By Abdul Rashid Agwan
It is really pitiable that a proclaimed cultural organization, which has struggled all through its 90-year long existence for political dominance in India, when reached its acme, has nothing to offer the nation except hooliganism and violence.
It is becoming evident day by day that Hindutva inculcates neither the idea of refined culture nor of national reconstruction or hope for an ailing nation. By favoring rapists in many cases, the followers of RSS have lost the promise to give India any proud culture and by failing on most fronts of governance they hardly leave image of a promising political alternative. And, now by reviving the ghost of two-nation theory they prove that ideologically they have learned nothing from history of the subcontinent or of Yugoslavia which is no more extant today on the world atlas due to a race-based nationalism.
When India is regressing among nations and going lower than even the sub-saharan countries in terms of human development, they are putting energies in reviving the spree of already rejected two nation theory. India is lagging among nations in terms of peace, education, gender justice, freedom of expression, religious liberty and the like, which is pushing down the country from the status of a developing country to an under-developed one. The dominance of Hindutva bandwagon is turning the situation only from bad to worse.
It is not a sound state of mind to condemn the two-nation theory of Mr Jinnah by symbolically demanding removal of his picture from the Strachy Hall of Aligarh Muslim University while venerating the same theory propounded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. This is a shere hypocrisy.
Mr Jinna has been exonerated from the blame of dividing the country by many able scholars and leaders, including the once celebrated BJP leader, Lal Krishna Advani, and its former vice-president, Jasvant Singh. They all concluded that the erstwhile ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity, Mohammad Ali Jinna, was pushed lately to extend his support to the idea of Pakistan by haughty attitudes of some contemporary national leaders. Jinna’s only fear that Muslims would not receive any fare deal in the free India is being proved true by the champions of Hindutva. The way Hindutva forces are attacking everything ‘Muslim’ is indirectly proving Jinna right. And, by subscribing to the path of religious fundamentalism they are marching on the extremist path of certain sections of Pakistan. In a way, they oppose Jinna and his Pakistan but are closely chasing their footprints. The followers of Hindutva are creating scenes which will only please those global forces which long for India as a weak, divided and under developed country for their neo-colonial ends.
It is pitiable again that to win elections for a brand-politics, communal polarization remains the only technique in the hands of caste leaders. They won’t mind ever bleeding India for certain gains. Jinna is one pretext.
This is ridiculous….
Tilak and Savarkar were never in favour of two-nation theory
Do your homework first.
Tilak & Savarkar are Lokmaya& Swatantryverr. They fought for our freedom. Akhand. Hindustan. ¬ like Jinha for Pakistan.
Rss even oppose ghandi. What shall we do?
Disagree, both respected leaders were hardcore nationalists…
Hindu Mahasaba and RSS even today believe that muslims can’t live in Hindu rashtra. They tell us to go to Pakistan. Akhand Bharat is political slogan to win support. Hindu Mahasaba and RSS books are proofs that they believe in two nation theory. Jinnah wanted permanent representation in the corridors of power for all minorities. This was denied and rejected by Hindu leaders. The British were happy about it. Commission was appointed by the British and they decided on partion and none opposed. Gandhiji was very unhappy about it and yet bhagwa terrorists killed him for it. The demand for permanent representation was the foresight of Jinnah that Hindu majoritarian rule will come one day putting all minorities in trouble. That foresight is a stark cruel reality today. Those who opposed representation divided the country. Ulta chor kotwal ko date.
Deceiving statements from Mr. Ibnsuleman, Hindumahasabha always stated hardly for equal rights for all people irrespective of religion… Please read veer Savarkars speeches as president of Hindumahasabha..
What representation you are talking about ? They demands 50% representation that time which was not justified.
Today it has become a habit of hindutva party that anything a Muslim says or does is anti- national. Since last 10 years this hindutva party has started spreading venom and before that nobody said or did or objected the photo of Jinnah in AMU.
Lets study history here
In 1907 MUSLIM LEAGUE, a Political Party solely for Muslims in then British ruled India was formed
Until then there was no Political party working solely for one religion
In response to Muslim League to protect the interest of HINDUS in 1913 6 years later HINDUMAHASABHA was formed
So the claim made in the comment is false
the muslim league was created to protect Muslim interests from hindu majority at the time they believed in a united india only later they started calling for separate nation it was rise of hindu mahasabha and rss that lead to pakistan but tilak was not a supporter of two nation theory but both jinnah and savarkar came to believe the muslim and hindus were separate
Mr. Ibnsuleman statements from his comments are false. Hindumahasabha has always demanded for equal rights for all people irrespective of religion… Please read Swatantyaveer Savarkars speeches as president of Hindumahasabha..
I completely Disagree with the authors views and conclusions, as both the respected Indian leaders were harcore nationalists…Especially Swatantryaveer Savarkar always demanded A UNDIVIDED ONE UNITE NATION UNDER ONE FLAG AS INDIA OR BHARAT.
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Dear Vijay,
Refuting your understanding on Savarkar as a Muslim won’t add any value to my comments.your comment is an authoritarian comment.
In today’s India we can only take about usage of internet during Mahabharath time and not on other things atleast not on Muslims.
Typo error: read “take” as “talk”
Idiots, stupids, people like you (read here: the author of this article and all those supporting him) are the main cause why Pakistan was formed in the first place. No true Hindu, whether it is Tilak, Savarkar or any other, would ever like his undivided nation to be partitioned into 2, 3 or many countries. It is absolutely right to remove the picture of Jinnah, one of the propagators of 2-nation theory, from Aligarh Muslim University. It is well known in entire world that Pakistan has no future of its own, unless it becomes part of India once again. That they are not ready to do, but only fight a useless and wasterful war, which is ruining their own country. I very strongly condemn this thought expressed in the article, which has nowhere once been written or proven, as to what is being said and described here, starting from the title of this article itself. It is absolutely sad that some hypocrite Hindus, which those Muslims certainly are who support the creation and existence of Pakistan, also support these Muslims by telling all Muslims to go to Pakistan. A true hindu always bleeds and has always bled in the heart whenever our country is broken into other nations. Ask any Hindu, more than 75% would want Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afganistan, and entire Indian subcontinent to once again become a part of India, as it was during ancient and medieval times, before bloody Britishers came here and divided our country for their own selfish gains; that this region would never progress and would remain in war even after they leave this country, which had been impoverished by them. It is quite sad and unfortunate that Pakistanis and their supporters all over the world don’t understand this small and simple, but true fact, but keep propagating and encouraging terrorism in India, thus fulfilling the evil designs and plans of Britishers even today. Reply if you agree or disagree with these views, that Pakistan as a country is a failed nation, and would remain so, as long as it continues to exist and does not amalgamate into India once again.
tilak was not a hindu nationalist he was like gandhi ,madan mohan malaviya, lala lajpat rai he was proud hindu but was not against muslim or christian hindutva was created by people like savarkar and hegwar
2 Life-Long Friends Vinayak Damodar Savakar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Created 3 Muslim Countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Pak – Bangla – India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947
2 Life-Long Friends Vinayak Damodar Savakar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Created 3 Muslim Countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Pak – Bangla – India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947
2 Life-Long Friends and Joint Strategy Makers Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Two worst traitors of India Created 3 Muslim Countries and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947 and Got Mahatma Gandhi, the Only Indian Sanatani Hindu National Leader Who Had Vehemently Opposed India’s Partition Murdered by Lawyer Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Life-Long Client Tilak and Life-Long Friend Savarkar’s relatives Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte on January 30, 1948
Two Worst Traitors of India and Life-Long Friends and Joint Strategy Makers Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Created 3 Muslim Countries – Muslim Pakistan, Muslim Bangladesh, and Muslim Pak – Bangla – India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Muhammad Ali JInnah were two life-long friends, joint-strategy makers, coalition government partners in Sindh, Bengal, Punjab, and North-West Frontier during 1939 – 1945, creators of 3 Muslim countries – Muslim Pakistan, Muslim Bangladesh, and Muslim Pak-Bangla-India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947, and givers of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, and a Major Portion of Punjab to Muslim Pakistan, givers of a Major Portion of Bengal to Muslim Bangladesh, givers of about an ever expanding portion of Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India to Muslim Pak-Bangla-India, and the two master minds who had Mahatma Gandhi, the only Indian Sanatani Hindu national leader who opposed India’s Partition tooth and nail and who had proclaimed again and again that he would never allow India’s partition and India could be partitioned only on his deathbed.
2 Life-Long Friends and Joint Strategy Makers Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Two worst traitors of India Created 3 Muslim Countries and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947 and Got Mahatma Gandhi, the Only Indian Sanatani Hindu National Leader Who Had Vehemently Opposed India’s Partition Murdered by Lawyer Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Life-Long Client Tilak and Life-Long Friend Savarkar’s relatives Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte on January 30, 1948
Two Worst Traitors of India and Life-Long Friends and Joint Strategy Makers Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Created 3 Muslim Countries – Muslim Pakistan, Muslim Bangladesh, and Muslim Pak – Bangla – India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Muhammad Ali JInnah were two life-long friends, joint-strategy makers, coalition government partners in Sindh, Bengal, Punjab, and North-West Frontier during 1939 – 1945, creators of 3 Muslim countries – Muslim Pakistan, Muslim Bangladesh, and Muslim Pak-Bangla-India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947, and givers of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, and a Major Portion of Punjab to Muslim Pakistan, givers of a Major Portion of Bengal to Muslim Bangladesh, givers of about an ever expanding portion of Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India to Muslim Pak-Bangla-India, and the two master minds who had Mahatma Gandhi, the only Indian Sanatani Hindu national leader who opposed India’s Partition tooth and nail and who had proclaimed again and again that he would never allow India’s partition and India could be partitioned only on his deathbed.
2 Life-Long Friends Vinayak Damodar Savakar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Created 3 Muslim Countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Pak – Bangla – India and 1 Indian Hindu Sikh Jain Buddhist India on August 15, 1947