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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 92301" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>rajkhalsa ji</p><p></p><p>As noted: </p><p></p><p></p><p><em><strong>"Hindutva</strong> (Devanagari: हिन्दुत्व, "Hinduness", a word coined by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar" target="_blank">Vinayak DamodarSavarkar</a> in his 1923 pamphlet entitled </em><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva:_Who_is_a_Hindu%3F" target="_blank">Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?</a> ) is the term used to describe movements advocating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" target="_blank">Hindu nationalism</a>.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em>In India, an umbrella organization called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangh_Parivar" target="_blank">Sangh Parivar</a> champions the concept of Hindutva. The sangh comprises organizations such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" target="_blank">RSS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" target="_blank">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajrang_Dal" target="_blank">Bajrang Dal</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa_Hindu_Parishad" target="_blank">Vishwa Hindu Parishad</a>.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em>This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology" target="_blank">ideology</a> has existed since the early 20th century, forged by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar" target="_blank">Veer Savarkar</a>, but came to prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_India" target="_blank">Indian politics</a> in the late 1980s, when two events attracted a large number of mainstream Hindus to the movement. The first of these events was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" target="_blank">Rajiv Gandhi</a> government's use of its large Parliamentary Majority to overturn a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" target="_blank">Supreme Court</a> verdict granting alimony to an old woman that had angered many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" target="_blank">Muslims</a> (see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Bano_case" target="_blank">Shah Bano case</a>). The second was the dispute over the 16th century <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_era" target="_blank">Mughal</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babri_Mosque" target="_blank">Babri Mosque</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya" target="_blank">Ayodhya</a> — built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur" target="_blank">Babur</a> after his first major victory in India. The Supreme Court of India refused to take up the case in the early 1990s, leading to a huge outcry. Tempers soon flared, and a huge number of nationalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindus" target="_blank">Hindus</a> from all parts of India razed the mosque in late 1992, causing nationwide communal riots. The razing of the mosque and subsequent conflict arguably lifted the BJP and Hindutva to international prominence."</em> </p><p> </p><p>Thus Hindutva is not older than 105 years making it younger than Hinduism, if of course we accept your assessment, by 45 years. Consequently Hindutva cannot describe the essence of Hinduism because it is not old enough -- 45 years too young. </p><p></p><p>And that minor mathematical discrepancy matters only if one accepted the argument that Hindutva describes the <strong>essence of the Hindu.</strong> This idea that Hindutva describes the essence of the Hindu was a concoction of Sri Veer Sarvakar -- who invented Hindutva in the first place. So of course he is going to make loud political claims that his brainchild defines what it is to be Hindu. His brainchild, Hindutva, gave rise to Indian nationalism -- which to many Sikhs is a form of Indian fascism.</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Sarvakar includes all <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmic_religions" target="_blank">Dharmic religions</a> in the term "Hindusim" and outlines his vision of a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Rashtra" target="_blank">Hindu Rashtra</a>" (</em><em>Hindu Nation) as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhand_Bharat" target="_blank">Akhand Bharat</a>" (</em><em>United India), stretching across the entire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" target="_blank">Indian subcontinent</a>." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva:_Who_is_a_Hindu%3F" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva:_Who_is_a_Hindu?</a></em></p><p></p><p>So Sarvakar is saying that Sikhs are Hindus too? Here we go....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 92301, member: 35"] rajkhalsa ji As noted: [I][B]"Hindutva[/B] (Devanagari: हिन्दुत्व, "Hinduness", a word coined by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar"]Vinayak DamodarSavarkar[/url] in his 1923 pamphlet entitled [/I][I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva:_Who_is_a_Hindu%3F"]Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?[/URL] ) is the term used to describe movements advocating [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_nationalism"]Hindu nationalism[/url]. In India, an umbrella organization called the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangh_Parivar"]Sangh Parivar[/url] champions the concept of Hindutva. The sangh comprises organizations such as the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh"]RSS[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party"]Bharatiya Janata Party[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajrang_Dal"]Bajrang Dal[/url], and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa_Hindu_Parishad"]Vishwa Hindu Parishad[/url]. This [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology"]ideology[/url] has existed since the early 20th century, forged by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar"]Veer Savarkar[/url], but came to prominence in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_India"]Indian politics[/url] in the late 1980s, when two events attracted a large number of mainstream Hindus to the movement. The first of these events was the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi"]Rajiv Gandhi[/url] government's use of its large Parliamentary Majority to overturn a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India"]Supreme Court[/url] verdict granting alimony to an old woman that had angered many [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim"]Muslims[/url] (see the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Bano_case"]Shah Bano case[/url]). The second was the dispute over the 16th century [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_era"]Mughal[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babri_Mosque"]Babri Mosque[/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayodhya"]Ayodhya[/url] — built by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babur"]Babur[/url] after his first major victory in India. The Supreme Court of India refused to take up the case in the early 1990s, leading to a huge outcry. Tempers soon flared, and a huge number of nationalist [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindus"]Hindus[/url] from all parts of India razed the mosque in late 1992, causing nationwide communal riots. The razing of the mosque and subsequent conflict arguably lifted the BJP and Hindutva to international prominence."[/I] Thus Hindutva is not older than 105 years making it younger than Hinduism, if of course we accept your assessment, by 45 years. Consequently Hindutva cannot describe the essence of Hinduism because it is not old enough -- 45 years too young. And that minor mathematical discrepancy matters only if one accepted the argument that Hindutva describes the [B]essence of the Hindu.[/B] This idea that Hindutva describes the essence of the Hindu was a concoction of Sri Veer Sarvakar -- who invented Hindutva in the first place. So of course he is going to make loud political claims that his brainchild defines what it is to be Hindu. His brainchild, Hindutva, gave rise to Indian nationalism -- which to many Sikhs is a form of Indian fascism. [I] "Sarvakar includes all [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmic_religions"]Dharmic religions[/url] in the term "Hindusim" and outlines his vision of a "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Rashtra"]Hindu Rashtra[/url]" ([/I][I]Hindu Nation) as "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhand_Bharat"]Akhand Bharat[/url]" ([/I][I]United India), stretching across the entire [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent"]Indian subcontinent[/url]." [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva:_Who_is_a_Hindu%3F[/URL][/I] So Sarvakar is saying that Sikhs are Hindus too? Here we go.... [/QUOTE]
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