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Can secularism meet its end in India, that is Bharat? | IndiaFacts
Over the course of centuries, India has been the place where some of the major destructive ideologies of the world met their end. As the marauding Islamic armies conquered Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Persia etc., they met their match in India and were defeated and stopped from spreading further east. Also, despite Christian missionary attempts for several centuries and 200-year rule by the Christian British, Christians still form only a small minority in India.
“Trads” and decoloniality versus Hindu innovation
“indraṁ vardhanto apturaḥ kṛṇvanto viśvam āryam|” “Augmenting Indra, we urge the waters to make the world Arya (noble).” – Rig Veda 9.63.5 Of late, a phenomenon of online Hindu activism has emerged where some factions proudly proclaim themselves to be “anti-development” or “trad”, while some espouse some form of decoloniality.
What COVID taught us: How shaucha was maligned as “untouchability”
For nearly 100 years, the practice of shaucha (Hindu cleanliness practice) has faced an endless barrage of abuse and ridicule among the pseudointellectual class of Bharat. Without pausing for a second to even consider the Hindu viewpoint, the westernised elites of Bharat tend to launch into moralistic and self-righteous rants about the backward practices of Hindus like shaucha (often wrongly translated as “untouchability”). Brahmins are often singularly targeted for the practice of shaucha [1].
All Roads Lead to Rome: Chronicle of Hindu Death Foretold
CHAPTER 1. A GARDEN ENVISIONED THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 4th Century CE “At the moment when Constantine had supposedly seen the flaming cross, the vast majority of the empire was not Christian. It has been estimated that Christians made up as little as between seven and ten percent of the empire’s total population”. THE INDIAN REPUBLIC, 20th Century CE “At the moment when Nehru had his tryst with destiny the vast majority of the nation was not Abrahamic.
For Hindus, how relevant is a division of the world into “secular” and “religious”?
“īśāvāsyaṃ idaṃ sarvaṃ yatkiñca jagatyāṃ jagat”“The Divine pervades this entire universe, including all its constituent elements” – Ishavasya Upanishad One of the recurring points of discussion and debate in Bharat in the last 70 years or so is the idea of secularism. According to this idea, there are two spheres in which the world ought to operate: the “secular” and the “religious”.
China’s silent clash with Hindu Civilisation
After the recent clashes with Chinese forces at the Ladakh border, many Bharatiyas have become alerted to the threat posed by China. It can be seen how this clash virtually follows precedents set in ancient times. At various points in history, the Chinese civilisation has been indirectly and directly clashing with the Hindu influence on the world. Over the centuries, China has been ruled by dynasties belonging to various ethnicity.
Why 'Language Politics' is toxic for Hindu civilisation
sukhasya mūlaṃ dharmaḥ| dharmasya mūlaṃ arthaḥ| arthasya mūlaṃ rājyaṃ | “Dharma is the root of happiness. Prosperity is the root of all dharma. The state is the root of all prosperity” – Chanakya (Kautilya Arthshastra) Since the time of independence, Bharat has not had any serious or meaningful approach towards language. As a result, many indigenous languages of Bharat are today in a precarious state.
Where are the Hindu institutions? | IndiaFacts
Of late, there have been reports of Hinduphobia coming from multiple sources[i]. For example, every now and then, there are reports of a new film or television series that seeks to portray Hinduism in a negative light. Undoubtedly, such cultural onslaughts result in definite cultural and psychological damage which becomes evident when observed over longer periods of time.
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