PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2007 ID-3112
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14-8-03.
All India Students Association (AISA) .
Commuanl 'Tandav' is the Saffron Tradition ! .
On 15 August, Narendra Modi plans a host ofHindu Karmakands, culnUnating in a 'Shlv Tandav Nritya' in Gujarat --in triumphant .
.
assertation that, in Gujarat at least, the 'Hindu Rashtra' is here. No doubt, this 'Independence Day Tandav' is meant to remind us ofthe .
.
RSS-BJP's Tandav ofcommunal devastation that consumed the lives ofthousands ofinnocents last year. .
.
For the RSS-BJP-ABVP, 'nationalism' only means communalism and fascism. We would like to ask the ABVP .
--Whynotbe like the"'Hero Modi, and hoist the "Bhagwa Dhwaj" (Saffron Flag) instead ofthe tricolour on15th August? Is itnot true .
.
-thatthe RSS refused to accept the tricolour as the national flag ? .
--ThatRSS' Guru Golwalkar, in 1949, gave an undertaking to be loyal to the Constitution oflndia, and respect the national flag, only .
.
to get the government to lift the ban on the RSS ? .. .
.
~1'hat, despite this, Golwalkar wrote In 1966 (Bunch of Thoughts), that adopting the tricolour Instead of the Bhagwa .
-Can the ABVP deny that, till 2years back, Itwas the RSS practice to hoistthe Bhagwa Dhwa), not the tricolour on 15 Aug.? 1 .
Dhwajwas a case of"drifting and Imitating" and reflection of "utter void, utter vaccum In our minds"! .
A BriefOverview ofRSS 'Nationalism' .
To the average Indian, British rule symbolised colonial plunder and repression. From 1857 to 1947, the moving spirit ofpatriotism was .
the determined urge to overthrow the imperialist British rule. But wha,t did the RSS think of anti-Imperialist nationalism? .
Golwalkar, in 'Bunch ofThoughts', commented that equatingpatriotism, nationalism, and freedom movement with anti-British .
movements was a "reactionary view (that) bas bad disastrous effects upon the entire course ofthe freedom movement". .
.
Ofcourse, anti-imperialist, secular nationalism does have a ..disastrous" effect on communal Hindu Rashtra ! .
In 1942, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was arrested at a protest in Batcshwar, and, in order to secure his release, stated in writing, that he was .
When the freedom .
elya bystander, not a participant and disclosed the names ofthose who had led the protest to the police. .
.
, .
fightenweredefying British lawsand going to thejails, theHomeDepartment issued the following good conduct .
In 1942 Itself. what did the British have to say about the RSS ? .
certificate to the RSS: " ....The Sangh has, as a general rule, taken care to keep on the right side ofthe law and .
.,.. · .clata with the authority". The ONLY exception to the passivity, according to the same report, was .
Thus, obeying the British colonial laws and attacking minorities--was the essence ofSanghi"nationalism"..
; ..
&· ··IU·il·.iii.
~-~tbeirighly communal nature orthe organisation," due to which " Its members involved in communal riots". .
The same continues today : now the RSS-BJP bow down to imperialist economic policy imposed by the IMF-WB-WTO. They are .
too eager to surrender before Bush and Blair, and, according to a US defence report it is seriously considering ways to allow the US .
to establish military and naval basis ln Indiansoil and oceans rIt sells out India's freedom and sovereignty, and assaults our secular and .
democratic fabric. And, in order to mask such betrayals, it attempts to cash in on and communalise peoples' genuine nationalist urge! .
.
What Is the Real Test ofNationalism? .
IDdia, today, like most former colonies, faces an onslaught ofneo-colonial economic policies, which are starving and pauperising its .
ftl!lfmles aod mortgaging its resounes to foreign MNC's. In our nation, can anyone who fails to resist this onslaupt, and defend -... ' lndla'asoverelpty,deserve tobecalled nationalist? TheBJP, u well as most ruling class parties who welcome rather than resistneo-.
colonial eccmomic polocies, are, by this defmition, anti-national. .
A fe.w days ago, the Indian Expreu carried a alossy arti(:le titled "Freedom From Shortaae" .The article claimed that liberaliation bad usbcred in .
etc....'l'bia lrticla,.~insthe mind.aet ofthe BJP, Congress andthe other ruling parties, is acrueljokeon 'nationalism~andJefelca total .
"'ecowld fie~llom lb'Uagle", iD which Indian consumers were being "freed tiom the shortage" of scooten, can, bikes, mobile phoaes .
-seiattiriiY..Jtmekes no mention that liberalizaton ia killing poor Indians for "shortage" ofjobs, food and water! .
.
crutches, in tattered clothing, strugg~gt() his fee_t to sta~~htattention .
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m-pourmg xam u the adoilalanthem plays on the radio. Some-wmaU boot-poliab boysieelilni.and followbis exmple. Avoice says-.
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Respect for the national anthem, respect for the nation... II .;'atlonaJism only about "respeet" ror symbols? Shouldn't every .
~:.J.'ndlaa uk-"Why, alter 56 yean liace 1947, aretlaoasaada l1ke the old man Ia the ad-ftlm deprived ofdothfnaand .
..........,WhvareDaDchDdraforced to work, IDitead of'.beiD&Iree to.atudy?" .
aDdf!nr· ~erthe pn~entmlinW)i'loflnclia -beitthe BJP orCongnu-with its set ofpro-imperialist .
.
· ·~ .· .
,~,..IJUIIa wu0111 Ia.....the 90% majority oftoWaa mase1 would have a real share Ia the .
;cu,t.h~ 'fiiJo olfCt!ti~-,~~againaelHQa oatdleardl,enclence ofthe country. Trulywe needto infUse BhaptSinah'sspirit .
~_....,.,--'ant¥:1iidillteiOUI'Oa. 11wellu toleCIDariahtfbllhale iD.power_for India's poor ......._ui ~fad'dlatthlll'lllltoceto the bii~9Delauptcaabeonly .
dtothiatuk.
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.;j;.·.· ..~~---..,_ .
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Sdi·IDarAJI'in\ttJ. Gem. Sec..AISA. J .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2007 ID-3112
.
-.
.
r-.
.
14-8-03.
All India Students Association (AISA) .
Commuanl 'Tandav' is the Saffron Tradition ! .
On 15 August, Narendra Modi plans a host ofHindu Karmakands, culnUnating in a 'Shlv Tandav Nritya' in Gujarat --in triumphant .
.
assertation that, in Gujarat at least, the 'Hindu Rashtra' is here. No doubt, this 'Independence Day Tandav' is meant to remind us ofthe .
.
RSS-BJP's Tandav ofcommunal devastation that consumed the lives ofthousands ofinnocents last year. .
.
For the RSS-BJP-ABVP, 'nationalism' only means communalism and fascism. We would like to ask the ABVP .
--Whynotbe like the"'Hero Modi, and hoist the "Bhagwa Dhwaj" (Saffron Flag) instead ofthe tricolour on15th August? Is itnot true .
.
-thatthe RSS refused to accept the tricolour as the national flag ? .
--ThatRSS' Guru Golwalkar, in 1949, gave an undertaking to be loyal to the Constitution oflndia, and respect the national flag, only .
.
to get the government to lift the ban on the RSS ? .. .
.
~1'hat, despite this, Golwalkar wrote In 1966 (Bunch of Thoughts), that adopting the tricolour Instead of the Bhagwa .
-Can the ABVP deny that, till 2years back, Itwas the RSS practice to hoistthe Bhagwa Dhwa), not the tricolour on 15 Aug.? 1 .
Dhwajwas a case of"drifting and Imitating" and reflection of "utter void, utter vaccum In our minds"! .
A BriefOverview ofRSS 'Nationalism' .
To the average Indian, British rule symbolised colonial plunder and repression. From 1857 to 1947, the moving spirit ofpatriotism was .
the determined urge to overthrow the imperialist British rule. But wha,t did the RSS think of anti-Imperialist nationalism? .
Golwalkar, in 'Bunch ofThoughts', commented that equatingpatriotism, nationalism, and freedom movement with anti-British .
movements was a "reactionary view (that) bas bad disastrous effects upon the entire course ofthe freedom movement". .
.
Ofcourse, anti-imperialist, secular nationalism does have a ..disastrous" effect on communal Hindu Rashtra ! .
In 1942, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was arrested at a protest in Batcshwar, and, in order to secure his release, stated in writing, that he was .
When the freedom .
elya bystander, not a participant and disclosed the names ofthose who had led the protest to the police. .
.
, .
fightenweredefying British lawsand going to thejails, theHomeDepartment issued the following good conduct .
In 1942 Itself. what did the British have to say about the RSS ? .
certificate to the RSS: " ....The Sangh has, as a general rule, taken care to keep on the right side ofthe law and .
.,.. · .clata with the authority". The ONLY exception to the passivity, according to the same report, was .
Thus, obeying the British colonial laws and attacking minorities--was the essence ofSanghi"nationalism"..
; ..
&· ··IU·il·.iii.
~-~tbeirighly communal nature orthe organisation," due to which " Its members involved in communal riots". .
The same continues today : now the RSS-BJP bow down to imperialist economic policy imposed by the IMF-WB-WTO. They are .
too eager to surrender before Bush and Blair, and, according to a US defence report it is seriously considering ways to allow the US .
to establish military and naval basis ln Indiansoil and oceans rIt sells out India's freedom and sovereignty, and assaults our secular and .
democratic fabric. And, in order to mask such betrayals, it attempts to cash in on and communalise peoples' genuine nationalist urge! .
.
What Is the Real Test ofNationalism? .
IDdia, today, like most former colonies, faces an onslaught ofneo-colonial economic policies, which are starving and pauperising its .
ftl!lfmles aod mortgaging its resounes to foreign MNC's. In our nation, can anyone who fails to resist this onslaupt, and defend -... ' lndla'asoverelpty,deserve tobecalled nationalist? TheBJP, u well as most ruling class parties who welcome rather than resistneo-.
colonial eccmomic polocies, are, by this defmition, anti-national. .
A fe.w days ago, the Indian Expreu carried a alossy arti(:le titled "Freedom From Shortaae" .The article claimed that liberaliation bad usbcred in .
etc....'l'bia lrticla,.~insthe mind.aet ofthe BJP, Congress andthe other ruling parties, is acrueljokeon 'nationalism~andJefelca total .
"'ecowld fie~llom lb'Uagle", iD which Indian consumers were being "freed tiom the shortage" of scooten, can, bikes, mobile phoaes .
-seiattiriiY..Jtmekes no mention that liberalizaton ia killing poor Indians for "shortage" ofjobs, food and water! .
.
crutches, in tattered clothing, strugg~gt() his fee_t to sta~~htattention .
--.
-.
m-pourmg xam u the adoilalanthem plays on the radio. Some-wmaU boot-poliab boysieelilni.and followbis exmple. Avoice says-.
-.
n.
·-.
.
.
.
Respect for the national anthem, respect for the nation... II .;'atlonaJism only about "respeet" ror symbols? Shouldn't every .
~:.J.'ndlaa uk-"Why, alter 56 yean liace 1947, aretlaoasaada l1ke the old man Ia the ad-ftlm deprived ofdothfnaand .
..........,WhvareDaDchDdraforced to work, IDitead of'.beiD&Iree to.atudy?" .
aDdf!nr· ~erthe pn~entmlinW)i'loflnclia -beitthe BJP orCongnu-with its set ofpro-imperialist .
.
· ·~ .· .
,~,..IJUIIa wu0111 Ia.....the 90% majority oftoWaa mase1 would have a real share Ia the .
;cu,t.h~ 'fiiJo olfCt!ti~-,~~againaelHQa oatdleardl,enclence ofthe country. Trulywe needto infUse BhaptSinah'sspirit .
~_....,.,--'ant¥:1iidillteiOUI'Oa. 11wellu toleCIDariahtfbllhale iD.power_for India's poor ......._ui ~fad'dlatthlll'lllltoceto the bii~9Delauptcaabeonly .
dtothiatuk.
·.-,.,..
.;j;.·.· ..~~---..,_ .
..
-···~~ ·'-·~· .. -. -.
Sdi·IDarAJI'in\ttJ. Gem. Sec..AISA. J .
.