSS is never a theocratic state which is also confirmed by 1995 landmark judgement of supreme court that says hinduism is a way of life and not only set religious rituals. RSS is well aware that 99% of non-hindus of todays India are nothing but converts, (which itself totally non spiritual concept on its own). Just by changing the mode of worship one cannot forget his forefathers or their traditions. RSS expects from non-hindus to be part of this hindu way of life along with following their new mode of worship. Whenever there is conflict between their new mode of worship and traditions of land (e.g. reciting vande mataram, sarsawti vandana etc) they have to sort out within their community and mould it according to later. That is the only way to be part of main stream of nation according to RSS which is not at all extravagant as everywhere in the world it was the same thing

Ex: 1) Kaba was the temple with thousands of idols which is later converted to holy mosque, 2) Christmas in europe is coupled with pagan practises ('weihnachten' in germany 'jul' in sweden etc, 3) Indonesia has 'ganapati' on their currency and 'ramayan' as national book, 4) Buddhism in japan and china is modified version which is assimilated with Confucianism, Shintoism, and Taoism. One can find many more such cases all over the world.

- If 18% of muslims and 7-8% other minorities are always kept out of main stream of society for pity political reasons we as a nation will be always facing internal conflicts. Where ever hindus are in minority we can see that part of country is cut away physically like pakistan and mentally like north east. If we want to move as cohesive unit in future we need to search for unity among the superficial diversity. We have that unity in the form of 'hindu way of life'. We have to promote it which was there in past. Unfortunately we today are more interested in showing how we different and/or how backward than each other to get reservations. Hinduism too has its limitations and also need to be addressed in changing time which is not possible by alienating us from it.

One may be having genuine differences of opinion about RSS views. Still we can all work with our own ideas for India without pointing to each other. Let's put historical facts as it is in front of the new generation without our own flavour in it and let them decide which path to choose.

But ultimately until the hunters are history writers we will have glorification of hunters and not of lions.We have to see the history from our perspective and not the invaders.