Is India under the shadow of a threatening catastrophe?

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Is India under the shadow of a threatening catastrophe?

by S. N. Tikku

 

It is unfortunate that an attitude of disdain has been betrayed towards the

indispensable intrinsic values of the Indian civilisation right from 1947. After

the results of the elections to the 11th Lok Sabha this attitude turned more

pronounced and aggressive according to some political analysts.

 

For any student of history the splendours of Egypt, Babylon and Greece have

vanished and only Indian civilisation - the oldest of them all, remains. Has

India not a personality of her own, an individuality that marks her out as

something that has no equal in the annals of the world?

 

It is India and India alone where aggressive and illogical idea of a single

religion for all mankind was never advocated from earliest times. Here one set

of dogma, one cult, one system of worship and one Scriptural injunction which

all minds must accept on peril of persecution by men and spiritual rejection or

'Eternal damnation' by God was never preached. Is there a more unifying way

other than this available to mankind?

 

The man is not a machine but a god in making, born to blossom forth to the best

of his potentialities.

 

To realise God is to see Him in all and all in Him. This is the key to oneness

of all creation as beautifully explained in the Bhagavad Gita.

 

There is a belief that the threads of cause and effect (Karma) in humanity's

affairs are tied by invisible forces in such a way that an inescapable justice,

an equalising readjustment, is for- ever at work. Whatever a man does towards

another is ultimately reflected back to him from some sources or the other.

Universal benevolence is therefore the wisest and the most suitable behaviour

according to Hindus of yore.

 

Those who are engaged in loot of public exchequer at the level of politicians

and bureaucrats and in adulteration of food, medicine and whatever else can be

adulterated at the level of common men, in vain, seek the favours of God by

touching the feet of the so-called holy men and in performing many a useless

rituals which have no place in spirituality

 

What preserved the concept of India as a separate entity? It is Hinduism, the

one strand which binds Aryan and Dravidian, North and South, East and West, said

Frank Moraes.

 

Perhaps no other religion can match the catholicity, the nobility, the loftiness

and the depth of Hinduism as found in its scriptures and philosophical texts

wrote Jaya Prakash Narayan.

 

If Hinduism disappears at any time, the inhabitants of India will cease to have

any distinctive identity according to Nirad Chauduri and according to Daily

Time, London 31-1-1948 no country, but India, and no religion, but Hinduism,

could have given birth to Gandhi.

 

According to K.M . Munshi, India, (Aryavrata) is not a mere geographical

expression, not a mere political entity.. India is the Motherland of those who

see and follow Dharma (righteousness).

 

To Dr. Annie Besant India and Hinduism are one; without Hinduism India has no

future. Why denigrate Hindutva?

 

The British Government policy was the theory of divide ant rule, The alien rule

destroyed Hindu traditional caste role based on occupations. Lord Rama and Lord

Krishna were not Brahmans. There are many instances of Kshtriya Kings excelling

in spiritual knowledge. Many of the Upanishads were written by them.

Vishvamitra's attaining Brahmanhood is not certainly a solitary instance. Even

Shudras have become kings and found their dynastics (Mauryas). The Satavahnas

who ruled Andhra Desa were Brahmins. Shivaji was not a Kshtriya by birth but

managed to acquire a Kshtriya status. Why divide Hindus on - caste basis?

 

If one looks into the reasons of the fall of ancient Roman empire one is led to

trace the following causes.

 

 

1. The mounting craze for pleasure, power and plenty.

 

2. Extravagant spending.

 

3. Depreciation of moral values as a result of decay in religion.

 

4. Political instability, growing crime rate and licentiousness.

 

India after 50 long years of partial liberation from the British yoke and

earlier Muslim rule is still bleeding. It has now earned the title of " Gutala

desh " - a country of scams and scandals. Who in the world does not know about

rampant corruption, nepotism and dishonesty in the government and political

circles, particularly at top levels in India?

 

We are just an aimlessly drifting nation without any set goals or directions. We

are one of the most indebted, bribable over populated and poverty striken

countries in the. world.

 

Who says we are an independent, self respecting and a proud nation. Such nations

do not tolerate terrorists, do not allow infiltration of spies and accept Hawala

money to break their countries and initiate political process in disturbed areas

at the directives of super powers.

 

A.B. Vajpayee who had to relinquish the post of the Prime Minister mainly on

account of his advocacy of 'Hindutva' rightly expressed his bewilderment on

total absence of " accountability " in Congress led governmental circles by saying

in a most pathetic mood and in utter grief and anguish. " After all, how much

money does an average man require for himself and his family?

 

A columnist of an English daily in Jammu writing about the monetary

embezzlements of one of the erstwhile Congress leader- cum-minister said " What

more does one hoard money for after having secured all the choicest amenities

raging from motor cars to air conditioned bungalows and after having saved

enough for future liabilities and rainy days, if any? He names the politician

who is universally accused of having raised his status nefariously from a clerk

to a multi-crore owner of Star Hotels, huge business establishments, orchards

and palatial buildings. He is not the only corrupt leader. There are many many

others who have robbed the public exchequer even more mercilessly.

 

In the name of the cheap slogans of parliamentary democracy and secularism

common people are left high and dry except for a solitary political right to

vote which too they are not free to use under the oppressive economic

conditions. There are reports that votes are purchased from illiterate and poor

masses. The Lincon definition of " Democracy'' as the Government of the people,

by the people, for the people has since changed. If some of our leaders have

secured safe coffers in foreign lands and send their surplus money there. Are we

not on the brink of real disaster ?

 

The quality of some elected representative to State Assemblies and Parliament is

reportedly lamentable. Politics is becoming a career for self-aggrandizement.

Goons and goondas, terrorists and criminals are alleged to have entered public

life.

 

Going by that criterion we discover that we now have the largest ever number of

people living in abject uncivilised misery- people living in conditions not

different what was prevailing some two hundred years ago.

 

Indian Nationalism is not blind patriotism and aggressive Chauvinism. While the

Hindu adores Mother India he also revers the Mother Earth. Harmony among our

parts of nature is emphasized in the Upanishads as a basic necessity in

spiritual life. The world is a manifestation of the Eternal- the self existent

spirit. Do you get such a unifying vision anywhere else? What a shame vested

interests are keen to plunge India into intense regional whirlpools.

 

India has been visioned as beating heart of the world, the creative centre from

which the message of the unity of all existence goes forth silently. The

greatness of the landmass India lies in the fact that it has been the repository

of values which can really civilise the aggressive instincts of the brute in

man.

 

If Hindus at no point of time forced Indian thought upon the people with mass

murder, misery and massacre as was the case with the Marxists, Leninists,

Stalinists, Maoists and Socialists. If there was nothing like inquisition and

Jihad in India to force age-old Indian ideology upon the people how are Hindus

dangerous for non-Hindu minorities today?

 

If foreign money in billions is dumped in India to create glamour for foreign

ideologies and foreign political interests who is to be blamed? Only the

politician who is mad for power and plenty.

 

It is alleged that some politicians have ISI links, CAI links, Arab links,

Russian and Chinese links. It is alleged that the demand for autonomy for

Kashmir is a conspiracy and treason. It is also rumoured that some politicians

have transferred their surplus money in billions to foreign countries. May be

some top ranking businessmen and top ranking civil servants have also done so.

 

What is most unfortunate that corruption has percolated even into the minds of

petty officials both in public and private sectors, religious and charatable

trusts, hospitals and educational institutions with a few honourable exceptions.

At some places people in authority are very honest but they do not know the

rules of plugging the leaks. Maintaining a pontifical air they are seldom

prepared to listen to those who would sincerely help them to put some halt to

miss appropriation of funds.

 

If these and other allegations are true and if slavish imitation of foreign

ideologies goes on like this where will India go? Great will be her fall. If

gold rusts what will iron do? Constant abuse of lndian thought will be suicidal

for the future of mankind.

 

Should the picture of present day India as drawn above be true then India is

really under the shadow of a threatening catastrophe. Let all of us think how to

save this ancient civilisation of the world from further humiliation and future

extinction.

 

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