Hindus have never invaded another country and never tried to impose religion upon others.Instead of calling an all party meeting to resolve
Jammu Kashmir row, the govt would do well to try to understand the fury of Hindus and not the limit the scope of the introspection to the
Amarnath issue. Are Hindus angry only with the
hypocrisy of the govt on the land issue? Are there no other topics that make them furious?
Hindus are peace loving people. The average Hindu is easy going and accepts you and your diversity, whether you are
christain,
muslim,
parsi, or
jain,
arab, french or
chinese. He goes about his business usually do not interfere in yours. In fact they take it a
little further: They hate trouble and go out of their way to avoid it.
Everywhere in the world on the other hand, Hindus are hounded and humiliated, be it in Fiji where an elected govt was twice deposed in an armed coup, or in
pakistan and
bangladesh where
muslims Hindus
every time they want to vent their anger against India(read
Taslima 's book
Lajja). There were one million Hindus in the valley of Kashmir in 1900. Only few hundreds are left today, the rest having been forced to flee through terror. In Assam,
Tripura, or
Nagaland, Hindus are outnumbered by
Bangaladeshi illegal immigrants and terrorised by pro
christain seperatists groups, such as
Bodos or the
Mizos, while the local govt always a turns a blind eye. Their temples are being taken over in states like
Kerala or
Karnataka, the donations appropriate by the state
govts.
Yet in 3500 years of known existence, Hindus have never invaded another country and never tried to impose their religion upon others. No, it has rather been through peaceful invasions that Hinduism has stormed the world, whether in East, witness
AngkorWat, or in the West today, where the byproducts of
Hinduism, Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda,
Pranayama has been adopted by millions.
Hindus also gave refuge to all persecuted minorities of the world. Its a pity that these two communities turned against their Hindu brethren, the former by way of lured conversions, and latter with bloody invasions.
Hindus, who accept everybody and welcome all religions, are mocked and bombs are planted in their markets, their trains, and temples are attacked, they are chased out of their homelands. Television and Newspapers make fun of them, their own politicians banish them.
So, sometimes, enough is enough. At some point the Hindus the most peace-loving people in the world, those Mahatma Gandhi once called gently 'cowards' erupt in fury- uncontrolled fury.
Yes, one should condemn the Gujarat pogrom(Organized persecution of an ethnic group), but one should look at the causes. It is not only the 36 innocent Hindu women and children were brunt to death in a train by a mob of criminals. It is also how much silent frustration must have built over the years, decades, centuries even, amongst the Gujarati Hindus, that in one moment, 1,25,000 Hindus
normal and peaceful people, came out on the streets of
Ahmadabad with such fury.
The same thing is true for
Jammu and
Amarnath issue. Hindus never
complain about
their govt giving billion of rupees to Indian
muslims for the
pilgrimage of mecca. But when the Hindus need the shelter, toilets, and basic facilities at the height of 15,000 feet to worship at the
Amarnath, it is
denied by the same govt. So they
erupt in fury.
Instead of appealing for the calm and communal harmony, instead of giving us all this eyewash about the 500
year old
dargah 'mostly patronised by Hindus' political leaders, would do well to look at the cause for the Hindu fury, and try to address their frustrations.
Journalists and
blogger should also do a little bit of introspection. Hindus have had enough. If this govt, or next, does not take note of their frustrations, we might very well see more
Jammus erupting in the coming months and years.
Extracted form "The New Indian Express"
