Social Media as Theatre: A Case Study in Bigotry and Why RSS must go for the larger gud of the Hindus

Social Media as Theater:

A Case Study in Bigotry and Why it is far more difficult to disrobe than colonial-era Khaki shorts and why RSS should dissolve itself in the best interest of the Eternal and Indigenous Hindus it proclaims to protect and serve

(Based on social media theatre of real characters in March, 2016)

Opening Scene

Rajiv Verma: Thanks to the campaign launched by my good friend Sai Arjun, the RSS has finally relented and changed its colonial era uniform (read khaki shorts) with a post-colonial one. Kudos to Sai !!!

Sahana Singh:  Wish it had not taken this long!

Stephanie Celeste Chateau: Arjun is a true hero

Shonan Talpade: Campaign by whom ? ...this proposal was in the offing since at least 2 years now by Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi -the RSS general secretary.

Scene I

Aparna Krishnan:  Why not indian dress ? pyjamas ? dhoti ? Sad to see one more group succumb to western codes.

Shonan Talpade:  pyjamas and dhoti are not practical.

Aparna Krishnan:  well, sarees are ! so these too are !

Chandra Vikash:  I decided to wear dhoti but my practical wife and right in her way, felt it would look odd when every Tom, Dick and Harry is wearing pants these days.

If RSS wasn't intellectually bankrupt and suffered from the deep-seated inferiority complex bordering on paranoia and truly cared about Hindu, we would all be wearing dhoti and learn to carry it with aplomb.

Rajiv Varma: Dhoti actually looks better than pants or half-pants anyday.  And of course the saree is the most attractive outfit designed by the human mind.

Chandra Vikash: Rajiv ji, every attire is embedded in its context. Modern frenzied city is so antagonistic to graceful dhoti and saree. Due credit to womenfolk like Sahana Singh ji who still do.

Dhoti looks so graceful on elderly people who carry the context. I realised it wasn't worth displeasing your wife? Wonder what is धर्म on this, that which upholds?

Shonan Talpade: Chandra vikash ji ...Dhoti was not used for national attire of RSS because , in the south , Dhoti is not so prevalent --not at all, in fact its the lungi..and since RSS is a national organisation, they couldnt impose the north Indian dhoti on our south indian brothers.

also, the dhoti would be impractical for relief work or wading through floods etc.

Rajiv Varma: Chandra Vikash ji: >>> "... Dhoti looks so graceful on elderly people who carry the context. Wonder what is धर्म on this, that which upholds? ..." <<<

Attire is not a Dharmic issue. A woman in Bikini is fully capable of upholding Dharma, as well as one in Saree or Ghaghra. Ditto with a man in shorts or pants or dhoti. This is a matter of personal taste and convenience. Also, men should not comment on women's choice of dresses. Whatever they wear always looks good.

Aparna Krishnan: The culture of a country in anchored in details of clothing, language etc. To respect one's culture is to respect and own up these.

Chandra Vikash: I find the bikini as graceful as the saree for those who can carry it with grace and aplomb. Both have common feature of sunlight to be absorbed in mid-rib and not suffocating the highly energised lower chakra and thus enabling the energy to flow upwards unlike the burqah or tight jeans. The big drawback with bikini is having to wax frequently to cater to modern taste and sensibilities. All 3 over time impact on the nature of the offspring.

To each, their own. :)

Ravindra Singh Basera Dev:  Dhoti weared in d style of hardy soldiers of native armies is practical for all d tasks that RSS does....it is about colonial modernity and ingrained inferiority complex.

Chandra Vikash: Everything under the sun and above is धार्मिक issue, that which upholds. 

Shonan Talpade: Ravindra Singh Basera Dev But south Indian men never had the tradition of wearing dhoti.

Rajiv Varma Ravindra ji: >>> "... Dhoti weared in d style of hardy soldiers of native armies is practical for all d tasks that RSS does....it is about colonial modernity and ingrained inferiority complex ..." <<<

Very true!. Dhoti will never come in the way of doing any task. It is nothing but inferiority complex that somehow assumes dhoti as hindrance to do any task.

Aparna Krishnan: Shonan Talpade Tamil men wear dhoti even today. Tamil politicians wear only white dhoti. We call it veshti.

Shonan Talpade: Aparna Krishnan also there is a sikh body of the RSS called the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat. ,Sikhs don't wear dhoti traditionally, so that's also the point to consider .

Aparna Krishnan: i dont care. these are waste of time discussions. if you want you change. thats all.

Shonan Talpade: That's fine if you do not care, but you should know the facts about this topic.

Scene II

Chandra Vikash:  Shonan Talpade When people are saying inferiority complex and bordering on paranoia, we mean someone close to you. Could you be that tone-deaf? wink emoticon

Shonan Talpade: Yea Chandra Vikash.... ..since I've been in the RSS since 30 years --from the age of 7..I guess singing Namaste sada vatsale would have made me rather tone deaf. grin emoticon

anymore of your ad-hominems ? grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon

Chandra Vikash: Precisely, loyalty steeped in bigotry is best suited for street dogs. Humans are designed to do better. wink emoticon

Shonan Talpade:  Ooh what percipient counselling !!!! ..I'm really moved...

Do let me sit at your feet ,O divine Guru ..and tell me more about loyalty,Bigotry and street dogs. grin emoticon

Chandra Vikash:  Bigotry is tough nuts and clings. Much more difficult to crack the code or than changing khaki shorts. Be sure what you ask for. smile emoticon

Shonan Talpade:  Just a moment.....(I'm getting the popcorn out of the microwave) .....Don't stop ,Please continue.

Chandra Vikash:  Microwave? Even the Russians stopped using them You seem to be inspired by the American Imperialists now. smile emoticonWould you like your Pepsi with 2% fresh from the farm juice as well? Will go well with your popcorn.

Shonan Talpade:  You suffer from great insights .It's positively fascinating.

P.S--are you a fruit orchard farmer ?

Chandra Vikash:  I'm a meditative observer of human and animal psychology. Is this what you would like to know?

Shonan Talpade:  Oh I see In other words, You want to say that you are a condescending nut-job who tries to pontificate on something outside his knowledge or field of expertise…when he most obviously shouldn’t ?

Moral: The bigot must have the last word. Else the debate never ends. Post-trauma care and rehabilitation is for later.

Epilogue

Ravi Om:  it is obvious that Shonan Talpade hates sai arjun, but as far as i know he was the one who started posting it about 2-3 years back.

anyway, its a welcome change but rss is still boring. they could have choosen a more indian outside, like a white kurta with saffron strips on shoulder. any still better than boy scouts attire.

Shonan Talpade:  ROFL Yes sure ,I hate your cousin brother Sai Arjun and maybe It was also your cousin brother who started a petition to make Narendra Modi the PM candidate and due to his petition on facebook, PM Modi got elected in 2014

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The Hindu Identity, Dissolution of RSS and the Way Forward

Conversation with Shri Viren Shamaldas Doshi, CEO – Tribhuvandas Foundation, Health professional and intellectual

VSD: Hindu is a conglomerate of religions having certain value systems and in geopolitical context, though it essentially addresses all places, it is Bharat from where it addresses and thereby it has much more to do with Bharat...in my view...

CV: 1. Hindu as a cultural and geographical identity has NOTHING to do with one or conglomerate of "Religion" - which means tied to One Book and One Prophet and divides the world into believers and non-believers. Whoever concocted and accepted Hinduism-As-A-Religion made a grave mistake that led to the gruesome Partition and if we keep harping on it will lead to more to come.

VSD: Hindu thought has yet to find out ways to mitigate religions like Islam and Christianity as well as ideologies like Communism and Secularism etc. and the nation-states based such religions and such ideologies. That is the main challenge for Hindu thought. In my view it requires balancing of centralization and decentralization, it requires such a response wherein we have dynamic structures capable of dealing with outer challenges in different way while dealing internal challenges differently.
RSS has never defined Hindu as one book one prophet religion. At the most Hindu can be related to religions as all those religions which are tolerant and accommodating.

CV: 2. भारत is a विश्व गुरू that signifies the coming from darkness to light and a world civilization and is not confined to any landmass. However, the Indian sub-continent is the nucleus or नाभि of this world civilization.
3. Let us raise our level to atleast where we were before we surpass and the world tired and wornout of war and terrorism, strife and disharmony. We need to apply our बुद्धि and विवेक to comprehend that with so much of military arsenal all around, real power rests in soft power of आध्यात्म and संस्कृति।
4. In that case as their is no case to call Hinduism-As-A-Region unless we suffer from a deep-seated "me-too" inferiority complex.

VSD: Thanks for the points - I think blaming RSS is not explained. Regarding point 3 - अग्रत: चतुर्वेदा: पृष्टत: सशरं धनु: This explains Vedic thinking well, while we generally remain non-violent - being soft power is alright, being soft target is deplorable. We need comprehensive balanced approaches. 4. I do not find any evidence to substantiate inferiority complex theory, if at all, it was just an attempt to mitigate the onslaught.
Vedics related more powerfully with landmass as RSS does - not as mere subcontinent - but as motherland...and we used to call Earth too as Mother Earth...

CV: It's not blaming RSS but calling for its dissolution. It served its purpose but has become just what it fought against and is a dangerous threat to the Hindus, who it proclaims to protect. Mark my words. Sad and even shocking to its diehard adherents. Truth is such. And truth alone wins, as you well know.

VSD: Please state how one like this 'whatever-it-is' poor Hindu should deal with those who attack it out of divisive beliefs like believers and non-believers etc. in this age of tremendous destructive capacities..

CV: It's not blaming RSS but calling for its dissolution. It has served its purpose but has become just what it fought against and is a dangerous threat to the Hindus who it proclaims to protect. Sad and even shocking to diehard adherents but true. Truth is such and it alone wins as you well know. You dissolve RSS and i assure you we will wipe out Islamic and X-ian fundamentalism and all modern fads like capitalism and communism. 
Eternity is forever. धर्म unites.

VSD: Leave aside RSS, please respond how a Hindu should protect herself/himself as a Hindu from those who attack just for being a Hindu...I am asking out of anxiety as you seem to have the Mantra in this regard...

CV: We only lose to our fear. Reality however is that with so much of military arsenal all around we only need basic deterrence we already have and strategic alliances, where we are acutely failing b'coz of Modi ji's image. The irony is that he seems too terrified even to safeguard BJP/RSS/VHP workers, leave aside the country. And int'l media using his fear wants to denigrate and spread hatred against all Hindus.
Where a statesman of intelligence, wit and knowledge of geo-politics would wield soft power. But he is nowhere close to Atalji, PV Narsimha Rao or even Nehru.

VSD: Well, I do not prefer to be judgmental as well as sentimental...still you compel me to say you seem to have both the qualities in abundance...dear friend...try your best to protect your Hindu self...God bless you...

CV: हर हर महादेव। - To each, their own. I have said in good faith and wisdom. I can feel your pain and anger but that shouldn't smokescreen from seeing the reality. 
Gujarat has been a frontier state that has borne the brunt of rabid islamic terrorism. But the world has changed since and you can't look at it from a narrow lens.

VSD: I think we need to think out more precise ways of dealing with challenges we are facing as Hindus...oversimplification or blaming someone or some organization or certain thought process may not help I am afraid...let us put forth the way we want our people to work on rather than blaming others how-so-ever naive they may seem to us...
Gujarat is more practical - it generally does not beat around the bush
I know Gujarat form inside to considerable extent...leave it...focus on the way you have in mind...

CV: To each, their own. That's a good reason to focus on Gujarat. The Patel uprising needs local attention. I don't want to comment further but just as Pramod Mahajan's India Shining cost us 2004, no one wants Gujarat model to cost us 2019.

VSD: Please keep on enlightening us on your way of dealing with challenges...that would be really be of great help...
With very high regards...would be waiting more inputs from you..always..Thanks. :)


VSD: A Question for illuminating us - what was it that led to clear majority in 2014...
Pl do not say Rahul Gandhi and his coterie

CV: Anti-corruption movement that targeted Congress. Modi ji was the opportnistic rider pumped by money from you know where. I have gud regards for you but very poor of Modi ji. After seeing his pathetic leadership in near 2 years. Gujarat has much better talent. You know that. 

VSD: I almost expected this from you...well, what do you know about Narendra Modi? And RSS too? And about Vedas and Hindu thought? I would like to know this too. You may reply as and when you get time.


CV: I know from what he says and does. If he is so very different, someone should take the initiative to set up a meeting. I will be happy to be surprised and proven wrong.

A Call to धर्म - Eternity is FOREVER

Political activism is lots of hard work. The path to truth and perfection is laden with real people with their whims and fancies, idiosies and idiosyncrasies and very few with merit and character in present times as much of the scum of the society has bubbled to the top of the political cauldron. Modi ji or Kejriwal ji or Rahul ji are no exception.

The recent events at JNU and the rabid and knee-jerk reaction of the government have already polarized the society endlessly and it's only a matter of time that The Commies and The Sanghis baying for each other's blood will push the country into bloody disintegration.

This is made worse by the official One Constitution and One Centralised Bank that gives them all the powers to rule over us and to declare us as "anti-national" if we were to dissent or to decide to form our own local, self-reliant village or city republics or स्वराज in a people-friendly federal structure, which the British colonialists called as Sedition or राजद्रोह. (As a measure of how hated and distasteful the current political establishment is, "feeling seditionist" and "anti-national" have already acquired a seductive appeal among trendsetters, as Bollywood diva Sonam Kapoor quipped only yesterday.)

From an Eternal standpoint of the native and indigenous people of every land like the Hindus in India, the lien to land and all the natural resources naturally belongs to the eternal people, de facto and de jure. By its very concocted design, modern institutions from modern religion to modern nation-states, capitalists and communists, political parties etc. are nothing more than instruments for rabid, pitiless and most ridiculously self-destructive immoral and illegitimate encroachments on the natural and inalienable rights of the local, native and indigenous people or आदिवासी.

You have every right and freedom to follow your modern faiths and co-exist or समाहित with the rest of us in peace, prosperity and harmony.

The fact of the matter is that the current political establishment don't have truth by their side, you and i know equally well that they have not only lost our respect, they and their cronies are bound to an ignonimous death or what is called proverbially as "कुत्ते की मौत" at fate's hands. They know this and they are shit-scared of it. They have no concern and capacity to deal with the fact that on several counts - looming climate catastrophe, food crisis, toxicity, diseases and birth defects, strife and disharmony, fundamentalism and terrorism - we are already in the eye of a Perfect Storm.

This is a call to धर्म रक्षा। How many of you are prepared to sacrifice petty pleasures of life to defend धर्म?

If you have any better ideas, questions or clarification, you are most welcome.

रंग दे बसंती।

It's time to put your best foot forward.

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