HINDU CUSTOM AND FESTIVAL BASHING BY UNCOUTH INDIAN JOURNALISTS , IS IT JUSTIFIED?

HINDU CUSTOM AND FESTIVAL BASHING BY UNCOUTH INDIAN JOURNALISTS , IS IT JUSTIFIED? 

It is not really about Karva Chauth but about excessive criticism of Hindu Beliefs and myths by most of the electronic and print media journalists. Have they ever questioned why Muslims keep Rozas for 30 days? Have they ever written why Christian believe that Merry was a virgin? Problem with such so called and self styled intellectuals is to denounce anything everything regarding Hinduism----- to the extent of ridiculing and  slighting it. (There is an article on NDTV news By Manika Aggarwal ridiculing the Karva Chauth Festival-----------this piece is to question such views of Half read Indians-------educated on Western Beliefs)

By the way, I am NOT a Hindu Fanatic;  nor do I believe that Hindu was a religion. Hindu Majority of this country is a myth because it was a conglomeration of religions, temporal sects, castes and communities as is the word INDIAN of Modern India.  Hindu, in ancient times, was actually a GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION of a culture by ancient Persians, who believed that East of River Indus (Sindhu in Sanskrit) were Hindus. 

The name Hindu derives itself from Sindhu , which was pronounced with apostrophe " S" by ancient Persians, so it became Hindu for them. When the word travelled West to Greece and Turkey it became "Indu", "Indie" or "indica", thus came the name India. Even the name Hindustan is a Persian word. HINDU KUSH mountain range became the defining Eastern boundary of this region for the ancient Persians. The word was first described on a Tablet by King Darius -1 of Persia in 518 BC, who claimed to have ruled upto River HINDU ( Sindhu) .(Refer to History Of India by John Keay, British Historian and Indologist).

Therefore, "Hindu" is an ancient representation of the modern word "Indian" . It contained all temporal sects of those days, such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Jainism and Budhism. It was only in 530 AD, exactly one thousand years later after its first appearance, that it was given a religious connotation, by King of Kashmir, Gopaladitya , a Hun King and a son of a Hun (Chinese) tyrant Mihir Kula, when he told his Kashmiri Minister to convert to Hinduism. Thus a culture of peaceful coexistence and tolerance philosophy acquired religious connotation. According to John Keay, in his book INTO INDIA, even as late as 19th Century, Sikhism, Budhism and Jainism were considered sub sects of Hinduism. In most part of India, Muslims too, celebrated Hindu festivals such as Diwali and Raksha Bandhan. 

It is unfortunate that Colonial Masters divided a composite Cultural along religious and communal lines in pursuit of their " Divide and Rule" policy but this gulf was further widened by Western educated Nehruvian policies and directives. Nehru had no idea of Indian composite culture and his secularism was to ridicule Hinduism by denouncing everything associated with it. He created the myth of NON EXISTENT Hindu Majority and thus pitted everyone against it. The name "Hindustan" should have told him that it was inclusive of all religions, regions, caste and creeds. His Western knowledge and up- bringing divided the nation into MAJORITY and MINORITIES.  He was confused with the words 'culture and religion'. Thus, organizations, such as RSS , Hindu MahaSabha , Arya Samaj etc.picked up the gauntlet and acquired  relevance as divisive forces. Nehru, rather than equating the word "Hindu" with its modern offshoot "Indian",  created the wedge by laying too much emphasis on Western concept of SECULARISM. He did not understand that Word Hindu was the mother of "Indian Secularism". 

Nehruvian philosophy had the impact on Indian education policy,whereby generations of Indian grew up thinking Secularism was something separate from Hinduism. It was never so and it is NOT so. The multiplicity of Gods and goddesses and multiple ritual practices are the testimony to its Secular credentials. It is NOT rigid. The beauty of this culture is that it was self assimilating. If you go to Kashmir of Old days, you will find that Kashmiris relished 'Halal' Meat. It is a staple diets of some Kashmiri Pundits even today. It is only politics and Wester education of most Indians that the word Hindu has been deprived of its Secular contents. 

In view of the above, my contention is that all the festivals of ancient India were designed with a specific purpose of bonding the family together---- these family rituals then magnified into societal and Community festivals to create the same bonding. It was to generate feeling of oneness and to invoke co- existence and tolerance to make the society harmonious and peaceful. In USA of today, they are creating these kind of Bondings through various days they celebrate. Even all these new concepts of Father's Day , Mothers Day, Friendship Day, Daughter's day have the same logic. 

Therefore , while the western world is trying to copy, ancient Indian Philosophy to generate peace and harmony but half read, and half educated journalists of India are ridiculing these customs and traditions. It is NOT their fault because Indian education system , founded by Nehru and perpetuated by Congress have created these modern myths. They need to be demolished and Secularism of Hindu philosophy of peaceful coexistence and tolerance has to be genuinely promulgated in India.