"World knows that India is one among the beautiful countries of the world.
And, The beauty of Our India lies in its diversity which ranges from
Geographical to Ecological , Social , Cultural, linguistic and many more. And,
most importantly, Acceptance of this Diversity by Indians is the Jewel of its
Beauty.
But the slogan of Nationalism erupted during freedom struggle has
questioned the beauty of India and imposed a continues threat for not only its
beauty but also its unity and integrity. This very nationalism had been
resulted in Communal Nationalism - Hindu Nationalism and Muslim Nationalism.
And, These two major Nationalism had led to Inhuman bloody partition of
India where millions had lost their near and dears.
And even today, No doubt that being in majority, Hindus always try to
impose their own ways and means over others. And, this kind of act and mental
construct is disastrous for the unity & integrity of our India.
Threats for our unity and integrity are many more but the major one are
Forceful imposition of Language, Religious Scripture, Religious Conversion,
Regional Personalities, Hate Speech and Culture of Ban etc.
As for language is concern, India has hundreds of languages and many
scripts in its different parts. And, every language has its own poetry, saying,
stories, scripture etc. Their people are communicating in that very language
since their birth. So, they have a very close and special love, affection and
bondage with that language for example Marathi people likes marthi, Tamilian
like Tamil, Karnatka like Kannad, Kerala for Malyalam, Northern India like
Hindi, North Eastern Indians like their respective language such as Garo, Khasi
, Manipuri etc.
And, These should also be there. But, To love our own Mother Tongue does
not mean to impose it over others which has been tried since freedom struggle
period to even till date. We welcome the Promotion of language by means of
establishing institutions and by other posivitve and constitutional ways and
means but not by forceful imposition. And also, India has rejected one language
theory for whole of India and its different states and awarded and respected their regional language and its identity- which is very much visible from the Creation of states on the basis of
language like Andhra, Tamil, Panjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra etc. But
unfortunately, it has been a tradition in India since Freedom Struggle to
impose Hindi to all over the India. This kind of implosion will only
disintegrate us rather than unite us.
In similar way, majority of Hindus are also trying to insert their
religious scripture in main stream education system as a compulsory subject for
example Gita. In our mind questions erupts.......Why only Gita, Why NOT Quran,
Bible and scriptures of Jainism and Buddhism and others also ? And, What kind of purpose are going to be served ? Is
there any need for such books in our basic education ?
And, most importantly, India is a secular country. Then, How State can
impose any religious scriptures over others ? State can only provide an avenue
to read all these but can not compel the kids to read them against their own
will.
We think, Religion and Religious Books must be kept away from our
Educational System. And, What kind of Religious book should read and what not
.... it must be decided by the kids and their parents and individuals NOT by
the communal forces or by religious corporations or by State ? And, if any compulsion is
going on in any state then it is fully unconstitutional, undemocratic, null
& void. And, if this unconstitutional act and mental construct of Hindu
Nationalism or Hindu Rashtra or any such other evil will remain in action then it
will lead to only the destruction of unity and integrity of India.
As for as Religion and conversion in India are concern, Religious freedom
is the basis structure of our constitution. One can follow any religion what he
thinks fit for him. No one can compel them to follow a particular religion. One
has Right to Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and
propagation of religion. But this does mean that He has right to convert the
others. Conversion must be on the free will of that person who want to convert.
But unfortunately in India , Religious conversion by Hindus, for example
Ghar Vapsi, is rampant but not on the basis of free will rather than by other
such ways and means which are Unconstitutional and Undemocratic. And, this will
only divide us rather than uniting us.
This concept of Hindu Nationalism or any other kind of Nationalism, expect
Indian, Democratic and Constitutional Nationalism, will only harm the India in
all possible ways and means. And, if Hindus, shamelessly, will tried to impose their way over India then NO one can stop the fragmentation of India.
And, This time fragmentation, by the same very evil of Narrow Nationalism, will be at least more than 35 in number.
And as for as regional personalities are concern, No personality like
Shivaji, Rana Pratap, Akbar The Great, Laxmi Bai etc can be a Pan India
personality. All these are regional leader who have fought for their own need
and aspiration NOT for common welfare of common man of whole India. No
Religious Aspect or Regional Personality have such a potential be an Pan India
Personality expect Social Reformers like Dr. Ambedkar, Mahatma Phule, Ram Mohan
Roy, Ishwarchandra Vidhyasagar, Periyar, Narayana Guru, Guru Ghashidas, Nanak,
Kabir, Mahatma Saint Raidas, Mahatma Kashi Ram ect.
And, Yes keeping the emotion, sentiment of people in view one should not
unnecessarily criticise the regional personalities and religions. But at the
same time, regional people must also know that they must not work against the
Research Work and freedom of Speech & expression of others for example
Marathi people have adversely objected when one scholar researched that Shivaji
was NOT the biological child of Shahji Bhosle. Secondly, The Hindus : An
Alternative History by Wendy Doniger, is a wonderful book has been banned in
India just because of some fickle minded Hindus felt their sentiment got hurt.
Thirdly, India's Daughter an Sociological and Educational work by Leslee Udwin
has been banned by a local court in India. Fourthly, Ban on books like One Part
Woman written by Perumal Murugan and many more. All these bans must not be
there. Because, all these are work of Scholars with research & facts.
And, India, being a country Ruled by Law, must favour the Facts over Sentiments
of Narrow minded people of its soil.
Now a days, Indian Executives, Legislature and respective State Executives
and State Legislators have also acted unreasonably for example arrest of two
girls because of facebook post in Maharashtra, a boy way arrested in UP because of facebook post, Priya Pillai was
stopped at airport etc, are religiously performed by executives which are unconstitutional.
Our Executive and Leadership must be free from narrow mindedness during the process of decision making, Opposition and Protest.
And, most importantly, our judiciary which has pronounced many landmark and
revolutionary judgements, kept silence on the issue of unconstitutional bans.
In most of the time they use to show that they they are very active. And, only
judges are working and free from all kind of evils whereas rest are passive and
corrupt. But, when we look into Hate Speech, Religious Conversion, Riots, Ban
Politics, Unreasonable arrest etc Judiciary keep following the procedure of
hierarchy. Whereas they have the power of sou motu. And, if Supreme Court has taken
the all above kind of cases as sou-motu basis then we think ..... No such huge
arrest and ban politics takes its birth. But unfortunately Ban, Sentiment Hurt etc have become the culture of India.
And, Each and every Indian along with Government, leadership and other
governance organs of India must know that India is a country of Diversity. Here
can NOT be One Language, One Religion, One Way and Walk of Life, One Thought,
One Sentiment for whole of India. Diversity means diversity in Geography,
Language, Religion, Sect, Traditions and Customs, Thought, Conscience, Ideas,
Life Style etc. India can NOT be one Nation in any case. India is One State
with multiple notions and Nations. And, all Indians must accept it. Here only
few things are common all over the India. And, These are The Holy Constitution
of India, English Language, Single Indian Citizenship and Feeling of Being
Indian. And, Holy Constitution of India, Tolerance, acceptance of Diversity and
English Language are the uniting tools of India. And, We all should live with
these tools only.
And, if any organization or any group which may be majority or minority
ever will try to unite India on the basis of One Nation Theory then This will
only Disintegrate the Unity and Integrity of India."
Rajani Kant Indra
Faculty of Law, Lucknow University, Lucknow
April 01, 2015
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