You would agree these are the questions that reflect the entire gamut on RSS; the basis of the misinformation campaign that writers of the ilk of Jaffrelot and Varshney spread with impunity. And now look at how Andersen replies to this mal-propaganda.
(a) "We, our nationhood defined" I later learnt was not his (Golwalkar's) book;
(b) Savarkar,
as you know, was an atheist (while you were told he was a hardcore Hindu zealot!).
For MD Deoras everybody born in
(c) They (pracharaks) take ascetic pledge; some do marry. It's a casteless Hindu monastic order;
(d) That's
inevitable since you have to deal with government in all spheres, all
activities. Government is all pervasive in
(e) Demonetisation and GST directly hurts their (RSS) base. But RSS has not passed a resolution against it;
(f) It
can not and it does not (promote Hindi). RSS schools teach their pupils in
their mother tongue; RSS could not have simultaneously sought a rise in
(g) Wife
and mother have ideal role in society; but they also idolize Rani ki
(h) When Deoras invited Muslims to join the RSS, he did argue that Muslims were mostly India-born, and therefore Indian;
And now to the final question (RSS on lower caste and Ambedkar); its' answer on which Indian Express has based its headline: "A battle between Hindutva and Hinduism is coming."
Andersen explains: "There have been Dalits and OBC pracharaks, including the OBC Narendra Modi... Ambedkar is now a hero... Hindutva emphasizes one-ness of Hindus; (Hinduism is more rigid, by inference). Hence there will be a battle between Hindutva and Hinduism."
Did you get the joke? This definition of Hindutva and Hinduism completely turns on the head what the likes of Shashi Tharoor and Digvijay Singh have been drumming in our ears. That "I-am-a-Hindu-but-have-a-distaste-for-Hindutva." In their view Hindutva is reactionary and violent. But as Andersen tells us, Hindutva implies inclusiveness of all!!!
That's why I say identify these jokers. Identify the agenda they have. Identify the mistruths they spread. The "farragos" and "whatabouteries." And save this piece as evidence when the next misinformation campaign against RSS and BJP is served inside the pages of your newspapers.
(P.S: let me imagine a scenario: "What did you do mate," Jaffrelot to Varshney on phone, "and to my 'deep state' theory.")
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