Osama Can’t be Our Ideal

The secular and communist intellectuals have always been feeling great bliss in terming arising Hindu pro activism as Talibanisation of Hinduism. But I never got perturbed only for the reason that I know they are traditional Hindu bashers and abusing Hindu nationalism is their lifeline. But today when I read about a ‘saffron clad saint’ and former M.P Dr. Ramvilas Das Vedanti, giving Hindu fatva that one who takes the head of Tamilnadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to him, he would be rewarded with equal weight of gold, I got perturbed. This is really unfortunate that a supposedly awaken Hindu is seeking his idealism from the darkness of fanatic Islamic traditions. I condemn it. Worshippers of Ram and Krishna, followers of Vivekanand and Kshatrapati Shivaji are following the shadows of mean personalities like Haji Yaqoob and Osama bin Laden. I very much agree that what Mr. Karunanidhi opined (than Ram is as big a lie as Himalaya) was higly inflammable. Not because I weigh my integrity in the light of Karunanidhi’s statements, but because being an executive and constitutional head of a State, he has no right to make public comments that hurts the sentiments of crores of his countrymen. But the aftermath reaction has been equally condemnable. Two persons were burnt alive in Bangalore. Karunanidhi’s daughter’s house was attacked in reaction to her father’s statement. This is really frustrating for a Hindu like me. Saying ‘like me’, I just want to take into account all those Hindus who want the Hindu nationalist ethos to be intact forever. This ethos lay in the great submissive and versatile character of Hindu culture. Hindu faith is embodied in depth of his soul. A Muslim has to defend the immortality of Quran and Mohammed Saheb. Because if any one of them is shaken, the whole religion would lose its ground. Similarly a Christian has to defend the immortality of Jesus and Bible. But a Hindu has no fear for his faith. Take Ram from him. Take Krishna, Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Hanumaan, Ganesh, Guru Nanak, Guru Govind Singh, Buddha, Mahavir and all other 36 crores deities away from him. Take Ramayan, Mahabharat, Geeta, Bhagvad all away from him. But you can’t take his soul away from him. And as long as he believes in the immortality of his soul, as long as he hears the sound of ‘so..ham’ in his breathe, he is a Hindu. Thousands of such Karunanidhis came and passed away. Who remembers any of them? Ram incarnated some 17.5 lakh years ago and still rules the hearts of crores of humans. How could you forgot that atheists like Charvak are also given the status of ‘Rishi’ in Hindu culture. If Karunidhi is an atheist, still he is a Hindu. We don’t consider anyone Kafir, do we? Even the demons in Hindu mythologyies are explained as some deity, who came on the earth to compensate for some of his sins. So, beware of these kind of fatvas. Hindu society will never accept such mindless following of Islamic tactics.