Engaging Sangh Pariwar: Bhagwat gives Opportunity, Any Takers?

[Sadanand Patwardhan]

Since 10th of August a controversy has erupted over the reported remarks of Mohan Bhagwat that All those who stay in Hindustan are Hindus. Reactions across the board followed usual rut. But, if one took a closer look, then the situation had several novel features. It warrants a serious dialogue among all political parties if they are willing to give up, to use Modi’s phrase, राजनीती in favour of राष्ट्रनीति.  It is a tall order, but not impossible, though improbable.

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Moot points in the acrimonious debates are overlooked and lost as is usually the case. For one, "India" / "Hindu" have same roots in "Indus"/ "Sindhu". For another, even Government entities duly established by "law" like Hindustan Aeronautics, Hindustan Petroleum, would be all unconstitutional if word "Hindustan" were repugnant to Constitution. Third, the endearing term of RSS for हिंदुराष्ट्र is भारतवर्ष (अखंड भारत), and abandoning it for Hindustan (which tacitly accepts the fact of partition) makes it pari passu with Pakistan, would have been sacrilege had someone else dared. What a comi-tragic mix-up with "secularist" pumping for Bharat and "Hindutva-vadi" for Hindustan.

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Here is why in my opinion such dialogue should happen.

http://searchlight-is-on.blogspot.in/2014/08/engaging-sangh-pariwar-bhagwat-gives.html

 

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