Punjab Of The 1980s: Nehruvian Laboratory Versus Healing Hindutva – Swarajya
Posted: December 17, 2020 at 3:50 am
In Delhi, the RSS launched Ekta Abhiyan in the same year as an outreach to non-Sikh Hindus to counter the deep psychological divide the Congress was creating. Various programmes were launched, including seminar and cultural events, highlighting the sacrifices and contributions of Sikh gurus to nation-building and protection of Dharma.
Traumatic 1984
The year proved to be the most testing and traumatic in the history of India and for the Sikhs. An emboldened Bhindranwale had taken over Sri Harmandir Sahib. Indira Gandhi who had nurtured him and turned mostly a blind eye to Khalistani terrorists periodically massacring Punjabis both non-Sikh Hindus and Hindus, now decided to send the army into Harmandir Sahib or the Golden Temple. Operation Blue Star became a humiliating trauma to the Sikhs an eternal wound.
The year 1984 also saw parallel activities by the RSS.
In 1984, the Punjab Kalyan Forum organised a conference Punjab Today. General J S Aruora, the liberator of Bangladesh, openly declared in the conference that Khalistan was futile fantasy. Dr Mann Singh, another prominent Sikh and a retired principal of Amritsar medical college, denounced the separation between Sikhs and Hindus and stated categorically that the Sikhs were a part of the Hindu community and their duty was to protect India.
These initiatives posed a challenge to the core Khalistan-separatist ideology and terrorists and the divisive manoeuvring of Nehruvian dynast politics. The RSS also launched Punjab Peedit Sahayata Samiti which worked in terrorism-hit rural Punjab.
It distributed relief measures to the families of terror victims. They helped them with their livelihoods and sponsored the education of the children of the affected families. In the cities of Amritsar, Ferozepur, Batala etc, swayamsevaks donated 109 bottles of blood to 300 people wounded by Pakistan-sponsored Khalistan terrorists. They also provided the hospitals taking care of terror victims Rs 70,000 worth life-saving medicines.
All these steps naturally made RSS the target.
After Operation Blue Star, the RSS got involved in a series of activities to alleviate the pain experienced by the nation on account of the action on the Golden Temple.
Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal of the RSS while expressing its deep anguish at the sad course of events making the Army action inevitable in Punjab to flush out the terrorists from the Golden Temple Complex identified with clinical precision, "the low-level political rivalry indulged in by the ruling Congress (l) and the Akali Dal and factional fighting within both the parties" for the spiralling down of the situation into murderous events.
Expressing great distress to all our countrymen, more so to the devout Sikhs the RSS exhorted all our countrymen in general and Swayamsevaks in particular to come forward to restore the pristine glory of our Darbar Sahib through all possible means including Kar Seva''.
That year, for the sanghs Guru Puja programmes in most places, the prominent Sikhs even if they had differences with the RSS were invited. Kushwant Singh, the wel- known RSS baiter, was invited to preside over the Guru Puja at Chennai, where Singh to his credit declared that none could doubt the patriotic fervour of the RSS . In Delhi, the veteran Sikh scholar Padma Sri Dr Attar Singh presided over the Guru Puja of the RSS. He said:
Link:
Punjab Of The 1980s: Nehruvian Laboratory Versus Healing Hindutva - Swarajya
- 5 booked for torching house of family that converted to Hinduism in UPs Raebareli - Hindustan Times - January 5th, 2021
- Warping a great faith: Both hard and soft Hindutva are expedient uses of religion for political ga - The Times of India Blog - January 5th, 2021
- Reflecting on Hinduism as a Religion and a Way of Life ! - Star of Mysore - January 5th, 2021
- Reflecting on Hinduism as a Religion: A good read - Star of Mysore - January 5th, 2021
- Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mans family reverts to Hinduism in Rae Bareli, members of madarsa, village head try to burn them alive - OpIndia - January 5th, 2021
- Al-Biruni and Hindu-Muslim Relations: Lessons from Malaysia - The Wire - January 5th, 2021
- Lincoln County Commission to open with Hindu prayers at upcoming meeting - Lincoln County Record - January 5th, 2021
- The Hindu gods of Buddhist Thailand - Nepali times - January 5th, 2021
- India deals another blow to religious freedom - Mission Network News - January 5th, 2021
- Govt's Agri-Export Promotion Body Drops 'Halal' From Its Red Meat Manual After Outrage By Hindus, Sikhs - Swarajya - January 5th, 2021
- Redefining Aurangzeb...more sinned against than sinning - Free Press Journal - January 5th, 2021
- From the Dara Hua Hindus of Maujpur to Manavs tragic death and Shaheen Bagh ground report: Top 10 exclusive OpIndia news breaks of 2020 - OpIndia - January 5th, 2021
- UN urged to probe killing of Pakistani Hindus in India - The News International - January 5th, 2021
- Govt of India removes the word Halal from its Red Meat Manual: Here is what it means - OpIndia - January 5th, 2021
- The religious composition of the 117th Congress | Pew Research Center - Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project - January 5th, 2021
- Hinduism - Wikipedia - December 17th, 2020
- Hinduism | Origin, History, Beliefs, Gods, & Facts ... - December 17th, 2020
- Persecution of religious minorities continue in Pakistan as Islamists attack homes of Hindus in Sindh, forcing them to leave - OpIndia - December 17th, 2020
- Hindu religion was never so narrow: Karnataka HC dismisses pleas seeking strict implementation of section of Act that requires Temple officials to be... - December 17th, 2020
- Faith: What if Jesus had not incarnated? - Kamloops This Week - December 17th, 2020
- Hindus beat pastor in India, threaten to sacrifice him to false god over Bible tracts - The Christian Post - December 17th, 2020
- Letters to the Editor - Sentinelassam - The Sentinel Assam - December 17th, 2020
- It is 2020 and Mullah Mulayams son Akhilesh has turned Ram Bhakt: Read Samajwadi Partys history of insulting Hindu sentiments - OpIndia - December 17th, 2020
- BJP repeating Congress blunders of dividing Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab: Akali Dal - Sikh24 News & Updates - December 17th, 2020
- A New Central Vista, and the Political Conceit of the Ruling Classes - The Wire - December 17th, 2020
- If Modi really sees India as a democracy, then he must stop the labelling exercise - ThePrint - December 17th, 2020
- Hinduism, like many great religions, is about feasting and fasting, praying and eating prasadam - Cond Nast Traveller India - November 25th, 2020
- KTR should also question Akbar on his hatred towards Hindus: Vijayashanti - The Hindu - November 25th, 2020
- Not Ram Mandir, the love jihad laws are the foundation of Hindu Rashtra - ThePrint - November 25th, 2020
- UP Police Investigation of 'Love Jihad' Concludes What We Already Know -- It Doesn't Exist - The Swaddle - November 25th, 2020
- Biased Media Reporting in India Helps Fuel the Persecution of Christians - International Christian Concern - November 25th, 2020
- Banning Fireworks on Diwali: A Window Into Money and Politics in India - The Diplomat - November 25th, 2020
- Lawyer writes to PM, urging the addition of Section 493A in IPC to stop conversion and love jihad - India Legal - November 25th, 2020
- 10 Stereotypes Indians Are Tired Of Seeing In Western Films And TV - Screen Rant - November 25th, 2020
- Muslims react with caution to UP govt's ordinance against conversion for marriage - Mint - November 25th, 2020
- Yogendra Yadav is wrong to assume Owaisis AIMIM will be a Muslim BJP - ThePrint - November 25th, 2020
- 1,300-Year-Old Hindu Temple Dedicated to God Vishnu Discovered in Northwest Pakistan's Swat - India.com - November 25th, 2020
- Hindus in N.J. who voted for Trump in 2016 say their support is waning - nj.com - November 7th, 2020
- India takes up with Bangladesh attack on Hindus - The Hindu - November 7th, 2020
- Congress urges Centre to take up with Bangladesh attacks on Hindus - The Hindu - November 7th, 2020
- We must applaud Thol Thirumavalavans stand on Manusmriti. BJP attacking the messenger - ThePrint - November 7th, 2020
- Adhir tells Centre to raise issue of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh - The Indian Express - November 7th, 2020
- Jihad in Hinduism, Bible and Torah | KashmirWatch - Kashmir Watch - November 7th, 2020
- Mathura: Four Hindus arrested after reciting Hanuman Chalisa in Eidgah Masjid to promote brotherhood - OpIndia - November 7th, 2020
- Gandhi Land Scam; Dhaka Hindus attacked for backing France? | Nation Wants To Know - Times Now - November 7th, 2020
- Etsy removes Sexy Ganesh Panties within few hours of Hindu protest - NewsPatrolling - November 7th, 2020
- Dear Maneka Gandhi, attempts to curb animal sacrifice is a direct assault on Hindu Dharma and it is time to stop such efforts - OpIndia - November 7th, 2020
- Dalits & Religious Conversion: Tracing The History Of The Neo-Buddhist Movement - Feminism in India - November 7th, 2020
- 'Tribals are Hindus, don't divide them' - Daily Pioneer - November 7th, 2020
- Heres Why Ban Laxmmi Movie Is Trending On Twitter - SheThePeople - November 7th, 2020
- Samir Kalra on Islamists and Hinduphobia in America - Middle East Forum - November 7th, 2020
- Why dont we give credit to Hindu festivals for reviving the economy? - OpIndia - November 7th, 2020
- Navaratri and how Indic religions are intrinsically federal - The New Indian Express - October 31st, 2020
- Interview: Romila Thapar on the history of dissent and how it shaped Hinduism and India - Scroll.in - October 31st, 2020
- Fraternity in the basic spirit of Hinduism - Avenue Mail - October 31st, 2020
- Pakistan: Homes of Hindus burnt down by Islamists in Sindh to force them to convert to Islam - OpIndia - October 31st, 2020
- How Hindu Nationalism Could Shape the Election - POLITICO - October 31st, 2020
- 'Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Shahnawaz Hussains wives are Hindus; is this love jihad', asks Digvijaya Singh - Times Now - October 31st, 2020
- Plea in SC seeks SIT probe into 'forceful conversion' of Hindus in Haryana's Nuh - The New Indian Express - October 31st, 2020
- Election 2020 Preview, Hinduism 101, India and the Role of Indian Americans in US Elections With Ramesh Kapur - India New England - October 31st, 2020
- IAS Officer Ritika Jindals Interference In Maa Shoolini Temple Rituals Shows Why Hindus Must Oppose Government Control Of Temples - Swarajya - October 31st, 2020
- Ramayana retold: Here are some of the most popular versions of the epic - Financial Express - October 31st, 2020
- University of Sydney to seriously look into article in its paper ridiculing Hinduism - NewsPatrolling - October 31st, 2020
- Hindus urge Malta government to subsidise cremation abroad - Times of Malta - October 31st, 2020
- Muslim-Hindu demography of Jammu and Kashmir: What the Census numbers show - The Indian Express - October 31st, 2020