Saturday, December 01, 2007

Was Dec 6, 1992 a set back for Hindu nationalism?

Article from The Pioneer by Shri. Devendra Swarup - RSS ideologue and historian. In a few days, 15 years would have elapsed since that momentous event in Hindu history, equalled in significance only by the Shakti round of nuclear tests in 1998. So, was the Ayodhya demolition a setback for Hindu nationalism? It certainly served as cannon fodder for psec propaganda and made the task of demonising Hindu organisations and Hindus easier, as did the Graham Stain incident and the Gujarat riots - regardless of the devious and deliberate misrepresentation of facts by the psecs. However, neither the holocaust of Hindus nor the collaboration of psecs and communist fellow travelers with imperialistic death cults was caused by the Ayodhya movement. That is, the provocations for Hindu nationalist reaction were a pre-existing condition and the Ayodhya demolition only a temporary setback. Hindus have absolutely nothing to regret or apologise for.

Since 1992, however and certainly since the summer of 2004, Hindus are staring at far more serious and existential threats. Therefore, Hindu nationalist posture has necessarily changed from an offensive one in 1992 to a defensive one today. The Ayodhya issue remains an important issue pertaining to our faith, primarily symbolic, though not warranting any surrender to the insatiable Mohammedan quest for domination. The more immediate and mortal dangers are manifested in the form of not so subtle cultural denigration in the name of "modernity", demographic explosion of hostile elements on our own turf (by procreation and proselytisation) and terrorism (jihadi and maovadi and yesuvadi).

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