Strong Anti Hindu Bias in English-based Media
By Sucheta Rustgi
New Delhi, India (CHAKRA) – Indian’s take pleasure in the fact that India is renowned as the world’s largest democracy. However under the disguise of being massively populated yet governed democratically through a transparent electoral process, lies the truth: India’s democracy runs at the cost of Hindu rights. This is the case due to the enactment of ongoing government policies related to actions of constant appeasement to minorities—the Muslims and Christians of India. In other words it’s a form of reverse discrimination but to a degree that has become utterly unacceptable.
Primarily, this form of appeasement is seen through the biases in media that have become so prevalent that even an ordinary news reader, lacking any professional, analytical skills can point them out. Take NDTV for example. There will not be a day that goes by on this website, where an anti-Hindu article is not posted on the front page headlines. Sadly it’s a good day for Hindus, if only one hateful headline is posted since it has become the norm to bash Hindus daily through a multitude of articles.
Furthermore, when there is major headline news such as the Mumbai attacks of November 2008, news reporters on sites such as NDTV write with the utmost care to not point out whether a Muslim might have been involved in the attacks even though the evidence of the crime proves guilty. Contrary to this, when a Hindu person is mentioned even as a possible suspect, news reporters in India have no shame or reluctance in typing negative headlines that defame Hindu’s across the country and world—when nothing has been proven. The question is why is this being accepted by a majority in India? If India comprises the world’s largest Hindu population then why are people not speaking out about such an injustice?
The pattern and consistency of this bias is clearly evident, yet people choose not to question such forms of abuse. Just because a majority exists in a country, does not mean that they deserve constant criticism for merely being a majority because it is obvious that in India’s case, the voice is not of the Hindu’s. In the desperation to appease and prove oneself to be a democratic country to the outside world arena, India’s government and media have forgotten to represent the Hindu majority of the country. One may say, that how can such a misrepresentation be possible in a country that is presumably very transparent in its governing practices? It is important to note that a large portion of the Indian population is made up of people living in poverty. When a large number of people are poverty stricken, it is easy to manipulate this population to follow any hidden agenda that a person running for office might have. So although at the surface the process seems clean and mildly bureaucratic, it is at the grassroots level that the corruption can be seen. How does this all relate back to the biases of Indian media?
(NDTV and CNN-IBN are claimed by many readers as 2 of the most known Anti-Hindu Media channels in India)
When vulnerable minds are manipulated at desperate times, it can be easy to change their way of thinking and as this process continues for years at a time, perspectives of the general public change in line with what they are being fed, whether it is directly by the government, or by a party minister, or even by various media types. This manipulation can be so powerful, that people fail to see things that are so vehemently against their own people. In turn, they see themselves as progressive thinkers and go along with whatever is being said without stopping to question the abuse of their rights. However, this infringement of rights has come to be so evident and intense that it cannot be ignored any longer. The media cannot get away with portraying Hindu’s as the so called “bad guys” or “villains” while others are always portrayed as the victims plainly because of their numbers. The reality is that the Hindu population is decreasing in India while the Muslim and Christian populations are growing in their respective majority-based countries. Hindu’s need to start paying attention to the inappropriate and unnecessary bias displayed in media and fight for what is not fair. If we do not help our own kind then no one else will until it is too late and there is no turning back to recuperate what has been lost.
Some questions:
1) What has stopped the BJP or its parivar from launching their own channel? Dont tell me lack of funds is an issue…Every tom dick and harry has a tv channel of its own in Kerala and Tamilnadu.
RSS and their ilk have buried their heads in deep sand and thinking that “seva” and “sacrifice” will change things….and image does not matter. RSS leadership deliberately discourages Hindus from having their own media as they fear the channel / media would become more powerful than themselves one day.
2) How about an initiative where concerned Hindus just start boycotting products advertised on CNNIBN and NDTV. ( NDTV is going to great lengths to describe the conman – nityananda as “Sex Swami” ..no problem there….but it never called a paedophile bishop as a “sex bishop” )
I don’t watch either NDTV or CNN-IBN I think they are funded by Al-QAEDA and Chinese. People like Pranoy will offer Indian on a platter to ensure the longevity of his Channel.
Media’s Hindu hatred:
Denigration of Hindu culture, demeaning Hindu traditional rituals, hurting religious sentiments of Hindus, ridiculing their beliefs as blind superstition, have all been perpetrated for years by a major section of the mainstream media, both print and electronic. Most maintain an anti-Hindu stance and work on a common principle of ‘Hindu hatred.’ While the print media publishes news and articles insulting Hindus, the electronic media telecasts programmes belittling them.
Most media houses are subservient to alien forces, as they are allegedly funded by them and act as per their instructions, which are seemingly hostile to our national interests. Another pertinent aspect is that most employees of these media houses are Christians, Marxists, Muslims, secularists and Dravidian racists (Tamil Nadu) and hence don’t have any qualms in being subservient to their masters and acting against the Hindu majority. Although some Hindus also serve as employees in such places, they are helpless.
Vijay TV telecasts a programme “Nadanthathu Enna?” (What happened?), which has stiff competition from “Nijam” (Truth) of SUN TV and “Nambinaal Nambungal” (Believe it or not) of Zee-Tamil. All three channels compete in denigrating Hindu culture, tradition and beliefs thereby hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. The programmes focus on Hindu festivals in villages and tribal areas and belittle their rituals and traditional practices.
The ruling DMK’s “Kalaignar TV” is catching up with others in denigrating Hindus. When other channels present special programmes on Hindu festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi and Vijaya Dashmi, Kalaignar TV would present the programmes as ‘Holiday Special’! Despite the fact that majority of the viewers are Hindus, the channel would not mind insulting them.
PMK’s “Makkal TV” (Peoples’ TV), which claims to be serving the cause of ‘Tamil’ – it is true it has never used a single English word so far – is blatantly anti-Hindu. It distorts ‘Hindu culture’ and sells it to the viewers as ‘Tamil culture’ in an attempt to alienate Tamils from the Hindu fold. The anti-Brahmin slant is visible and in the guise of hurting Brahmin sentiments, it actually hurts Hindu sentiments. One Prof. Nannan from the Dravidian school of thought has been teaching the Tamil language through his programmes wherein he denigrates Hindu culture and religion at will.
The Hindu hatred of these channels is more visible in ‘Mega Serials’, as most serials are produced and directed by Christians, Muslims, Leftist intellectuals and Dravidian racists. Temples are shown as places of conspiracies, family feuds and lovers’ parks, while Churches are shown as places of holy love, Mosques as places of peace and tranquility. Hindu Swamis will be shown as evil men, Padris and Maulvis as men of love, peace and goodness. Brahmin priests are shown as jokers in many serials and all serials will have at least one Brahmin family specifically included to insult the community. Hindu women sit before these idiot boxes watching all serials from 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm. with total addiction.
The support to Christians and Muslims is blatantly visible in almost all channels. Not even a single channel is without propagation of Christianity and Islam. Even the State-owned Doordarshan allows propagation of Christianity and Islam in the name of ‘secularism’. Telecasting religious festivals is different from telecasting religious propagation. But all channels including Doordarshan allow propagation of Islam and Christianity, which is against secularism and violates the Constitution.
The 24×7 English Channels are equally bad when it comes to denigration of Hindus. They openly exhibit their anti-Hindu stance in news presentation and debates. At every opportune moment, they successfully create a bad impression about the Hindu ethos by choosing people who hate Hinduism as panelists during discussions connected with Hinduism. The Ice Lingam at Amarnath Shrine, Makara Jyoti of Sabarimala, Kumbh Mela at Prayag, Mahaprasad of Puri Jagannath, dress code in Guruvayur and no-entry for women in Sabarimala, are some of the subjects chosen by these channels for debate, utilizing them to the hilt to denigrate Hindu traditions.
An analysis of all these and many other programmes would confirm that the mainstream media in India is indeed anti-Hindu. All channels create a sort of suspicion and distrust about Hinduism in the minds of people, particularly youngsters, misleading them and making them hate Hindu culture and tradition.
Responsibility of Government:
The media’s irresponsible conduct will harm society and prove detrimental to peace and harmony. As this evil had not been nipped in the bud, it had grown manifold. The government cannot afford to remain silent. If the media continues to function in a biased manner with hatred towards a particular community, the Police must take immediate action and ensure that the perpetrators are punished as per the law of the land. The government should take steps to control and regulate the media in the interests of peace and harmony.
The authorities must take immediate and necessary action against Vijay TV and Mercury Creations to serve as a salutary lesson to the rest of the media. Only then will they understand their social and moral responsibility.
Conclusion:
Hindus must realize that the maintenance and protection of their culture and tradition is more important than showing their faces on TV and act accordingly. They should boycott media houses which denigrate their cultural heritage and religious tradition and hurt their religious sentiments.
I wanted to say that it¡¯s nice to know that someone else also mentioned this as I had trouble finding the same info elsewhere. This was the first place that told me the answer. Thanks.
Very true. Its a cheap propaganda by mindless news channels to claim the championship of the Minority Rights, while doing so voilating the rights of the majority community.
Shame.
The media here is in the pay rolls of the church-china-saudi-pak axis.
that is why it is so brazenly anti-Hindu.
it is like the sacrificial goat which keeps munching the garland of sacred leaves hung around it’s neck little realising that in a few minutes it’ s head will be chopped off.
when the muslims become a majority these journos cannot write in their juvenile English as they wish.they can write only paens to mohammed and the ruling dictator. they crow about freedom now in Hindu majority India.
In muslim majority country even before they utter ‘f.. their head will be chopped off.
so let them munch the bone pieces thrown to them as much as possible.
either in their own time or in their children’s time even these bone pieces may not be available to them.
Very well said Mr. Sridharan………. But I think when it comes to China and Pakistan, Media behave differently. They actually behave in patriotic manner. Although when it comes to talking to Pakistan, our Media turns its over passionate button on…
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT PAKISTAN FLOODS 2010
Muslim peoples and countries done many worst things against toHindu Dharma and Hindu peoples, Pakistan is the major role on it.
In Pakistan, before and after freedom, Muslims following arabic faith and culture, they converted Hindu peoples to Islam on knife point, they killed millions of Hindus who is not following islam, they kidnapped thousands of Pakistani Hindu girls and forcibly converted and married to muslim youths, they demolished millions of temples in Pakistan land, they converted Lord Shiva temple to cow slaughter house, they killed millions of Hindu people’s hearts, reasons behind for all these devil things is Ex. Arabic devil faith Muslim Kings initially entered to Hindu Kingdom via Afghanistan in past centuries. In 1947 Pakistan’s Hindu population is 24% and now less than 2%.
Nowadays also the same things continuing by the support of all oil rich gulf countries’s financial helps, in each budget some percentage of funds were sending to Pakistan government to infiltrate terrorists to India through Kashmir, recently in Indian Kashmir they are life threatening Hindus and Sikhs to convert to Muslim, since decades millions of Indian Kashmiri Hindus killed and some of them gone away from Kashmir to protect their life. In 1947 Pakistan’s Hindu population is 24% and now less than 2%.
These all things hurting more than billion Hindus, that’s result is this 2010 flood in Pakistan. Why their Allah not stopped that flood, nevertheless increasing?
In oil rich gulf countries, the oil is going to end, already the natural gas gone below 50 % of past everyday output explorations. They are sucking 100+millions crude oil per day results global warming earth emitting heat from the centre of the earth to out side of the earth,
also absorbing heat from the sun, because before the crude oil controlling and maintaining the heat of the earth. Now slowly oil is going out from the earth resulting raising of earth temperature gradually. Also where is Muslim population increasing that place is increasing more heat. This is true.
Also all oil rich gulf countries supporting financially to Indian Muslims and Indian
Muslim organizations (Mosques) to spread Islam and conversions, some percentage of funds were sending to Indian Muslims and Indian Muslim organizations and most Medias to support to Isalm in each year budget
Pakistan is Muslim Country-Hindus and Christians also in Pakistan,
Bangladesh is Muslim Country-Hindus and Christians also in Bangladesh,
Why India should not be a Hindu country?
In fact the ownership of the media is in the hands of Muslims and christians. In a very cunning and pre-planned move they have invested in a key and vital organ of the society.By having their grip on the propaganda machinery they have started the work of denigrating Hindu Dharma to make the Hindus hate their culture and traditions. This is the first step. In the vacuum that is created missionaries and mullahs will enter and convert the people. Once a substantial percentage of Hindus become muslims or christians they will attack the other Hindus.Civil war will start .Eventually islamic and christian countries will intervene and divide the nation which is the ultimate goal of these evil forces.
brothers all non islamic religion is pagan.so it has lost all its credibility whatsoever it may be. it has ruled the population on the basis of baseless kafir killings. now that these people are converting forcefully it has caused concern to these ‘human rights’ people. non islamic religions has never been scientific in its approach. even if it is so ?//////// it is not a religions of world. it is a religion of kafirs . but in the present world there are many shit and false religions like buddhism and jainism and hinduism and christianity and jews and sikhism and athiesm and bahaism which are truly infidels and produced far faaaar sick minded priests, saints and gurus. SOOOOOOO I CALL UPON PEOPLE OF THE WORLD TO ISLAM, the only true rRELIGION IN THE WORLD!
and we will make a victory mosque in NEW YORK 9/11 SCENE because it is allahs will that we own all kafirs and places where islam is not accepted
faisel bhaai please do not take buddhism into pagan religions and as far as the credibility and scientific approach is concerned, buddhism is at its top now also as well as in the past also . please refer to what einstein says about buddhism. one more thing is that internet has many advances due to buddhists because of which you can communicate many people on net.
The only country on earth,where the so called minority rules ,that is India.If hindus are killed no problems,they are majority.Did Indian media ever interview a single hindu died in Gujarat,Kashmir,oops Hindus are the majority,we are secular(as said by congress and India`s media) so minority(global migraine) suffering has to be highlighted.
Soon they become majority,the new name of India,Islamic republic of India.
Yes Mr. Stefen you are right.
By 2035,its expected muslim will becum majority in india
Media is very powerful, let me say, and people really believe in what media shows/tells them, the prime example of this is, how Nehru became the first PM of India despite cheating, because the truth about this characterless man never reached the common man. Here is the link which will open your eyes:
http://www.rajivdixit.com/?p=30
And also read the book by Shri Sitaram Goel, http://www.voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch9.htm
The media in India is Congress sponsored, which in turn is sponsored by the West and the Christian Missionaries, what else do you expect! My friends, if you want to save India boycott these channels, and also only by Swadeshi whereever you can. If we all join hands, we can bring our old glory back. Just remember no fighting, like South and North Indians, we are all Indians the true hairs of the Great Sanatan Hindu Dharma. BTW, I live in USA, but now strongly thinking of coming back, but before that I have to wake up my friends here in US too.
Two eg to prove that Indian media is Anti Hindu
1) Indian media, till now after 10 yrs of gujarat riots does not miss any chance to detail Narendra modi and BJP BUT they never talk about BHAGALPUR RIOTS AND SIKH RIOTS. Just coz CONGRESS was indulged in those.
2) Rahul gandhi was involved in gang rape of sukanya devi and was caught with $ 2 million at boston airport by FBI. This news was never aired by indian media.
THIS ALL MAKE ME FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST ANTI HINDU BUT ARE ON CONGRESS PAYROLL.
SHAME ON INDIAN MEDIA. THUUUUUUUUUUUU
I am thankfull to NDTV For Such An Article.
If Few Persons Who Are Suspects In Some TerroristActs Had Ever Been Member Of RSS. Can U Blame RSS.
THEN THE WHOLE CONGRESS WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN SIKH RIOTS IS TO BE BLAMED FIRST.
Because Sajjan Kr & Tytler Are Not Only Members Of Congress They Are MP Of Conress.
Conress Should Remove Them From Primary Membership Immidiately.
SEEMS LIKE NDTV IS RUNNING OUT FROM RACE OF TRP.. SO CREATING ISSUE ON HINDU….
NDTV GET WELL SOON……
FEW NDTV SHOW’S TRIED AND FAILED IN GENERATING TRP
1. FASHION TRENDZ = FAILED
2. SHARE MARKET, NDTV PROFIT = FAILED
3. KINGFISHER CANDLER = FAILED
NDTV IS FAILURE IN MARKET SO TRYING TO MAKE USE OF HINDU RELIGIOUS EMOTION IN CREATING ISSUE N WANT TO EARN PROFIT.. F..CK U NDTV N NDTV EDITORS……
IF ANY ISLAMIC FOLLOWER OR MUSLIMS PROMISE THAT THEY TRULY FOLLOWED QURAN THEN I BOW MY HEAD INFRONT OF THEM…. BUT IT NEVER HAPPEN BCOZ IN THE NAME OF ALL-AHA THEY KILL PPL….. WHERE WAS THIS SUCKING NDTV WHILE KILL MY PPL IN 26/11 IF I MEAN BETTER TO FILE A CASE AGAINST THESE KIND OF MEDIA’S…
GET WELL SOON NDTV…. IM SENDING FLOWER TO UR GATE……
Shame on NDTV…..I discuss the matter of launching own media channel in Mumbai Sangh Shakha…and as expected i received the response that if we will waste our time into these kind of unnecessary activities then who will do the actual ground work? But in current situation when New genaration youth is Hating Rss and feel shy to Discuss things among others, now its time to Do some Marketing to Improve Image too and give Answer to Fake and negative publicity of Media.
The reason RSS is not starting its own news channel is because there is a lack of reading culture in RSS. They think that they are well of playing, shakah-ing, this-ing, that-ing. Who will make this conceited morons, understand that their tree structure expansion can never reach the millions of Indians who watch cable TV daily.
By launching a TV channel, they can at least churn some public support from people who otherwise won’t come to shakhas or other activities because of their daily busy schedules?
Who will make them understand. Although, lately they have started heavily on internet and social media marketing, and the result of which is clearly visible in the pro-hindu comments and articles that fly around the cyberspace, but an electronic media is also required. Something which is of high standard, professional and edgy. Not something so emotional type like Panchajanya.
@ Faisal, I know how much you really know outside Islam, but still are full of egotism. This was the same Situation of Ravana just before Lord Rama killed him. Even though Islam and Christianity looks like overgrown, unstoppable monsters today; judgment will be delivered to both of you soon.
India is the land of hindus.Mughals came from outside and converted coward Hindus to Muslims.Be thankful to us ,that we allow you to practice your religion in India.When we go to Middle East,we cannot practice our religion,then you talk that we are the bad people.Think twice ,If Gandhi asked you to stay here,then Love India and be our real brothers,do not say that we are responsible ,that Muslims are poor or illiterate.You read your religious book and study in Madrassas by your personal choice,we never asked you too.Let me give you a example,the survey done in England done on minorities showed that Indian Hindus born there believe that they are Britisher first than Hindus,The survey of Muslims showed that they British Muslims believe that they are Muslims first than British.So I do not need to say more.
Every body irrespective of cast and religion if start probing the media(both electronic and print) a person not even ware of democratic principal will say that they are anti – majority. See do not forget what they air in their media is just their openion or their prespective. It may not be true.
See the people they invite for debate. The so called elite people and nevoeorishes. They just do not know the demography and pschography of India. What’s paining is that these Page-3 people are the breaders of our next generation. What sort of a society can they produce.
If Netram Godse shot Mathama out of disgust for what he thought the injustice to Hindu community by Gandhi, friends MAKE NO MISTAKE, shortly there will be more Nethuram’s. The problem is how many Mahathama’s?
@janatha ki aawaz, I feel even Gandhi was made Mahatma by the britishers, and the then media. For Britishers Gandhi was a very very soft Deshbhakta, compared to other stronger leaders like Savarkar, and Netaji Bose. My belief is that Gandhi-Nehru achieved their heights because of there soft stand against the British, and the media which was owned by the British made them much bigger than what they really are. Nehru was not even a patriot, he was an englishman in Indian clothes. That only confirms how strong the media can be, whether the media is wrong or right, but very influencial.
Actualy my view is that..we should start awaring people of foreign countries about the valuable essence and purity in hindu culture..tis is because most of people of INDIA live an average or poorer life and tis dont mean that we should not work in India to spread te truth.Concerning media am too very unhappy tat even in films like “3 idiots” we can see te above mentioned problems.The very thing that is to b encouraged is the role of much used and accepted scientific facts given in VEDAS..Am also havin another view that many hindus are unaware of vedanta..and are innocently addicted to little supersticious beliefs.Holy books books which cant even explain te period of dinousers or other huge animals cant survive much.Therez an answer 4 al these in my sanathana dharma.
Lord Vishnu,lord shiva,lord brahma constitute PARAMATMA or Visweshwara or the supreme god..tri murtis _three phases of one Brahma.
I totally agree with teh article.NDTV is owned by us muslim – example, presenters like BURKHA DUTT who supports muslims like us and will sell hindus at any cost.They belong to us.
It is not correct to say that Indian Media is anti-Hindu or that India is Majority HINDU India. In Hinduism, we find only castes in a stratified system, where every caste is either or to some others or lower to some others. Since there is no sense of commonality or that of brotherhood among different castes, we cannot hope to find any Hindus. If so, there is no logic in saying that India is Hindu majority India.
In India OBC castes represent the bulk of scriptural Sudras are said to comprise 52 % population, who feel aggrieved against the higher caste Hindus, who can described as Brahmanas comprising less than 5% population of so-called Hindus, 2 % population of Kshatriya castes and 2 % population of Vaisyas. Dalits and STs comprising about 25 %of population have been traditionally condemned as Untouchables. This segment of 77 % population have been charging the media to be in the grip of Brahmanism, logically standing only for Brahmanas who themselves are arranged in a stratification of their own.
The entire electronic, media whose actual ownership always remains concealed from general public, seems to be essentially spreading blind faith in Brahmanical custom, superstition, mantra, tantra and astrology and the same blind faith in the Hindu Puranas, numbering 18 Maha Puranas, 18 Upa-Puranas and 18 Laghu-pur Puranas, all of which deal with gods and goddesses, who analytically speaking represent only etymological entities, who have never been proved by researchers as historical entities.
Besides, 18 Maha Puranas stand divided among three main Hindu deities, namely, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, in which each of the main deities stands raised to the status of the Supreme Reality, which means that even the Maha Puranas are self-contradictory.
If so, before charging the media to be anti Hindu Majority INDIA, first ought to prove that if India is claimed to Hindu Majority India, what sort of Hindus are being counted as the exact constituents of that Hindu Majority India.
Dr. S L Dhani
sir Dhani saab its people like u who divide us in name of caste, there ws never caste system in vedic era? half truth is dangerous go through authentic texts fools like u hv been exsisting in india in every period…
Very rightly said, Ashwani. It is people like Dr. Dhani, who without reading the scriptures, blame everything on it. There was varna system, which was based on ones Gun-Karma, and not on his/her birth, caste system is the later degradation of this same system, but not endorsed by the scriptures. We might be intellectuals in the material world, but really lack education about our own Dharma, the Sanatan Hindu Dharma.
For Mr. Ashwani and Mr. Jitendra,
It is difficult to argue with you both. If you can charge people like me a victim of caste system, imposed by Hindu scriptures, for dividing the Hindus into castes, what role will remain with Hindu scriptures and the forces which are working overtime for imposing its weak version which has been named Hindutva? What purpose will be served by Hindu scriptures like the Vedas, the Puranas, the two Indian Epics, Manusmriti and The Gita? How can you afford to forget that Mahatma Gandhi had staked his life in 1932 in an effort to save the caste since according to him the Hinduism has survived and maintained its existence solely because of caste? You can afford to talk in a lighter mood because you have not suffered the agony of caste discriminations. Whatever I have been writing here has been motivated by a sincere desire to reform Hinduism, whose caste system has been ruining India.from times immemorial. The Constitutional provisions regarding affirmative actions in favor of Dalits and OBCs had come to be there with a view to remedy the imbalances created by inhuman,divisive and anti-national caste system that had been prescribed by the Hindu scriptures, which have been propagated by the so-called dvijas, with the help of artificial and imaginary arguments and myths contained in Hindu mythology which is called Puranas. If the caste is a degraded system, the said act of degradation is still being performed by the religious leadership, through its propaganda win various ways.
Namaskar Dr. Dhani, Again making assumptions without reading the scriptures, is not really in the true spirit. The caste system is not imposed by Hindu scriptures as I mentioned earlier, for understanding this you will need to understand the Hindu scriptures, in their original form (instead of relying on the biased views of the scriptures which many have done in the past to denigrade Hindus, we should read interpretations of these scriptures by the highest order Saints). Hindu scripures do not impose caste system, it has mentioned the Varna system which is a spiritual class system for the spiritual progress of an individual. For own benefits, then this class system was degraded and became what we see currently in the society, and many times given undue importance by the Hindu haters. This was used by the missionaries and the Britishers, to attack Hindu Dharma, and to confuse people of Hindu origin, so they would be easy target for conversion. All attention was focused on the negative things which even the scriptures does not mention, but Hindu Dharma had much much more to offer, and caste system was just a byproduct. Also Sanatan Hindu Dharma does not need any reforms, its based on the eternal knowledge which in the original form is in the interest of the mankind for its spiritual progress, and also live peacefully with the nature. Many people talk about Hindu reforms without understanding what it really offers, but they do not talk about reforms for other religions which had been propagating things that are against the peaceful co-existence of the society (such as conversions which is the main cause of hatred among people of different religion, or calling non-believers of specific religion kafir). Also making big claims like Hinduism (or the caste system) ruining India is another joke, without understanding the real issues that India faces, like Corruption, Conversion, which are actually ruining India. The media and also the Govt is diverting attention from main issues by giving these kind of false anti-Hindu news/analysis, and people like you are falling prey to this. The Congress party (because mostly this has governed since independence) has actually made sure that the caste system remains in the society, pick up any official form and you are asked to mention caste. Why? If the Govt wants to do away with the caste, then why ask people their caste? Why the concessions are not based on economic factor but based on caste? On the one hand we say that the caste system is Hindu Dharma related and also that we are secular, but at the same time we use the same caste system to give concessions to people? Why? If our system is secular, why the caste system (which was incorrectly believed to be Hindu) is used to give concessions? Because the congress is also using the same break and rule policy as was employed by Britishers to rule us.
Now coming back to you being victim of caste system, its unfortunate, and some bad elements in the society will use any mean they want to trouble others, so you are victim of that. If there was no caste, these same people would have used something else to trouble you, like the black people were targeted because of their skin color by the white people (even this kind of discrimination happens in the world today, but this is ignored by the anti-Hindu media). Even many of us are actually victim of corruption, conversion without we realizing it, why India is still poor? Because of corruption, but people are misguided by the Govt and dont even realize that they are being looted in broad daylight. The Govt wants u to focus on caste so that it can keep looting the country and fill the coffers of Swiss bank with this loot.
Mr. ASHWANI and Mr. Jitendra need to disclose their educational qualifications and to prove that they have read Hindfu scriptures in original and that they had formally studied Sanskrit up to College level or Snatak level of any Gurukula. Only on the basis of the information to be supplied it can be examined whether whatever they have said by way of refuting my analytical observations. Otherwise, not a word of whatever they have said deserves t be taken seriously. Let them disclose their case status, so that I may be analyse their character of having been exploited by the caste system that prevailed in Vedic times and that what is prevailing in India of today despite the promulgation of Constitution of India. As for my own qualifications, it may be noted that I am Sanskrit Graduate; I am First Class MA in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology of Kurukshetra University enjoying the second position in the entire university. Further, I am the holder of Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy and my thesis was titled as Evolution Of Solar System: A Study based on the Puranas. I am author of half a dozen analytical books about Hindu mythology, one of which is titled Politics of Gods:Churning of the Ocean (1984). I had acquired international acquaintance in 1975, with reference to propounding of Manavantara Theory of Evolution of Universe, with reference to which I had been invited by Indian National Science Academy in November, 1976 for presentation of my findings therein. My story is long and easily impressive, which can embarrass the many among those who claim greatness only by virtue of their birth as Brahmana, whose forefathers had arrogated to themselves the title of being the gods-on-earth. I am sorry to be so forth right but then I do not see any other method at the moment, to convince them about the weakness of their unanalyzed assertions and inform the objective readers of these columns about the nature of some of those, who have the habit of butting in without having any locus standii.
Dear Dr. Dhani, Interesting that you brought up your qualifications to prove your point, but let me tell you one thing obtaining a doctorate degree may impress those academies but I am NOT impressed. Degree does not mean you are qualified, nor does it mean that I should just listen to whatever you say just because u r a Dr or have international acclaim, its of no real importance to me as such. You might have read texts on Hinduism by distinguished scholars to give you a feeling of qualified, but I have lived and living Hinduism, and observed the society from close. You assumed that we are arrogant Bramhans, but let me tell you I am shudra by that definition based on birth, and I really do not give a damn about it, as I believe in varna based on ones Gunas and not degenerated caste system based on birth. You have no qualms in referring to it as Hindu mythology which I see ample proof of its existence throughout the nook and corner of Bharat. Also pls do not bring your so called qualifications in the argument, I have little respect for those degress of yores.
Can any one please define what it means to be a Hindu ? I was born to “‘Hindu” parents but I do not believe in Karma, Reincarnation and moksha for the simple but unanswerable question How much good work/Karma is good enough to break the cycle of death and birth ?
Hindu is a Persian word, meaning Kafir or atheist, essentially a non-Muslim. A boig Urdu Dictionary consulted by me in 1948, desribed
Here is an extract from my book titled Hindu scheme of Things: Socio-Political Analysis of Manusmriti, published in 1987, which was debated in an English Daily, The Tribune, Chandigarh, between April, 1988 and July, 1988:
“One thing, however, is clear that nobody can be declared as a non-Hindu (if one claims to be a Hindu) even by issuing a chargesheet against him, since no conduct or belief can prove sufficient to constitute a violation, irrespective of his belief or conduct as regards:
1. Belief in God or utter disbelief n Him.
2. Regarding the Supreme Power in male or female form.
3. Believing in formless God or God with a form.
4. Believing in all or any of of the scriptures or not,
5. Believing in Heaven or Hell or not.
6. Believing in whole army of gods or goddesses or not.
7. Believing in varna or caste stratification or not.
8. Believing in inter caste marriages or not.
9. Believing in exploitation of man by man on the basis of birth in ,giving them (un)equal opportunities in life.
10. Believing in in the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva or not, orc treating eaxh member equally or regarding any one of them as Supreme God or discarding all of them.
11. Believing in tantras and human sacrifice or not.
12. Believing in killings or non-violence.
13. Worshiping cow or eating beef.
14. Regarding Brahmanas as ‘gods-on-earth’ or deserving the worst contempt.
15. Wearing a scared threat or not.
There are some more possibilities adding to 21 and it was mentioned that “this list is not exhaustive”.
This extract is from pp. 39-40 of Chapter 2, titled “Modern Hindu”.
@Love endured, In the holy text the Merutantra, the word ‘Hindu’ is defined as ‘Hinani Gunani dushyati iti Hindu’, meaning that who destroys (dushyati) the inferior Raja-Tama components (or gunas) is a Hindu. Please see this link for details, http://www.forumforhinduawakening.org/articles/id/understanding/whois-hindu
Also you can refer to http://www.forumforhinduawakening.org/articles/id/understand-spirituality/destiny for understanding the Law of Karma. And by doing regular spiritual practice you can break this cycle of birth and death, that is attain Moksha.
If you have any questions or want to know more, pls check http://hinduawakening.org and send your questions ( do give reference here).
Since no so-called Hindu scriptures mention the word “Hindu” referring to any group whatsoever, it is illogical for the believers in Vedic Dharma, Pauranic Dharma or Smriti Dharma or Gita Dharma, to use the word with reference to a conglomeration of the four Varnas or 6000 castes.
The word Hindu was initially used by foreigners, particularly, the Muslim invaders, for image-worshipers of the time being.The first image-worshipers coming into their contact were those who worshiped the Buddha, in Central Asia.
As such, initial Hindus as per the foreigners were the Buddhists. After annihilation of Buddhists in India, the word “Hindu” was appropriated by their Indian opponents who were the believers in Vedic and Pauranic religions, which assimilated Buddhist philosophy. The leaders of these religions adopted Buddhist name “Sharmana” so that they came to be called Sharmas, the modern Brahmanas, who tried to assume the leadership role over the entire population of the Indian sub-continent. In due course of time, the word “Hindu” came to be restricted to non-Muslims, non-Christians and, later on, non-Sikhs.
Folks, Don’t bother with SLD. He seems to be a practicing christian suffering from Max Muller’s Syndrome. There is a group on Facebook “Global Hindu Foundation” from where he was banned for spreading rumours and false information about Hinduism that can normally be found on anti-hindu sites and superficiality in the society which doesn’t relate to Hinduism. His favourite topic is “caste system” being part of Hinduism. He is illiterate about the class system or the varna system. One may join the group and read himself of his stupidities and how many have questioned him and ran away making new posts without answering those who wasted their time replying to him.
His books need to be exposed as another set of anti-hindu agenda.
Rightly said Girdhar. SLD is brainwashed by the western authors who were hellbent on destroying the Hindu history and identity. And he coming up with new gems of his imagination, oh wait, he has a PhD too, so we should all only listen to him, and not anyone else!!! What a shame on his so called higher education.
Yes, thats a typical reply by these macaulayites and mannequins controlled by the distorted history and missionary agendists. They start singing their academic qualifications. Hell, many M.Tech girls cant install windows, english graduates can’t write professional letters and science students don’t know anything about individual and objective thinking.
For such people its Me, me and more of Me!
Krish says: your’s is 100% right……
India new name will be soon islamic republic of India .
Naive hindus support muslims ,they say them salam but a muslim never says namaste .
Hindus does not support other hindu brother but feels angry when his relative dies in a bomb attack ,then he comes to know ,hey I am a hindu .
Indian muslims are biggest fools ,if they are real muslims ,can they marry a lady from saudi arabia ,they know the answer ,its a no ,they will be killed .Muslims in saudi arabia also call them with a word ,they know it .
Through the laws of “Karma” the Demonic Asura’s will soon pay for their crimes, the universe forgives no one and they will not escape forever.
ndtv is totally fundend by congress because this is the oly channel in which all news r about narendra modi,, rahul gandhi speech…and gujarat riots……….
Nice article. But Chakra must note, the ads being posted along with the news by search engines are grotesque. Along with this article, I see an ad that says `How to convert to Islam’. Now that’s ironical, isn’t it?
Mayawati, Rambilas Paswan, Babu Jagjivan Ramji, his beloved daughter and present Speaker in Parliament – Ms Meira Kumar, are all Dalits of any denomination. SLD has quoted a 52% sudra or dalit population, I don’t know, where did he get this figure unless he has included his own kins to. He is certainly well fed by the Catholic machinary to argue on it.
I have written a large series on this topic on Chakra itself and my serie is still continuing. Someone has called Hindus cowards. To some extent I agree but the people on this land has been persecuted and subjugated forcefully over the centuries. It has made them cowards, to some extent. But the other side of their pride lies in their survival without jihad and fatwa cultures. Hindus are the most tolerant society. It has made them an easy pray, even to call them cowards. They have been exploited over the millennia and after that Hindus become their adversaries.
Current Indian history is a pirated one. Mst of the central leaders have no patriotism and they are busy in appeasing the westerners or other groups forming powerful nexuses.
Present caste cry is to malign the majority Hindus, if they are a majority and then stealthily indulge in overt or covert conversions. This is immoral and inhuman. Hindus are a victim of predatory proselytisation by force or by greed. What I notice i that the two major world religions viz. Muslims and Christians are at war with each other globally. Both are arrogant and blood thirsty. I shall not be surprised if both Christians and Muslims do not engage themselves in WW III. Let us wait and see the turn of events as they unfold in the coming time.
Hindus can never be united. It comes from Geeta where it is mentoned Krishna created 4 divisions. May be it was for a purpose. But all knowing God has no buisness in classifying people regardless of their Guna . Hindus, please get over these castes, varnas, gunas, jatis, idols etc Just stick to serving people as Gandhi did.
@hansel, you will not understand the Geeta nor you would understand the varnashram system with your limited intellect. Caste and Jatis were created by the british invaders who were hellbent on dividing the system. Varnashram system is much different and if followed as its mentioned that will really make this world beautiful. Idol worshiping is done in all religion only some call it statue worshipping… Gandhi did not really serve anyone, he served his own interests and in most likelyhood was planted by the britishers to dilute the freedom movement by using his satyagrah tactics, otherwise how the cruel britishers who fired on innocent people at Jalianwala bagh would bow down in front of Gandhi… that was just a show which is still going on in Bharat.
“Hindus can never be united.”
Right so majority of ‘caste’ hindus live in one country while muslims who claim one brotherhood with no caste live in over 50 killing each other .Along with having no idea of what the Gita is expressing you have no idea that every society including the ones in the west have a social structure..The Attenborough 8 oscar Gandhi is very different from the real narcissistic gandhi in real life so get over it