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  • Origin of Word Secular Secularism, Surprise in Store

    Origin of Word Secular Secularism, Surprise in Store

    People are fond of using the terms Secularism and Secular. What is its origin. Following is the result generated by AI.

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    The term “secular” was first used in a modern sense in 1851 by the British writer George Holyoake. Holyoake used the term to describe his worldly approach to morals, philosophy, and society and politics. The term “secular” comes from the Latin word saeculum which means “of a generation” or “belonging to an age”. 

    The term “secular” was added to the preamble of the Indian constitution in 1976 by the 42nd amendment act. The term means that citizens have the freedom to follow and practice any religion. India does not have an official religion. ‘

    ‘Ironically though, it was Nehru along with the chairman of the drafting committee of the constitution, B R Ambedkar, who were also most opposed to the idea of including the word ‘secular’ in the preamble of the constitution.’. On November 15, 1948, when the newly independent dominion of India was in the midst of a heated debate in the Constituent Assembly, on the nature of the Constitution, Prof K T Shah made an intervention demanding the inclusion of the word ‘secular’ in the preamble. “Sir, I beg to move, that in clause (1) of article 1, after the words ‘shall be a’ the words ‘Secular, Federalist, Socialist’ be included. The amended article or clause shall read as follows: ‘India shall be a Secular, Federalist, Socialist, Union of States’,” he said. In the ensuing discourse, while the members agreed on the nature of the Indian state adhering to secular principles, the word ‘secular’ was dropped from the preamble. It made an appearance though, about three decades later, when the Indira Gandhi led government included it in the document, as part of the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution.

    In the decades that followed, secularism in the Indian Constitution has been appreciated by some but has come under criticism by several others who have repeatedly pointed out to the foreign origins of the words, the inapplicability of it in the Indian context and the problematic ways in which it has been applied in India as well. “Independent government implemented secularism mostly by refusing to recognise the religious pasts of Indian nationalism, whether Hindu or Muslim and at the same time (inconsistently) by retaining..Secularism: Why Nehru dropped and Indira inserted.

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    the S-word in the Constitution

    So mixing religion with an obscure philosopher, at least to me, sems to be comical.

    ‘Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with religion.

    As a philosophy, secularism seeks to interpret life based on principles derived solely from the material world, without recourse to religion. It shifts the focus from religion towards “temporal” and material concerns.[5]

    There are distinct traditions of secularism in the West, like the French, Benelux-German, Turkish, and American models, and beyond, as in India,[4] where the emphasis is more on equality before law and state neutrality rather than blanket separation. The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary widely, ranging from assertions that it is a crucial element of modernization, or that religion and traditional values are backward and divisive, to the claim that it is the only guarantor of free religious exercise. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism#:~:text=The%20British%20writer%20George%20Holyoake,still%20prevalent%20in%20public%20life.

  • Secular Civil Rights Fraud Teesta Book Issue

    Secular Civil Rights Fraud Teesta Book Issue

    It is quite easy in India to abuse India. India seems to be a country which has a special species, Secularists, who has a single life consuming motivation.. That of Denigrating the rich culture of India. These people would like to be known and respected as Liberals by those who ruled us and by the great Defender of Human Dignity and Tolerance, The US. The record of UK as a main culprit who escaped the stigma of War Crimes and Peace Time Crimes which it had carried out during it’s Colonial Era. As to what US is please watch The Butler Movie in Netflix. The movie hass moved from Netflix. You can watch it (Paid/Rent) on YouTube or Google movies.

    You shall know the real face of US. It has no standing to talk about Human Rights.

    It is mainly for recognition from these people and of course for Juda’s Silver in the form of Grants , our home grown Liberals behave the way as they do.

    Teesta

    Under attack for the manner in which the government treated students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for allegedly indulging in “anti-national” activities, Irani quoted from the handbook, claiming it created differences between students on religious lines.

    School principal Father Bernard Fernandes confirmed the school had stopped using the textbook around 2004. “These books were used by some of our schools on an experimental basis for a year,” said Fernandes. “But they were discontinued after a year. Today, none of our teachers use these books.”

    The school authorities were surprised how Irani got a copy of the book. “Our teachers don’t use the book anymore, so we do not know how the HRD got a copy of it, claiming it was from our school,” said an official from the school. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/stopped-using-controversial-textbook-a-decade-ago-school/story-iJaporNJRo9LpokJUWYs0H_amp.html

    Speaking to The Indian Express, Father Bernard Fernandes, principal of the school, said:These were no textbooks but handbooks. These books were used by some of our schools on an experimental basis for a year and were meant for teachers...But they were discontinued immediately after a year they were introduced. Today, none of our teachers use these handbooks.

    The handbook talked about Shivaji being born as a shudra who rose to power and fame because he represented the underprivileged classes and spoke against injustice. https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/don-bosco-refutes-iranis-claim-history-handbook-banned-in-2001

    Teesta Setalvad’s former aide Rais Khan Pathan has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court alleging manipulation of evidence, which were in the form of statements of witnesses, by her in five sensitive post-Godhra riot cases.

    In April 2009, the Times of India ran a story claiming that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court of India to investigate and expedite the Gujarat riot cases had submitted before the Court that Teesta Setalvad had cooked up cases of violence to spice up the incidents. The SIT which is headed by former CBI director, R K Raghavan has said that false witnesses were tutored to give evidence about imaginary incidents by Teesta Setalvad and other NGOs. The SIT charged her of “cooking up macabre tales of killings”.

    The court was told that 22 witnesses, who had submitted identical affidavits before various courts relating to riot incidents, were questioned by SIT and it was found that the witnesses had not actually witnessed the incidents and they were tutored and the affidavits were handed over to them by Setalvad. The report which was brought to the notice of the bench consisting of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam, noted that the much publicised case of a pregnant Muslim woman Kausar Bano being gangraped by a mob and foetus being removed with sharp weapons, was also fabricated, and false.However, Kausar Bano’s husband states alleges the doctors falsified the post-mortem despite his wife’s uterus having been removed from her body. The court that was trying the issue found beyond reasonable doubt that Babu Bajarangi killed Kausar Bano and her nine-month-old foetus by stabbing her in the stomach with a sword, but did not find sufficient evidence to prove that he removed the foetus from the uterus… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teesta_Setalvad

    Sample book by Teesta Setalvad https://www.amazon.in/dp/9382381708/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_ZGC6ES3S3JH0HDRA1M89

  • Correcting Indian History ‘Historical Madness’?

    Followers of this blog may be aware that I post articles on Hinduism the West Christened Hinduism, that are facts and verified,

    Be it the Date of Rama, Krishna , The Vedas,Knowledge which is contained in Hindu texts that are proved by modern Science.

    I do not hesitate to write on inaccuracies in Hinduism,Indian history.

    I have come across two prominently displayed articles in the Deccan Herald dated 11 January, where the main focus seems to incite fear among the Public that the proposed correction, I am not sure whether this would actually happen, though I wish it does), of Indian History as we know is ‘Saffronising’ Indian Education’

    It is Historical Madness.

    “Unlike Nehru’s India as a nation of syncretised culture (ex: “unity in diversity”), the rightist or militant Hindutva idea of new India is based on a known rhetoric of Hindu (or Aryan) superiority constructed from selected fictions and myths contained in ancient Hindu religious texts, and which consider Islam and Christianity as alien invasions. This is a kind of historical madness. It is going to glorify Hindu nationalists like M M Malviya, K B Hedgewar, M S Golwalkar, Nathuram Godse, etc as against secular nationalist like Gandhi, Tagore, Ambedkar, Phule, Bhagat Singh and Nehru.”

    It would “glorify Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Malaviya,Hedgewar,Golwalkar, and Nathuram Godse against the secularisst like Gandhi,Tagore, Ambedkar,Phule, Bhagat Singh and Nehru”.

    I am shocked to read that reading about Tilak, Malaviya and others is a sin.

    How?

    Have they indulged in terrorism or converted people to Hinduism?

    Were they uneducated ruffian politicians?

    Were they not virtuous without any scandal, public and private?

    Did they not speak about out Heritage and pointed out the false history foisted on us,( which many westerners agree to)?

    Yes Godse killed Gandhi, it is to be condemned.

    But does that make one suspect his love for India?

    Golwalkar and Hedgewar?

    What are their sins?

    That they lived  impeccable lives?

    They were erudite scholars?

    Or most importantly tried to bring the Hindus together who were being made to hate their Hindu Culture?

    Now about Gandhi.

    One of holy cows about whom nothing but the best is to be said,

    Was Gandhi the only person who brought freedom to India single-handedly?

    Did Gandhi repudiate Indian Scriptures?

    Was it fair on Gandhi to force the Indian Government to accede Pakistan with disproportionate assets as if India were his ancestral property?

    Nehru,

    What more myths you want to state as History?

    No doubt he was instrumental in building India.

    Equally true is the fact that Kashmir mess is his creation.

    As to personal character, he can not hold a candle to Malaviya and others.

    As to the gentleman, who is reported to have written the Indian Constitution  and a Social reformer, Ambedkar, I have quite a few articles.

    As to people who say personal life is different is from public life, I say that one who is not impeccable in personal life can not be a model Public figure, for it is morally wrong.

    Then there is the fear psychosis being introduced.

    What are the myths these secular want to avoid?

    That Sanatana Dharma is very old,

    Vedas contain advanced scientific concepts.

    I I read in the same paper that some scientist has stated that ‘ the statement that Hindus knew about Vaimanika Sastra, Plane Building is non sense ‘, I shall be replying this shortly?

    Lord Rama and Krishna’s dates have been authenticated by astronomical events and by Archeology.

    Krishna’s Dwaraka,

    Ravan’s Castle, Sita’s prison,

    Axle of Ravana’s Pushpaka Vimana,

    Jarasandha’s Town,

    All these have been found.

    Vedas have calculated the velocity of Light .

    That Alexander never invaded India.

    Muslims destroyed Hindu temples and converted millions of Hindus by the sword?

    That the Taj was built on a Shiva Temple?

    That the Vatican was a Siva Temple,

    Petra Jordan Has a Siva temple,

    St.Peter’s Cathedral’s Courtyard is shaped as the Shiva Linga,

    Archeological evidence has been found throughout the world that the Sanatana Dharma was present everywhere,

    That the idols in many South Indian Temples had to be hidden to escape the wrath of Islam,

    That Krishna married a Pandyan Princess,

    That Aryan Invasion is a nonsense propagated by the west,

    Max Mueller deliberately misinterpreted Hindu scriptures,

    That Macaulay openly admitted that his intention to introduce was to make Indians lose their respect for their culture,

    That the Bible and Koran were concocted stories to serve political greed,

    Britishers , during their rule of India, have killed about One Billion Indians?

    That the Christians allot funds to convert Hindus?

    Christians ridicule Hinduism and at the same time have included many Hindu practices into their fold.

    Making corrections , with authentic sources is no crime.

    So is quoting Hindu texts.

    It is not as though , every thing about Modern science is about to be banned in India.

    Believing this is Madness.

    Citation.

     http://www.deccanherald.com/content/452800/distorted-facts-selective-biased-content.html

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  • History Content Secular Indians Are Worried About List

    There is an uproar among the self-styled Secular Elite of India about th news of some changes that may be effected in Indian History Text Books.

    Mind you, this is not even finalised.

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    These apologists for Secularism, which , in my opinion, is as cowardly as Non ALignment, are raising a uproar hollering that they would accept only facts as History and not historicised Legends-I can not understand this double peak, Can you?

    What are they concerned about the facts that are untrue and fantasies?

    Sanatana Dharma is the name of Hinduism.

    It dates back to , at  least 5000 BC.

    Vedas are the oldest literature available.

    They teach for Humanity, not for a Group.

    They do not advocate either Untouchability casteism.

    That India is the country which never invaded other Countries.

    Indian Sanatana Dharma was practiced in Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia,Vietnam,Cambodia,Laos,Fiji,Japan,New Zealand,Polynesian islands,Australia,Middle East, Turkey,Bulgaria, Rumania,Yugoslavia,Italy,Germany,Rome,Spain, Portugal,France,

    England, Scandinavian Countries,Russia, China,Africa, North America, South America and Central America.

    That Evidence has been found to support these facts.

    That indian texts indicate their proficiency in Physics,Astrophysics ,Quantum Physics,Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Calculus,Trignometry,Architecture, Music, Dance,Ship Building, Medicine,Cloning,Stem Cell Research,Para Psychology, Psychology, Sociology,Botany, Biology,Space Technology, Space Travel, metallurgy, Water Management,,Linguistics,Agriculture,…….

    * please check my posts on these topics filed under Hinduism, Science, Astrophysics.

    That Lord Ram and Krishna were not figments of imagination as Jesus is, but Historical figures whose existence  is authenticated.

    That Ramayana and Mahabharata were not stories but facts, history.

    Puranas are not non sense but a chronicle of Human evolution..

    That Islam has destroyed temples, raped Indian women, plundered India,

    That the present Muslims were forced to convert to Islam by sword,

    That The Taj  Mahal was built ona Shiva Temple,

    That Vikramaditya ruled the world,

    That Sanskrit is the Mother of all languages and is the most suitable for even the modern computing,

    That tamil, another ancient Indian Language is as old as Sanskrit,

    That india was culturally One,

    That there was no Aryan Invasion,

    That there was no entry of Aryans through the Khyber Pass,

    That Lord Rama’s ancestor Satyavrata Manu migrated to North from the South,

    That the British falsified History,

    That Macaulay introduced english in India to divide the Indians and make them lose their respect for their Culture and Religion,

    That the British committed the genocide of indians, some  one billion Indians.

    That the British carted away indian artefacts,

    That  Max Mueller was a Missionary and misinterpreted the Vedas,

    That indians were converted to christianity and are being converted,

    That Gandhi was not the only one who fought for Indian Independence,

    That the role of Malaviya, Tilak,Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel are suppressed,

    That Nehru was instrumental in creating Jammu and Kashmir problem,

    That Gandhi blackmailed the Government into granting Pakistan, with disproportionate assets,

    That Indira Gandhi was a Russian Mole,….

     

    And more….

    All under the garb of Secularism.

     

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  • Who Supports Muslims Terrorism

    I came across a New Report in a Swedish News Paper in English as to who represents the Muslims in Sweden.

    Is it the Moderates or the Social Democrats?

    Being political animals every one treads softly on Muslim toes.

    Read.

    In a report released this week and commissioned by liberal think tank Timbro, researcher Ivar Arpi asked “Who represents Sweden’s Muslim voters?”

    That question, he said at a Stockholm seminar on Wednesday, was deliberately provocative in many ways. It presupposed that the half million people in Sweden with roots in the Muslim world were a homogenous group.

    “I represent Muslim voters,” Moderate MP Andreas Norlén said calmly. “I represent them if they voted for the Moderates, just as I represent Buddhists, atheists, and Jews who voted for the Moderates.”

    Next to him was Social Democrat veteran Bo Ringholm, who had just pulled off the tough task of diversifying Sweden’s main opposition party’s candidate list for the upcoming elections. Every fourth person had to be younger than 35, and another quarter had to have at least one parent with roots outside the Nordic region. Add to that the age-old Social Democrat tactic of “zipping” their lists after gender, with every second candidate a man.

    Ringholm defended his party’s use of quotas, arguing that “identity politics” –  who the politician was as a person – mattered. That term became the focus of much of the ensuing debate, because Timbro and Arpi were looking at the question from a liberal point of view. In other words, they think picking someone for what they are rather than how good they are at something is wrong.

    So who represents the Muslim electorate, if there is such at thing?

    Arpi’s report looked at two prominent Muslim politicians in Sweden. The Moderate MP from Gothenburg, Abdirizak Waberi, and the Social Democrats’ former steering committee member Omar Mustafa. Did either of them fill that role? Or neither?

    Both men, the report underlined, had served as head of Sweden’s Islamic Association (Islamska förbundet), widely regarded as rather purist, or as Social Democrat and Muslim MP Nalin Pekgul once said: “The Islamic Association is an Islamist organization with strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt”.

    Last year, days after his appointment to the inner circle of his party, Mustafa was booted out. He said his party had thus showed Sweden that it was impossible to combine politics with “representing Muslim civil society” or religious activity in general in Sweden.

    Nonsense, responded Pekgul, Sweden’s first Muslim MP. She added that no one had any business pretending that Mustafa was any kind of representative of Swedish Muslims as a sort of ill-defined aggregate.”

    As against this, look at following Table, which shows that support for  Terrorism and extremism is on the decline were they are mushrooming.

    In other words, others are those who seem to support Muslims and thereby indirectly Terrorism!

    Terrorism support
    Terrorism Support Declines?

    Overall, the 2005 Pew Global Attitudes survey finds that support for terrorism has generally declined since 2002 in the six predominantly Muslim countries included in the study – Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, and Turkey – although there are some variations across countries and survey items.

    We will focus on results for three terrorism-related measures: attitudes about suicide bombing and other violence against civilians, views on suicide bombing carried out against Americans and other Westerners in Iraq, and opinions about Osama bin Laden. The first two measures were only asked of Muslim respondents. All respondents were asked their opinion of bin Laden; however, we will restrict our analysis to Muslim respondents.”

    In India it is the non-Muslims who promote Muslims in the garb of Secularism.

    Source:

    http://www.pewglobal.org/2006/05/23/where-terrorism-finds-support-in-the-muslim-world/

    http://www.thelocal.se/20140130/who-represents-swedens-muslim-voters-politics-islam

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