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[Sandeep Pandey]

हिन्दुओं के सोचने के लिए

अगर हिन्दू धर्म को मानने वालों का अयोध्या के राम मंदिर में भ्रष्टाचार उजागर होने के बाद भी हिन्दुत्ववादी संगठनों राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ और भारतीय जनता पार्टी समेत उसके तमाम अनुषांगिक संगठनों से मोहभंग नहीं हुआ है तो उन्हें जरा गहराई से सोचने की जरूरत है।

हिन्दू धर्म सनातन है इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं। रा. स्व. सं. की स्थापना हुई 1925 में जिसकी हिन्दुत्ववादी विचारधारा का आधार मुस्लिम और ईसाई विरोध था। अब हिन्दुत्ववादी अपने को सनातनी कहने लगे हैं। सोचिए जब ईसाई धर्म और इस्लाम धर्म धरती पर आए ही हिन्दू धर्म के बाद हैं तो 1925 में जन्मी विचारधारा को मानने वाले अपने को सनातनी कैसे कह सकते हैं? अब आपको तय करना है कि आप सनातनी हिन्दू हैं या हिन्दुत्ववादी हैं? सनातन धर्म तो आदिकाल से चला आ रहा है। भारत में कई धर्मों को मानने वाले आए, कुछ राज करने, कुछ व्यापार करने और कुछ शरण लेने। लेकिन फिर भी भारत के ब़ड़े भाग ने हिन्दू धर्म को जीवित रखा। यह तो हिन्दू धर्म की भेदभाव आधारित जाति व्यवस्था थी जिसकी वजह से कई लोग ईसाई और मुस्लिम बन गए और इसी वजह से बौद्ध और सिक्ख धर्मों का उदय भी हुआ। लेकिन हिन्दू धर्म की सहिष्णुता ने सबके साथ तालमेल बना लिया। पिछले कुछ दशकों की राजनीति से हिन्दू-मुस्लिम ध्रुवीकरण जरूर हुआ है लेकिन फिर भी हिन्दू-मुस्लिम सामाजिक ढांचे की वह हालत नहीं हुई है जो मणिपुर में मैतेई व कुकी या कुकी व नागा के बीच हो गई है।

जो धर्म स्वयं की गतिशीलता से जीवित रहा क्या 1925 में पैदा हुई कोई विचारधारा उसे बचाएगी? बल्कि उसने सहिष्णु हिन्दू के अंदर कट्टरता भरकर उसके मूल चरित्र, जिसकी वजह से उसका धर्म जिन्दा है, को ही बदलने की कोशिश की है। यह समाज और हिन्दू धर्म के लिए कितना खतरनाक है इसे बताने की जरूरत नहीं है। दुनिया का इतिहास उठा कर देख लीजिए, कट्टर समाज कहीं भी खुशहाल नहीं रह पाया है।

अयोध्या में राम मंदिर बनाना हिन्दुत्ववादियों का राजनीतिक कार्यक्रम था जिसका मकसद भारत की सत्ता हथियाना था ताकि वे भारत को हिन्दू राष्ट्र बना सकें। अयोध्या में बाबरी मस्जिद ढहा कर वे अपने मकसद में सफल हो गए। रहा सहा काम सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने कर दिया और विवादित स्थल पर राम मंदिर बनाने की अनुमति दे दी। हलांकि उसी फैसले में यह भी कहा गया कि उनके सामने कोई ऐसे साक्ष्य प्रस्तुत नहीं किए गए कि राम का जन्म उसी स्थान पर हुआ हो और बाबरी मस्जिद ढहाए जाने को उन्होंने आपराधिक कृत्य बताया। लेकिन तब तक हिन्दुत्ववादियों ने देश का माहौल राम मंदिर के पक्ष में बना लिया था। अतः आनन फानन में मंदिर खड़ा भी हो गया। लेकिन मंदिर के उद्घाटन कार्यक्रम में एक भी शंकराचार्य नहीं आए क्या यह सोचने का विषय नहीं है?

चूंकि अयोध्या में बना राम मंदिर एक राजनीतिक मकसद को पूरा करने के लिए बनाया गया था इसलिए वास्तव में हिन्दू धर्म के प्रतिनिधियों ने उससे दूरी बना कर रखना ही ठीक समझा। मंदिर का संचालन भी धार्मिक लोगों के बजाए रा. स्व. सं. से जुड़े संगठनों को ही दे दिया गया। फिर जो हुआ सबके सामने है।

भा. ज. पा. ने राम मंदिर निर्माण को अपनी सबसे बड़ी उपलब्धि के रूप में प्रचारित किया और उसका उसे चुनावी लाभ भी मिला। लेकिन जिस मंदिर की नींव में ही नैतिकता नहीं थी उसकी पोल आज नहीं तो कल खुलनी ही थी।

जो लोग साथी मनुष्यों व अन्य जीवों को छोड़कर पत्थर की मूर्ति या कागज के चित्र में भगवान खोजते हैं वे कभी न कभी तो धोखा खाएंगे ही। यह तो अच्छा हुआ कि अयोध्या के मंदिर की पोल जल्दी खुल गई नहीं तो कितने और राम भक्तों के साथ धोखा होता।

असल में देखा जाए तो मानव सेवा ही सबसे बड़ा धर्म है क्योंकि जो स्थाई संतोष उसमें मिलता है वह और किसी चीज में नहीं। सिक्खों के गुरूद्वारों में लंगर की महान परम्परा है। विशेष बात यह है कि वहां किसी की जाति या धर्म नहीं पूछा जाता। सभी इंसानों का स्वागत होता है। न गुरू ग्रंथ साहिब पर मत्था टेकने की शर्त होती है। भविष्य के धर्मों और धार्मिेक स्थलों का यही स्वरूप होना चाहिए। किसी भी धार्मिक स्थल में सभी धर्मों को मानने वालों का स्वागत होना चाहिए, न तो कोई अनिवार्यता होनी चाहिए, न कोई पाबंदी। हवाई अड्डों पर प्रार्थना कक्ष होते हैं, वहां यह नहीं लिखा रहता कि वह किसी धर्म विशेष के लिए है। कुछ धार्मिक स्थल धर्मार्थ शिक्षालय या चिकित्सालय भी चलाते हैं। यदि धार्मिक स्थल किसी भी मानव सेवा के कार्य में नहीं लगे हैं तो धर्म का क्या मतलब है? इससे यह भी सुनिश्चित होगा कि धार्मिक स्थल पर चढ़ावे का सदुपयोग होगा।

यदि हम जिस समाज में रहते हैं और उसमें दुखी लोग हैं तो यह तय है कि हम सुखी नहीं रह सकते। अच्छा होगा यदि हम अपना सुख पत्थर की मूर्ति या कागज के चित्र के बजाए जिंदा लोगों में ढूंढे।

लेखकः संदीप पांडेय

प्रधान महासचिव, सोशलिस्ट पार्टी (इंडिया)

लेखक नास्तिक है। वह साथी मनुष्यों की धार्मिक भावनाओं का सम्मान करते हुए धार्मिक स्थलों में जाता है, लेकिन यह तय है कि अयोध्या के राम मंदिर में, जिसकी नींव में धर्म नहीं राजनीति है, वह कभी नहीं जाएगा।

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For Hindus to Reflect Upon

If those who follow Hinduism have still not become disillusioned with the Hindutva organizations—the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) its various affiliates—even after the exposure of corruption in the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, then they need to think more deeply. 

There is no doubt that Hinduism is Sanatan. The RSS was established in 1925, and its Hindutva ideology was founded on opposition to Muslims and Christians. Today, the proponents of Hindutva have begun calling themselves Sanatanis. Consider this: Christianity and Islam came to India long after Hinduism. How, then, can followers of an ideology born in 1925 call themselves Sanatanis? It is now for you to decide whether you are a Sanatani Hindu or a Hindutvavadi. Sanatan Dharma has existed since time immemorial.

People following many religions came to India—some to rule, some to trade, and some seeking refuge. Yet the overwhelming majority of the country preserved Hinduism. It was Hinduism's caste system, based on discrimination, that led many people to convert to Christianity and Islam, and it was for the same reason that Buddhism and Sikhism also emerged. Nevertheless, Hinduism's spirit of tolerance eventually accommodated them all. Politics over the past few decades has certainly intensified Hindu-Muslim polarization, but even so, Hindu-Muslim social relations have not deteriorated to the extent witnessed in Manipur between the Meiteis and Kukis or between Kukis and Nagas.

A religion that has survived through its own vitality for thousands of years—does it really need an ideology born in 1925 to save it? On the contrary, that ideology has tried to fill the tolerant Hindu with fanaticism and alter the very character that has kept Hinduism alive. There is no need to explain how dangerous this is for society and for Hinduism. Just look at world history: no fanatical society has remained prosperous for long.

Building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was a political project of the Hindutva forces. Its objective was to capture political power in India so that the country could be turned into a Hindu nation. By demolishing the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, they succeeded in advancing that objective. The Supreme Court completed the remaining task by permitting the construction of the Ram Temple on the disputed site. Yet the same judgment also stated that no conclusive evidence had been presented to prove that Lord Ram was born precisely at that spot, and it described the demolition of the Babri Masjid as a criminal act. But by then, the Hindutva forces had already created a nationwide atmosphere in favor of the temple. Consequently, the temple was constructed in great haste. But is it not worth reflecting on the fact that not a single Shankaracharya attended the temple's inauguration ceremony?

Since the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was built primarily to fulfill a political objective, genuine representatives of Hinduism rightly chose to distance themselves from it. The management of the temple, too, was entrusted not to religious entities but to persons associated with the RSS and its affiliates like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. What followed is now before everyone to see.

The BJP projected the construction of the Ram Temple as its greatest achievement and reaped electoral benefits from it. But a temple whose very foundation lacked moral legitimacy was bound, sooner or later, to have its flaws exposed.

Those who ignore fellow human beings and other living creatures while searching for God in stone idols or images on paper are bound to be deceived one day. It is fortunate that the truth about the Ayodhya temple came to light early; otherwise many more devotees of Lord Ram would have been misled.

In reality, service to humanity is the greatest religion, because the lasting satisfaction it provides cannot be found elsewhere. The Sikh tradition of the langar (community kitchen) is a magnificent example. Its most remarkable feature is that no one is asked about their caste or religion. Everyone is welcome. There is no requirement even to bow before the Guru Granth Sahib. This should be the model for the religious institutions and places of worship of the future.

Every place of worship should welcome people of all religions. There should be neither compulsory rituals nor restrictions. Airports have prayer rooms, but they are not marked for any one particular religion. Some religious institutions also run charitable schools and hospitals. If a place of worship is not engaged in any form of service to humanity, then what is the purpose of religion? Such an approach would also ensure that offerings made at religious places are put to proper use.

If the society in which we live contains people who are suffering, then it is certain that we ourselves cannot truly be happy. It would be far better if we sought our happiness among living human beings rather than in stone idols or pictures on paper.

Author: Sandeep Pandey
SecretaryGeneral, Socialist Party (India)

The author is an atheist. While respecting the religious sentiments of his colleagues he does visit places of worship, he is certain that he will never visit the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, because its foundation rests not on religion but on politics.

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[Madan Lal Hind]

Thank you Sandeep Ji.

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[Sanjay Gadhalay]

thank you ..we should havea discussion on this sandeepo bhai ..

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[Madan Lal Hind]

Thank you Sanjay ji.

[Onkar Mittal]

Our modern sanatan period - begins from warren

Hastings and judicial murder of Raja Nand Kumar and exoneration of Warren Hastings by House of Lords after 7 years long trail. 

Think over it. 

Dr. Onkar Mittal 

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[Sanjay Gadhalay]

Dr. Onkar Mittal

Thank you for your insightful comment.

Could you share the  full story Here... or an article  on this you. have outlined. ?

Would like to learn more. .

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Sanjay Gadhalay 
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   Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance                    are the secret of success in a good cause.                                                                        :Swami vivekananda                  

 http://www.swamivivekanandaquotes.org/2013/04/50-inspiring-and-motivational-quotes.html  

[Sanjay Gadhalay]

Well.i got  one of my ai tools to search out the case and was astonished that the same viceroy. Of india in our icse history books  paraded aa a hero of governance and reforms was a complicit criminal....

Thanks for your comment and enabling me to disa use my self of the  facts. And murky beginnings of the Calcutta based Supreme  Courts then.....

The events you've mentioned are indeed a pivotal and tragic chapter in Anglo-Indian history, marking a deep rupture in trust between the British administration and the Indian populace. The narrative of Maharaja Nandakumar's trial and Warren Hastings' subsequent impeachment is a complex tale of political intrigue, legal manipulation, and a massive struggle for justice that spanned over two decades.

⚖️ The Fall of Maharaja Nandakumar (1775)

The story begins not in a courtroom, but in the political turmoil of 18th-century Bengal.

· Background: Maharaja Nandakumar (also known as Nuncomar) was a powerful and wealthy Brahmin aristocrat who had served as a high-ranking revenue official under the Nawabs of Bengal. He had a long and complex history with the British, once even aiding them at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

· The Accusation: In 1775, Nandakumar brought serious charges of corruption against the Governor-General, Warren Hastings. He produced documents alleging that Hastings had accepted bribes totaling over Rs. 3.5 lakhs from Munni Begum and others for political appointments. With the help of Hastings' political rivals on the Council (Philip Francis and others), Nandakumar's charges were taken seriously, much to Hastings' fury.

· The Counter-Charge: Before the corruption inquiry could conclude, Nandakumar was suddenly arrested and put on trial for a different crime: forgery. He was accused of forging a bond from 1769.

· The Trial and Execution: The trial was held before the newly established Supreme Court in Calcutta, presided over by Sir Elijah Impey, the Chief Justice and a personal friend of Warren Hastings. Despite the fact that under local laws, forgery was not typically a capital offense for non-British subjects, the court sentenced Nandakumar to death under English law.

· The "Judicial Murder": On August 5, 1775, Maharaja Nandakumar was publicly hanged in Calcutta. The execution sent a shockwave through the Indian population. For generations, historians have condemned this as a "judicial murder". It appeared to be a calculated act to silence a dangerous accuser, using the legal system as a weapon to eliminate a political enemy.

🏛️ The Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788-1795)

The case did not end in Calcutta; it ignited a firestorm in London. The political rivals of Hastings in India, particularly Philip Francis, continued to campaign against him, keeping the memory of Nandakumar's execution alive.

· The Impeachment: After returning to England, Warren Hastings was impeached by the House of Commons on charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors". One of the central charges was his role in the "judicial murder" of Nandakumar.

· The Seven-Year Trial: The trial began in 1788 in Westminster Hall before the House of Lords. It became a media sensation and a grand political drama, with the great orator Edmund Burke leading the prosecution. It dragged on for an astonishing seven years (1788-1795). It was such a long affair that a third of the Lords who initially heard the case died before it ended.

· The Acquittal: In the end, the House of Lords acquitted Warren Hastings on all charges in April 1795. The trial was a defeat for Burke and his allies and was seen as a victory for the East India Company's imperial project.

💎 Summary

The "modern sanatan period" you refer to began with a profound sense of injustice. For many, this episode demonstrated how British power could be used to subvert justice for political gain, leaving a legacy of deep mistrust.

Despite Hastings' acquittal, his reputation was permanently damaged. The entire saga, from Nandakumar's execution to the seven-year trial, remains a powerful and cautionary tale about the abuse of power and the long reach of history.

  

Warm regards,

Sanjay Gadhalay 
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You are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. : Steve Jobs

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   Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance                    are the secret of success in a good cause.                                                                        :Swami vivekananda                  

 http://www.swamivivekanandaquotes.org/2013/04/50-inspiring-and-motivational-quotes.html  

[Madan Lal Hind]

Thank you 
Sanjay Gadhalay.

[Onkar Mittal]

Dear Sanjay Gadhalay, 

First of all, thanks for your kindness in taking serious note of my remarks and for probing deeply into it. 

Though drawing parallels is always tricky, but I see many useful symbolic parallels between warren hastings and his current incarnation, Shri narendra Bhai Modi. 

The events at ram mandir Ayodhya related to donation loot in Ayodhya raise very serious issues and I am trying to inform the younger generation activists to begin their analytical baseline from trial of warren hastings in House of Lords in London - his famous indictment by Burke and failure of House of Lords to punish warren hastings. 

Any further lead from you and other friends in the group, in this direction, will be very much appreciated. 

Thanks 

Dr. Onkar Mittal 

Swasth Hind 

New Delhi 

[Onkar Mittal]

There is no doubt that Hinduism is Sanatan ???? 

I find a lot of problems with this statement . But that is a separate discussion. 

In more than one way the story of hindutwa begins from warren hastings - ( including Bengal asiatic society of William jones - ) . Once we see this we can find a possible key to the riddle of all this claim of sanatani/  hindu / hindutva with all its lies, mania and duplicity. 

Apology to sound pedantic . I will find a different way to expand on it. 

Onkar

[Sanjay Gadhalay]

in fact the  history is likely torepeat here in this era ...hopefully our parliament will skewer him !!

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Sanjay Gadhalay 
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You are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. : Steve Jobs

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   Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance                    are the secret of success in a good cause.                                                                        :Swami vivekananda                  

 http://www.swamivivekanandaquotes.org/2013/04/50-inspiring-and-motivational-quotes.html