Hindus Under Siege

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Hindus Under Siege

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Hindus Under Siege: The Way Out
A book by Dr. Subramanian Swamy The author argues that, over the coming millenium, Hindus run the risk of perishing like the ancient Greeks, Egyptians or Babylonians.

He also states that Hindus are under a siege because they are being targeted by four different factors: By clandestine defamation of Hindu icons and symbols Dr. Swamy points out that the arrest and jailing of the venerated Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt, as the Supreme Court has held, in a murder case case that had no prima facie basis; The attempted take-over of the Tirumala Tirupati hills for anti-Hindu activities; Denigration of the holy song "Vandemataram"; are examples of clandestine defamation; Outside India, Hindus have been for long denigrated in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Fiji, and increasingly in Indonesia and Malaysia by the state By demographic restructuring of Indian society Dr. Swamy states that Hindus have suffered wherever and whenever they are in a minority, and also hurt even where they are in a majority because of the caste divisions.

In Kashmir valley, a Muslim majority area, the Hindus have been driven out to become refugees in their own country. In Mau in UP, Hindus are in a large majority but divided, therefore the 35 percent Muslim population are able to deny religious rights to Hindus such as taking out processions during Ramnavmi or other occasions.

In Kerala, despite being 53 percent, Hindus represent less than 25 percent in most institutions and commercial establishments. Hence, the continuing fall in Hindus' share as a proportion of total population, caused due to deliberate illegal Muslim immigration from neighboring countries, induced conversion activities of foreign Christian missionaries, and differential acceptance of family planning by religious communities may make Hindus a minority in India before 2090 AD.

By terrorist activities directed exclusively against the Hindu community Dr. Swamy points out that all terrorist activities within India are directed against Hindus, whether in timing of the attack, choice of target, or method of operation. About 99.3 percent of all victims in terrorist killings since 2001 have been Hindus.

By systematic and continuing distortion of India's history Dr. Swamy stresses that this is to create the impression in young mind that India is not an ancient nation of Hindus, that Hindu heroes and heroines were "cowards ", that India is of two races: Aryans and Dravidians, that caste is a concept based on race and birth, etc., to make future generations despise their thus contrived Hindu legacy.

The author suggests that if Hindus want to put a stop to all this and lift the siege, then Hindus must develop a Hindu mindset in addition to being individually good Hindus of piety. Dr. Swamy states that in addition to observing Hindu festivals, going to temples regularly, or doing pujas at home everyday the Hindus need a collective mindset and corporate identity.

This is what Chankaya had centuries ago termed as the concept of "Chakravartin'. Dr. Swamy has prescribed five fundamentals for defining this concept in the modern context. An Indian's national identity is Hindustani Every Hindustani must commit to either learning or ensuring the future generations compulsorily learn Sanskrit Hindustan's democracy should be secular but that which is enlightened All citizens of Hindustan must strive to make India a global economic power Hindustan should integrate.