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A short and concise ‘Manifesto for a Liberal Hindu’
Extremely eminent intellectual and one of the greatest thinkers of our times, Sagarika Ghose had written an article asking Liberal Hindus to write their own manifesto. As her suggestions, nay, commandments are binding upon the people of this nation, I have written a short and concise Liberal Hindu Manifesto. It will help all unwashed Hindus to be liberal and intellectual like Lady Sagarika. Someday, I hope to see this manifesto enshrined in our constitution as well:
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WE, THE LIBERAL HINDUS OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to release a liberal manifesto, as ordered by the patron saint of liberalism, Saint Sagarika, do hereby declare that,
We may, at home, observe the Puja secretly, but on social media, we will dismiss all Hindu rituals as ‘mumbo-jumbo’. At the same time, we will visit some Dargah and click selfies with the skull-cap and dupatta over our heads.
We will, tweet about our dogs getting sick of Diwali firecrackers. We will also outrage against the Yulin dog festival and post heart-rending pictures of dogs in cages. We will also outrage against Jallikattu and write substandard blogs about how cruel the sport it. However, we will not break our silence over Eid slaughter. We will also refer to Gaurakshaks derisively, because cows are not animals worthy to be saved, except when we are talking about Jallikattu.
We will use euphemisms like ‘thugs’ and ‘misguided youth’ or ‘rebels when it comes to Naxals or Jihadi terrorists in Kashmir or Bastar. But we will refer to alleged Gaurakshaks as ‘terrorists’ or ‘saffron terrorists’, always.
We solemnly swear that there is Buddhist terror in Myanmar, there is Jewish terror in Israel and there is Hindu terror in India. Other than that, terror has no religion anywhere in the world. Whenever there are jihadi attacks anywhere in the world, we will refer to them as ‘incidents’.
We will wax eloquence about how serene Azaan calls sound when the muezzin’s voice blares into our ears at five in the morning every day, 365 days a year, but we will complain about noise pollution when loudspeakers are used during Ganesh Chaturthi or Ambedkar Jayanti.
We will never give up on equating an isolated incident of violence against Muslims by so-called Gaurakshaks with mass murders of our security forces by Maoists and Jihadis.
We will go orgasmic over ‘sufi qwawwalis’ but dismiss bhajans, even by classical singers as ‘cheap pandering to public taste’.
We will remember to pay token obeisance to Kabir but will never try to understand the depths of his Ram Bhakti, because, as liberal Hindus, we believe that Ram was a part of ‘mythology’, therefore he did not exist. However, we will insist Ram existed only when we talk about feminism. Because, then we can accuse him of not being fair to Sita.
We will dismiss Karwa Chauth as ‘regressive’ and ‘patriarchal’ year after year, but we will support the Muslim woman’s ‘right to veil’. We will also not utter a word against Triple Talaq, even when Muslim women want it repealed.
We will only talk about ‘human rights’ of stone-pelters, murderers, terrorists, jehadis and rapists. We will talk about how a stone pelter ‘had nightmares’ because he was tied to a jeep and was released unharmed, but we will not outrage against our soldiers being slaughtered and their bodies mutilated.
We will, talk about how yoga, ayurveda, meditation are universal legacies and how they have nothing to do with Hindu dharma. But when the government wants to introduce Yoga into schools, we will protest against the ‘imposition of Hindu traditions’ on students.
We will do all the things mentioned above, because we are the liberal Hindus, secure in our hypocrisy and because we understand that to be labelled ‘secular’, we have to demonise the faith in which we are born at every possible point.
Signed,
The Liberal Hindus Of India
http://www.opindia.com/2017/04/a-short-and-concise-manifesto-for-a-liberal-hindu/
Extremely eminent intellectual and one of the greatest thinkers of our times, Sagarika Ghose had written an article asking Liberal Hindus to write their own manifesto. As her suggestions, nay, commandments are binding upon the people of this nation, I have written a short and concise Liberal Hindu Manifesto. It will help all unwashed Hindus to be liberal and intellectual like Lady Sagarika. Someday, I hope to see this manifesto enshrined in our constitution as well:
***
WE, THE LIBERAL HINDUS OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to release a liberal manifesto, as ordered by the patron saint of liberalism, Saint Sagarika, do hereby declare that,
We may, at home, observe the Puja secretly, but on social media, we will dismiss all Hindu rituals as ‘mumbo-jumbo’. At the same time, we will visit some Dargah and click selfies with the skull-cap and dupatta over our heads.
We will, tweet about our dogs getting sick of Diwali firecrackers. We will also outrage against the Yulin dog festival and post heart-rending pictures of dogs in cages. We will also outrage against Jallikattu and write substandard blogs about how cruel the sport it. However, we will not break our silence over Eid slaughter. We will also refer to Gaurakshaks derisively, because cows are not animals worthy to be saved, except when we are talking about Jallikattu.
We will use euphemisms like ‘thugs’ and ‘misguided youth’ or ‘rebels when it comes to Naxals or Jihadi terrorists in Kashmir or Bastar. But we will refer to alleged Gaurakshaks as ‘terrorists’ or ‘saffron terrorists’, always.
We solemnly swear that there is Buddhist terror in Myanmar, there is Jewish terror in Israel and there is Hindu terror in India. Other than that, terror has no religion anywhere in the world. Whenever there are jihadi attacks anywhere in the world, we will refer to them as ‘incidents’.
We will wax eloquence about how serene Azaan calls sound when the muezzin’s voice blares into our ears at five in the morning every day, 365 days a year, but we will complain about noise pollution when loudspeakers are used during Ganesh Chaturthi or Ambedkar Jayanti.
We will never give up on equating an isolated incident of violence against Muslims by so-called Gaurakshaks with mass murders of our security forces by Maoists and Jihadis.
We will go orgasmic over ‘sufi qwawwalis’ but dismiss bhajans, even by classical singers as ‘cheap pandering to public taste’.
We will remember to pay token obeisance to Kabir but will never try to understand the depths of his Ram Bhakti, because, as liberal Hindus, we believe that Ram was a part of ‘mythology’, therefore he did not exist. However, we will insist Ram existed only when we talk about feminism. Because, then we can accuse him of not being fair to Sita.
We will dismiss Karwa Chauth as ‘regressive’ and ‘patriarchal’ year after year, but we will support the Muslim woman’s ‘right to veil’. We will also not utter a word against Triple Talaq, even when Muslim women want it repealed.
We will only talk about ‘human rights’ of stone-pelters, murderers, terrorists, jehadis and rapists. We will talk about how a stone pelter ‘had nightmares’ because he was tied to a jeep and was released unharmed, but we will not outrage against our soldiers being slaughtered and their bodies mutilated.
We will, talk about how yoga, ayurveda, meditation are universal legacies and how they have nothing to do with Hindu dharma. But when the government wants to introduce Yoga into schools, we will protest against the ‘imposition of Hindu traditions’ on students.
We will do all the things mentioned above, because we are the liberal Hindus, secure in our hypocrisy and because we understand that to be labelled ‘secular’, we have to demonise the faith in which we are born at every possible point.
Signed,
The Liberal Hindus Of India
http://www.opindia.com/2017/04/a-short-and-concise-manifesto-for-a-liberal-hindu/
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As 4 More Congressmen Join BJP In Manipur, Himanta Biswa Sarma's Jab At Rahul Gandhi
All India | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Updated: April 28, 2017 19:47 IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma today welcomed four Congress legislators to BJP in Manipur.
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With a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, the BJP's north-east strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed to his party today four more Congress legislators in Manipur. The BJP formed a coalition government in the state under Chief Minister N Biren Singh last month; the Congress got the most seats in the assembly election but could not gather from other parties the support of three legislators that it needed for a majority.
Since election results were announced, six Congress legislators have joined the BJP, reducing the party's seats in the 60-member assembly to 22. The MLAs who have crossed over will have to resign from the assembly and say they are happy to contest by-elections as BJP candidates. Among those who joined today is former minister Ngamthang Haokip.
"Rahul Gandhi had convened a meeting just yesterday on strengthening the Congress in the north east. And today four Congress MLAs have joined the BJP," said a smiling Mr Sarma to much applause. "That means that Rahulji can make no further progress in the north east...the people have decided to make the north east Congress mukt (Congress free)," he added.
Himanta Biswa Sarma quit the Congress and joined the BJP less than two years ago, vowing to oust Congress governments in the north east. He blamed Rahul Gandhi for his leaving the party, alleging that Mr Gandhi had paid more attention to his pet than him when he went to meet the Congress vice-president in Delhi.
Since he quit, the 48-year-old, known for his organisational skills and political strategy, has delivered three states for the BJP, which so far had a limited presence in the north east. Mr Sarma is credited with the BJP's big Assam win last year and in Arunchal Pradesh, convinced over 40 Congress rebels in Arunachal Pardesh who had gone back to the party, to quit again only two months later and join a regional party to form a government backed by the BJP.
In Manipur, the BJP went from zero to 21 seats in this year's election, and Mr Sarma was ready with support letters from allies for the party to form government. The Congress now has only one seat more in the assembly than the BJP, which said today that more Congress legislators will join it soon.
"Tripura next and then Meghalaya," vowed Mr Biswa today. Meghalaya has a Congress government and Tripura is ruled by the Left.
Later in the evening, Trinamool Congress's lone MLA in Manipur, T Robindro Singh, also joined the BJP.
Nagaland's ruling party, the Nagaland People's Front, is part of the BJP-led national coalition NDA.
All India | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Updated: April 28, 2017 19:47 IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma today welcomed four Congress legislators to BJP in Manipur.
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- Rahul Gandhi can make no further progress in the north east, he said
- Mr Sarma is credited for delivering three north east states for the BJP
- 'Tripura next and then Meghalaya,' he vowed today
With a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, the BJP's north-east strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed to his party today four more Congress legislators in Manipur. The BJP formed a coalition government in the state under Chief Minister N Biren Singh last month; the Congress got the most seats in the assembly election but could not gather from other parties the support of three legislators that it needed for a majority.
Since election results were announced, six Congress legislators have joined the BJP, reducing the party's seats in the 60-member assembly to 22. The MLAs who have crossed over will have to resign from the assembly and say they are happy to contest by-elections as BJP candidates. Among those who joined today is former minister Ngamthang Haokip.
"Rahul Gandhi had convened a meeting just yesterday on strengthening the Congress in the north east. And today four Congress MLAs have joined the BJP," said a smiling Mr Sarma to much applause. "That means that Rahulji can make no further progress in the north east...the people have decided to make the north east Congress mukt (Congress free)," he added.
Himanta Biswa Sarma quit the Congress and joined the BJP less than two years ago, vowing to oust Congress governments in the north east. He blamed Rahul Gandhi for his leaving the party, alleging that Mr Gandhi had paid more attention to his pet than him when he went to meet the Congress vice-president in Delhi.
Since he quit, the 48-year-old, known for his organisational skills and political strategy, has delivered three states for the BJP, which so far had a limited presence in the north east. Mr Sarma is credited with the BJP's big Assam win last year and in Arunchal Pradesh, convinced over 40 Congress rebels in Arunachal Pardesh who had gone back to the party, to quit again only two months later and join a regional party to form a government backed by the BJP.
In Manipur, the BJP went from zero to 21 seats in this year's election, and Mr Sarma was ready with support letters from allies for the party to form government. The Congress now has only one seat more in the assembly than the BJP, which said today that more Congress legislators will join it soon.
"Tripura next and then Meghalaya," vowed Mr Biswa today. Meghalaya has a Congress government and Tripura is ruled by the Left.
Later in the evening, Trinamool Congress's lone MLA in Manipur, T Robindro Singh, also joined the BJP.
Nagaland's ruling party, the Nagaland People's Front, is part of the BJP-led national coalition NDA.
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Change in tactic...you'll hear more & more flattering words about Modi & his associates, from AAP! It's a rude awakening for Kejri & his cronies...his anti-Modi rhetoric has backfired badly! Now he wants to reverse the trend by being on the other side! Not going to work though... Yeh public hai, sub jaanti hai!AAP Praises Yogi Adityanath, Echoes Holiday Ban Order In Delhi
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Mission 400: BJP Sets Target For Next Lok Sabha Polls
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mission-400-bjp-sets-target-for-next-lok-sabha-polls-1687325
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mission-400-bjp-sets-target-for-next-lok-sabha-polls-1687325
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Good it gives a buffer of 100+....which is needed. But BJP should also carefully check it doesn't overextend.
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Last time target was 300 they got 282 which was good. If they target 400 then only we will see 350+ seats
New States to target
Bengal - Jihadi didi's antics make the state easy for targetting
All North East States - Hemant Biswa Sarma can help.
AP - Good alliance with Naidu is going to help here. Need more BJP MPs along with TDP ones
Telangana - Naidu can influence here also. BJP has to target atleat 8-10 MPs from here
Karnataka - Siddharamaih is going down and yedurrappa needs to be pushed to get the MPs
Odhisha - 15 year anti incumbency for Naveen Patnaik
Kerala and Tamil Nadu will be difficult as no base for BJP here but we can still target 2-3 seats from these states
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