"Oh, idiot Hindus! You are still voting for the Congress?"
was forwarded to me on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Dear Swamini .............. ji,
When someone calls Hindoos as idiot, does he or she include himself or herself in that definition of Hindoo, or does he / she think himself / herself as not part of the Hindoos?
I see no point in venting out one's own frustration against a "common noun" Hindoo who could not be identified individually, and therefore, cannot defend itself from such accusation.
Who else is there on whom Hindoo can pose its TRUST? Congress is bad. BJP any better? BJP who rode on Hindoo vote and then ditched the Hindoo? RSS, which is shy to call itself a Hindoo organization, and like a coward takes shelter under Raashtriya to deliberately separate itself from Hindoo? RSS, which supported Atal Behari till the end, despite knowing his past track record from the very beginning? You want Hindoos to TRUST these characters? If a Hindoo was an idiot he would have definitely trusted these characters who have not demonstrated by their actions that they are, indeed, trustworthy.
Do you want Hindoos to trust those people who call them "idiot" and such things? Those who really do not love Hindoos and do not understand their predicament, are they worthy of Hindoo trust? Sitting on a high pedestal they only condemn the Hindoos.
The one who wants to accuse a "common noun" Hindoo must be first capable of providing Hindoo a trustworthy alternative. Or else, it amounts to nothing but a frustrated man's exasperated thoughts. And I hear so many keep doing that act, and that too so often.
Well, I do not enjoy reading these exasperated notes from frustrated people and therefore my request is not to forward to me a copy of such communications. In fact, I do not bother to go beyond the headings like "idiot Hindoo" or "coward Hindoo" or whatever. For, such adjectives assigned to the Hindoos are in themselves repulsive to me!
So, please spare me of the agony of reading such frustrated intellectuals. You owe me that much favor, at least.
Sincerely,
Maanoj Rakhit