On Hindutva and the Pub Attacks.

I strongly object to the use of the word 'Talibanization' used in reference to the recent attacks (by yet another 'Sena') on girls in a Mangalore pub.

Let's stick to the right terminology, please. It's not 'Talibanization', it's 'Hindutva-ization'. 

To quote the Chief Militant of 'Shri Ram Sene' (the right-wing, Hindutva organization behind the latest dose of 'Hindu Righteousness')  

"We are working for Hindutva, to save Hindutva"

Good. That's more like it. 

Chief militant, Pramod Muthalik, says that cowardly violence on women was absolutely necessary to 'save Hindu sanksruti'. He added that this was the way they treated their mothers and sisters.

Strange. His goons didn't like they had any mothers or sisters. 

I also object to the use of terms like 'moral policing' and phrases like 'taking the law into their own hands'.

Which morals, exactly? And what Law? 

Ajmal Kasab did NOT 'take the law into his own hands'. 

Afzal Guru did NOT 'take the law into his own hands'.

The Hindutva militants, who are currently enjoying a relatively free run in the BJP ruled Karnataka state are NOT, repeat NOT 'taking the law into their own hands'.

Let's condemn them for exactly what they are:  Hindutva-vaadis. 

And now, the visuals.

Here's something that leaves nothing to be spoken.

A victim of the VHP in Orissa.
[Photograph by Deshakalyan Chowdhury (AFP/Getty Images)]

Look into the eyes of this girl, scarred for life, and try to defend the 'humans' who did this to her.
Keep looking at her burnt skin and say 'Missionaries and forcible conversion are to blame for this'. Try imagining her painful shrieks and speak the words 'Aurangzeb, Ghazni and Ghori are the justification for this'.

In my various attempts to talk sense into mindless fanatics, I've met with justifications as absurd as these.

They'll blame Ghori and Ghazni. They'll blame Christian missionaries. They'll blame 'pseudosecularism'. They'll blame the 'Italians'. They'll blame ISI. They'll blame Pakistan. They'll blame the liberals.

They'll blame everyone but the Hintutva terrorists who carry out these heinous crimes. The right wingers will never blame themselves. They're never wrong. It's always 'justified' or 'provoked' or 'in retaliation to something'.

Tell that to the girl in the picture.. or the tens of thousands of citizens being targeted across India right now.

It's sad - pathetic, really - to see the BJP leaders in Karnataka and Orissa trying hard to justify the ongoing attacks on Christians.

Look into her eyes, and try hard to say something nice about the VHP firebrands who burnt her. Defend the perpetrators once again. Compliment yourself on the wonderful job of saving the 'sanathana dharma'. I'm sure this is what it stands for.

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I condemn the Bajrang Dal and VHP for their extremely violent, premeditated attacks on Indian citizens - most recently in Orissa, Karnataka and Kerala.

I accuse them of murder and arson, and demand an immediate ban on these terrorist, fascist organizations. (Throw in RSS, Shiv Sena and MNS as well)

These organizations thrive on divisiveness, mob terrorism, attacking harmless civilians and vitriolic anti-Muslim and anti-Christian propaganda.

In fact, they've even begun picking up a thing or two from their Islamist brothers in arms, and have given public calls for Hindu suicide squads.

The bombs have begun exploding.(By the same folks who run the virile, anti-national, pro-hindutva HinduJagruti website.)

I urge the Manmohan Singh government to act in the interests of national unity and ban these anti-nationals, arrest their leaders, freeze their assets, put their operations under surveillance, and save India from inherently violent Hindutva ideologies.

I urge Indian citizens to not get swayed by the emotional rhetoric, passionate calls for violence, and brute animalism of these violent outfits. Violence and murder have no religion. Neither do tears and laughter. Be a human for a change.

[For those of you self-proclaimed 'Hindu Patriots'™ wondering why I haven't demanded a ban on Muslim extremists (which will be your first, and final, line of defense, as usual) - FYI, they're already banned. Thank You.]

Here's more visuals from a channel on YouTube that has a very lovely name: Ban the RSS (video)!

Jai Hind!

Irony?

Thank the blessed Lord your sister got raped last week. I hope she suffered well. Her frightened screams and ravaged body ought to be the wake up call to you that you're just NOT WELCOME here. Yes, I DO mean you and all others of your dangerous cult. I just wish they'd butchered your feeble dad as well, hacked him limb by limb and thrown it to the dogs. That should teach you bastards a lesson.

Now listen, I have nothing against you.. but your folk, well... you HAVE to admit they're dangerous. You need to be eliminated from the face of this earth. It's simply in the best interests of everyone, really. Everyone will benefit from your violent ilk being exterminated. We hate violence. I condemn it myself. It's barbaric and has no place in a civilized society. That's why violence-loving vermin like you need to be hacked to pieces and burnt alive. How can ANYONE commit indiscriminate killings in the name of God? What kind of sick, barbaric religion condones that?! God willing, we shall carry out our dharm by ridding our blessed, holy land of every last one of you. No matter how much bloodshed ensues. It's God's will.

One cannot engage in any civilized dialogue with scumbags like you. You resort to name-calling at every opportunity when you could, instead, show SOME sign that you are inclusive and tolerant towards us, you filthy bastards. All of you are the same.. and tend to view us as if we were some kind of single reviled mob.

It's pathetic indeed that you haven't learnt to live WITH us or understand OUR social orders. You don't even make any efforts to understand our cultural sensibilities! Your alien ideologies make no sense to us. I even heard it's dangerous. It is, isn't it? That's why I'm telling you.. take them and leave our country! This country needs to be rid of the scourge of your ilk. Leave us tolerant folk in peace! We cannot stand you!....

[.. to be continued. Ad nauseam, ad infinitum - by a variety of bigots around this country, who are completely oblivious to their own hypocrisy]