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     Tilak Side Hero Username: Tilak Post Number: 8226 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 125.22.249.81 Rating: |
* A country's future does not depend on its leaders, political parties, government or establishments. It depends on the quality and merit of the society and the extent to which it is organised. For a society to organise itself and progress, people have to come together on the basic principle of 'self'. Even while learning from different people and cultures, the individual should realise his own nature and create a vision for society. While doing so, if merit has to be brought into society, the mind, heart and body must work together. The Sangh's functioning has been based on these principles. * As far as the violence in Assam or Kashmir is concerned, such incidents never happen in any other country that achieved independence 65 years ago. This happens not only because we have ended up making enemies on all sides of the border, but also because the common man in this country is still not completely aware about his freedom and independence. The absence of national and personal integrity reflects in various parts of our country today. * The poor state of our polity is not something the Sangh can change. That will only happen when society changes. Politics, today, is all about breaking and dividing the society into vote-banks. If we were to get into this mess, how would we work towards our goal of organising the society? * When we use the word 'Hindu', we refer to everyone in the Indian society—be it Hindus, Muslims or Christians—since it is a word that gives us our identity and nationalism. There are no non-Hindus in this country, according to us, since we are all children of Bharat Mata. Our ancestors were Hindu and did not belong to European-Christian or Arab-Turkish lineage. Through my career, I have met a number of Muslims who have been working with the Sangh. Once in Khiratpur, Punjab, I came across a gentleman named Ibrahim who identified himself as an RSS shakha swayamsevak for the past 46 years. We do not look at people as Muslims, Brahmins or Harijans. There are many Hindus today who are not fit to be called Hindus and many non-Hindus who have all the values that are required. * We have between 60,000 and a lakh young members who are joining the Sangh every year. Most of them are between the ages of 20 and 25. * The structure of society has to change with times. If people still follow the caste system, it works against organising our society. We do not support divisions based on caste and creed. We have been trying to change the basic mindset of our people and unite them as Hindus. Removing these separatist emotions by imparting values is our constant pursuit. * As long as certain people continue to be discriminated against, the need for reservation will remain. The makers of our Constitution hoped that reservation for the first 10 years after Independence would create equal opportunities for all. But we misused it for narrow, political ends and created vote banks. We think that an apolitical committee of experts, social workers, teachers and a few politicians of good character should be constituted. This committee should draw up a list of communities that actually need reservation on the basis of their social and economic status. Then, a 30-year programme should be charted out by the end of which there will not be any need for further reservation. * Actually, our stand on swadeshi has been strengthened. Our stand is that each country has its resources, its people and their aspirations. The purpose of development is to make individuals independent and self-reliant. If I can make something at home, I will not buy it. I will only bring from outside that which is not available in my country and not possible to make, yet is necessary for life. But on my conditions. In business, there are conditions from both sides. We should take knowledge and technology from everywhere. Russia, China and USA became superpowers but how did the world benefit from it? If we want to run the country efficiently and remain corruption-free, we have to decentralise our economic policy. Our country should not just be a consumer, but a producer and seller. We have to promote indigenous business. * You are seeing the consequences of such policies. An advisor in the Central government told me that nothing is moving. Despite having the capability and skill in many sectors, we are only assembling, not manufacturing. Take, for example, thorium. We have huge reserves. Can we not research and use it? Basic research is not getting encouragement—it is not as if everything has gone wrong, but all is not well either. * Hindutva is an expandable concept. Narrow thinking is always divisive. Hinduism and issues of language, region, caste cannot come together. Our stand is 'Saara Bharat, Saare Bharatiyon ka' * Some things are against Hinduism. They cannot be Hindu. We cannot connect Hindu and terrorism. Hinduism treads the middle path, never extremism. There have been allegations only against some people. Till their role is established, one cannot declare them guilty. * We have accepted different thoughts which are suited to our basic ideals. We use websites and portals for the Sangh. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/we-are-not-the-hr-manager- for-the-bjp.-everyone-has-to-run-their-own-organisation/9998 81/0 Open heart with Mohan Bhagwat, RSS Chief  India must conquer the World and nothing less than that is my ideal - Swami Vivekananda |
