A Muffled Viewpoint

7    Hindu Rashtra – the redundancy.                                                     (Continued from the last post – Hindu Rashtra, the need)        Now let us have a look on the most stubborn reasons against a Hindu Rashtra. Because I am advocating Hindu Rashtra as I understand it, it will be natural for me discuss alongside why I find these arguments unconvincing or otherwise. 1.              Democracies which give complete freedom of speech, thought and worship are the best and religion must not be imposed against ones free will. How sonorous and convincing this argument sounds! I agree this would be an ideal arrangement, provided all nations of the...

 6.     HINDU RASHTRA – the need                                  (Continued from the last post – Hindu Rashtra, the meaning) The question is why we need India to be a Hindu Rashtra. A protagonist of Hindu Rashtra will give the following reasons in support of his belief: 1.      The genesis of Hindu Rashtra has its roots in the “Ramayana and Mahabharata Era”, which maintained that whole of ‘Jambu-dweep’ or Bharat Versha, though divided into independent states or kingdoms, was united in a unified culture, language and Dharama. It had a unified social and political value system codified in various scriptures including Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Though the system was never called Hindutva, nor the residents were called Hindu, because probably, nothing else existed requir...