In Remaking the Citizen for New Times, Deepa Sreenivas explores how Amar Chitra Katha influenced the national consciousness of young readers in a conservative direction.
As an opinion piece sought Bharat Ratna for Anant Pai, the man behind Amar Chitra Katha, Jawahar Sircar said the books "injected poison into young minds".
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Academics like Deepa, Sudipta and others of their ilk thrive on the caste system. If Hindu society were to successfully eradicate this evil practice, they would be left with nothing to do.
Their interest is not in exterminating this absolutely horrible practice, but in keeping Hindus divided. If Hindu society successfully overcomes the caste problem it will be a much more united front thereby posing a significant challenge to pseudo-seculars like these academics. Their interest lies in keeping Hindus divided and the best way to do so is to perpetuate the caste system. As long as caste system exists, it will be easy to divide Hindus and pit one caste against another.
The greatest beneficiaries of this will be the aggressively proselytizing religions such as Islam and Christianity.
People like Deepa Srinivas are the reason why there will never be unity in our society. Because they will pull out all stops to ensure that we remain divided into various castes and classes.
The existence of caste in Hinduism is extremely unfortunate. And genuine attempts have been made over the last 300 years to eradicate the problem. To a large extent we have been successful as caste lines in modern India are not as rigid as they used to be in colonial India. In fact, inter-caste marriages are common nowadays.
But the issue with people like Ms. Srinivas and Mr. Sudipta Kaviraj is that this progress is just not acceptable to them. They are worried that if caste were to become irrelevant some day, what would be their own relevance?
Such people – “academics” rather – would write reams and reams about caste but do nothing to fight this social evil. Why? Because they and their “scholarship” remains relevant only so long as this pernicious evil of caste persists in our society.
These vultures feed upn the divisions of Hindu society. In a way they assist the Abrahamic religions like Islam and Christianity to attack Hinduism and convert millions of poor lower-caste people.
No wonder, they see Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharishi, etc. as threats.
Academics like Deepa, Sudipta and others of their ilk thrive on the caste system. If Hindu society were to successfully eradicate this evil practice, they would be left with nothing to do.
Their interest is not in exterminating this absolutely horrible practice, but in keeping Hindus divided. If Hindu society successfully overcomes the caste problem it will be a much more united front thereby posing a significant challenge to pseudo-seculars like these academics. Their interest lies in keeping Hindus divided and the best way to do so is to perpetuate the caste system. As long as caste system exists, it will be easy to divide Hindus and pit one caste against another.
The greatest beneficiaries of this will be the aggressively proselytizing religions such as Islam and Christianity.
People like Deepa Srinivas are the reason why there will never be unity in our society. Because they will pull out all stops to ensure that we remain divided into various castes and classes.
The existence of caste in Hinduism is extremely unfortunate. And genuine attempts have been made over the last 300 years to eradicate the problem. To a large extent we have been successful as caste lines in modern India are not as rigid as they used to be in colonial India. In fact, inter-caste marriages are common nowadays.
But the issue with people like Ms. Srinivas and Mr. Sudipta Kaviraj is that this progress is just not acceptable to them. They are worried that if caste were to become irrelevant some day, what would be their own relevance?
Such people – “academics” rather – would write reams and reams about caste but do nothing to fight this social evil. Why? Because they and their “scholarship” remains relevant only so long as this pernicious evil of caste persists in our society.
These vultures feed upn the divisions of Hindu society. In a way they assist the Abrahamic religions like Islam and Christianity to attack Hinduism and convert millions of poor lower-caste people.
No wonder, they see Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Ramana Maharishi, etc. as threats.