HinduismR-the Religion,[as
differentiated from hinduismp-the philosophy], is saying, and doing,
some ugly things.
For starters, HinduismR, is starting to
show signs of becoming, Official.
HinduismR has begun to wa… stride the
corridors of power. Law makers and administrators are making laws and rules
that have their rationale in the religiously held belief that Majority makes
Right; which makes the minority Wrong and in need of corrective measures. Human
rights are being viewed through saffron tinted lens and are beginning to be
found irrelevant to the cause of making India a HinduR nation. Which
is so far away from hinduismp (a philosophy that says, in short – Think,
and you’ll see), that given the curvature of space/time, it is meeting HinduismR
(a faith that says, at length - Believe and We’ll tell you what you are
seeing), from the other side. Given the muscular aggression of HinduismR
and the essential live and let live attitudes of hinduismp, things
are starting to bode.
Let me illustrate.
Word is that religious right-wingers, some in
elected office, have ordered organizers of the Navratri (a nine night acknowledgment
of Goddess Power) celebrations, to keep Muslim men out of venues that hold the
Garba dances Garba dancing, for those of you who might be wondering, is a folk
tradition involving energetic graceful choreography to driving rhythms, for the
most part, although not exclusively, performed by young women. The edict, which
in some places flaunts the imprimatur of Official Elected Satraps [OES], is the
Saffron Satraps’ [SS], [talk about synergy], counter strategy to their belief that
IslamR has initiated a Love Jihad as part of their war against
HinduismR. It seems IslamR has tasked Muslim men with
seducing HinduR women into marriage, conversion and Muslim baby
production. The Garba dances, it seems, were to be targets of opportunity for
the love jihadists, what with lithe bodies gyrating to driving rhythms and all.
And there you have it, a celebration of woman
power; a decidedly hindup concept co-opted by the self serving
paranoia of HinduismR.
Not that this comes as a surprise. Most, if not
all, certainly all the so called Major Religions, take what start out as
simple, graceful, caring philosophies, and distort them into grotesque self
serving mechanisms of power; the original intent of amicable social contract and
mediated compromise lost in the deluge of bombastic claims of salvation and truth;
faith in higher power morphs into veneration of power.
The weird thing is that that some Islamist jihadists are going to think that a good plan and are, even as we speak, acquiring Hindu credentials and recharging their cell phone cameras.
I despair.
