Hindus Hindutva and Politics
2009 election results are out almost 45 days back and it is amply clear that it is the most stable government after 1996 as largest party has crossed the psychological barrier of 200 seats.BJP is defeated for second time in row and analysts have pounced on it saying it is high time to dump HINDUTVA and be a moderate party.

In a nation of 80% Hindus and third most followed religion (??) in the world can it be really dumped.The situation has risen because we Hindus have stopped asserting it and have wrongly equated it only with Shiv Sena,Bajrang Dal or even BJP.Hindutva or Hinduism is a way of life as honorable Supereme court has ruled in one of it's proceedings.The confusion is basically out of ambiguity between SECULAR and Equal Respect for all Religions.Secularism is seperation of religion from politics and it came from West because kings wanted to overthrow the papal authority.But India always have had kings who bowed before holy men and showed equal respect for all religions.

Hindutva is something which encompasses every aspect of life be it politics,education,economics,spirituality.Today when battlelines are being drawn in our neighbourhood it is Hindutva's VASUDAIV KUTAMBAKAM (whole earth is a family)philosophy which can save the world.When the earth is warming up beacause of our haphazard model of development it is Hindutva's holistic view which says SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINAH, SARVE BHAVANTU NIRAMAYAH....(let everybody be happy and healthy)can guide mankind.Communism has died 20 years back and capitalism has had it's Pearl Harbour it is Hindutva which can give the world a new view of development.

So instead of dumping BJP should take Hindutva in much more rigor and also make the country realise what it stands for.Swami Vivekananda said that if the word HINDU has lost it's sheen it is beacuse of us so let us strive and make it so glorious that the word HINDU will be the best word conceived in any language.