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Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
With the latest imam a hind stand it has become absolutely clear the rank and file led be deshasht are depicting moribund state in their short term vision.
They are stooping so low to be accommodating that they are condoning genocide of Hindus, asking Hindu to accept the tribal fundamentalism and creating false equivalence between dharam and majhab.
With this mindset you become at par with gandhian philosophy which you were fighting all these years.
This is a typical Congi/Commie commentary about RSS. The writer seems to have an accute pain in his unmentionable body part at construction of Ram Mandir at Ram Janma Bhumi in Ayodhya and dilution of Art 370 (which is nothing but rabid Islamism in disguise). The only aim of RSS is to regain the self-pride of Hindus that was lost during almost a thousand year slavery (I count the years of Congress rule also as mental slavery to expansionist Abrahamic ideologies). And thank God we are slowly regaining pride in our ancient civilisation which is far far better than the murderous desert ideologies.
Excellent analysis. Nothing in it to label it as partisan. During its several decades work in the southern India, RSS and BJP tried to introduce Hindi culture in south. It’s workers also readily adopted the use of Hindi, or addressing people with the Hindi prefix Ji. BJP grew in the south only after adopting itself to recognise and respect southern languages, manners and culture. For succeeding in the TN and Kerala, RAA and BJP have to invent themselves as Tamilian and Malayalee avatars.
There is a huge power vaccum after Jaya’s and Karuna’s deaths. Karuna’s son Stalin is a blithering incompetent nincompoop especially compared to his father. The people are aware of this. Tamil history, language and culture have had deeper ties with rest of the country than the Periyarists pretended to be. The recent Vel episode, and DMK furiously backpedaling on their anti hindu stand showed that their mask is slipping. Hindutva consciousness and BJP are on the ascendant. Having said all that, 2021 can go either way. But I doubt DMK will be the hegemon it used to be under Karuna. Not with a simpleton like Stalin, and loot-hungry cadres.
As an organization it has been successful however idealogically it’s a mixed bag.
To rewrite proper Indian history the first thing they should have done, fill the institutions with Indic values and centric person which till this day are dominated by community colonial slaves, tribal apologists.
Secondly I don’t see a new vision of India coming from their ranks just a continuation of century old vision.
Thirdly the outreach to marginalized Indic societies is minimal which can be reflected in its ranks.
They would do well to remember the genesis of attack on jagganath temple and hope learn important lessons.
People the world over are now reconciled to the fact that there are always some invisible forces/pressure groups/special interests working behind the ruling/governing structure. Those forces could be in the shape of an organization-institution or ideology (CCP-Xi Jinping; Military -Imran Khan; Business-Corporate-Donald Trump/Joe Biden; Shia Theology-Ayatollah and on and on and on). Even in countries where the rulers are absolute authoritarian, facing little or no challenges (Putin-Russia; Saudi-Kings) or very powerful and duly elected through a democratic process have to create and rely on a solid support base.
In India, the RSS with its clear understanding of Hindu national identity have always realized that their culture and territory were run several times over first by the Islamist invaders and then by the European colonists mainly the British. Therefore, since independence, they have been working tirelessly for restoration of their stolen culture, distorted history and above all national pride. Although not declared in its manifesto, the BJP (and its earlier version Jana Sangh) has always been considered as the political wing of the RSS. The RSS cadre silently and very methodically fan out in the states where elections are likely to take place. They help build up organizations from the (election) booth level upwards — sometimes there’s no distinction between a BJP and an RSS volunteer. Now, elections after elections, the rich dividends of their hard work have been noticed.
Visits of Mohan Bhagwat to the states where elections are forthcoming, his working relationship with the BJP big-wigs, therefore, don’t make major news. The BJP membership — with the help of the RSS — is by far the largest of any political party in the democratic world. The direct-indirect role or influence of the RSS on the BJP will always be there — with minor adjustments necessitated by the personalities of the leadership.
Every member of the RSS and its affiliate is a supporter of the BJP but that does not mean that every BJP supporter is a supporter of RSS. Since NDA 1 was a coalition of 23 parties, the RSS obviously had limited roll. With Modi in power with own majority the RSS now need not be limiting itself. Modi probably has a more support on his own which makes him that much less dependent on RSS.
@dksingh you are obsessed with BJP & RSS and the rest of India are not. Your obsession with BJP has blinded you to an extent that you have no other content to write other than BJP & RSS. Your OCD behavior has reached its limit.
This means you are unable to see the world as they are and capable of thinking or worried only about BJP. Professional journalist life has lot more than BJP. Please understand.
Please get treated ASAP and try to write something other than supporting BJP & opposing Congress.
I don’t believe the RSS can ever help the BJP to gain power in Tamilnadu. Not even a single seat. The native Tamil people are too proud and acutely conscious of their own unique history, language and culture. It is impossible there to accept the RSS ideology which is Vedic-centric.
In West Bengal yes they have good chances. The bhadralok can be influenced to jump over the fence. Money and muscle power also will work supremely in West Bengal. Kerala also not easy but it depends on how much RSS can influence the 40% Hindu population there.
In any case it will be only election results that will tell how much the RSS has pierced through these states. And that will be interesting to watch.
and since when Tamil and Vedic culture became different. Is Maruthi your real name. you know the meaning or you are like Karunanidhi opposing sanskrit.
Too many Hindus including Tamil are stupid enough to not to recognize the threat to their culture & civilization from the Abrahmics & communists!!
When these Abrahmic fascists will have more power, they will start killing Tamilian Hindus like Dalits, pandits & other Hindus in Pakistan/Bangladesh or even in Kashmir, Delhi or Bangalore!!
ONLY Hindu civilization-al unity can protect them or else let them prepare for their total annihilation!!
One of the things people do not realize is that are large number of Tamil converts try to keep Hindu names to further their weakening of Hindus mission to facilitate soul harvesting. Siddharth Varadarajan, Venu, owner of Hindu newspaper etc. are examples of such people.
A Shri Lankan Tamil friend of mine explained to me that people outside Tamil area don’t realize that in reality there are more converts among Tamils in Tamilnadu and Sinhalese than among Shri Lankan Tamils and many of them have obtained high profile in media & public life.
With the latest imam a hind stand it has become absolutely clear the rank and file led be deshasht are depicting moribund state in their short term vision.
They are stooping so low to be accommodating that they are condoning genocide of Hindus, asking Hindu to accept the tribal fundamentalism and creating false equivalence between dharam and majhab.
With this mindset you become at par with gandhian philosophy which you were fighting all these years.
Shame on you… what a travesty.
This is a typical Congi/Commie commentary about RSS. The writer seems to have an accute pain in his unmentionable body part at construction of Ram Mandir at Ram Janma Bhumi in Ayodhya and dilution of Art 370 (which is nothing but rabid Islamism in disguise). The only aim of RSS is to regain the self-pride of Hindus that was lost during almost a thousand year slavery (I count the years of Congress rule also as mental slavery to expansionist Abrahamic ideologies). And thank God we are slowly regaining pride in our ancient civilisation which is far far better than the murderous desert ideologies.
Mr Singh… Mohan Bhagwat was in Delhi on Feb 21, 22, 23, in Hyderabad on Feb 25, in Utnoor (Adilabad) on Feb 26. Are these poll bound states too?
Excellent analysis. Nothing in it to label it as partisan. During its several decades work in the southern India, RSS and BJP tried to introduce Hindi culture in south. It’s workers also readily adopted the use of Hindi, or addressing people with the Hindi prefix Ji. BJP grew in the south only after adopting itself to recognise and respect southern languages, manners and culture. For succeeding in the TN and Kerala, RAA and BJP have to invent themselves as Tamilian and Malayalee avatars.
There is a huge power vaccum after Jaya’s and Karuna’s deaths. Karuna’s son Stalin is a blithering incompetent nincompoop especially compared to his father. The people are aware of this. Tamil history, language and culture have had deeper ties with rest of the country than the Periyarists pretended to be. The recent Vel episode, and DMK furiously backpedaling on their anti hindu stand showed that their mask is slipping. Hindutva consciousness and BJP are on the ascendant. Having said all that, 2021 can go either way. But I doubt DMK will be the hegemon it used to be under Karuna. Not with a simpleton like Stalin, and loot-hungry cadres.
As an organization it has been successful however idealogically it’s a mixed bag.
To rewrite proper Indian history the first thing they should have done, fill the institutions with Indic values and centric person which till this day are dominated by community colonial slaves, tribal apologists.
Secondly I don’t see a new vision of India coming from their ranks just a continuation of century old vision.
Thirdly the outreach to marginalized Indic societies is minimal which can be reflected in its ranks.
They would do well to remember the genesis of attack on jagganath temple and hope learn important lessons.
People the world over are now reconciled to the fact that there are always some invisible forces/pressure groups/special interests working behind the ruling/governing structure. Those forces could be in the shape of an organization-institution or ideology (CCP-Xi Jinping; Military -Imran Khan; Business-Corporate-Donald Trump/Joe Biden; Shia Theology-Ayatollah and on and on and on). Even in countries where the rulers are absolute authoritarian, facing little or no challenges (Putin-Russia; Saudi-Kings) or very powerful and duly elected through a democratic process have to create and rely on a solid support base.
In India, the RSS with its clear understanding of Hindu national identity have always realized that their culture and territory were run several times over first by the Islamist invaders and then by the European colonists mainly the British. Therefore, since independence, they have been working tirelessly for restoration of their stolen culture, distorted history and above all national pride. Although not declared in its manifesto, the BJP (and its earlier version Jana Sangh) has always been considered as the political wing of the RSS. The RSS cadre silently and very methodically fan out in the states where elections are likely to take place. They help build up organizations from the (election) booth level upwards — sometimes there’s no distinction between a BJP and an RSS volunteer. Now, elections after elections, the rich dividends of their hard work have been noticed.
Visits of Mohan Bhagwat to the states where elections are forthcoming, his working relationship with the BJP big-wigs, therefore, don’t make major news. The BJP membership — with the help of the RSS — is by far the largest of any political party in the democratic world. The direct-indirect role or influence of the RSS on the BJP will always be there — with minor adjustments necessitated by the personalities of the leadership.
Stupid RSS has not learnt free market capitalism
Every member of the RSS and its affiliate is a supporter of the BJP but that does not mean that every BJP supporter is a supporter of RSS. Since NDA 1 was a coalition of 23 parties, the RSS obviously had limited roll. With Modi in power with own majority the RSS now need not be limiting itself. Modi probably has a more support on his own which makes him that much less dependent on RSS.
@dksingh you are obsessed with BJP & RSS and the rest of India are not. Your obsession with BJP has blinded you to an extent that you have no other content to write other than BJP & RSS. Your OCD behavior has reached its limit.
This means you are unable to see the world as they are and capable of thinking or worried only about BJP. Professional journalist life has lot more than BJP. Please understand.
Please get treated ASAP and try to write something other than supporting BJP & opposing Congress.
I don’t believe the RSS can ever help the BJP to gain power in Tamilnadu. Not even a single seat. The native Tamil people are too proud and acutely conscious of their own unique history, language and culture. It is impossible there to accept the RSS ideology which is Vedic-centric.
In West Bengal yes they have good chances. The bhadralok can be influenced to jump over the fence. Money and muscle power also will work supremely in West Bengal. Kerala also not easy but it depends on how much RSS can influence the 40% Hindu population there.
In any case it will be only election results that will tell how much the RSS has pierced through these states. And that will be interesting to watch.
and since when Tamil and Vedic culture became different. Is Maruthi your real name. you know the meaning or you are like Karunanidhi opposing sanskrit.
Too many Hindus including Tamil are stupid enough to not to recognize the threat to their culture & civilization from the Abrahmics & communists!!
When these Abrahmic fascists will have more power, they will start killing Tamilian Hindus like Dalits, pandits & other Hindus in Pakistan/Bangladesh or even in Kashmir, Delhi or Bangalore!!
ONLY Hindu civilization-al unity can protect them or else let them prepare for their total annihilation!!
One of the things people do not realize is that are large number of Tamil converts try to keep Hindu names to further their weakening of Hindus mission to facilitate soul harvesting. Siddharth Varadarajan, Venu, owner of Hindu newspaper etc. are examples of such people.
A Shri Lankan Tamil friend of mine explained to me that people outside Tamil area don’t realize that in reality there are more converts among Tamils in Tamilnadu and Sinhalese than among Shri Lankan Tamils and many of them have obtained high profile in media & public life.