The Obnoxious Sar Tan Se Juda Syndrome Has Engulfed Hindus As Well
By
Sumit Paul, New Age Islam
6 September
2023
Paramhans
Acharya, a seer from Ayodhya, released a video that showed him holding a poster
of Udhayanidhi in one hand and a sword in the other, and staging the symbolic
beheading of the DMK minister. He was also seen setting the poster on fire. The
seer announced a reward of Rs 10 crore for anyone who beheads the DMK leader.
Paramhans Acharya announced a reward of ₹10 crore for beheading the DMK
leader over his remarks against 'Sanatan Dharma.(X)
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This
immature DMK minister wants to 'eradicate Sanatan Dharm.'But why are Hindus
behaving like the savage Muslims who scream from the rooftops to give crores of
rupees to the Ghazis and Momins who'll behead the blasphemers? Sad to say, that
obnoxious 'Sar Tan Se Juda' Syndrome has engulfed Hindus as well.
Following
the current political dispensation's overwhelming victory in 2014, an editorial
in a leading US newspaper stated that, 'When blatantly religious outfits become
powerful political powers, they religiously envenom all.' This is happening in
India.
Now all
political parties and even ordinary people are parroting religious rhetoric.
Stalin Jr. may have said something objectionable. But why did he say this in
the first place? He mentioned the ills of Hinduism and that cannot be
airbrushed.
Can you
deny Sati Pratha, Casteism, Brahminical Hegemony, Elimination of a girl child,
among others? Quite a few practices are still prevalent in Hinduism. Has
Hinduism become free of casteism? Shouldn't all this be eradicated? The foolish
man may not have meant throwing the baby out with the bathwater. What he meant
was elimination of certain regressive practices and purging Hinduism of its
inherent ills.
The
unprecedented rain deficit may soon snowball into innumerable existential
issues but the foolish and most fanatic people of this country are still
arguing over who insulted whose god and faith. We're worse than Banana
Republics. Religion has become a favourite pastime for unemployed, unemployable
and indolent lotus eaters.
When
Muslims were baying for Salman Rushdie's blood for writing The Satanic
Verses, a British columnist, Ted Wolport, wrote in The London Times, "One
book has the power to mobilize scores of religious morons across the world.
Here lies the brainless impact not just of Islam but of all stupid and
prehistoric faiths." Sadly, the same can be said of the overwhelming
majority of zealots in India.
Stalin's
equating Hinduism with mosquitoes and Dengue is a prime time issue on TV
channels. But hardly any debate revolves around young students committing
suicide in Kota's coaching factories. The reason is obvious, Suicides will not
help garner TRPs for these channels.
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A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul
is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He
has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several
languages including Persian.
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