A Case of Misled Hindus Waiting to Return

I have a friend who has a Christian name though he comes from near my hometown where almost no Christians live. Still this guy has installed Ram Sita pictures, burnt incense sticks and worshipped every morning (which even I didn’t do daily), did Yoga often in the evening and celebrated Diwali in full spirits. I got to know that his family was converted under influence from some Christian missionary, but from his heart he has never accepted the new religion. He is happy being a Hindu in heart.
 

But he is of marriageable age and I wonder if any Hindu father would give his daughter to him. In that case, he would certainly marry another Christian and if his wife would be an evangelist kind of Christian, he may also change his heart or his children and future generations would definitely be Christians. In such case the best thing to happen is if he “converts” to Hinduism officially. But here too, there are hurdles: 1. His parents may not allow it to happen, and 2. Even if he converts, would any Hindu father give his daughter to such a person? Then what is the way out?
 

I think a solution can come if there is any Hindu organisation which provides good assistance to such estranged Hindus. I read a lot about Arya Samaj, but I wonder if they have kept up pace with the Generation-Y. Also, what is the way for any such organisation to reach him, if he himself doesn’t go to ask for help.
 

I wonder what the way out is for people like him…

Anything for the Prince?

Wikileaks did a great harm to the image of Rahul Gandhi, the crown prince from “the dynasty” in India. He would never have imagined that his letter to the US Ambassador would be made public, where he said that Hindu extremism was a bigger threat to India than the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or Islamic terrorism. The fact that he was saying all this not to any other elections but to a foreign nation like US of A, made the matter worse. The diplomatic and long term repercussions of his irresponsible communication, which many believe is Congressi propaganda against right wing parties, were to be immense. But such revelations also put a question mark on his ‘ability’ to become a Prime Minister of India, where 80% population is ‘non-minority’.
 

Watching the political scene from soon after these exposures/leaks, I can see another clear line shaping up. One ‘Swami’ Aseemanand has been caught and he is said to be making confessions to own up all possible terror attacks that happened in India, starting from his date of birth onwards. He is said to have made bombs to blast trains, all in rupees 25,000 each. And as main conspirators, he is naming dead persons. Remember that for the same Samjhauta express blasts, the SIMI had owned up responsibility. Official statement reads: “The Samjhauta blasts were carried out with the help of activists of SIMI with the help of Pakistani nationals who had come to the country from across the border.” – Safdar Nagori, chief of the SIMI Nagori faction. And now, out of heaven, a ‘Swami’ (this needs to be highlighted in order to put the blame on the larger Hindu organizations as a whole) appears, wearing all saffron clothes (this color is again very necessary to be captured in all journalists and news channels’ cameras), and he owns up the same Samjhauta express blasts! What is in the store for future? A confession that he was the real famed Spiderman about whom they made movies? Or that some more dead persons who wore saffron clothes and belonged to that Hindu organization at one time in their life had carried out each of the terror attacks and even all the anti-Sikh riots of 1984?
 

I feel there is something cooking up for pure political reasons. And I think “Prince” with his gloomy beard and foreign eyes is beginning to smile. Only, I do not wish the Queen with a long life; nor will I wish to see the Prince as the PM of the country I love and our freedom fighters died for. 

Telangana: for Economics or Politics?

For anyone who ever supported a separate Telangana State (including me), here is a piece to ponder over:

Telangana state: Is there an economic rationale?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/view-point/telangana-state-is-there-an-economic-rationale/articleshow/7207987.cms

(The author teaches finance at Indian School of Business)

Gujjar Quota: Jiski Lathi Uski Bhais

I believe most of my friends think that Gujjars’ demand for caste-based reservations was wrong and their violent methods of protests which caused grave inconvenience to commuters for weeks should have been dealt with harsh rap. But, ultimately they have succeeded in what they wanted. 
 

Gujjars start returning home from rail tracks
 

Jaipur, Jan 6 (IANS) Hundreds of Gujjars, squatting on railway tracks near Bayana in Bharatpur district for the past 17 days to press their demand for job quotas, have started packing their bags to return home after an agreement with the Rajasthan government.
 

The Gujjars were Wednesday assured five percent quota in government posts following several rounds of talks.
 

https://www.sify.com/news/gujjars-start-returning-home-from-rail-tracks-news-national-lbgnkkddhdh.html

I feel it’s a shame and cowardice for the world’s largest democracy to give up to the unjust demands of violent mobs. But when political power in India is shared between so few hands (or political leaders), we can expect more such situations to arise. Wonder where our discriminatory system of giving jobs and educations after looking at our castes and religions would take us to!

Bangladeshi Migrants – Hindus Vs Muslims

This is where I completely hail BJP for standing up for the genuine rights of Hindus. I am happy to read this news and I hope government sees the point. I believe India indeed has a moral responsibility to accept all Hindus from either Pakistan or Bangladesh who have to flee from these countries due to religious discrimination. We created separate nations for Muslims, but we also need to think of the plight of the Hindus who suffered because of our decision.

Enroll Bangladeshi Hindus as voters: BJP

NEW DELHI, January 4, 2011

The Bharatiya Janata Party has no problem with Bangladeshi Hindus settled in Assam being put on the electoral rolls. Its objection was only to Bangladeshi Muslims, the party in-charge of political affairs in Assam Vijay Goel said here on Monday. In fact, he said “Bangladeshi Hindus must be put on the voters’ lists.”

Mr. Goel led a BJP delegation to meet the Election Commission and submitted a memorandum asking the Commission to undertake a proper revision of rolls ahead of the Assembly election and ensure Bangladeshi Muslims – those who have come after 1971 – are taken off the rolls.

However, the memorandum emphasised: “India has a moral responsibility to accept all Hindus of Pakistan and Bangladesh who have been displaced due to discrimination and persecution on the grounds of religion. Therefore, all such displaced persons must be granted citizenship status.”

It also noted that Bengali-speaking Hindus settled in Assam were facing intimidation and harassment from governments and this issue should be dealt with urgently and they should be granted citizenship and voting rights.

The party also talked about the “high fertility rate” among the Bangladeshi Muslims settled in the State.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/article1030359.ece