How to stop the rot in
India
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Picture this scenario: It is the year 2030, and there is no
country called India, at least not the India we all know and love.
The Northern states have been ravaged by war and insurgencies, and
have been divided up by the Chinese and Islamic empires. Kashmir,
Gujarat, Rajasthan and Punjab are a part of Pakistan. The Hindus
and Sikhs who could not escape to the South have either been
killed or forcibly converted, with the attendant rapes and looting
that are characteristic of this most Islamic of ceremonies. U.P.
and Bihar are under siege form China, which has conquered Nepal,
Bhutan and the NorthEast. The capital of this rump country has
shifted to Bombay (Mumbai) or perhaps Madras, Delhi having been
devastated by a nuclear attack, and the Southern part of the
country is the only place on Earth where Indians are free people.
This is not an impossible scenario, but something that has
happened before, time and time again, from the days of Alexander
and Mahmud of Ghazni to the British conquest. If we are not
careful, it can and perhaps will happen again. This is just a
collection of my thoughts on what has gone wrong with our great
country after independence, and how we can set things right and
restore India to her rightful place in the world.
Ancient India was one of the greatest and most prosperous
civilizations of the ancient world. It was a model of freedom and
tolerance, where people and thoughts of all kinds were accepted
and welcomed. However, slowly but certainly, a decay set in.
Internal wars weakened and misdirected the energies of our people,
as the great kingdoms of Ashok and Chandragupta broke up into
squabbling principalities. The rulers were so concerned about the
threats they faced from their compatriots that they neglected to
look out for the biggest danger of them all, Islam, the destroyer
of civilizations!! Thanks to their shortsightedness, the
barbarians from the Middle East overran our country, indulging in
wanton destruction, killing, rape and brutality of the most
unspeakable kind, all in the name of their so-called God. The
Indian people were unaccustomed to such violence associated with a
conquest, since so far all wars and transfers of ruling authority
had only a minimal adverse impact on them. Caught totally
off-guard, and betrayed by their own fellow countrymen (Jaichand
being a prime example), India was rapidly subjugated by the
Islamic invaders. Thus began the darkest period in our nation's
history, with countless millions being forcibly converted to the
barbaric creed of the Arabs, and the rest being forced to live
like second-class citizens. Not only was our political freedom
destroyed, this invasion killed off all the vitality and vigor of
Indian (Hindu) society. As a defense against Islamic influence,
all kinds of strange and unhealthy practices crept into Hindu
society. The Caste system was rigidified, women lost their rights
(this was probably necessary to prevent them from being kidnapped
by the lustful Arab brutes) and blind unthinking worship took over
what had been the most dynamic and questioning of religions
mankind has ever produced. Great works like the Vedas, Upanishads
and The Bhagvad Gita, which taught our ancestors to fight for
their freedoms, and to never accept anything without critical
questioning, were memorized and read blindly by the Brahmins (in a
manner similar to the way Muslims all over the world mutter verses
from the Quran, without knowing a word of Arabic). This state of
affairs continued till the 18th Century, when the British finally
succeeded in removing the "Badshahs" and "Nawabs"
from their thrones. British rule, whatever its faults, was overall
a positive experience for India. The British managed to reunite
the country, build up a fairly decent communications network, and
last but not the least, liberated the Hindus from the suffocating
darkness of Islamic rule, showing them how far ahead the rest of
the world had gone in all the centuries of stagnation in India. Of
course, they were also responsible for India's missing the
Industrial Revolution, and thus being severely unprepared for the
20th Century. Regardless, a dynamic middle class developed in
Hindu society during their rule, and many of its members acquired
modern education and ideas. Some of them, such as Raja Ram Mohan
Roy, started spearheading religious reform movements, helping to
outlaw perversions like untouchablility, Sati and child marriage.
Other religious reformers like Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Bal
Gangadhar Tilak worked at rediscovering the essence of Hinduism,
and tried to restore the health and dynamism of Hindu society.
Tilak was also one of the first advocates of militant nationalism,
which, if it had been followed, would have made us a far more
cohesive and determined nation. However, these leaders were soon
overshadowed by the Congress of Nehru and Gandhi, and militancy
was reduced to the status of a fringe movement in the independence
struggle, kept alive only by isolated patriots like Bhagat Singh,
by the Indian National Army of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, and by
the RSS to some extent. The awakening of Hindu society was looked
upon with some trepidation by the ex-ruling class of India. They,
however, did not make the transition to modernity, but confined
themselves to their ghettoes, and brooded on how to get back their
power. Out of their schemes were born Pakistan and Bangladesh, the
creation of which was accompanied by the tremendous bloodshed and
mass migrations of Partition. After independence was won, Nehru,
with his glib tongue, grabbed the reins of power and set the
country on its path to ruin. Living in ivory towers of
"socialism" and "world peace", he spent most
of his time expressing solidarity with communist snakes all around
the world, mouthing platitudes of "Panchasheel" and
"Hindu Chini Bhai Bhai", unilaterally declaring India to
be the embodiment of peace and morality. Meanwhile, our Chinese
"brothers" were busy sharpening their knives, having
observed the pusillanimity of Indian leadership (Sardar Patel
being one of the few honorable exceptions) over the Kashmir issue.
After all, how many countries in mankind's history have agreed to
a cease-fire with the enemy still in possession of a large chunk
of their territory, that too when the enemy is on the retreat? But
no, we had to show restraint and turn the other cheek. This time
it was the Chinese who administered the slap, though, and they did
it so emphatically that even the master fornicator had to do
something for the country's defense. He did use the opportunity to
score a few media points, shedding crocodile tears to Lata
Mangeshkar's rendition of "Ae mere watan ke logon".
Thankfully, he did not live long enough to do any further damage.
Meanwhile, the barbarian Arab blood of the Pakis was asserting
itself, and Ayub Khan thought he could do a China on us again.
This time the Army was prepared, though. With memories of past
Islamic invasions in their minds, our brave soldiers repelled the
invading hordes, and pushed them back all the way to Lahore.
However, once again victory was snatched from our grasp. This time
the superpowers colluded to deny India the fruits of victory,
probably to ensure that Pakistan stayed a thorn in our flesh and
thereby preventing us from realizing our true destiny. In 1971,
history was repeated. This time our policy makers went wrong
twice, though. Firstly, they opened the India-East Pakistan border
to all refugees, instead of just our Hindu brethren. The right
thing to do would have been to only accept Hindus, and leave the
Bengali Muslims to enjoy the fraternal treatment of their fellow
Muslims (the Pakistani Army). That would have prevented the
creation of the Bangladeshi refugee problem, and would have left
Pakistan a weak and divided nation. What we did by freeing
Bangladesh was to make Pakistan a much more cohesive country, with
a lot more reason to hate India. That would not have been so bad,
if only we had crushed that country totally and made sure that it
never dared to rise against India again. That was not to be.
Nehru's seed was still around and playing havoc with the country,
in the form of his daughter, the late and unlamented Indira
Gandhi. Once again, the blood of our gallant soldiers was lost to
no avail, as all their hard fought gains were thrown away in Simla.
The Kashmir situation remained as bad as ever, and Pakistan was
left strong enough to fight another day. The 80s and 90s have been
periods of outward peace, but the country was being hollowed out
by the internal fires of secessionism, which were being well
supplied with fuel by our saintly neighbors. Indira Gandhi was
single-handedly responsible for most of the carnage, having built
up Bhindranwale and the LTTE, both of which were to turn on their
creator. As a result of her misdeeds, a large fraction of our Sikh
brethren became alienated from the mainstream, and had to suffer
untold agonies as a result. The most shameful episode in
independent India's history took place in 1984, when thousands of
Sikhs were butchered by mindless mobs of criminals, incited by the
snakes of the Congress Party. A proud and patriotic community was
repaid for its loyalty in this manner. Thankfully the Khalistan
movement has now subsided, but Pakistan has yet to pay the price
for its misdeeds in Punjab. A similar fate has befallen the Sri
Lankan Tamils, who had to suffer at the hands of the Sinhalese,
and then had to put up with the vicious LTTE, trained and funded
by their fellow Hindus. When Rajiv Gandhi tried to control the
Tamil Tigers, they turned on him, and countless Indian soldiers
lost their lives again to no avail, this time fighting and killing
their fellow Hindus. However, the LTTE did do one good thing, and
that was to blow up Rajiv into tiny little fragments. Too bad his
wife and kids weren't with him then, as that would have finally
rid India of the nest of snakes. Our leaders also ignored (or in
the case of the Congress, actively colluded with) the massive
illegal immigration from Bangladesh, which was rapidly changing
the demographic balance of the North East, and was turning our
cities into giant slums. Till date, little has been done to
rectify the situation, which has in fact grown worse, with the
emergence of ULFA, and renewed terrorist activity in the other
North-Eastern states. Economically, India is definitely not in
good shape. The infrastructure is woefully inadequate, and the
absolute number of people living below the poverty line has gone
up by a huge amount since 1947. Nothing and nobody works unless
palms are greased or threats are issued by people in high
positions. Only Africa is in worse shape than us, with the rest of
Asia already far ahead, or well on the way to becoming so.
To sum up, the situation today is extremely grim. Although the
present Government has tried to do some positive things, it is
also dependent on the support of scum and traitors, who will be
only too willing to pull it down for the right inducements. Here
are some thoughts that I jotted down on what should be done to
reverse the decline of our nation.
AGENDA FOR CHANGE:
For more than a thousand years, India and its people have been at
the receiving end. They have meekly submitted to all kinds of
invasions, brutality and torture. The proud legacy of their Vedic
forefathers has been forgotten and replaced with a weak and
cowardly philosophy of Ahimsa, submission and "turn the other
cheek". If drastic changes are not introduced soon, the
country will be beyond saving. These are some of the principles,
which I believe can be used to reshape our national character and
restore the glory of Indian civilization.
1) Restoring the primacy of Hindu Culture: India must discard the
spurious ideology of “secularism” and reaffirm its Hindu
identity. The only reason that Indian culture has survived all the
onslaughts of Islam and Christianity is that it is foundations lie
in the Hindu religion. Hinduism is the glue that holds this
country together. It is the primary (and in some cases the only)
common bond between people of different parts of the country. To
deny this fact is to question the very basis for the existence of
a single Indian nation. No country, which was formed artificially
(through the will of a leader or an ideology), has ever survived
for long. Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union are glaring examples of
this fact. If we wish to maintain the unity of our country, we
should declare it to be a Hindu Rashtra. Minorities should have
full rights as citizens of the country, but no special privileges.
It is a fact that Hinduism is inherently tolerant towards other
religions, as can be seen from the experience of the Parsis and
Jews, who were welcomed into the country without any reservations.
The history taught in schools must be rewritten to reflect actual
realities. The true glory of ancient India should be given its
deserving place, and the Islamic invasions should be shown for
what they were: attacks by looters and barbarians, not conquering
kings. Religious reform movements such as the Arya Samaj and
upliftment of the untouchables should be actively pursued. It is
no use talking about the evil of proselytizing missionaries when
Hindu society still treats it’s tribal and dalit population as
pariahs. The evil of casteism must be stamped out completely from
India. Besides this, we must work more actively towards restoring
our cultural and artistic heritage. Old monuments and temples must
be renovated and preserved to the fullest possible extent, and
research on Indian culture and history should be encouraged. It is
a shame that the best works on the Vedas, Upanishads and the Gita
are all written by Westerners. It is time this trend was reversed.
2) Education should be made the topmost priority of the country.
There is no way we can move into the 21st century if half our
population is illiterate. Primary schools should be set up as
rapidly as possible, and unemployed college graduated should be
paid well to go to villages and teach. The curriculum should also
be Indianised. Our blind aping of the west has caused a large part
of the educated youth to be totally alienated from their cultural
and spiritual roots. In fact, it has become fashionable to mock
Indian culture and Hinduism. I know, because I too am a part of
this generation, and my knowledge of our literary, artistic and
spiritual heritage is still woefully inadequate, thanks to the
Anglophilic education system of ours, which rewards students for
knowing Shakespeare, but not Kalidas. Education is also a key to
empowerment of women, who are the foundation of a strong and
prosperous society.
3) The infrastructure of the country should be built up on a war
footing. Foreign investment should be solicited aggressively for
power plants, roads, telecommunications, ports and for core
industries like steel making, cement and machinery. We should
realize that we have a vast untapped market in the Indian
heartland, and that Western industries would be raring to go
there, but for the fact that there is no access to those regions.
Once that is created, then the economic development of even the
poorest regions is just a matter of time. However, we should
understand the dangers of unrestricted foreign business too, and
take a leaf out of China’s and Japan’s book. In short, we
should use the West, not let the West use us. We should
aggressively harness our world-class Information Technology (IT)
talent in the national interest, by rapid computerization of
Government and Industrial systems. This reservoir of talent also
has potential use as a strategic weapon. Imagine what a soup the
West (particularly the United States) would be in, if all the
Indian programmers and systems analysts were to go back home one
day. India (and Indians) should realize that we can only really
succeed by making our own products and companies famous, not by
getting rich working for western companies.
4) Health and family planning issues should be tackled as rapidly
as possible. An efficient and well-maintained hospital should be
set up in each district. Rural service should be made compulsory
for each graduating doctor and nurse. Family planning should also
be strictly enforced in all communities (as is practiced in
China).
5) Corruption: All these grandiose plans will be to no avail if
the cancer of corruption continues to eat into our vitals.
Practically nothing moves in India today without a hefty greasing
of palms. Until this disease is contained, not only will we not
attract any investment, our moral fiber will be further weakened,
as people see dishonesty being rewarded and honest people hounded
out of office or transferred. The situation has become so bad that
the justice system is unable to cope with it. In fact, it is a
fact that not even one politician has been sentenced to a prison
term for corruption since Independence. The only option available
is to form a network of anti-corruption vigilantes. At first,
glaring cases like the Gandhis, Jayalalitha and Laloo should be
tackled. These people should be summarily assassinated and their
bodies hung in public as examples. After a few such executions, I
am confident that at least a few leopards will change their spots,
for fear of their lives. Vile creatures like Romesh Sharma, who
indulge in gruesome crimes like rape, should also be handed out
exemplary punishments.
6) The Minority (Islamic) Problem: This is probably the single
biggest challenge facing the country today. Not only are the
Muslims in India increasing in number far more rapidly than any
other community, they are becoming more and more violent in their
activities. Not only do they not identify with India, they openly
side with her enemies. They have also steadfastly refused to join
the national mainstream, preferring their Madrassas to modern
schools and colleges. As a result, they are woefully
under-represented in modern professions like the Government
services, medicine and technology, and in the military, to name a
few. Through the influence of their Mullahs and of the pan-Islamic
movements of the Middle East, these creatures are fomenting
trouble in all parts of the country. From Assam to Kashmir to
Hyderabad, no place is safe from their depredations. Our ruling
elites, wearing the blinkers of Marxism and secularism, turn a
blind eye to these activities. This has brought the country’s
internal security to a dangerously critical level, and only a
serious (and perhaps traumatic) change in policy will bring these
troublemakers in line. To bring about a Final Solution of
India’s Islamic problem, the following steps are necessary: a)
Declare India to be a Hindu state: This point has been explained
before, but I would like to add a note to the effect that this
will not only reassure Indian Hindus, but will also serve as a
beacon to the Hindu Diaspora around the world. From Nepal to South
Africa, Bali to the Caribbean, Hindus will be made aware that
their spiritual and cultural motherland has awoken. b) Issue an
ultimatum to all Muslims that henceforth they are to live in India
as Indians and that no treachery or trouble-making will be
tolerated. Patriotic Muslims (and there are plenty of them) are
welcome to stay, and those who identify with Arabia or Pakistan
are welcome to leave. A common civil code should be legislated and
strictly enforced. c) In the event that the above measures do not
work effectively enough, the law enforcement machinery should be
encouraged to bring people in line. If riots occur in a particular
town, an example should be made of the entire Muslim population
living there. The adult male population should be sent to labor
camps, and the women and children should be re-educated about
Indian nationalism. This is the way in which China and other
multi-ethnic societies have handled their minority problems. d)
The Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders should be sealed.
All infiltrators should be shot at sight, and the illegal
immigrants from Bangladesh should be repatriated ruthlessly. In
the case of Pakistan, all economic, sports and cultural ties
should be cut off. Insurgencies in Sind, Baluchistan and other hot
spots should be actively supported, and should be accompanied by a
strong propaganda war. Counter-terrorist squads should be set up
for destroying training camps in Kashmir and perhaps Punjab. If
Pakistan should be foolishly provoked into war, then it should be
brought to its knees, and its military capabilities should be
destroyed forever. This is the surest way of eliminating the
Pakistan problem. e) In severely affected areas like Kashmir, a
program of ethnic cleansing might be required to finish off the
insurrection. All militancy-affected areas should be cordoned off
and bombed by helicopters and artillery (after making sure that
the Hindu population has been safely rescued). The survivors
should be taken to prison camps, and their towns resettled by
people from other parts of India. This again is a very successful
tactic employed by China in Tibet, and by Israel in the West Bank.
From what we have seen in the recent Kargil crisis, the present
government, although it did do a good job, was too weak-spirited
to cross the line of control. It preferred to sacrifice Indian
lives rather than follow common military sense, even though the
Pakis clearly had no such qualms. This is just one more example of
how our national character has been eroded over the years, that a
puny country like Pakistan can do what it pleases with us. Can you
imagine China behaving so peacably in a similar situation?
7) The Chinese Question: There is no doubt that China has become
the pre-eminent power in East Asia, and is looking to achieve a
similar status in the rest of the continent as well. India is the
only country with the size and resources to pose a credible threat
to Chinese expansionism. China recognizes this, and has
successfully managed to weaken India by supporting Pakistan’s
nuclear and missile program, and by encouraging that country to
wage proxy wars against India. It is also building listening posts
in Burma, and may even use that country’s harbors and docking
facilities. This would give it the ability to spy well inside the
heart of India, and perhaps even to wage a multi-pronged war
against it. In spite of all these facts, Nehru’s misguided
policies of “Panchasheel” and “Hindu-Chini bhai bhai”
still dominate the thinking of policy makers in India. They still
believe that the two countries can co-exist peacefully, and fail
to recognize the fact that China only cares about its own
interests, and will not hesitate to violate any treaty or betray
any assurances that it is a part of. It is only recently, with the
formation of the BJP government, that the Chinese threat has been
recognized. A long-term strategy towards countering the Chinese
threat has still not been formulated, though. The Communist
traitors are doing their bit too (just like in 1962), by
denouncing all measures taken to balance the strategic situation.
In my view, what India should do is: a) Crush all the insurgencies
in the North-East: If those people don’t want to be a part of
India, they can flee to Burma or any other Oriental country. The
military and internal security forces should be allowed to take
all necessary steps to root out all sources of terrorism, to the
extent of practicing limited ethnic cleansing. Terrorists and drug
smugglers should be pursued beyond the nation’s borders, if
required. Resettlement of people from mainstream India can also be
carried out to change the demographic balance of the region. b) It
should be made clear that any support to Pakistan’s nuclear and
missile programs will be considered an unfriendly act and will be
met with retaliatory measures. These can and should include the
sale of military weapons and technologies to Vietnam and Taiwan.
The Chinese will probably react very aggressively to such actions,
but India should stand firm and give a strong reply to any Chinese
military provocation. c) India should fan the flames of secession
in outlying Chinese provinces like Tibet and Mongolia. This will
occupy significant resources of the Chinese Govt. and will ease
the pressure on India too. d) Build up a strong partnership with
Russia: Both countries share similar fears: Islamic fundamentalism
and a resurgent China. With massive illegal immigration of ethnic
Chinese taking place in Siberia, and fanatical Islam on the rise
in former Soviet republics like Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the
situation has become even grimmer for Russia. With its economy in
a shambles, it desperately needs hard currency. India, with it’s
large defense establishment, is one of the world’s biggest
customers of weaponry, and had a long relationship with the
erstwhile Soviet Union in this regard. That, along with India’s
potential ability to provide a counterweight to Chinese influence
in Asia, will probably ensure a mutually compatible strategic
perspective for a long time to come.
8) Relations with the United States: Whether we like it or not,
the United States is going to be the most important player on the
world stage for a long time to come. So it is in India’s best
interests to improve its relationship with America. However, it
should not be done by compromising our national security or
economic interests. As mentioned earlier, American multinationals
should be actively encouraged to invest in India, and given the
right conditions, they will definitely do so. Indian expatriates
in the US, many of whom now occupy positions of importance, will
also come useful in building good relations. Strategically too,
the two countries should cooperate on issues of common interest,
like the containment of China and checking the spread of Islamic
fundamentalism. However, we should never forget that in the long
term, America (and the west) are not our friends.
9) Living Space: As India will grow (both in power and
population), she will need more land and resources for herself.
The North, West and East are almost certainly closed as options,
either because of geography or because of the nature of people
living in those areas. As a result, only the South is available
for future expansion. The lands to the south, primarily Australia
and New Zealand, have a very low population density and are
extremely resource-rich. They are thus ideally suited for future
territorial expansion. However, they are protected by the American
nuclear umbrella. This situation, along with others involving
China and Japan, or China and Russia, is likely to be one of the
major flashpoints of East-West confrontation. The West has been
leading an extremely comfortable life over the past century,
having allocated a disproportionately large part of the world’s
resources to itself, and it shows no sign of loosening its grip on
those. However, it is extremely perturbed by the idea of large
numbers of Indians and Chinese people aspiring to similar
standards of living, because there are simply not enough resources
to go around. This leaves them with two options, either to
voluntarily reduce their excessive consumption, or to keep the
rest of the world at the low standard of living which it is at
now. The first scenario looks very unlikely as of now, with
environmentalism losing its grip due to the current economic boom
in the West, especially in America. The second option, however, is
bound to lead to a conflict at some time or the other in the next
century or so. What the result of that confrontation will be I do
not know, but India had better be prepared with a credible nuclear
deterrent, so that no one will dare to bomb us into submission.
I now come to the end of this collection of thoughts. This is, as
you can see, far from complete. However, I hope this gets you
thinking about what needs to be done to awaken India, and how we
can help in this regard.
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