10 Shades of Indian Secularism
1 ) In India, with 80% Hindu population, and the only homeland of Hindus in
the world, the birthdays of great sons of the soil, Shri Ram and Shri Krishna,
are not compulsory central government holidays, while the birthday of Saudi
Arabia born prophet Mohammad and both the birth and crucification day of
Bethlehem born Jesus, are compulsory
holidays throughout India. This seems in sync with the secular hypothesis that
Ram and Krishna are imaginary comic characters while Mohammad and Jesus are
actual historical characters. There are only 2 Hindu holidays out of compulsory
14, in contrast with 4 Muslim ones.
2) The Constitution of India enables the government to take control of Hindu
temples and trusts and appoint its nominees in their controlling body and even
control its funds. The government doesn't have this privilege for the mosques
or churches. The government cannot interfere in the functioning of the mosques,
madarsas and any minority institutions even if they receive government aid,
which is taxpayers' money. The minority institutions are not bound to comply
with the Right to Education act either. This can be seen as a lighter version
of Pakistan and Bangladesh's enemy property laws which enable their governments
to confiscate the propeties of Hindus by declaring them enemy properties.
3) Everyone knows that India doesn't have uniform civil code. Indian muslim
males are legally allowed to have up to 4 wives at a time, and can divorce them
by saying 'Talaaq' thrice, in compliance with Sharia. Hindus and Christians
have to follow proper court procedures to file for divorce. The women right
activists who organise 'slut-walks' to celebrate their 'rights'
and
advocate girls visiting pubs, do not speak on this matter. Shah Bano case
stands as a glaring example of how secularism is a constitutionally prescribed
drug meant only for Hindus, not for minorities.
4) Prayagraj, one of the holiest pilgrimages of Hindus, is called Allah-abad.
Kashi, Ayodhya and Mathura, each of these 3 holy sites has been desecrated and
yet not fully restored. The signboards of Auragzeb road in Delhi stand as the
testimony to India's slavery that Indian secularism celebrates so profusely. In
2007, over 1 lakh Indian muslims paid homage to Aurangzeb's
tomb on his
300th anniversary, that's when Aurangzeb is known to be the perpetrator of the
largest Hindu genocide ever. Aurangzeb had even got Guru Teg Bahadur beheaded
in his court for his refusal to convert to Islam.
5) An instance of Indian secularism is the 1978 directive to NCERT which
instructs it to erase all medieval history which paints a picture of clash
between native Hindus and invading muslims in that era. Consequently, we have a
chapter each from Akbar to Aurangzeb, but Shivaji and Maharana Pratap are
squeezed into a paragraph each in history books. Despite all the
evidence to
the contrary, discredited Aryan Invasion Theory is still taught in Indian
schools. The history books do not cover the Mahabharata despite a plethora of
archaeological evidence available to conclusively establish its historicity.
6) The Archealogical Survey of India in its annual report of 1924-25 published
a long list of Hindu temples demolished during Islamic rule. Sita Ram Goel,
Arun Shourie and others have published a book after conducting research and
they've given a 64 page long district-wise list of Islamic monuments which were
constructed by demolishing Hindu temples. This list, in the
book, "Hindu
temples - what happened to them", includes around 2000+ temples and gives in
most cases, the year of construction of those structures also. Even in Kashmir,
hundreds of temples, small and large have been desecrated over during the
exodus of Hindus in early 90s. The same, however, is a non-issue in larger
secular polity. It's continued unabated in whichever time or space, Hindus have
become
weak.
7) From Ram Mandir to Ram Setu and to Bhagwad Geeta, all have been dragged into
Indian courts. India is the only country in the world where the faith of 100
Crore people is humiliated. It'd be silly to look for parallels where in a
Muslim majority country, Quran or the prophet, or in a Christian majority
country, Bible or the Christ, could be dragged into a court of law.
In India,
the central government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court suggesting that
Ram never existed. In the same country, Christian missionaries openly preach
about Hindus' false and 'characterless' gods, and so do Islamic missionaries
like Zakir Naik, but the tag of 'hate-monger' has been attributed to Hindu
right wing by secular luminaries in media and otherwise.
8) There are numerous government schemes which are run exclusively for the
benefit of minorities at the expense of taxpayer money, despite an apparent
prohibition to the same in the constitution. Pashchim Banga government paying
monthly stipend to all the Imams of all the mosques in the state is a glaring
example of this. The same is not extended to Hindu pujaris. The
Haj subsidy,
against which the Supreme Court finally ordered, which had been running since
Independence even when no other country, not even Pakistan offers it, is
another example.
9) The pious Human Right Activists, known for their love for Jihadi terrorists,
those who have been running justiceforafzalguru.org for years now, have not
spoken for the inhumane treatment meted out to Sadhvi Pragya, and Swami
Aseemanand. Their love
for those
displaced in Gujarat riots, their sympathy on crores of Bangladeshi
infiltrators and their disgusting silence and aversion on lakhs of Kashmiri
Hindu refugees and Pakistani Hindu refugees is another jewel of the muddled
waters of Indian secularism.
10) The practice of Saraswati Vandana has been discontinued from almost all
government events with the rise of secular fanaticism. The TV series Chanakya
of 90's was asked to remove Saffron flags from it, its being indispensable to
the picturaization of Chanakya's Akhand Bharat notwithstanding. Doordarshan's
'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' had also been removed
before being brought back. Of late, even the practice of lighting a lamp has
been criticised as 'unislamic'. A litigation was filed in Gujarat high court
for inaugurating a room by breaking a coconut for its being a Hindu (not
Secular). A case was lodged in Chennai High Court to prohibit the employees
celebrating festivals in office space. The beast of secular fanaticism has gone
wilder over the years, and if not
us, posterity will have to bear the brunt of our callous ignorance. Source:IBTL
