Comments on: The dark side of Hindu nationalism?

By: Hridayesh Pushkar

Hridayesh Pushkar — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:22:14 +0000

you are so true arumbhu (regarding first comment ).

nicely summed up .

By: arumbhu

arumbhu — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:08:17 +0000

The changes that are taking place in the world like Australian PM apologizing to the abhorigines,Obama getting elected by a majority in US are unnerving the Hindu zealots and are trying by all means to wrest control of the state machinery under the garb of Nationalism. Humanism doesn’t need any Nationalism. Love your neighbour and give due respect to his views,your country will be at peace.But just because you are in a majority and take it upon yourself the task of transformation of the society in your favour is nothing but majoritarian hooliganism and why at all any individual should be barred from taking up any religion he or she likes?
Religion is nothing but a garb to profiteering be it political, social or economical. Nothing more than that.In the real sense.
If we believe in a Just society why should be able to remove the ugly dirty skins wrapped around our body/soul by the people of previous centuries.Not too exhaustive though.
Religion is the root cause of all evils in the society even if it’s not so at personal level.Real progress will happen only when people get real education and begin to see as new born in a new world and not by aligning themselves with anything that are around them.
Throw the dirty water and the baby too along with the bucket and you will transform. Your transformation is the transformation of the world.Surely someday a world government will be established by our children and none of would be living to see them.How sad it is to fail to establish such in our own period now ?
Open you eyes to reality/possibilities ahead.Our actions based on controlled contrived feelings are just waste of human energy in the big picture and what a colossal loss?

By: Indian

Indian — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:05:27 +0000

Some of the posts above make me cringe that these are the so called foward looking educated Indians.If India has to become a world power and not be at the mercy of the elitist countries for the coming centuries then it has to rise above religious hagemony.Though I am a strong supporter of democracy I sometimes really feel that we should get a taste of communism like China (which incidently doesn’t adhere to any religion) to get back to our senses.
Terrorism is a religion in itself and anybody who believes in ‘tit for tat’ or religious jehad(for any religion)has already converted themselves.And if people get converted by ‘money or fear’ then they really do not have faith or belong to any religion. You show them money they would willingly also become athiest.

By: Joe Potter

Joe Potter — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:01:50 +0000

End of the day every sane person knows the Muslim terrorists will cut your throat if they could. So let’s stop pretending, Muslims openly boast of how they will forcibly convert the whole world. They use distractions and arguments just to buy enough time…
If you want to pretend on the outside for political reasons, that’s one thing, just be clear in your mind who is likely to cut your throat.

By: Pallavi Arun Verma

Pallavi Arun Verma — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:55:11 +0000

When will we grow up to the reality that Terrorists have no religion…Therez only one God one Religion…Humanity

By: Pallavi Arun Verma

Pallavi Arun Verma — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:54:20 +0000

When will we wake up to the reality that terrorists dont have a religion… There only one God and one life…one faith and one religion..thats Humanity.

God Bless All

By: kp vidyashankar

kp vidyashankar — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:37:08 +0000

I feel the problem can be solved if the Muslims and Christians stop following pseudo secular parties. They should join the BJP and not shun it and then they will have a voice right inside with Indian Nationalists.
The other parties want them as only as a obedient vote bank. It is up to them to act quickly so that there are consensus solutions on all issues.

By: victoria hirko

victoria hirko — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:15:28 +0000

well not hindus but the islamic terrorists.. which could be hindus, americans, russians…

By: sanjay singh chauhan

sanjay singh chauhan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:30:06 +0000

as said that bomb explosions are blamed on the muslims is nota acorrect statement because in 99%cases culprits were brought to the law and they were the muslims.And coming to the malegoan blasts there are no concrete evidences against hindu organisations so it willbe very e
arly to point a finger towards hindus.BECAUSE A HINDU DOSE NOT BELIEVE IN JEHAD as the muslims does.IT is a real tragedy that hindus are treated as second class citizens in their own mother land by so called secularists ,these black sheeps were out in herds when some antinational animals were gunned down in DELHI recently by DELHI POLICE THERE WAS A LOT OF HUE &cry .INthe end one thing is sure that it is wrong to say that all the muslims are terrorists but it is right that all the terrorists are muslims, it can be seen worldwide.

By: sanjay

sanjay — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:13:48 +0000

I have one thing to ask all you guys, why is it that Hindus start blaming Hindus at the earliest given opportunity, even the media too…. but Muslims dont seem to do the same at all. Why is it bad to be an assertive Hindu while everybody else can, with no remorse or regret…..