A participant - not known to me, in a brainstorming session held just the day after the announcement of the outcome of the last Lok Sabha poll, in order to make sense of the heartbreaking development, did very perceptively observe that it was the Hindu minds that stand hacked and not the EVMs.
The issue is how to disabuse the hacked minds? Of course, the control over the levers of state power confers a great advantage as far manipulation of minds is concerned. But, the problem is that in order to make even a meaningful beginning, it is necessary to dislodge the evil force well ensconced in power and, to achieve that, a large number of (Hindu) minds need be swayed the other way. Obviously, it's not a clinical academic exercise. Options have to be tried out on the ground - muddying one's hands. One has to learn, and unlearn, on the job. Braving all the accompanying risks. That Rahul has followed Jaipur up with Amethi, despite criticisms from various corners, strongly suggests that he's pretty much bent upon taking the bull by its horns and determined to take the fight to the adversary's core territory - its claim to being the sole flagbearer of Hinduism. Come what may. <<The Congress leader also evoked the Hindu versus Hindutvavadi debate, while taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Varanasi trip. “I will tell you the meaning of Hindu- It's someone who only follows the path of truth, the one who never gives up to fear, and the one who never converts his fear into violence, hate and anger... It's best example is Mahatma Gandhi...,” he said. “Mahatma Gandhi spent all his life understanding truth and then there is Godse - 'Hindutvavadi'. Nobody calls him (Godse) a Mahatma because he killed a Hindu who always spoke the truth...Godse was a coward, a weak man... he could not face his fears,” he added. Taking a swipe at PM Modi for his holy dip in Ganga during Varanasi visit, Gandhi said, “A 'Hindutvavadi' bathes alone in Ganga, while a Hindu bathes with crores of people...Narendra Modi says he is a Hindu, but when did he protect truth?...He asked people to bang thalis to get rid of COVID...Hindu or Hindutvavadi?” “For the first time I saw just one person taking bath in Ganga, removed Yogi Ji, sidelined Rajnath Singh....Remember when Narendra ji was young he fought with a crocodile, I thought he didn't know swimming...struggling with his hands...,” he added.>> (Excerpted from: < https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/uttar-pradesh-elections-2022-in-former-bastion-amethi-rahul-gandhis-all-out-attack-at-centre-up-govt/841634 >.) For two interesting and diametrically opposite comments on the Jaipur speech: I/II. < https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/limits-of-hindu-vs-hindutvavadi-debate-rahul-7675010/lite/ >. II. < https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/rahul-gandhi-jaipur-speech-hinduism-hindutva/amp >. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZju80PPGBFVDWWa3gSPdzfwfVb8ALJ%3DUmhoM2rq9wswLQ%40mail.gmail.com.
