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Religious secularism

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Religious secularism

Religion is the biggest factor which unites and also divides us all at the same time. While some would say one’s religious beliefs can be flexible, there are others, more extreme ones who believe that your religion is what defines you as a person.

While the ongoing debates between secularism and religious extremity is never ending, some are finding it hard to keep up with it. Secularism, as a definition is being open to all religions, while also keeping all religions at an equal position. Our country, which is supposedly built on the foundation of secularism, is the one destroying its roots.

It’s similar to what is being done with feminism. Where at its roots, feminism deals with gender equality and years of female oppression, it is now being used to oppress men in many parts of the country.

The most important question which needs to be asked today is- Why does one religion needs to follow the laws of secularism and not the others? Why do men who believe in the true definition of feminism need to, at every point keep showing they respect women more than other men? Since when did equality become synonymous to majority oppression?

Yes, being a man who believes in and belongs to Hinduism, I am afraid. I am not afraid because I am oppressed, I am afraid because I have to showcase to the world that I believe in their fake equality standards. Don’t get me wrong here. I am a secular feminist by dictionary definitions, but not by the definitions of today’s dual standards.

With the hypocritical standards which are followed in this country, a person is looked down upon to celebrate an historical moment in his religion. They are guilt tripped into believing that their happiness is wrong since it goes against the ‘secular’ definition. Comparisons start to pour about the level of poverty and hunger in the country and you are painted dark.

Why do these hunger comparisons happen when hindus want to celebrate. Why was there no uproar when the chief minister of one of the biggest state of the country decided to build Haj Houses all across the state for Muslim travelers? Why is there no uproar when a particular sect decides to block roads and pray; just because it is their right?

Post independence, hindus were made to believe they are superior and every reservation and benefits were given to the so called minorities; since they were less in number. Since then, we are being oppressed just because we are a majority.

This oppression crept into us like our daily bread. We were being fed oppression in the name of secularism, and the day our hunger grew for something better, the world panicked. With the support of the government which wants to make things right, the real secularism is now growing in the country. The real oppressors- the gang of Shaheen Bagh, the JNU sherade, the militants of Kashmir and pseudo seculars supporting them to trend; are now feeling burdened by this new reality. It was never about religion for me. It was always about equality.  While hypocrisy is at its peak today, I feel proud to see that slowly but steadily, the real face of secularism is being shown to this country.

मोदी को न राम से बड़ा बताया है और न ही जय श्रीराम का उदघोष साम्प्रदायिक है

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मोदी को न राम से बड़ा बताया है और न ही जय श्रीराम का उदघोष साम्प्रदायिक है

जब सब कुछ उचित और निर्विघ्न संपन्न हो जाए, तो वक्रदृष्टा अनर्गल प्रपंच गढ़कर विवाद उत्पन्न करते हैं। ऐसा ही अयोध्या में भूमिपूजन के सफल आयोजन के उपरांत दृष्टिगोचर हो रहा है। इस संबंध में दो प्रपंच चर्चा में हैं-पहला, प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के रामलला के साथ एक चित्र से संबंधित है तथा दूसरा, जय श्रीराम के उदघोष के संबंध में है। 

दरअसल सोशल मीडिया पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का रामलला के साथ एक चित्र वायरल हो रहा है। जिसमें भगवान राम के बालक रूप को  प्रधानमंत्री मोदी हाथ पकड़कर मंदिर की ओर ले जा रहे हैं। इस चित्र पर केरल से कॉन्ग्रेस सांसद और नेहरू परिवार के चापलूस नेता ने तंज़ कसा और इस चित्र में मोदी को भगवान राम से बड़ा बताने पर राष्ट्रवादियों की आस्था पर प्रश्न चिन्ह लगाया है। दरअसल इस चित्र का मर्म समझने की आवश्यकता है इसमें भगवान राम बालक रूप में हैं और मोदी अभिभावक की भांति उन्हें लेकर जा रहे हैं।

यह महत्त्वपूर्ण है कि हिन्दू धर्म में तुलसीदास और सूरदास जैसे कई कवियों ने भगवान कृष्ण और राम के लिये वात्सल्य भाव का प्रयोग किया है। आज भी वैष्णव सम्प्रदाय में भगवान की वात्सल्य भाव से पूजा की जाती है तथा उन्हें परिवार के एक बालक की तरह ही देखा जाता है। वास्तव में इस चित्र पर अनर्गल प्रश्न उठाने वाले सनातन धर्म को इस्लाम और ईसाई धर्म के चश्में से देख रहे हैं और उन्हें हमारे धर्म की विशालता का कोई अनुमान नहीं है। सनातन धर्म अपने आराध्य को किसी भी रूप में पूजने या मानने की सुविधा देता है। इस विरोध का कारण सिर्फ मोदी से घृणा है और किसी भी तरह राम के मंदिर से चिढ़ को अभिव्यक्त करना है। 

वहीं दूसरा मुद्दा अयोध्या में प्रधानमंत्री द्वारा अपने उद्बोधन को जय सियाराम से प्रारंभ करना है। इसके बाद से मीडिया और सोशल मीडिया पर वामपंथी, जिहादी और छदम सेक्युलर धड़े ने स्वयं की पीठ थपथपाना प्रारंभ कर दिया। दरअसल इन्होंने प्रपंच रचा था कि जय श्रीराम हिंदुत्व का उदघोष है जो राजनीतिक, पुरुषवादी और साम्प्रदयिकता का प्रतीक है तथा इसका प्रयोग मॉब लिंचिंग को बढ़ावा देने के लिये किया गया। प्रधानमंत्री के जय सियाराम के उदघोष को इन्होंने अपनी विजय मान लिया और जय श्रीराम के उदघोष को धूमिल करना प्रारंभ कर दिया है। इस संबंध में इनका कहना है कि जय श्रीराम में माता सीता शामिल नहीं हैं और इसका प्रयोग माता सीता को भगवान राम से अलग करना है।

इनका तर्क मूर्खतापूर्ण और हास्यास्पद है क्योंकि पहली बात कोई भी माता सीता को भगवान राम से अलग करने का सामर्थ्य नहीं रखता है तथा दूसरा श्रीराम में शामिल ‘श्री’ माता लक्ष्मी का ही प्रतीक हैं और माता सीता लक्ष्मीजी का ही एक अवतार हैं। वास्तव में यह हिन्दू धर्म को षड्यंत्र के तहत लक्षित करना है कि जय श्रीराम और जय श्रीकृष्ण को स्थान पर जय सियाराम, जय राधेकृष्ण का प्रयोग किया जाए, ताकि इन्हें पुरुषवादी या साम्प्रदायिक सिद्ध करके हिन्दू धर्म पर हमला किया जा सके। वास्तव में इन उदघोषों का अर्थ अपने आराध्य के प्रति अपनी भावनाएं प्रकट करना है तथा इनमें माता सीता या राधा रानी के प्रति अन-श्रद्धा का भाव रखना नहीं है। इस विषय पर विवाद करना स्वयं को सेक्युलर दिखाना है तथा हंगामा मचाकर मीडिया में चर्चा का विषय बना रहना है।

What the Ram Temple means to a Hindu

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What the Ram Temple means to a Hindu

The Bhumi Puja of the Ram Mandir was a much celebrated event that filled many of us with a lot of hope, energy and happiness. In fact, the day of the Puja felt no less intoxicating, to me, than the effects of having sweet milk on Shivaratri. Nevertheless, there were also a lot of people disappointed with rising trends over the last few years, this occasion being symbolic of those. This article is addressed to Bhakts and “intellectuals” both.

India is much, much older than that name. This is a fact that no number of ‘eminent historians’ and communists can change. It was not a land of squabbling kings occasionally united by an empire. The identity of India is far from political, in fact far from material – it is adhyatmik (do not translate).

A good example to understand this is the story of the composition of the Rigveda. More than ten thousand years ago, the tribes of north India, who already shared a common history, fought a battle. The winners of this battle were the Bharata tribe from what is now Haryana. It is often said that history is written by the victors. In this case, the Bharatas invited Rishis from all clans, victorious or otherwise, and together these great men composed a compilation of all that they knew, a magnum opus of knowledge called the rigveda, the knowledge (ved) of the rishis (rig-).

A new beginning (sketch by me)

That has been the founding principle of Bharat ever since – assimilate by compilation, not by replacement. This is not a mere mixing of cultures, because it has a philosophical backing – that of advaita – that all philosophies can be reduced by logic to one. It is in the expression of this one philosophy that our systems of knowledge diversify. Every time we met a new tribe, be it in bharatvarsh or overseas, we observed their traditions, their beliefs and gave them the backing of this philosophy, which transformed them from superstitions to saadhna, methods to accomplish what we are involuntarily trying to do anyway. In this process, all practices were retained and yet unified; this left the people with their own identity, simultaneously giving them a stronger one of sanatana dharma.

That is the reason for diversity in our practices, and that is the difference between Hindu diversity and Christian or Muslim diversity. While the latter began as one and split with differences of opinion, we began as many and came together under one blanket, while retaining individual identities – the ultimate balancing act; our diversity is a proud birthmark of our origin.

Unfortunately, we met out military match in post-industrial Europe, and  the fort of Dharma fell. Western scholarship intentionally twisted the meaning of our philosophies and practices and presented to us our own identity as backward, and what choice did we anglicized Indians have but to lap it all up, since we were forced to know English but no Sanskrit! Matters like caste (jaati-varna system) became a political punchline, the actual practices obscured by misinformation, or by taking stories from the era of British rule as representative of our whole ten-thousand-year history!

Six years ago, known now as Hindus, we regained some degree of political power, and began the long journey of rebuilding. Perhaps the one thing that fell hardest when we lost was out temples. The Hindu temple is not a place of worship like a Church, because we can worship anywhere. It is not just a place of ritual like a  mosque, although rituals form an important part of temples. A temple is the adhyatmik equivalent of a fort, an institution build to guard our intangible philosophy from harm in the tangible world.

Temples were owners of large amounts of lands and wealth, and acted as economic flywheels in times of disaster. Temples were the dwellings of Devatas, who are not gods, but nuclei of Bhakti, a form of Sadhana, a course in philosophy. Temples were pieces of art. They were places of social gathering. Indeed, the institution of a temple has as many layers and diversities as Hindu philosophy itself. That is why temples are the soul of our society, and that is why we need to recover them from the two evils that have plagued them for a long time now – structural destruction and government control. While efforts are on in both directions, the Ram Mandir is one small step for Hindus, and one giant leap for Hindutva. That is the value of this event for Hindus.

All this may seem like distant, inconsequential philosophy to you, but it affects you in very profound ways. In the name of modernization, we are blindly following the west, even though we can see what they have come to today. It would be very foolish to continue on their path even after we have seen where it leads. We have the power to set our course right, and I suggest we exercise it effectively, else it will only take a generation or two for things to go steeply downhill.

Happy Diwali to you all.
Jai Shree Ram! Jai Shree Krishna! Jai Mahakaal!

The author is a student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali.

A change that doesn’t augur well on this Independence Day

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A change that doesn’t augur well on this Independence Day

They say people change with time; do they? Or it’s just a process of shredding skin seasonally like reptiles in the wild do. Whatever, the wild has its set natural processes which are in tune with nature. Are humans in sync with its own natural process of development let alone its harmonious co-existence with the nature? Deviating from what’s natural is the current fad.

Millennials are a step farther from the Generation X in all terms. Breaking away from traditions and culture is the new black. The pop culture, capitalizing on the weaknesses of millennials, is sailing its boat smoothly with a huge profiteering success. The religious institutions dotted with extremes are sermonizing on its superiority over another. The Generation X are caught between the horns of dilemma with what should be passed down and what should be accepted to be graced as progressive. With maturity at all levels touching the zenith, the desire to unlearn the age-old practices is the order of the day.

The benefits of information boom aren’t uniform, attaining its universality is still one of the challenges of the 21st century. The scholars respected through generations are now dismissed as propellers of anachronistic knowledge. Women folk are discouraged to become mothers or for that matter housewives so much so that motherhood ends at maternity clinics, and mostly the present-day mothering is left over to mid-wives. With important roles of scholars and mothers being diminished, the character of nation is at a greater stake. A human being cheats his fellow being without scruples. He unmasks himself as per his need.

The character of the nation is carried by its citizens. If aberration is the norm, then how do we create soldiers of character defending borders? How do we create institutions and polity without the foundation of good character? Change is constant, but it’s has its share of statics which shouldn’t be dishonored in the name of change. As we celebrate this 74th Independence Day, some reflection for Gen Y on change – courtesy of weak character – is needed. Jai Hind!

The author is a media professional and can be contacted at [email protected].

Avrodh: the web-series that looks more realistic and closer to the truth!

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Avrodh: the web-series that looks more realistic and closer to the truth!

The recently released Sony Liv’s web-series “Avrodh: The Siege Within” replays the unfortunate terror attack in Uri and the events that lead to one of its kind Surgical Strikes by Indian Armed forces in Sept 2016. We have already witnessed the gallantry of the special forces in the Bollywood movie “Uri: The Surgical Strike“, so an obvious question that might come to mind, very well be: what’s different?

A lot! Quite interestingly other than a few names everything!

The movie being a Bollywood movie had a very high glamour quotient; even in death. It revolved around the life of a flamboyant Major played by Vicky Kaushal; his personal life, his sick mother, his barbecue humor, his family, his heroics, his close combat scenes, etc. etc. The web-series, on the other hand is low on glamour; does not exaggerate and is devoid of Jingoism. There aren’t catchy slogans like “How’s the Josh?“

In fact, the web-series isn’t about the one Major who lead the attack, its actually about the strike and the events that lead to it, Major was a part of a big picture like others who fought alongside him, the snipers, the national security advisor so on and so forth. The series is objective in nature and does not squander much time in melodrama or masala. The web-series showcases a very professional army. Unlike the movies, revenge had little place in the operation, which I believe is more appropriate representation of a professional army like ours.

Avrodh gets praise from Sonu Sood, Actor calls it a must watch ...

Having said this, the web-series will keep you glued till the very end. It pours in important details about the terror attack, the strike and fills in several gaps left wide open in the movie. For example, how did the four terrorists who attacked the camp know about the inside of the camp? Or why were the soldiers in tents in the first place? The series provides answers for many such questions.

Apart from these details, the web-series sheds light on how different departments behaved during the crisis, giving more depth to the different characters. The side effects of unethical journalism during national crises like these were completely overlooked in the movie, but are appropriately shown this time. To get closer to the reality, some of the statements/phrases have been taken from the real world speeches of both the PM as well as the then Foreign Minister, a deja-vu moment!

Although, the physical appearance of the characters i.e. the attire, the hair style, the glasses, etc resemble to the real life person who the actors are representing in the series, the actors did not or could not copy the idiosyncrasies of these people. Having said that, I was still not able to figure out, who is the character of “Namrata Joshi, the fierce journalist” played by Madhurima Tuli based on. If you figure that out, please do mention in the comment.

However, the biggest difference between the movie and the series is that the strategy, the plan and the way strikes were conducted were entirely different. It was as if they narrated stories of two different events.

If both, the series as well as the movie, are based on a true story depicting the same event, I believe certain premises should have remained the same. For instance, the way the terrorists who attacked the army camp died. Did they die in the camp fighting the armed forces or did they die running away from the armed forces in a different way at a different place? That was not an isolated instance. There were more. The duration for which the special forces stayed behind the enemy lines was also different, shouldn’t it be the same as well? Or the usage of choppers during the strike, and so on and so forth. I don’t want to spoil the series for you so won’t give the details here. But you get my point.

So what are we watching here in the series or what did watch in the movie a year ago? A pure fiction that uses Uri and Surgical Strikes for publicity or a dramatization/picturization of the actual events that occurred during that month? I guess only a privileged few, who actually were a part of those events would know that.

From a laymen’s perspective, the series looks more real and closer to the truth than the movie for obvious reasons.

As far as the movie is concerned, there were a lot of loopholes or mistakes which right away indicated the excessive use of imagination in the movie and that to child like imagination. For example, the whole “Garud” drone chapter is a work of fiction. Can you imagine Indian army relying on a 16 year old civilian and the product designed by him which by the way has never been tested, in an extremely sensitive, first of its kind, covert operations? Just for the information, a company based in Netherlands (RoBird) claimed to have designed that drone and not an intern in DRDO.

The movie had myriad of these childish imaginations. One more to add in this list was when a trained army officer (played by Mohit Raina) picked up the enemy’s booby trapped rifle and blew himself up. Trained soldiers never pick up enemy weapons for some reasons. Maybe somebody thought of CounterStrike or PubG as real.

On the similar lines was the usage of chopper during the mission. Remember the scene towards the end when Seerat flies in and fends off the Pakistani Chopper? Just 30 minutes ago in the move the same chopper had to turn around because a radar was active in that region; wasn’t that the whole point why the soldiers had to use the Caves and Garuds in the first place?

Fortunately these lapses don’t exist in the web-series which makes it more coherent and an interesting watch.

Thank you for reading. Happy binge watch!

Jainism’s Rama

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Jainism’s Rama

According to Jainism, Shalakpurushas (शलाकपुरूष) are the 63 distinguished souls who appear during each half of the life cycles (kalpa). The deeds of these illustrious beings serve as guide in how to conduct oneself. A single set of Shalakpurushas comprise the following:

I. 24 Tirthankaras (forth finders)

II.12 Chakravartin (great monarchs)

III. 9 balabhadras or Baladevas (non-violent heroes)

IV. 9 Narayanas or Vasudevas (violent heroes)

V. 9 Prati- Vasudevas (anti-heroes).

These beings establish or restore a realm of non-violence in the world. Rama is one such non-violent hero while Lakshmana is a Vasudeva and Ravana a Prati-Vasudeva. In Jainism re-telling of Ramayana, Rama (also known as Padma), a gentle hero, is not the one who kills Ravana. Instead, his younger brother Lakshmana kills Ravana, the king of Rakshasas, who are otherwise a civilized and vegetarian people. Both Lakshmana and Ravana go to hell* for indulging in violence. Rama and Sita become Jain monk and nun respectively, and attain keval jnana (omniscience). Deepawali too holds a different significance for Jains. Diwali is not the day of return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after serving 14 years in exile as Hindus believe. It is the day when Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankar, attained keval jnana.

The general outline of Jaina ramayana is largely co-terminous with Valmiki’s Ramayana with major deviations in details. There are many variations of this story among Jain texts too, however, the non-violent credential of Rama is intact across such re-tellings. The most popular version is Paumachariya (‘the life of Padma/Rama’) which is written in Prakrit by Jain monk Vimalsuri. Interestingly, Vimalsuri has also penned first Jain Mahabharata Harivamschariya (‘Life and Lineage of Hari’) which primarily focuses on battle between Krishna and Jarasandha rather than that between Pandavas and Kauravas. Krishna is also a hero, albeit a violent one (Vasudeva).

Thus, Jain re-telling of Ramayana is consistent with their world-view and eschatology which gives highest preferemce to ahimsa or non-violence.

* The concept of hell and heaven in Indic religions is considerably different from those of Abrahamic religions. As per Jainism, Ravana will be one of the 24 Tirthankaras in the next kalpa, despite having served hell.

The cine hypocrisy

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The cine hypocrisy

With the ‘Bhumipujan’ of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, a centuries old dispute came to an end. A grand celebration could not happen due to the pandemic but every devotee did what they could. Not just in India but we saw pictures and videos of celebration from all over the world. There was an opposition which was bound to happen.

A small fraction of Indians were not happy and they protested, which is their right. Just like the society, the cine industry must have felt the situation. As usual those who lean left, opposed it and called it a death of secularism and else. While leaning right people hailed it and celebrated to some extent. I do not have problem with any of them. I have a problem with those, who sat and watched it silently, without any reaction.

It consist of most of the cine industry. If they were in opposition, they should have cleared it but by not celebrating otherwise, they gave a powerful message. A message that they are not what they portray. That in the garb of Indian, they are playing stooge for someone sitting abroad. That money is what matters to them and nothing else, be it your countries pride or a peacefully resolved court case.

By not celebrating the day, they proved who they are. Otherwise they keep interfering with politics and social life but they hide this time. Amir Khan for his famous political stunt and the so called show he ran on social matters. Never got tired of pointing the mistakes but fell short of praises yesterday. Salman Khan, the Ganesha devotee did not find words for Ram Mandir. Be it the Khans or the Bachhans, or the Kapoors and most of them did not utter a word.

I do not care what they say or not. I know they are hypocrites and stooges of masters sitting in Dubai. My fear is because of them the hopeless and idiot youth of India forms his/her opinions. They are not actors for them, they are stars and heroes. Youth follow them blindly without blinking. And when on such occasion they sit quietly, it sends a message that the occasion isn’t important enough.

Youth tends to lean left slowly, and start hating such things without understanding a word. When these people say that they don’t want to involve in politics, they are actually doing it by directing youth to hate politics.

Anybody on twitter will think what I’m saying is rubbish and everyone knows politics but the sad reality is more than half of the youth does not like it and have no hopes to like it. They are happy watching movies which are ‘Apolitical’.

:Sharang Pathak

अब मथुरा की बारी है; हे कृष्णा तुम अब आ जाओ

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अब मथुरा की बारी है; हे कृष्णा तुम अब आ जाओ

हे कृष्णा तुम कब आओगे 
हे कृष्णा तुम कब आओगे 

दैत्य कर रहा दंभी अट्टहास, हे कृष्णा अर्जुन को कब जगाओगे 
दासता ने भरी मानसिक सुन्नता, हे कृष्णा सनातनी में चेतना कब लौटाओगे 

संस्कृति पर घात हुआ है भारी, अब हुई असहनीय पीड़ हमारी, 
हे कृष्णा तुम कब आओगे

रण का है शंख फूंकना, सनातनी को सज है करना,  
हे कृष्णा तुम अब आ जाओ
वंशजो को अपने कर्तव्य बोध कराने आ जाओ 

उठो पार्थ गांडीव सम्भालो कहने को आ जाओ 
एक बार हमे गीता स्मरण करने आ जाओ 
हे कृष्णा तुम अब आजाओ

हे कृष्णा तुम अब आजाओ

।। चैतन्य हिन्दू ।।

Siyavara Ramachandra ki Jai

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Siyavara Ramachandra ki Jai

Bhagawan Sri Ram, King of Ayodhya, Scion of Ishvaku, roamed the Aryavartha circa more than 7000 years ago. Kaushalyanandana known for his Principles, is a beloved son of Dasharatha and Kaushalya. A Warrior undefeated, who took a 14 year exile in the forest along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman facing many hurdles and emerging Victorious, A tale which is very well aware by every Indian.

So, as we see the beginning of a Grand temple at the birthplace of Prabhu Sri Ram which is the result of the faith the billion Hindus carry. Faith can move the mountains as they say, today we witness the struggle of five centuries, the persistence of the devotees, the perseverance of Hindus.

In this moment of victory, we should not forget that despite Hindus being a majority in this land could not have achieved this feat without a million sacrifices made by section of devotees of Sri Ram. One should not forget that for Dharma to stand the war was inevitable. Neither when Krishna tried his best to negotiate peace with the Kauravas before the Kurukshethra nor when Angada took the message of Prabhu Ram to Raavan, was successful but they both were humiliated. The war had to commence to defeat the evil and establish Dharma once again.

The struggle of Ram Mandir today is no different, numerous negotiations took place to hand over this very sacred site of Hindus but they left no stone unturned to stop the construction of Mandir. So we fought, refused to give up, faced hurdles, our warriors bled, generations passed, environments changed, jurisdictions altered but the echo of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ never dissipated. The reins of responsibility went from hand to hand, the battle turf was never the same but our motto was crystal clear.

Today as we celebrate the beginning of construction of Mandir, we honor those whose contribution may be as little as the Squirrel’s effort while building the Ram Sethu or as big as the Sanjeevni hill the mighty Hanuman carried.

Jai Shree Ram.

Ram Mandir: Why it’s not a Hindu-Muslim but Indians vs Invaders issue

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Ram Mandir: Why it’s not a Hindu-Muslim but Indians vs Invaders issue

Ram Mandir is an issue which has surrounded a billion strong nation from 30-years and has led to multiple Hindu-Muslim riots leaving hundreds of people dead of both religions and is why still not a Hindu-Muslim issue?

India is a multi-thousand-year-old civilization since its inception and from the 12th-century Turkish tribe migrations to the east led to a vast population increase in the sub-continent turning its religious identity of its people to Parsi, Buddhism and Muslim. India till the end of the British-raj had mostly been peaceful between its two major religions while one major outsider being the major factor in uniting them. During independence and post it, India has seen growing tensions between Hindus and the Muslims, and most notable of it all being the Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir issue.

Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir issue took its age when a mob turned down the Babri Masjid during a violent-turned movement of the Bhartiya Janta Party which is today India’s ruling, largest and the biggest political party. Though, this was unlawful and was a very unfortunate incident and will be in our minds for a long long time & should not be ignored at all. It still was never an Indian Hindu & Indian Muslims but in reality, being an Indian vs Invaders issue.

After the First Battle of Panipat, The rise of the Mughal empire in India was imminent and the first Mughal ruler carried out several atrocities against the majority non-muslim population which included destroying various religious places of importance of the non-muslim population and building mosques onto the top of it while in his campaign into the sub-continent. One prey to this tactic was the Ram Mandir Temple in Ayodhya where a temple-like structure was destroyed by Babur and the Babri-Majid was built on it by Mīr Bāqī in 1528 A.D which has been proved by various excavations of the Archaeological Survey of India.

It is known through various historical records that “Ram” one of the most worshiped Hindu gods was born to the King Dasharath, who was the ruler of Ayodhya. Though the exact site was not proved to be the birthplace of Lord Ram, it is accepted by the majority population and the surveys have not rejected the idea. If Mecca being the holiest place of worship for the Muslims is not allowed to be visited by a non-Muslim and is a permanent no-fly zone, while Israel is continuously moving forward into East-Jerusalem in order to protect the most important Jewish worship sites, If the Roman Catholic church can have its own sovereign country which is accepted of almost every other country in the world. Why can’t the third-largest religion in the world has a temple built on which it believes to be the birthplace of one of its most worshipped gods? Why can’t the Muslim population in India accept this and gladly accept another place to relocate the Babri-Masjid before it was torn down by Karyaseveks in a totally shameful and unfortunate incident for the entire Indian Republic? Wasn’t this a peaceful method to solve the issue and to not upset the largest-minority population in the country?

The answer lies between the lack of a clear voice for the largest-minority and the political-motives of whatever representation present before 6th December 1992. I just cannot believe all Muslims in India would be so involved with this Mosque build by destroying a temple by Babur, who this Muslim-population under Lodi dynasty of Delhi fought in order to prevent it from Invading the sub-continent. If given a right to our Muslim population including a peaceful transfer of mosque to another suitable location, they would have respectfully accepted given the importance of this particular site to their Hindu-Brothers. Better late than never, The Supreme court of India has done what was accepted from it resolving this issue forever paving the path ahead for Hindu-Muslim brotherhood and being Indian before everything else.

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