Ersatz

Beyond the Obvious- Religion, an Anti-Human force

Love has been an ecumenical symbol spread across by every Religion in the demesne thus remaining. The ethic of reciprocity says, “What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others”. Void, since the meaning of love has reached a stage of ethical/moral bankruptcy. Rather, vendetta is the political source which circles the wagons around the term Religion. The fact that nearly all the charges laid against one religion by followers of another, apply in one way or another to every religion and religious activities is seldom recognized by those who point an accusing finger at practitioners of another religion.

Today, religion is being consciously transformed into an evil narcotic substance that would intoxicate and enslave people and make man hate man. Religious fanaticism, not considering factions within a religion was thus created with the sole purpose of persuasion and elimination of other lithographical beliefs. When Yugoslavia was dismembered, religious faith was rather an entasis ersatz to the concavity among the population which existed. A genocidal war against each other is what prevailed between a Muslim and two Christian communities which had a lot in common.

Kingdom of Hindutva

A more extreme form of fundamentalism is what fanaticism is all about. Hinduism holds that the Brahmins are high born and the others, low born. Hindutva is not a ploy that that was created by the BJP for mere electoral advantage. Religion proved to be a powerful tool in devising Brahminist domination. The few percent of the population comprising the elite Brahmin class were to forever lord themselves over the rest of the society. Hindutva needed the Hindu-Muslim conflict in order to divert the attention of the oppressed people to prevent them from uniting as landless peasants, workers or people deprived of their basic rights.

An attempt to get independence from the British Colonial rule led to the INC under the leadership of M.K Gandhi sought to Hindu-Muslim unity. It was because the roots of Hindutva ran through the Congress establishment that the Congress, especially since the agnostic Nehru, readily yielded to the politics of religion. The need to please the majority in parliamentary politics made such compromises essential.

Once a political party makes a deal with religious or nationalistic fanaticism, the forces of fanaticism begin to dominate. In various parts of India, these forces or activists have wreaked havoc to different degrees in Indian Politics. The list of major acts of violence resulting from caste conflicts, disputes based on language and nationality, and communal violence in the name of religion is long and ever growing.

The Ram Sena

A recent attempt has been made once again to talibanize India. A handful of hooligans, namely the Shri Ram Sena, barged into a bar in Mangalore, all to molest and misbehave with the young women present, and we have the political party trying to score brownie points. Around 20 to 25 activists belonging to Sri Ram Sena organization were responsible for this event, the cause being that the girls were behaving in an obscene manner and going against the Indian culture and tradition.

Rashtriya Hindu Sena president Pramod Muthalik, which is the parent body of Sri Rama Sena, was arrested in Belgaum. The arrest, however, was for an old case of inciting communal disharmony in Davangere (District in Central Karnataka). After having let off on a conditional bail, the self proclaiming, Indianized Obama, feels there is a need for a change in the country. He goes public with his plans of disrupting Valentines day in Bangalore and other cities in Karnataka. Well as you would have realised, its not indian culture. Lest did he realise that people from his own country which includes all the big names in Bollywood and popular actors from the south, including Golden Star Ganesh shot to fame by a debatable word called Love. I guess he felt they earnt enough using the term, probably he thought he deserves a chance and has gone against it. Has he forgotten that Rama and Sita are the protagonists in one of the most famous love stories of all time? Their organisation carries the name of “Rama” in them. How ironic? Dollars to Doughnuts, his grandmom taught him a different version of Ramayana.

I can only imagine if Ram Sena has planned something like an Agni Pariksha ( Fire Exam ) for every Ram’s Sita in the cities of Karanataka. Now you are in for a bad day, if you are caught in the net of Muthalik and his men. At the end of the day, Rama would remain as Sita’s toady even though there have been threats by the Ram Sena, the BARmy Army.