On Twitter one comes across many gems. I came across one such gem by some anti-AAP chest beater who tweeted - "Vivekananda only belongs to us right wings, and not AAP which is full of communist and atheists."
Far-right Hindu politicians have been using the name of Vivekananda without really understanding his message or the scientific and practical approach he took towards life. The common man in India too does not know in much detail who Vivekananda is or what his philosophies were or why he took the approach he took - over all, the knowledge about Vivekananda is rudimentary and of popular level - for instance - "greatest Hindu Scholar", "representative of Hinduism in the West" etc etc. But forget the common man, even politicians are ill-informed and use his name in giving silly analogies - take for instance - Nitin Gadkari who said that Dawoods IQ and Vivekananda IQ is the same but while Vivekanada used it for nation building, Dawood used it to excel in the crime world. Clearly, Gadkari does not know the definition of IQ - he was just being a sophist here.
I responded back to this tweet arguing that Bhagat Singh was an atheist and Vivekananda ate beef and with links to references, and I got a reply back - "not impressed AAP folks" "Read some trashy tweet about Vivekananda". Why Bhagat Singh, our constitution was made by an atheist Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar - are these idiots going to give-up the constitution now? So while these far right Hindutva proponents will paste posters of Bhagat Singh, and while Mayawati will paste posters of Ambedkar they will not know what their beliefs were and how these great personalities approached life. The Dalit's will be made to believe that Buddhism is a religion - completely killing its essence.
Today's politicians get away with their tripe because they know that people are less informed, rarely scrutinize history or their beliefs and can be easily manipulated. Manipulation is also what the Britishers did and which the Indians owing to their beliefs fell for. British officer Lansdowne used "Cow slaughter" as an object to keep the Hindus and Muslims divided so that they could not collectively fight against the British regime. If the Hindus and Muslims had united, Britishers would not have lasted for 150 years in India. Langsedown used a strategy of cutting a cow and putting it in front of temples, and then cutting a pig and putting it in front of a Mosque. He then propagated that this was done by the Other group (watch this video). The present politicians and anti-social elements are no less than Britishers - either they are themselves deluded by the various myths or indulge in this politics of caste and religion knowingly. Either way they are keeping us Indians divided so that they can rule by misidentifying and misusing our beliefs. The cows and pigs have been replaced by bomb blasts today.
I would simply ask the common man to cut down his dose of bollywood and cricket and start reading history and challenge old beliefs. This is a tough thing to do because as soon as old beliefs are challenged it causes dissonance and there arises a need to identify with some group or the other. But do not worry, consider this as a research and work on it independently and you'll see an interesting perspective emerge. You cannot trust or depend on the news media or any other popular media for this - they are all victims themselves. You'll soon notice how politicians never offer scientific arguments and use rhetoric's and our beliefs to make a point - unless you don't challenge yourselves in this direction, you'll be enslaved.
As an Aam Aadmi or common man we must identify the common man in others. We have to see and identify with the 9 to 5 working man who pays his taxes, loves his family, and earns an honest bread and not the religion or faith the common man holds. I don't believe there would be a 9 to 5 working Muslim, who pays his taxes and earns an honest bread who would be a threat to any Hindu, and I don't believe that a 9 to 5 working Hindu who pays his taxes and earns an honest bread is a threat to Muslims - same applies to any other religion or group. These are perceived and created threats - we must realize this and ignore it and work towards a collective goal of developing our country for all groups. I think we will do our self and this country a great favor if we can have this outlook and speak up now. The lives of politicians and their goals are different. They are selfish and with little regard and respect for the common man. Their work and decisions has nothing to do with the benefit of common man - they have sycophants and jobless misguided and ill-informed goons who assist them with their ill-objectives and work for their vote bank politics. Why should a common man suffer for that? Don't let these politicians do what the Britishers did to India - the common man in us has to come together now.
Far-right Hindu politicians have been using the name of Vivekananda without really understanding his message or the scientific and practical approach he took towards life. The common man in India too does not know in much detail who Vivekananda is or what his philosophies were or why he took the approach he took - over all, the knowledge about Vivekananda is rudimentary and of popular level - for instance - "greatest Hindu Scholar", "representative of Hinduism in the West" etc etc. But forget the common man, even politicians are ill-informed and use his name in giving silly analogies - take for instance - Nitin Gadkari who said that Dawoods IQ and Vivekananda IQ is the same but while Vivekanada used it for nation building, Dawood used it to excel in the crime world. Clearly, Gadkari does not know the definition of IQ - he was just being a sophist here.
I responded back to this tweet arguing that Bhagat Singh was an atheist and Vivekananda ate beef and with links to references, and I got a reply back - "not impressed AAP folks" "Read some trashy tweet about Vivekananda". Why Bhagat Singh, our constitution was made by an atheist Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar - are these idiots going to give-up the constitution now? So while these far right Hindutva proponents will paste posters of Bhagat Singh, and while Mayawati will paste posters of Ambedkar they will not know what their beliefs were and how these great personalities approached life. The Dalit's will be made to believe that Buddhism is a religion - completely killing its essence.
Today's politicians get away with their tripe because they know that people are less informed, rarely scrutinize history or their beliefs and can be easily manipulated. Manipulation is also what the Britishers did and which the Indians owing to their beliefs fell for. British officer Lansdowne used "Cow slaughter" as an object to keep the Hindus and Muslims divided so that they could not collectively fight against the British regime. If the Hindus and Muslims had united, Britishers would not have lasted for 150 years in India. Langsedown used a strategy of cutting a cow and putting it in front of temples, and then cutting a pig and putting it in front of a Mosque. He then propagated that this was done by the Other group (watch this video). The present politicians and anti-social elements are no less than Britishers - either they are themselves deluded by the various myths or indulge in this politics of caste and religion knowingly. Either way they are keeping us Indians divided so that they can rule by misidentifying and misusing our beliefs. The cows and pigs have been replaced by bomb blasts today.
I would simply ask the common man to cut down his dose of bollywood and cricket and start reading history and challenge old beliefs. This is a tough thing to do because as soon as old beliefs are challenged it causes dissonance and there arises a need to identify with some group or the other. But do not worry, consider this as a research and work on it independently and you'll see an interesting perspective emerge. You cannot trust or depend on the news media or any other popular media for this - they are all victims themselves. You'll soon notice how politicians never offer scientific arguments and use rhetoric's and our beliefs to make a point - unless you don't challenge yourselves in this direction, you'll be enslaved.
As an Aam Aadmi or common man we must identify the common man in others. We have to see and identify with the 9 to 5 working man who pays his taxes, loves his family, and earns an honest bread and not the religion or faith the common man holds. I don't believe there would be a 9 to 5 working Muslim, who pays his taxes and earns an honest bread who would be a threat to any Hindu, and I don't believe that a 9 to 5 working Hindu who pays his taxes and earns an honest bread is a threat to Muslims - same applies to any other religion or group. These are perceived and created threats - we must realize this and ignore it and work towards a collective goal of developing our country for all groups. I think we will do our self and this country a great favor if we can have this outlook and speak up now. The lives of politicians and their goals are different. They are selfish and with little regard and respect for the common man. Their work and decisions has nothing to do with the benefit of common man - they have sycophants and jobless misguided and ill-informed goons who assist them with their ill-objectives and work for their vote bank politics. Why should a common man suffer for that? Don't let these politicians do what the Britishers did to India - the common man in us has to come together now.
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