Salman Rushdie Not Competent to Judge Hinduism

19/03/2010 20:48:09 Dr Vijaya Rajiva

Salman Rushdie, the novelist, is now Distinguished Writer in Residence at an American university, Emory University.

After a long stint at writing and the publicity that went with the fatwa on his head after writing Satanic Verses, Rushdie has shown both that he is a skilful writer and a determined outlaster
of fatwas. One should admire him for both and wish him all success in his present avatar .

But is he competent to be an authoritative judge on Hinduism?

Clearly not. He knows next to nothing on the subject, not only because he is not well informed, but also as a Muslim growing up in India, he did not absorb anything of the religion, even by osmosis, as even a non practicing Hindu would. He simply does not know the tradition or its scripture and philosophy or its practice. Yes, he learnt a lot from Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History.

What other source did he have ?

Therefore, his pronouncement on Doniger’s book is embarassing to say the least. His further admission that he found her writing an invaluable resource, is a naïve expression of his own ignorance of Hinduism. This is what he had to say in India Today (March 14, 2010):


“ She is the most eminent scholar in the field. She is not a fly-by-night operator. I have read her and found her writing an invaluable resource,” said Rushdie, adding , “Ninety- nine point nine per cent of those who call themselves Hindus would learn and value her colossal work.”

He, Salman Rushdie, is overawed by the quantitative length of the book (as Ms. Doniger merrily and scurrilously goes along!) and is truly overwhelmed by his own ignorance of the subject . Is it any surprise that he has been taken for a ride ?

Doniger’s translations from Sanskrit have been critiqued by many scholars (both Hindu and non Hindu, Indian and Western). There are gross factual errors in the book. Does
Rushdie think he can identify them or that he is a Sankritist who can testify to the authenticity of her translations from the Sanskrit ? Does he know the Hindu tradition at all ?And although he grew up in India does he have any knowledge of Hinduism’s daily practices ?

Rushdie, buoyed by his new found successes has rushed in (no pun intended!) to evaluate an ancient civilisational religion of which he knows next to nothing. In Satanic verses, he can claim
some knowledge and understanding since it is his own faith. He is writing as an insider, so to speak. But with Hinduism, his endorsement of a fraudulent (in many people’s opinion) author’s views leaves one wondering what his motives are.


More importantly, the ninety nine point nine per cent of Hindus that Rushdie is referring to are the majority of practicing everyday Hindus who do not need his misplaced advice on what Hinduism is, thank you.

This pronouncement of Rushdie’s is an indication of the arrogance/stupidity of literary

artists who assume that success in their chosen field, automatically guarantees that they are experts and gurus in other fields.

Having read the book and reviewed the comments and criticism of Doniger’s scholarship by qualified experts, the present writer is of the opinion that Doniger’s claim to fame and name as an expert on Hinduism, is fraudulent. The NBCC (National Book Critics Circle) in
the U.S., it is believed , withdrew her name from a potential book award, after receiving criticisms and complaints about the poor quality of her scholarship.

She claims to “love Hindus” but contradicts this by writing a lengthy book that trashes everything the everyday Hindu believes in and holds sacred. This may appeal to Mr.Rushdie since he is not a Hindu. The millions of every day Hindus have not heard of this woman, but surely would be shocked and scandalized by her outpourings on a tradition that she is not familiar with and at best, has only a distorted knowledge of.

Rushdie, in supporting her alleged scholarship and touting her book as an invaluable source, is not only revealing his own ignorance of Hinduism, but is also spitting on the everyday Hindu.

(Dr.Rajiva taught Political Philosophy at a Canadian university).



K.Venugopal
22/03/2010 09:26:35 Rushdie's favourable opinion would not transform fallacies into facts
In all discussions about anyone's viewpoint, whether supportive or condemnatory, the motive of the person holding a particular viewpoint is often a point of consideration. Unfortunately, we also often read motives into a person's viewpoint that may not have existed in the person's intention. I think it is somewhat perilous to read motives into any person's viewpoint. Therefore a viewpoint, methinks, would be best considered if it is considered on the face value of its expression. However, the question of going beyond motives in viewpoints is applicable only in works of art or opinion. Works claiming to be non-fiction should go solely on facts. While an expression of opinion may elicit contrary and contrarian opinions, a work claimed to be non-fiction should not elicit contrary opinions. Either the fact is right or wrong. And the onus of proving it right lies squarely on the author of the work. If Ms. Doniger's work falls short in proving the facts stated therein, that parts which fail to do so would be nothing less than trash. While no one is perfect and a margin of error in any claimed piece of non-fiction can be allowed for, an unproportional amount of error would qualify the whole work as trash. Since I have not read her book in question and may not be qualified to judge where she might have been liberal with truth, some of the errors pointed out by critiques seem to me to justify the questioning of her scholarship. Rushdie may have been impressed by her scholarship because he might not be otherwise knowledgeable of the subject and may not have subjected himself to reading her critiques. Rushdie is not known to be a Hinduism expert. Therefore his opinion of Ms. Doniger's book does not amount to much.

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Husain - A muslim ! So What?

15/04/2010 10:29:25

PRESS NOTE OF SANSKAR BHARATI ON CONTROVERSIAL PAINTINGS OF M.F. HUSAIN

Freedom of Expression:

Sanskar Bharati believes in the freedom of expression for creative persons and is determined to uphold the same at any cost. At the same time artists should be responsible of their social responsibilities. While availing of the freedom of creativity, it becomes their duty to ensure that they do not hurt the feelings of any section of society. In the recent controversy on the paintings of Hindu Goddesses like 'Durga', 'Sarasvati' and 'Sita' by Maqbool Fida Husain, Sanskar Bharati recognizes an artist's right to creative freedom but condemns the misuse of that freedom by him to hurt the religious feelings of a very large section of our society.


Hindu Gods/Goddesses by Husain.

Durga:

Husain has violated all norms of decency and artistic finesse while painting Goddess Durga. She is in fact not shown astride, but in sexual union with a tiger. In many paintings, Husain has taken up the theme of sex between animals and women. He has done paintings on sex between a horse and a woman, and a bull and a woman. But he has done the most abominable act by extending this series to portraying Goddess Durga.

Rescuing Sita:

Never in the history of Indian art, Goddess Sita or Hanuman have been depicted in stark nakedness. Sita was never rescued by Hanuman. Here Husain not only violates the principles of traditional iconography, but invents a new theme to denigrate Sita, the Goddess worshipped by millions of Hindus all over the world. Hanuman's tail as a phallic symbol crosses all limits of decency, which have been used in his Durga painting also.


Vishnu:

Lord Vishnu is mostly painted with four hands holding 'Shankh', 'Padma', 'Gada' and 'Chakra'. But hands of Vishnu that hold these attributes have been amputated in Husain's portrayal. His legs have also been cut off. Maimed, mutilated and exhausted Vishnu reclines on his spouse Lakshmi and 'Vahan - Garuda'. Should cutting of hands and legs of Vishnu be regarded as creative freedom or deliberate affront to Hindu sensibility?


Sarasvati:

Sarasvati is regarded as Goddess of Knowledge, art and wisdom by all Hindus. They worship her as the one 'wrapped in white & pure garment' (Ya Shubhra Vastravruta). Showing this 'Goddess in white', as nude not only violates the iconographic tradition of thousands of years, but also outrages the Hindu psyche and sensibility.


Lakshmi:

Lakshmi is also stark naked, perched on the head of Lord Ganesh, a posture highlighting unmasked sexuality.


Hanuman - V

The tilte of the painting is Hanuman - V. It is done in water colour on paper. It shows a three faced Hanuman, and a nude couple (male & female). The identity of the woman is not in doubt. The erect genital of Hanuman is bent in the direction of the female. The obscenity is too obvious. Would it not injure the feelings of Hindus?


Hanuman - 13

It is one of the most obnoxious paintings. In sheer obscenity, it surpasses Husain's all other works. It shows stark naked Sita with not a thread on her body, sitting on the thigh of an equally naked Ravana, while a naked Hanuman is attacking the latter.


George Washington and Arjun on the Chariot:

Lord Krishna driving the chariot of Arjun in the Mahabharata is a theme depicted in all genre of visual arts, that adorn the walls of most Hindu homes. But Lord Krishna stands replaced in Husain's painting called 'George Washington and Arjun on the Chariot'. Why has Husain done so? In his eyes, Lord Krishna is no God and stands denigrated and reduced to the level of a mere human being - George Washington. Or, this painting is meant as a flattery to American sentiments, identifying him with an Indian God? Either way, it would amuse no Hindu.


Non-Hindu Subjects by Husain


Fatima - Prophet Mohammed's Daughter:

Husain's Fatima is the embodiment of serenity and grace. Clothed properly with a book in her hand, she is swathed in blue light. Why did Husain not take the same artistic liberty with Fatima's painting which he has taken in drawing the images of Sita, Lakshmi, Durga and Sarasvati? Is it because of the fear of Fatwas of Muslim clergy? Has he not misused the tolerance and catholicity of Hindus, and pushed them to retaliate?


Portraits of Husain's Daughter and Mother:

Husain has painted his daughter and mother with all their clothes on and covered from head to toe, as should normally be done. He has not disrobed them as he had done with the paintings/sketches of Hindu Goddesses - Durga, Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Sita. Why has he not availed artistic licence in painting his mother and daughter?


Mother Teresa:

Husain's 'Mother Teresa' is an outstanding piece of art. It brings out the compassion of Mother Teresa in relief, without unduly insulting her persona, as he had done with Hindu Goddesses.


The Dove of Peace:

Muslims believe that the number 786 symbolise's Allah's Grace. Husain paints the number along with a dove, symbolically making a statement that Allah grants peace, a very noble and commendable emotion. One wishes that Husain had painted the Gods and Goddesses of Hindu religion with the same emotion.


Deliberate and Maleovalent Act


Why Husain has painted Durga, Sita, Sarasvati, Lakshmi etc. in nude while he paints his step-mother 'Shirin', Prophet Mohammed's daughter 'Fatima', and his own daughter covered with garments all over? What artistic and aesthetic value has Husain acheived by disrobing Hindu Goddesses? Can an artistic assertion of freedom be partisan and effected by religious affiliations?

He has painted a panel depicting Einstein, Gandhi, Mao Tse Tung and Hitler, in which only Hitler is naked. It seems that Husain paints only those characters nude, against whom he feels hatred and repugnance. Does this explain his painting Hindu Goddesses in the nude and obscene?

Has it something to do with his being an admirer of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the separatist Muslim communalist who Partitioned India and created Pakistan? It is not surprising that Husain's biographer, Dhyaneshwar Nadkarni observed that - - - " three paintings, 'Muharram', 'Maulvi' and 'Duldul Horse' indicate the profound religious grooming that has been part of Husain since his youth. He has inculcated his religious streak both as an individual and as an artist".


Khajuraho and Konark Sculptures:

This is true that sculptures at Konark and Khajuraho are erotica, depicting the man-woman relationship in generic terms. These sculptures nowhere represent a God or Goddess generally or specifically. But Maqbool Fida Husain has made specific Goddesses as the subject of his obscene paintings.


Husain - A muslim ! So What?


The fact that Husain is a Muslim is irrelevant. Had the artist been a Hindu, he too would have been similarly condemned for hurting the feelings of a section of the society. Art does not discriminate between man and man on the basis of one's religion.


Nudity and Nakedness:


Nudity and nakedness have a very thin dividing line. It is the same fine line that distinguishes an erotic piece of art from the obscene. Violating this dividing line, Husain has hurt the feelings of millions of people by his naked and obscene depictions.


Call for Peaceful Satyagraha:


Husain has deliberately and intentionally hurt the religious sensibilities of millions of people by his naked and obscene depiction of their Goddesses. He is guilty of creating a wedge and disharmony between Hindus and Muslims. He has not only hurt Hindus, but also Muslims who are working for communal harmony. He deserves to be condemned in the strongestterms.

Sanskar Bharati does not approve acts of vandalism committed by some misguided people recently to protest against Husain's controversial works. Instead, it calls people to registar thier protets through peaceful means.

They should persuade people to socially ostracise him, boycott his painting exhibitions, not to purchase or hang his works and picket peacefully and offer Satyagraha to get all his paintings removed from the offices and galleries where they are on display. People should not take the law into their hands. Let the law take its own course.

D.P. Sinha, I.A.S. (retd) for, Sanskar Bharati

Anil Balakrishnan
15/04/2010 22:55:26 Hussain
Dear Venugopalji,

Husain is worse than a Bastard - He should paint the nude picture of Mohammed having sex with his seven year old wife
KSV SUBRAMANIAN
15/04/2010 22:47:46 Freedom of expression to insult hindus ?
This is the selective freedom of expression. Why the same kind of freedom of expression is not extended to other religions ? Surely they, the cowards, are afraid of the consequences. Why don't those who support Hussain allow themselves and their family members to be painted the way he has painted our Gods and Goddesses?
K.Venugopal
15/04/2010 11:38:12 Please permit me my freedom of expression.
Reading this article, I request the liberty of those monitoring this forum to permit my freedom of expression. Assuming that I have been granted that freedom, I wish to express my feelings by calling M.F.Hussain a bastard.


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Are there such leaders still?

13/03/2010 12:31:04 R. Sajan

Dear HK readers,

Below is a true experience by an HK reader. Its an example to all how to serve our nation selflessly without any publicity....'Simple living and high thinking'.

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I happened to meet Kummanam Rajasekharan last week. It was only our second meeting. On both occasions, we discussed Sabarimala matters; and he did not share my views on most things. But he suddenly asked me whether I would like to visit Thiruvannamalai with him. I agreed because he was after all, MD of a big newspaper, among other things; and it would be a posh trip. An AC car would be certain, security assistants would look after all movements.

The next day, I was shocked to find him and his companion CG Rajagopal, the Media Head of the VHP inviting me to join them in the Second Class compartment of a night train. Morning found us getting fresh in the Retiring Room of Erode Station, not even single room Hotel accommodation. In to Jolarpettai Passenger to Samalpatti, and two hours of ordinary bus from there to Thiruvannanmalai; Rajagopal helping both of us older men with our bags!

Lunch at the Aum Amma Ashram, of plain rice and a vegetable curry; but cooked and served benevolently by the Amma’s only Attendant and Manager, Swami Samahithananda, with us seated on the floor. Amma’s rare Darshan, though it was not a Darshan Day, and Kummanam arranges a simple garland and fruits beautifully on a steel plate, to offer it very reverently and gracefully to the Amma. Amma blesses us and we leave for the Town, me looking forward to a Hotel room with TV and amenities, preferably AC.

My friends take me instead to the District Kaaryaalay of the RSS. Smart RSS boys solicitously welcome us. The VIP Room is forced on me by Kummanam who sleeps on the floor without a bed along with the others in the Hall. The VIP Room has a cot, no bed! But I fall into sound sleep immediately.

Early morning and we go around the Town, to the Arunachala temple, Ramana Ashram etc. No AC Car to travel. There are three TVS 50s. Kamaraj, the District Karyavah, rides one with CG Rajagopal on the pillion; Sewa Pramukh for two States, Padmakumar carries Kummanam; and Pavendran carries me because I want to move slower. Midday meal at Ramanasram’s free food offer. Back to Kaaryaalay for a nap and into a Bus to Salem; and Second class again on a Train to Ernakulam. Kummanam carefully wakes me up at 3. 30 AM to get down at Aluva.

I have journey-ed with many VIPs and journalists, minor and big time. But this was an eye-opener adventure for me. What did I get out of the trip other than the spiritual glow? I usually take an Auto or Taxi to my house at Desam; or ask someone to bring the car. This time however, I wait at the Bus Stand till 5.30 for the Bus. At home, the wife rushes to make tea for me. I tell her to go back to sleep; tea can wait for the usual morning hour.

Prasad
14/03/2010 06:55:41 Pranamams Mahathma
My humble pranamams to this most noble leader. Kummanam ji, it is great leaders like you that Karyakarthas are able to carry on the great burdens without complaint. Your life is a lesson of true Hindu lifestyle. I wish sure all those higher up in the BJP will read this and start measuring up themselves upto the likes of Sri Kummanam.
K.Venugopal
14/03/2010 04:58:47 He takes everything in his stride.
In the late 80s I worked in Janmabhoomi for a brief period, staying in the Sangha karyalayam in the next compound. Rajatten of course was the editor at that time and was also staying in the karyalayam. On most days Rajatten would be in the office till 11 pm or even later and I would be with him, not because I also had work but because it was such a joy being in his company and I wished to accompany him back to the karyalayam. We would return to the karyalayam and our dinner would be waiting for us, with everyone else having gone to bed, including the cook. So it was self-service. However, there were many nights when there would be only little food left because there might have been unexpected guests at the karyalay. On days such as these, Rajatten would insist on me getting the bigger share and be satisfied with less. But on certain nights, when karyakarthas may have unexpectedly gone elsewhere, there would be ample food left and both of us would have hearty meals. He would say, we have the finish the whole thing. And he would repeat his favourite bhojan mantra - Ullappam Onam illathappam karkidakam! Did it ever cross his mind to complain when he had to starve? Never. He is a person who is able to take everything in his stride. No wonder swayamsevaks love him.
Krishnaraj
13/03/2010 23:15:01 True SwayamSevak
No wonder, he is a true SwayamSevak.
manoj nair
13/03/2010 22:14:27 simple living
dear all, Kummanam's life is an example for all. His way of living is much much simple than what stated hear. You can see him many times he is taking dinner at "Tattu Kada" alone. Due to non availability of transportation, he used to walk kilometers. there are many examples. we can write a big book about his life. His life is completely dedicated for the Hindu society.
shiv
13/03/2010 22:18:13 Leaders need to use the opportunity
This is a good article. Rajsekharan and Rajagopal have access to Amma and its manager.

Did they use the opportunity to tell Amma or amma's manager that Amma's TV is misused by commie management/infiltrators and they are carrying -ve propaganda against Hindus and Hindu culture..
pradeep
13/03/2010 22:06:27 We need more Kummanam
we need hundreds of Kummanam in kerala. i pray god for his long life to serve the hindu society in kerala
T.K. Manu
13/03/2010 22:00:32 Its really surprised!!!
Hi... I am really surprised to read this information. I saw Kummanam few occassions in TV only and the whole Keralites knows him since long time specially after Nilakkal movement. Being a state leader and the spokeperson of Kerala Hindus, I never thought his way living is like this. Because in our experience a small Panchayat member of also travelling in a/c car with 2-3 assistance.... thanks Mr. sajan and HK for sharing this great information....
uma
13/03/2010 15:11:30 yes this is their life
Yes.Kummanam is an example of the numerous dedicated hindus who are too simple and their motto is not their comfort,but comfort of all hindus .High in their posts,in the hindu social ladder,these men serve us with such dedication without paying any attention to their age or ailments.
I happened to know few of them.Padmanabha swamy of Chalakudy seems to me one of the same.His house is oppen for any one coming .You will certainly get a good simple meal with love and attendance.A place to rest and
freshen up and there you see the simplicity of a great man dedicated to hindu wellbeing. There are many many others.Most of the them endure such hardships with such motivation that aa a common person we start feeling so low in front of them.My little association I had with these people had been an eye opener for me

Swami Nithyananda redeems himself.

13/03/2010 09:53:49 K.Venugopal

If the first video of Swami Nithyananda purportedly having sex was shocking, the second video now showing on the net is even more shocking - I think it is a masterly evidence, released by the Swamiji himself, of his claim that the first video was morphed. This is exactly what the second video proves. There is no sex at all here. Massaging yes, but no sex. And massaging only of Swamiji’s face, shoulders, back and chest. The only question now is whether the Swamiji should have allowed a woman to even touch him, that too in his bedroom. This apart, the woman doing the massaging came through as a trained, disciplined and efficient professional nurse. Maybe she is a disciple - but then she could well have been a sister or mother or daughter, certainly not a sexual paramour.

Who released the second video? Certainly not the folks who released the first video. Why would anyone who wanted the Swamiji’s name tarnished release a video which does not incriminate the Swamiji in any way? Therefore it is obvious that it was released under the instructions of the Swamiji himself. This also reveals that Swamiji had a CCTV installed in his bedroom as a security measure and it was from these genuine tapes that the scoundrel of a driver got professionals to morph and "expose" the Swamiji. Now I understand why the Swamiji is silent about sex in the video - he feels it is absolutely below his dignity to talk about surreptitious sex. With the release of the second tape, he has let all critiques and the public in general do the talking to clear his name.

Now what is left is for the Swamiji is to bring hefty criminal charges against all those who sought to vilify him. He owes it to the Hindu society - for the real purpose of the vilifiers was to vilify Hinduism itself.

Jayaraj
16/03/2010 23:09:09 hi
The points of view of mr. vijaya must be his personal and not HK's. Its not out of question if some one belives that HK medium is used to protect a now notorious individual.
Murali S Thampan
16/03/2010 22:59:32 Opinion
Dear Dr. Vijaya Rajiva,

What is required is a cerebral analysis and not deluded theories. No body is interested in the issue of landed property of Sri. Nityananda. It seems you are trying to push him upon Hindus which majority will resist, howsoever strong the argumens appears to be . As for Sri.Nityanda is concrened-A conman is conman.

Thank you all for reading and airing their views.

Regards,

Murali
Raj Puducode
16/03/2010 21:56:20 Islamic Godmen
LUCKNOW: Heightened superstition coupled with blind faith in self-proclaimed godmen saw a middle-aged housewife being held hostage for three days, pinned to a charpoi, gagged and her throat and wrists slit, before she was stubbed with lit candles and beaten with a stick, simultaneously. The victim, somehow managed to escape on the pretext of going to the bathroom.
Writhing in pain, the victim approached the Lucknow police on Tuesday seeking action against the godmen and his associates who recommended treatment to get rid of evil spirits.

Talking to TOI, the victim identified herself as Nisaa Bano, widow of late Qurban Ali of Akbar Nagar under Mahanagar police station circle. “I was not keeping well since my husband’s death and regular visits to the local doctor were also not yielding results when a distant relative of my sister-in-law Ferozan asked us to meet a Maulvi duo Mubeen and Anees from Mehmoodabad in Sitapur. The two were supposedly learned people and vested with powers to help people rid of evil spirits,” said Nisaa Bano.

Moaning in pain every time she moved her head or hands which led to the pulling of the skin around the slit injuries on her neck and wrists, Nisaa said she met the duo at Ferozan’s house in Laxmanpuri of Lucknow on March 10 last. The moment they arrived on the scene, they announced that they could feel the presence of an evil spirit somewhere near them and eventually pointed out towards Nisaa, saying: “They are in you”. This was enough to impress Nisaa and convince her that the duo could help her out of her ailments.

Shortly thereafter, the treatment started on the first floor room of the house where the Maulvis asked her to lie on a charpoi with her eyes closed. “Moments later when I opened my eyes, I found myself pinned to the charpoi with my limbs tightly tied to it. Every time I cried for help, the duo would try to silence her saying that it was not Nisaa but the evil spirit in her that was trying to mislead everyone.
Hary Nambiar
16/03/2010 10:07:46 Receipie has changed and the pudding is not delicious any more
This pudding is now badly fermented. The odor it emanates is very unpleasant. Instead of serving it to the guests it must now be flushed into the sewage. We don’t deserve this lack of courtesy. I hope the publishers understand.
Dr Vijaya Rajiva
16/03/2010 02:25:05 To Dr.Murali Thampan

You continue to fail to understand the relevant point. It does not matter how many people say he is guilty, these are accusations. In a democratic society a person is innocent until proven guilty.

He is being judged by the media without any proof and you seem to be repeating this.

Mr. Venugopal has cited a second video.Let us wait and see that.
The Swami has also given interviews to Times Now (Arnaub Goswami).

Rajiv Malhotra has done 2 interviews with him. Mr. Malhotra is a highly respected intellectual and founder Chair of Infinity Foundation, at Princeton University.Here is a link to the first interview on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiFa5uOt7k

Rather than rush to judgment it is better to stand back and see what the situation is.
All the facts have not come in yet.There are other accusations against the Swami such as that the land has been acquired illegally. He replies to that in the interview.

It is very important that in these times, when the liberal media and other outside forces are trying to corner Hindus and Hinduism, that we keep a cool head and examine each situation carefully.


K.Venugopal
15/03/2010 13:55:58 Congratulations every one.
I am proud of all the comments that have appeared here so far. I think Mr. Kanchan Gupta - Daily Pioneer has hit the nail on the head in his article “Don’t block the ‘Internet Hindus’” quoted elsewhere in HK. I would have been spending sleepless nights wondering the fate of the Swami but all the comments I have read so far gives me much peace of mind. Hindus are robust. They are no longer going to take anything lying down. And Hindus no longer have any fear - they are willing to call a spade a spade (a bloody spade, in Osho's language, if I may say so!). I am glad HK has come to be a forum being used by a growing number of Hindus to have their say. Hindus cannot be straitjacketed and Hinduism does not believe in it. Congratulations every one. With the Swamiji or without him, we are going to ensure Hindu victory.
Murali S Thampan
15/03/2010 11:36:57 Hinduism and Sri. Nityananda
Some of my views here are to provide clarifications to Dr. Vijaya Rajiva and Mr. Nambyar.

1. The points raised by me cannot be "issues" but associated matters that is being discussed due to the haste in which an author and a group of people trying to protect an adharma and by taht process putting him on the tops of Hindusim. The question could be-where discussed. Many of our friends do discuss some of the contents of this site and the comments are an offshoot of that. Many things are being apprciated and when a fallacy is noticed, I would like to call it sas fallacy and not fantasy. Vast majority of the Hindu community will not tolerate any attempt to push Sri. Nityananda on this great religion.

2. Comparison is natural when some people tries to create confusion by equating accusations against a fake sanyasi as if they are against hindusim. Here is when the writer /commentator has offended or attempting to offend hindusim.

3. Where is the question of charges? It is a private matter of a man and a woman. That should end up there. As a Hindu I am not subscring to certain views that he is being castigated. He is destined to suffer now as he acted as if he was/is one of the wholesale dealer of a great religion or some of its tenats.

4.Due process of law is applicable if he has committed a crime?. I do not think Sri. Nityananda has done any crime under Indian laws. With the latest judgement of Delhi High Court, Sri.Nityananda has not committed any crime and consensual sex is perfectly fine under law, as long as that doesn't fall under "immoral acts" under Indian Penal Code.

5. People are free to conceive views. But allmost all whom I have interacted on this subject were sure that this man has caused certain nuisense to the society.

6. Swimming against current is perfectly legal. Hindus, naturally, will resist any attempt to malign their culture by such unholy men.
That is what we are seeing from many comments on this article.


Rajiva
15/03/2010 05:47:51 To Dr.Murali Thampan

It seems to me that you are bringing in too many issues which are not connected with Swami Nityananda.

First, you unneccessarily muddy the waters by talking about the HK website.That is not the issue. We are discussing the Swami's guilt or innocence.

2. Secondly, you are muddying the waters again by bringing in comparisons with the great saints of Hinduism. The issue is: the innocence or guilt of the Swami. In any democratic system, a person is deemed innocent until proven guilty.

3. So far, there have only been accusations, no charges. Anyone can make accusations. Charges are different, they are court based.

And those due processes should be allowed to take place.


Hary Nambiar
15/03/2010 04:47:20 Criticism is out of place. Publisher is free under the freedom of the press
It does not appear to me that the individual in this context needs amateur counseling. Except for several “ifs, buts, perhaps and probably” I don’t see much validity in Venugopal’s write up. However, he serves one important purpose, which is to highlight that what has been claimed originally had not taken place. If the original tape was lengthier than the one flashed by the TV station, there has been some mischievous editing by the vested interests, to say the least. If the original video was shown in the first place, arguments of any irregular act on his part could not have arisen and the vandalism could have been avoided. However, I see validity in the point of view that such an incident should have been avoided.

As I have repeatedly said, it is nobody’s business. The man has not done anything anywhere close what leaders of other religious groups, politicians and so called concerned citizens have done. Did he break laws? It is for the Court to determine. Did he break some hearts? It is not for me to make that judgment. Those who adore him and those who financially sponsor him would make appropriate judgment. Consider this against the news about the suppression of evidence and obstruction of justice so blatantly done by the community big wheels, the Kerala Police and some officers of the Indian judicial system in respect of the murder of Sister Abhaya. Besides, in some other religious context, sex by religious leaders is considered a boom for the young ladies. Dr. Thampan’s repeated insistence sounds like a mediocre record being repeatedly played just because the “disc jockey” likes it. I don’t believe that the publishers of the web site deserve all that criticism that he is throwing at them. The fact that the name of the author is indicated clearly provides a disclaimer. It is naïve to suggest that the publishers should routinely publish the address and other details of the author because it is against freedom of the press.

Nishant
15/03/2010 01:06:31 Sleeping Gaint which never wakes up!
The crux of the story is to erase hinduism.
SEX has no role to play.

The larger picture is clear, we all get get carried away by these sort of reality or fiction.

The truth is we Hindus been outplayed intellectually, economically, politically in every aspect.

All we can do is fight amoung ourselves, we don't have the courage to stand up and put the ball in their court.

Come on guys..this is ours lets give atleast one drop of blood to fight this evil.


Rajesh
15/03/2010 00:01:56 Jose, Christ Cannot Be Guru
Dear Jose,

Please note that when Shiva had Ganga on his head, it was not unknown to Parvati, and no one claimed Ganga was Shiva's wife! He merely held Ganga on his head when she threatened to destroy the earth with the force with which she was falling to earth. So understand the inner meaning.

BTW, how do you expect one 'born of a virgin' to be a true Guru? And how does one who can only 'save' others by dying himself? Why could he not save himself first, instead of claiming to save others? And finally, Christ was chosen as god by 'vote'. Character of Christ is too humourous for even a light hearted consideration as God!

Rajesh




Anil
14/03/2010 22:17:02 Swami
The best defense for Swami(A) is:

1. Publish news and views that attack on him is attack on Hindusim.

2. Castigate other religions and media for the current problem that he face.

3. Be communal and more communal in the coming days.

4. Challenge the courts also.

He is doing the first two now and we can expect the rest in due course.
Dr. Murali S Thampan
14/03/2010 21:19:46 Haindava Keralam Website
The purpose of my comments is to see that HK carries "weight" in its articles. Let me explain:

1.If the concerned article of Mr. Venugopal is not the views of HK, that shall be mentioned in a prominent place. You will see the "discliamer" in all articles, especially when such articles are from an independent source. It is high time that HK to introduce the "legal discliamer" clause in each of the individual articles.

2. Today HK is viewed by many people, I would say thousands across the globe. It is important that HK to come out with a proper editorial board to review and scrutinise the articles appearing in its site.

3. A major point I have is that HK should publish its full address and contact details. Why are we afraid of providing details in the website itself. If HK is 100% sure of its legal standing in the land, it should do that. There are many in this country and abroad who are willing to support the HK financially if it wants or desires to make this site more authentic and informative. In either case, proper publisher details is a must.

4. The discussion on this article is defintely helpful to understand the psyche of hindus. As some one in the discussion pointed out Hindus will not tolerate "adharma". If it is from one of its members, it will defintely oppose such adharma. The young men and women of this great culture are looking at Swami Vevekananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsar and the likes as their ikons and not the one of Nityananda. Incase any one trying to protect Nityananda and his cult, that tantamount to doing grave injustice to Hindu dharma.


Hary Nambiar
14/03/2010 15:15:20 I appreciate the publisers of this web site.
I agree with Dr Thampan on more than a couple of issues. I agree with Mr. Pillai partly. If the individual under discussion is an avowed “brahmachari” he should not have contact with a female. He has the right to fulfill his unmet needs, but he should follow the proper procedure. If the man gives an impression of being a “brahmachari” he should refrain having contact with females. Did he take that vow? People have no right to assume things and condemn the man. I agree with Mr Ram that the subsequent tape only introduces more conflicts for the individual. Venugopal, no reader in this site has condemned the man. It is very important to note the views of Dr Thampan, Mr. Ram etc that Hinduism would survive without this individual or others. I have only respect for the publishers of this web site that they have highlighted the issue. They publish issues affecting our philosophy and our way of life which are brought to their notice. They also publish views in support and against those issues regardless of who submits them. If they maintain their current policies and standard, the readership of this site would only increase. I would say “Thank you” to them.
Hary Nambiar
14/03/2010 15:13:48 Why there is a double standard in his case

The contents of the second tape need Jack Daniel to swallow it down. Ever since I left Elementary School, I had noticed the difference between male and female anatomy. Even the very thought of a female incited changes in my anatomy. If a female massages a male, regardless of the location of the female touch, some other part of his anatomy begins to crave for her attention. Usually the feelings, actions and reactions of the individuals involved are not dissimilar. Then a relationship develops which is much more sublime than the relationship between a “devotee” and a “holy man.” The fact that she is not married to him and the fact that people have different expectations of him, brings up all kind of complicated legal issues of “Undue Influence,” “improper conduct” etc because he is in a position to influence her “mind.”

Nevertheless, the man has the charisma to attract a young female to his bedroom and to motivate her to massage his pressure points and the female involved has no complaint. My question to him (1) if he is doing it under his doctors advise (2) if she is a trained expert on “body massaging,” or a (3) “Physical Therapist etc arise purely out of jealousy. It is just my bad manners and none of my business, but what is new here? Many politicians complain heart disease, cancer and even cist in the uterus when faced with summons to attend the court. We hear that many important political leaders have stashed bribe money in Swiss banks amounting to billions. Some Chief Justices of High Courts have unexplained income of millions. Many religious icons in other religions have been charged for sodomizing minors. Some priests have been charged for sexual predation and even murder. We have not heard about vandalism of private property or private individuals filing law suits! Why this guy should be an exception?

Dr Vijaya Rajiva
14/03/2010 12:12:54 Dr.Murali Thampan

If you read my comment carefully you will see that I am asking that there should be no rush to judgment. I have cited the youtube interview done by Rajiv Malhotra and given the link.

This is normal procedure. Innocent until proven guilty. There are accusations only. No charges, because charges are legal and court based.

I am not surprised at the haste with which the media has rushed to judgment.

I also agree with Mr.Hary Nambiar's comments(see below) and Ram's comments.

In any case, this has nothing to do with the demise of HK or the publication of "calculated articles."
As far as I am aware HK publishes all articles concerned with the Hindu community.

The second interview that Mr. Venugopal mentions will probably come out in due time. That should make for interesting viewing.

It is not a question of whether Hindus need or do not need Swami Nityananda. It is a question of the democratic right of every citizen to be given a fair hearing and if it goes to court, then a fair trial.
Sudhakaran
14/03/2010 11:14:05 Subject of sex
Well,what about Parashar Muni ki kahani?He was the father of Vyasa,the great seer.He was the grandson of Vasishtha..son of Shakti muni.Yet he performed coitus with Matsyagandha,satyavati.That too inside a ferry boat.During the debate with Ubhaya Bharati,Adi sankara fell silent.Why? because he knew nothing about the erotic subject of sex.Then adi Sankaras soul left his body and entered into the body of a dead king (Amaraka)just to experience sex.
Sai
14/03/2010 10:44:40 A request to HK team.

I'm a regular reader of HK. This is really the worst article i've ever come across. I really admire the HK team for coming up with eye opening articles. But this article is certainly unfair and unfit to be hosted in HK. It is not good to defend Nityananda who was caught red-handedly. That video is not a morphed one. Unlike photos, It is not so easy to morph a video. A morphed video can be easily identified. A friend of mine works in blackstone forensics. He told me that the video may not be a morphed one.

If Nityananda is really innocent he would have already filed a petition in supreme court and urged the court to send the videos to most trusted forensic laboratories immediately for expert opinion. He should even have sent legal notices to news channels for telecasting morphed videos as if it were original. it hardly takes 24 hours to do all these things. If he had done those things then we can appreciate that there is a bit of sincerity in him. But He escaped the situation. Even today,He cannot even dare to challenge the Media persons and Mr.Lenin to settle the issue in prestigious forensic laboratories.

So beyond any reasonable doubt, Nityananda is guilty. He doesn't deserve any support from hindus. He did 'Adharma'. Hindus never support 'Adharma'.
Dr. Murali P Thampan
14/03/2010 09:44:26 Swami Nityananda
Dear Mr. Venugopal & Dr.Vijaya Rajiva,

There are many people - those who support and oppose- watch this site. What you have done is questioning the basic intelligence of the people reading the article appearing in this website. I think most of the viewers know that HK website may not the publisher of the article. But the problem is when such "calcluated articles" appearing in this site. Now we have two choice, either to ignore HK site or to hope for better quality stuff. The latter is more sensible and good for Hindu community. If HK and you are trying to redeem swami nitayanda, this site will also attain an early demise as in the case of other hindu sites. As some one says- lets call a spade as spade. Hindus do not need Swami Nitayanda. Now it is up to HK management to decide. They can either call all the commentators as anti hindus or they can think and understand the realities. Either way, Hindusim will not be impacted in this great country. It doesn't depend upon any swamis or any website.

Regards,

Dr. P T Murali
Coimbatore
Tag Pillay
14/03/2010 08:05:11 Swamis
There is no way a Swami can be touched by a female. Unthinkable. End of discussion. No point in allowing this debate to proceed.
VJ
14/03/2010 07:44:00 Massage out of Devotion??
http://timesofindia.hotklix.com/Hotklix/link/News/India/just-offered-seva-to-Swami-Tamil-actress-Ranjitha (see d pic)
^^^^
U call this massage out of devotion,Venugopal can call me an anti-Hindu,but I don't think so..

And Ranjitha says its out of devotion..ok she is sucetible to lust,afterall a devottee,but wat abt the 'Bramachari'??(ya counter it with sages disturbed by apsaras)

See I don't care about a "swami's" sex life,but atleast he should b candid enough to admit it.

Its not people who 'expose' these things dat r d enemies of Hinduism,its those who does these things and stoutly defend these 'un-holy' swamis
Hary Nambiar
14/03/2010 06:19:37 People have a right to make their own conclusions
This is issue is strictly personal to the individual. Hindus, Hindu way of life or Hindu philosophy has nothing to do with the individual’s conduct, irrespective of its right or wrong. He learned some Hindu scriptures and makes a living out of it. If people want to sponsor him or want to be his disciples, it is their business. One has the right to make conclusions based on the nature of information available, one’s state of knowledge, one’s beliefs and standards of expectations. Accordingly no one has a right to determine what the other person should or should not do. The media is hyping it and some vested interests are attacking properties and people associated with him. We know that the English language and electronic media in India have always used every opportunity to tarnish anything related to our religion, way of life, philosophy and everything indigenous. The fact that private properties are being vandalized by paid rowdies at every opportunity indicates the state of lawlessness. I am not surprised. In Kashmir Hindu families have been systematically driven out of states and they have lived in tents for a generation. We don’t see a SIT investigating the case! Terrorist attacks take place in crowded places at definite intervals. In various states, there are acts of violence against native people who follow the tenets of our religious principles seriously. The government has no control about it nor does it seem to have any qualm. If the government takes same approach it takes with the Maoists with the terrorists and fundamentalists who interfere with our way of life and try to convert us, situation would improve. However, the government has a double standard in its dealings with minority religions as compared to majority Hindus.
Hary Nambiar
14/03/2010 06:18:32 His benefactors would eventually decide whether or not to continue their sponsorship

Hindus are not united to deal with the relentless attack by the media, vested interests and the almost rowdy like behavior of the minority. They could boycott the negative media and refuse to watch those programs on TV. Until the situation changes we would have no control on the type of thing that is happening. The role of the man who calls himself “Lenin” also should be investigated. Apparently he is a “stooge” of the vested interests. There should be some investigations on his activities too. I would still leave it to the government to investigate the campaign of lawlessness. Investigating the incident and if the man himself is involved in a crime is also government’s business. His benefactors would eventually reexamine whether or not to continue their sponsorship of him. People who believe to be his disciples would also do the same in due course.

Ram
14/03/2010 04:45:15 lack of transperency
I am no follower of Swami Nityananda. I know nothing of him. But my first reaction was that this is a conspiracy due to the following incidents that started after the rise of Sonia Gandhi:

1. Mudslinging and attempt at character assasination of Pujya Shankaracharya and Kanchi math

2.Mudslinging and attempt at character assasination of Sant Asaram Bapu

3. Maligning the reputation of the brother of Sri Raghaveendra Saraswathi Swamiji by implicating him in some sex scandal. swamiji led the Go Gram Swaraj andolan through out the country.

4. Implicating Sundry poojaris in some scandal or the other and giving high level visibility to the same. I am conscious that I am using the word implication even though the probe may still be on.

5. Deliberate confusion created about when the Ugadi is for telugu's by Samuel Rajasekhar Reddy

6. Changing of Tamil new year by Karunanidhi!!!!!

7. Attempted christianization of the hindu piligrimage centers in Andhra Pradesh.

Points 1 through 4 relates to character assasiantion of hindu swamiji's. 5 through 7 are some examples from the innumerable attempts of the asuras.

But the way in which Swami Nityananda came forward saying that Ranjitha was his devotee and in his service and the subsequent release of the massaging video apart from Nityananda's interviews in which he said he did not do anything illegal is pointing towards the fact that he may after all be involved. Afterall having sex is not illegal. But his equivocity has seriously dented the faith of his followers and neutral observers like me. He says parts of the video or morphed etc. Without going into technicalities, it would be suffice to say that he get into grihastha ashrama and continue his activities. He himself said that he wants to start afresh. if he indeed had sex, let him shed the saffron and lead the life of his calling.


Dr Vijaya Rajiva
14/03/2010 03:32:58 I am surprised !

Rushing to judgment is no way to proceed! He is innocent until proven guilty. The Karnataka government has asked the Tamil Nadu government for documents and evidence so that charges can be laid. But nothing has come so far. Probably, for the reason that there is none !

Rajiv Malhotra, a well known figure amongst overseas Indians and who has written articles was in India for the Kumbh Mela when the story broke. He interviewed the Swami and brought out two tapes. Part 1 is on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiFa5uOt7k

The interview deals with each of the accusations, first on the list being the question of fraudulent acquisition of land. The Swami confirmed that the land was legally bequeated by a devotee and his family. The documents are there.

I recommend viewers to watch this interview before rushing to judgment.
VJ
14/03/2010 02:06:57 Solution..
Some here and d 'swami' himself say 1 thing,d swami's side was not heard,how do u know he is fake?.der was a planning in attacks..

Well and good!
The swami had little to say to defend himself,all he cud come up was a morphing babble which a 3yr old cd counter.
when u acuse me of me accusing without proper investigation,y r u certain(without any evidence) dat d attacks were planned?
The biggest strength of Hinduism is d individual's freedom to choose,and its also also our weakness,d lack of an organized structure renders us weak.
But as a swayamsevak I would be glad to join people who burn such Bhakthi factories.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh should concentrate more on Hindu reform,the rise of swamis and their bank accounts is not d rise of Hinduism
K.Venugopal
14/03/2010 00:56:01 Innocent till proven guilty.
Anti-Hindus, as expected, have right away condemned Swami Nithyananda because that is all they want – an opportunity to condemn Hinduism and Hindus. A large number of Hindus have taken the position that he is guilty till proven innocent. But I tend to think that he is innocent till proven guilty. The swami says the video is morphed. I expect him to prove it. If he is unable to, I would suggest that he gets married to the woman and settle down to a happy married life and continue his teachings.
K.Venugopal
14/03/2010 00:51:58 Innocent till proven guilty.
As the writer of the article, I would first request readers not to conclude that it reflects the opinion of HK management. I take it that HK published it to allow all opinions on the issue to be put across so that everyone would gain by a healthy debate. I would also like to elaborate my position.

If the swami has actually indulged in sex, then he would have no right to continue in the position he is in. Spirituality is all about being transparent - as opposed to the schizophrenic life all materialists live, that is, one face for the public and another in private. Schizophrenia is indeed the greatest disease the majority of mankind suffers from and spirituality is all about curing this disease. There are any number of scholars who would know more about, say, the Bhagwad Gita than any swami. But we do not worship scholars as we worship great swamis because it is our belief that sanyasins are transparent and their words and actions match.
seadog4227
13/03/2010 23:29:48 Swami Nityananda
From the article and the gaggle of responses below, one thing is clear-- reputations, once sullied, are practically irredeemable!
Hary Nambiar
13/03/2010 22:11:59 I would dump him and let him defend himself.
I agree with Dr Vijaya Rajeeva. There seems to be a concerted effort by the media, vested interests and the so called right minded people in painting the so called “Godmen” as a wicked womanizer. In fact that is there because of the so called secularism being promoted by the Indian politics. In Kerala anyone wearing saffron is way laid by the communists. There are no laws in Hinduism that an individual seeking to learn and promote spiritual knowledge must remain a celibate. Sage Vasishta was happily married and so were most other sages and religious teachers. Few rishis were celibates during their adult age. There are times for “brahmacharya” and “grihasthashrama.” However, one who pretends to be a celibate must stick to the standard expected of that concept. Most devoted spiritual teachers do remain celibates unnecessarily, but it is their business. One must not use the position of a religious teacher and engage in activities which normal people don’t practice. It is funny that the young man was getting his face, back and elsewhere massaged by a young lady. The man should get married and live a normal life, which would in no way interfere with his spiritual quest. Normal people don’t set up CC TV in their bedrooms. He should have known that whatever he does or does not could bring disrepute to our philosophy and way of life. There are many people who would like to exploit the situation especially in India. I watched some of his YouTube clips. He communicates in English to an educated audience. The simple information he disseminated is available in every library and on the Internet. People should read the content themselves rather than listening to people like him. I have no respect for the individual. I would dump him and let him defend himself.
chandra
13/03/2010 21:15:28 don't allow such articles
dear editor,

please don't allow persons to post such a absurd articles here, our web sites should be sacred, we need not support this self styled swamyjis who are frauds, cheating Hindu societies, we swayamsevaks should learn from karma yogis like our guruji and vivekananda not from these dirty fellows, hindus should bash up these fake swamyjees, and also for my learned columnist, please don't be ashamed of exposing the black sheep in our society, we should kick them out of our hindu society
krishnakumar
13/03/2010 21:13:48 Please stop this
Please stop supporting nityananda.. This is not a nice thing for HK to do. THis kind of swamis are a shame to hindus and India.
Ganesh
13/03/2010 20:52:32 Whitewashing
The writeup itself is unsure of what it wants to convey.If having sex is a guilt for a sanyasi,then Nityananda must be punished.One of the two characters in the video is Nityananda and the other is a female. The actions of the female is not that of a messager.Do not try to sheild the guilty by such obfuscating writeups.It is another matter that these acts are common among X'tian and Islamic priests and the community defends them because they are slaves.
Govind
13/03/2010 20:37:52 Very Very Bad
Very very bad that HK is trying to protect this Nityananda. No wonder on the criticizm that in Hindusim, we have small "minds" at work to protect it. HK is degraded a great extent by this single piece of article.
sree
13/03/2010 20:05:14 If he is innocent why he abscunding


If he is innocent why he abscunding.

This kind of sex loving and real estate buisness swamji's tharnishing hindu Samaj's image.

we shd hang these guys enjoying with woman.


even there is no sex,how can a brahmachari and do the massaging all with a women.

Hindu Saint's are not like christian preachers who eat meat and drink alchohol.Sleep with nuns and abuse kids


Hindu Siants should be highly morale.


No one should support these criminals

Abhilash Nambiar
13/03/2010 19:54:58 Menon is silly
We are not upset over sex, we are upset over double standard and hypocrisy.
Jahnavi
13/03/2010 18:54:45 Sanatana dharma
In this kaliyuga, people want to lead sinful life, and they want approval from so called saints for their sinful lives. So these so called swamijis and babas exploit this quality of kaliyuga souls. See so called Islam. People are more and more attracted to Islam, so that they can kill, rape innocents in the name of God. Christians also don't follow their scriptures i.e. "Though shall not kill". So called hindus, misguided by foolish scientists and so called babas, started animal slaughter. They want false shelters to approve their sinful life. These so called babajis and swamijis are there to exploit their sinful tendency. In case of Islam and Christianity, they lead simply rascal life doing all kinds of sins. So called hindus forgot "ahimsa paramo dharmah". Every street one rascal will come and claim that he is God. But, one should know our scriptures to identify them. One should not be a fool. Two days before this Nithyananda swamy incident, my colleague asked me his address in Bidadi. I went through his website and told him the he is fraud, still if you want to go, you can go. Now, he is anyway saved.
menon
13/03/2010 18:59:27 Why we are upset over sex?
Why we are all so upset over a swamiji having sex? We had enough on Sabarimala thanthri having sex. Media is always soft on 60+ sex offenders and criminals from Kerala christian churches or sex crazy islamic clergies.

Hindu never shied away from sex and it is not an offense in our religion too. I would say even if Swamiji had sex, which might not be true and usually swamijis follow strict Brahmacharya and can see everyone with equal eye, there is nothing wrong with that.

We all may have to read Yogi Rajaneesh's writings too. This is totally absurd as chirstianity and islam like religions brought us into this stage of shyuing away from sex.
EX-CHRISTIAN - NOW A PROUD HINDU FOR LIFE
13/03/2010 16:45:20 THIS MERE MORTAL HAS INCURRED LORD SHIVA'S WRATH
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THE READERS' COMMENTS BELOW.
THIS MERE MORTAL CLAIMS TO BE LORD SHIVA ("SHIVOHAM" - "I AM SHIVA")! HE HAS INSULTED LORD SHIVA (THE TRUE PERFECT GURU) and THEREFORE HE HAS INCURRED LORD SHIVA'S WRATH.
HINDUS - ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT GURU? REACH OUT TO LORD SHIVA DIRECTLY - DON'T BE FOOLED BY MERE MORTALS WHO CLAIM TO BE "LORD SHIVA". LORD SHIVA IS THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GURU. HAR HAR MAHADEV. JAY SHRI KRISHNA.
Dr Vijaya Rajiva
13/03/2010 14:36:13 Mr. Syam Kumar,V.J. and Suresh Menon

We should not rush to judgment ! There is a video interview done by Rajiv Malhotra, an independent investigator, with Swami Nityanda. It is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=tgiFa5uOt7k

Times Now (Arnaub Goswami)also has a 2 part interview. A very different picture emerges from both interviews.

There was a concerted attack on 10 different centres of the Swami and devotees houses were also attacked. The news media also found him guilty without any evidence. The video of him being with a woman was morphed. He admits he was being attended to by a woman because he was ill. But the sexual scene is a manipulation of the tape.

True, there are fake godment in all religions, but I believe that a person is innocent until proven guilty.

So far there have been mob scenes and media accusations. The Karnataka government has asked for evidence and documents from the Tamil Nadu government, but so far nothing has been provided.

Even so called godmen should be given a fair hearing !
Sasi Kumar
13/03/2010 13:58:49 Our Right
It is all Hindu belivers right to protect Hindu Dharma. We dont want to protect any one those who are doing bad things in the society and Hindutwa. So we whould wait and thing before giving any decision regarding swami ninthyananda.
sreeraj.r
13/03/2010 12:16:47 this is bad..
HK shouldn't try to make any early judgements...let the investigations prove it..itz hard to believe that a swamiji puts cctv in his bedroom...it all goes above the common logic...please HK heads...lets call a spade a spade..it is high time for us to teach a lesson to these pseudo GODMEN who tarnishes our image..I therefore humbly request whoever concerned to please remove this article,as this may give a wrong image about HK...and undoubtedly HK has put us down..
mariappan
13/03/2010 11:41:38 reply to some comments here
There are three comments in the comments section and all of them surmise that nityananda is guilty. This is nothing but flagellation of the self, can anyone tell me which sastra forbids a sanyasin is forbidden to be served by young women, shyam talks about consensual sex, may i ask where has shyam seen the actual act being performed, similarly VJ declares him to be a fake and suresh menon goes on to target venugopal for having written this article on haindava keralam. Mr.Suresh menon while people like u have no qualms in accepting deshabhimani quoting a figure of 25000 sevaks coming in 4000 buses to the RSS conference. Similarly hindutva doesnt differentiate between the shabby and the pure. The aghoras are as much hindus as the menons, draupadi is as much as hindu as sati savithri or sita, and krishna is as much a icon as ram. So instead of taking a commie posture please wait till the entire truth is out.
Abhilash Nambiar
13/03/2010 10:53:05 It is time to call a spade a spade
It is time to call a spade a spade. He has done nothing illegal. He is just a young man with urges like everyone else. Even an intelligent young man has urges. Learn the lessons and move on. The past cannot be undone.

This is what happens when young men of marriageable age do not get properly married off. They become a menace to society.
Hindu
13/03/2010 10:43:43 Nityananda is not paramhansa
I request the my fellow hindus not to support Nityananda. He had sexual affairs with actress Ranjitha. It is certainly not morphed.

Please remember that he is a Sanyasi of traditional dasanami order. he is not a OSHO sanyasi to break the traditions. He should not even had Massage with females.It is against the tradition to have intimacy with women in closed rooms. He claims himself as 'jeevan Mukta', 'Paramahansa', 'Enlightened master'..etc. but he is unable to get rid of his lust. He is certainly cheating people by comparing himself with Shirdi Saibaba, Rama krishna paramahansa, Ramana Maharshi..etc.

I'm not saying that having sex is a sin. But what i'm saying is that he should have had sex with Ranjitha after taking Grihasta ashrama but not in sanyasa ashrama.
Venod
13/03/2010 11:04:45 Nityananda Swami

He is a fraud in every angle. How can he let a lady massage his all the way up to ... Remove this article this is not in correct context. I thank the person who brought this is to public. This will not have a great religion in any way. Swamiji is just a powder.
Shyam Kumar
13/03/2010 10:33:07 Nityananda
I think HK should desist from trying to protect Nityananda.Let us be honest and call a spade a spade.It is very obvious that he is a scoundrel and sexual pervert.Such individuals should not have any place in Hindu society.There should not be any problem between 2 mature individuals having consensual sex but then they should not be preaching morality to others.Shame on him.
VJ
13/03/2010 10:11:10 Plss....
Don't take it as Hindu's primary duty to protect such people who malign this glorious culture.
It should be a swayamsevak's primary duty to throw out such fakes.
This site shouldn't take it upon itself the task of defending such people
Suresh Menon
13/03/2010 09:57:52 A humble request
I just heard a discussion in News X channel on the Sex, Godmen and the Lies. Mr. Rahul Eswar has correctly talked about the fallacy of Godmen who are caught in the sex tapes like the Nityanadas. True Hindutva is when we accept that in Hindusim, shabby and shoody characters have no place. We know that even Ravana abducted Sita by disgusing himself as a Swami(Maharshi). So fake Maharshi's are nothing new in Hindusim. If Mr. Venugopal throug his article is trying to "whitewash" Nityanada, that is backstabbing the Hindu traditions. Look Mr. Venugopal, millions and millions of Hindus in this country is not fools. You have a private right to go and worship him even after he conducted "*** pooja". But you have no right to thrust your peronsal belief through a channel like Haindavakeralam. We expect Haindavakeralam to maintain more standards. Nityananda is not at all important to Hindusim. If any tries to push such a person on Hindusim, that is nuthing but "hooliganism".

SRK- 'Bloody Indian' or 'Bloody Muslim'?

10/02/2010 14:55:28 K.Venugopal

SRK has described himself as "Bloody Indian" in his interview with Berkha Dutt on NDTV. I wonder if he would be as casual in describing himself as "Bloody Muslim". It appears his secular licence gives him the right to be selectively casual, just like MF Hussain got the licence to be liberal with Saraswati but did not chose the option with, say, Ayesha or Mohammad himself.


Dr.Vijaya Rajiva
10/02/2010 17:15:31 Interesting observation !

SRK reveals himself in his true colours with each passing day.

A Thank you Note from Haindava Keralam

30/11/2009 06:02:07

During the month off August, Haindava Keralam launched 'Lavanya Mangalya Nidhi' to help organize the wedding of Smt. Lavanya, daughter of Late Shri. Pushparajanji of Chooranadu, Kerala.

( http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=8984&SKIN=S )

We are happy to announce that with the help and support of all our readers and well wishers, Haindava Keralam was able to raise a sum of One Lakh and Twenty Five thousand rupees for this wedding. The amount has been received by the Seva Bharathi in Kerala and handed over to the family. The wedding was held on 27th August 2009 with the blessings of all our supporters

Haindava Keralam takes this opportunity to thank one and all of you and expect your support in all our future commitments to our Hindu society all over the world.

I wish someone here would tell me why such a thing as collecting money for a wedding is sought to be done, that too by swayamsevaks, who ought to know better. Why, to register a marriage legally, not more than Rs.100 is required. Every single paisa spent above that is, according to me, vulgar. If such a nidhi was sought for a person's medical operation, it is understandable. But for marriage? Was it to buy gold that the bride or groom could not afford? But why is gold essential? Was it to give dowry? But is not dowry pernicious? Was it for the feast at the wedding? But why feast? Almost all who would have been invited would have been people who come from houses which have at least food to eat. Donating for charity? Ah, this makes sense. But I am sure that not much would have been actually spent on giving food to people who would otherwise have gone to bed without food that day. Maybe some food may have been given to beggars - but we ought to know that most beggars these days are a professional lot, being part of syndicates that exploit situations.

So I think that a movement like Hindava Keralam (yes, I don't see Haindava Keralam just as a media organization) should be more idealistic and less material. I hope my words do not offend anyone here. But we are selling ourselves to the materialistic mindset more and more as the days pass. This is no Hinduism. Hinduism is all about spirituality, not materialism.

Reply to Shri Venugopal and Congrats HK
Dear Venugopal,

Here what we are discussing is the marriage of a Swayamsevak's daughter who was brutally killed by the enemies of Sangh.If Pushparajanji was not a swayamsevak and had opted a life just like as that of a passive Hindu - He should have been still alive and he should have been there to conduct the marriage of his daughter without the support of any one of us.

If all the marriages of Swayamsevaks and their family members were done by spending less than 100 Rupees then I could digest what you were saying.

How many of us swayamsevaks are ready to conduct our daughters marriage in a court?

Here what the swayamsevaks in the area did is a exemplary job by conducting the marriage of their fellow swayamsevaks daughter considering her as their own swayamsevaks.

It was for the first time I noticed HK appealing for the help of it's readers for a genuine cause, Though they have posted various news clips of appeals from various other organisations they never appealled in their behalf, if I am right.

Thanks to Haindava Keralam for taking up this cause and Venugopalji , probably we have to initiate a debate about Swayamsevak's marriage but certainly not here.

A Swayamsevak

Let not the corrupt set our norms
Dear Rajeshji, I understand your sentiments and share it with you. But I think you've missed the point. As you pointed out, if Pushparajanji was not a swayamsevak he might have still been alive and might have conducted his daughter’s marriage as ordinary Hindus do. That is the whole point. Ordinary Hindus have become so materialistic that the norm of a marriage is to spend at least a lakh rupees on it. So ordinary Hindus decide what is the norm. Well, if we go by the norms of ordinary Hindus, the moneyed would buy our souls. It is precisely because ordinary Hindus were faced with self-destruction that Doctorji decided to create extraordinary Hindus who would rise to the occasion and set examples of what should be the norms in Hindu society. Are we rising to the occasion? That is the question.

Simple living and high thinking is what should be expected of swayamsevaks, for the greatest benefit lies therein. If swayamsevaks, who speak of Hinduism more than anyone else do not get the benefit of Hinduism's highest teaching, who else would?

Last but not least, I would say that the greatest disaster awaiting Hindus (or any other society) is corruption. By corruption I mean not just the ordinary type, but the corruption of sublime ideals itself. I would go to the extend of saying that the greatest enemies of our nation are not the Islamic or Communist terrorists, whom we have already recognized as such, but the corrupt ones because we have not yet recognised them as enemies. On the contrary, their style of living has become our norm. I think corruption exemplified by the Reddy brothers of Karnataka, to whom we succumbed, would do our nation more harm than having Osama bin Ladens loose in our midst. It would be the corruption within us that would allow Osama bin Ladens to thrive in our midst. You have only to study the circumstances of 26/11 in Mumbai to see this clearly.

The wedding
Venugopalji

Probably you wouldn't understand the situation of a family who lost a family member for the sake of an ideology he believed in.

Every mother would love to see her daughter married off in a way that is respectable in a society. Our swayamsevaks simply took up the task over a promise made by the Sangh to the family of a fallen soldier of hindutva.

In issues like this money is simply paper value infront of values and relationships.

I salute HK and all swayamsevaks who came forward to help sangh fulfill this promise made by its elders.

Maybe it would be immaterial, but to mention that the wedding g was not done to a swayamsevak. If a swayamsevak would have come forward (as in majority cases), this wedding would have been done in a much more simple manner.

At this moment we should all say sorry to the countless number of sisters who were not lucky enough to receive our help.

Rather than complain about what we spent !!


Hitching good intentions with society's material standards.
Dear Krishnakumarji, I assure you that I am proud of all the swayamsevaks who came forward to shoulder the burden of marriage of our late beloved swayamsevak's daughter. It was pure love that moved them and it is this trait of swayamsevaks to sacrifice for fellow-swayamsevaks that has been the hallmark of Sangha.

However, I sought to raise a bigger question here. You have pre-empted my question when you said, "married off in a way that is respectable in a society". This is the whole tragedy which we do not even seem to recognise. That huge amounts have to be spent on marriages to qualify to be a respectable member of society has become the norm that has been set by ordinary Hindus. But ordinary Hindus are on a self-destructive course, not the least because of their indifference to the higher teachings of Hinduism. If swayamsevaks are only going to be ordinary Hindus, what hope would the Hindu society have? Ideally a swayamsevak should have come forward to marry Lavanya. Maybe it did not happen because we did not pursue it with the seriousness it deserves. Or maybe because we, being somewhat cynical, were sure it would not work and therefore did not strive for it. Whatever, the moment we cease to have faith in idealism, we would fail to have any chance of being extraordinary.

I am sorry that the point I have raised is seen by you as my complaining even when a good job has been done. Not true. I have no complaints. I only wish to caution our swayamsevaks against hitching good intentions with society's material standards of respectability.

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Movement for simple marriages
I think Sangha should start a movement against lavish weddings (by seeking to influence the public at large to go in for simple marriages) and Haindava Keralam could take the lead in propagating this movement.

I wish to mention some things in this regard.

1. Narayana Gurudevan spoke of simple marriages where only 5 persons from the bride's and groom's side each take part.

2. Nair marriages were considered the simplest and quickest as far as rituals went.

3. Even a generation back, marriages were conducted at home and those invited joined in the previous evening to prepare the items for sadya the next day. Today marriage feasts take place in public halls and even non-vegetarian items are served.

4. As far as expenses go, we have multiplied it, what with sadya at "urrakal" or engagement, sadya at the actual wedding, and a tea-party reception for those who could not attend the wedding. These days another sadya is given at the place of the groom also!

To venugopalji
Thank you for your clarification.

However, I would like to inform you that we only helped that family financially for that wedding and did not actually conduct it.

Anyways your message is clear and very true. But I guess in some circumstances these things are bound to happen.

Appreciate the effort by the swayamsevaks who stood by and made sure of a future for Lavanya.

Kerala exists on Hindu Samskar -Parameswarji

09/11/2009 00:20:41 HK

Kannur: Sri Prameswarji, Director, Bharathiya Vichara Kendram has said that Hindutva is the foundation of Kerala. Kerala is now caught between tradition and modernity and different groups are trying to find a place for itself in the Kerala bandwagon. The driving force of Kerala is our eternal Hindu Dharma. Prameswarji was speaking during the first anniversary of Madhav Memorial Seva Trust. Hindu cultural nationalism must be understood by those who follow alien dogmas and conflicting ideologies. The cultural synthesis based on Hindutva is part of everyday life.

Hindu cultural continuity is essential for peace, progress, harmony. contented life and identity. He cautioned that we should be cautious against those who declare war on Hindutva and our future. Ideologues who promote class war and groups who are aligned with alien ideologies are campaigning hard to destroy our language and reorient Keraties into the nightmare of cultureless desert. Deliberate language and cultural destruction, if unchecked will likely to prove fatal to everything Kerala hold sacred. He cautioned that Hindu cultural destruction may create another Kashmir type situation in Kerala.

Throughout history, Hindutva has tried to provide for Keralites insights, values, and purpose. The vehicle for cultural continuity is our eternal Hindu Dhrama. To move forward, he cautioned Keralities to preserve our language and culture based on Hindutva. Language is the foundation of our culture. There are forces in Kerala actively working to make Malyalam to disappear. While other states in India is trying to protect its language and culture, Kerala government is working to eliminate Malyalam, destroy cultural institutions and Hindu temples.

To protect our Hindu culture, promote our language and values and preserve our sacred Dhrma, we have to continue with our Karma. To continue our Karma, we have to keep our body and mind together.

He cautioned that RSS is not in the business of creating conflict. At the same time, RSS is not afraid of facing conflict created by vested interest groups. Marxists are in the habits of eliminating those who are opposed to their class war concept. RSS is not interested in class war, yet RSS is not afraid of defending our eternal Hindu Dhrama which is the foundation of Kerala. Prameswariji reminded that Shanti will not come from dreams alone. RSS is for peace and peace will come from constant and continuous service.

Sri.C.Chandrasekharan presided the meeting.RSS Saha Pranth Pracharak Advocate K.K.Balan welcomed the gathering. Senior RSS Pracharak R.Venugopal, P.R.Sasidharan, P.P. Suresh Babu also spoke at the occasion. Madhav Seva Trust Director A.K. Narayan gave Vote of Thanks.

K.Venugopal
10/11/2009 14:15:05 Differentiating between Islam and Muslims.
Dear Sadiq Mehrab, I would distinguish between Islam and Muslims. Muslims are only individuals striving their best to follow Islam, which they believe is the word of God. A Muslim is as good or bad as any other individual following any other religion anywhere. But Islam I would say is the very antithesis of Hinduism. I am not here elaborating the reasons why I think so, except to say that Hinduism is inclusive in its intention whereas Islam is exclusive in its intention.
K.Venugopal
10/11/2009 13:07:32 RSS - creating men with capital M.
Dear Shri Manojji, That Man of epochal dimensions who founded the RSS - Dr. Keshava Baliram Hedgewar - obviously knew more about Hindu society than we would suspect. He himself expected only a figure of 1% of those who stay in villages and 3% of those who stay in cities to attend the shakha (or is it the other way round? I am not sure). But the influence of Sangha has gone much beyond the number of swayamsevaks and in various fields, as surely Doctorji must have expected. As organisations in India go, I think the class RSS is in is revealing when we compare it with old organisations or movements in India like Congress or Communism. One would have supposed Congress would have turned out to be a reflection of what Gandhiji stood for or the Communists would have been people dedicated to the toiling masses. But look what a caricature both these organisations have turned out to be - the Congress has hypothecated itself to a foreigner and the communists are more concerned about serving "minority" causes than those of the "toiling masses". Now look at the RSS. The pristine vision of Doctorji of a glorious awakened India is still the mantra that even the newest swayamsevak is introduced to. It would also be worth bearing in mind that the RSS is dedicated to serving the cause of integrated Mother India and not the spread of Hinduism, for which cause it has created organisations like the VHP. The RSS is essentially dedicated to inspiring the individual to unravel such qualities within him that pointing to him the whole society would say - he is a man with capital M. From the daily shakhas to the annual camps, including the 30 day camps in Nagpur, are all oriented to this direction.

It is true it would seem that the RSS often does not seem to be too excited about issues which we may think are burning. But dedicated as it is in creating the quality manpower to handle issues on a long term basis, it knows that excitement and reactions are not enough.

Omkar
10/11/2009 10:30:10 The bitter taste of Sugar
I agree with Manoj's observations and share his concerns. I am also a disturbed Hindu like him.

It is incorrect to say that RSS or it's leadership failed anywhere. Nobody can save Hindus unless they themselves change their attitude.Many Hindus consider RSS man "Matha Branthan" and Jama Uthee Isalmi or Muslim leaugue man as "Matha Viswasi". The cunning Padri and conversion specailist is "Jeeva Karuanya Pravarthakan" to them!.Many Hindus look at Rev. Father as a great person and his counterpart in Hinduism , a comic figure for entertainment.
RSS is not at all tainted. It is not at all defamed. The problem is with our mind set up. We have taught to believe like that. By the perpetrators of Nehrivian secularism and media fully controlled by church and their cronies. the media,The problem is with our attitude. We see a Muslim with self respect as "Matha Viswasi". We look at a Christian with self respect as "Matha Viswasi". But when we see a Hindu with self respect we call him " Matha Branthan"!. Who is reponsible for this pathetic state of affairs? Certainly not RSS.
Still we are slaves mentally. We have to come out of that negative thinking. If RSS is "tainted and defamed" I am proud of being a part of it. Just like "Adiyanu Panchasarayude Kaipu
Ishtamanu".
Manoj
10/11/2009 02:23:29 Response to K.VenuGopal
Dear Mr.Venugopal,
I appreciate your clarification on the shakha. I have attended RSS shakhas on and off for many years. However let me point out some shortcomings that I am noting regarding the RSS.
The RSS expects every Hindu to attend the shakha. However that will never happen and the majority of Hindus will shun the shakha due to many reasons like the bad image foisted on the RSS by the enemies of Hindus since the Gandhi assasination onwards and the defamation of RSS continues unabated till date. What is the current membership of the RSS when compared to the total population of Hindus in India? RSS never bothered to defending its reputation . However the RSS is unable to understand the reasons for reluctance of the majority of Hindus to join it. RSS feels peeved and I notice that this is also causing an exclusive club mentality in the RSS. i.e We care for you only if you are a member and attend shakhas. If you are not a member we do not care for you or for Hinduism in general?
This mentality is really unfortunate and this is what causing the sinking feeling in me.
RSS is the only organisation for Hindus and the RSS should also realise this. RSS should change its isolative mentality and should boldly take up the leadership of Hindu samaj. This should be done by
1) Identifying the shortcomings in Hindu society
2) Identify the threats faced by the Hindu community from enemies.
3) Chalk out a vision for Hinduism covering the next 10 years.
4) Develop action plans to counter threats against Hinduism.

When the RSS does the above then the mainstream Hindus will start accepting RSS.

First and foremost RSS should develop a cadre of modern and young leaders who can adapt to the fast changing threat scene. Old men above 60 years are dead wood and cannot achieve the above. Until then RSS will remain a great army with poor generals.
And if I am wrong in saying the above, then correct me please!!
Sadiq Mehrab
09/11/2009 23:57:07 Question to Mr. K Venugopal and Haindava Keralam
Do you think Islam is an enemy of Hinduism? It is rather foolish if the Hindu brothers are taught this way. Think before act and not act and then think. Islam has not destroyed Hinduism. But some one wants Islam and Hinduism on constant clash. Who is that? Think loudly and you all will get answers. They are fooling around Hindu and Muslim leaders. Who is that?
K.Venugopal
09/11/2009 07:46:42 Shakha - social self-discovery
Much of this "sinking feeling" about Hindu future would vanish if we understand a certain magic that the RSS has. It is nothing other than its shakha. While it could be that not all shakhas are run with the full complement of its 1 hour daily activity, there are many that do. I would request those who have not participated in a daily shakha with its one-hour non-stop action to enquire for the model shakha nearest them and attend it regularly for a few weeks and experience the difference it would make to their confidence. Confidence is the first and foremost thing we require to build up the required Hindu power to counter all anti-Hindu activities and the magic that a shakha does is to build up your confidence. Once your are brimming with confidence, as regular attendance of a shakha would make you, than there would be no end to your dedication to serve the Hindu Samaj in all manner as our individual capabilities would allow us.

Therefore all we have to do is to attend shakha regularly, imbibe the great self-confidence it would empower us with as swayamsevaks, help start more and more shakhas and begin writing the history of our beloved nation in golden Hindu letters.

Remember, shakha is free of all monetary expense, therein we learn military discipline, yoga, loose all tensions in child-like games and gallant sports like Kabadi and Kho-Kho, learn the most lyrical of songs, a bit of Sanskrit, slices of history, a lot of friendship and above all, full of confidence – all within one hour. As a robust swayamsevak, whatever be our age, we will cease wailing about our inadequacies and start celebrating our victories. Under our saffron flag in the name of our Motherland. Shakha is to the samaj what meditation is to the individual – both help us to discover our true identity – as Hindus and divine beings.

Vijaya
09/11/2009 06:56:39 Attention please, Manoj

Good comment from you! Since you are a Kerala resident, you might want to contact the RSS directly and find out how you can help.
Sunilkumar
09/11/2009 05:17:08 Hinduism in Kerala
I agree with Manoj.The Hindu organisations in Kerala may open up a non-controversial fund or so and spend the money to provude free magazines etc to Kerala's balance hindus. The sangh organisations should educate the people about the massive conversion activities undertaken by Church in South and Eastern India. The recently concluded conferenec of Catholics have deicided to strike now and destroy Hindusim for ever from India. This is a serious matter for most of the Hindus in Kerala. We are ready to contribute to make any activity that couner Christianity in Kerala/India by RSS or sangh parivar organisations. A campaign like "padayatra" etc by RSS in each and every nook and corner of the state may help to get people notice of the importance of protecting their customs and rituals. As some of the commentators in this website pointed out 99.9% hindus are not aware that Ambika Soni,Ajit Jogi, YSR Reddy, Manish Tiwari, Jagdeesh Tytlor etc are actually Christians. Unless such messages reach the masses they will continue to think that Indian National Congress will save them and their childern.
Venugopal
09/11/2009 05:08:17 Little Hope
We are too late in the game. It is now very difficult to get back Hindusim for India. The writing on the wall is clear- either to convert or to perish. I think even RSS and other Hindu organisations are not getting the pulse of Hindus in Kerala and India. There are many who want to protect their rights and rituals from the onslaught. Sadly, we are not seeing any saviours now a days.
Manoj
09/11/2009 01:41:34 How exactly is the RSS planning to defend Hindus
Pranam Parameswar ji,

I fully agree with you that the axis of evil, namely Marxists, Secularists, Christians and Muslims have aligned themselves to destroy the Hindu religion, culture, Temples etc. However this is not a new phenomenon. It is been going on for more than four decades, only that the enemies are sensing final victory and are moving in for the kill. Their years of patient efforts in weaning away Hindus from Hindu religion is a near total success through indoctrination through Christian schools, Disinformation through their Newspapers and TV Channels, destruction of Temple as a cultural centre of Hindus, attack and defamation of the Hindu ashrams & Sanyasins through government power etc and the list is endless. Sensing victory the Christians have launched their cultural assimilation programme by imitating Hindu rituals, hoping that Hindu who is now ripe for a conversion will fall into their trap with minimum effort. (This is exactly what they did in ancient Rome under last Roman emperor Constantine). The Muslims have launched their love Jihad, and other programmes through their Newspapers & TV Channels etc. The communists are destroying the Hindu Ashrams.
In view of the extremely serious crises that the Hindus are facing in Kerala and rest of South India, may I know what the RSS is doing to counter the above. Have you first of all identified all the threats that the Hindu samaj is facing?
Have you made an action plan on how to counter these threats. I have a sinking feeling that you have also been influenced by the enemy's propaganda and have been rendered impotent?
There are thousands of people like me who are willing to contribute financially as well as offer other voluntary services if you can lead the Hindus to fight back. I personally do not want to leave this world without fighting for restoring Hinduism at least for the sake of my children.

Can HK please contact Parameshwar Ji and request him to answer this letter.