Ebook: Time for Stock Taking Whither Sangh Parivar? (RSS)

A study of Hindu-Muslim relations since the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 tells us that Muslims have been making demands - ideological, political, territorial - and Hindus conceding them all along. Yet the Muslim problem remains with us in as acute a form as ever. With the advent of petro-dollars and the emergence of V.P. Singh, Laloo Prasad, Mulayam Singh and Kanshi Ram On the political scene, Muslims have become as aggressive and intransigent as in the pre-Partition period. It has become a habit with Hindu leaders to take Hindus for granted and bargain with Muslims on the latter's terms. Leaders of the Indian National Congress have taken Hindus for granted from 1885 till today. Now leaders of the Sangh Parivar look like following the same path. Hindus have to decide as to how long they are going to be taken for granted. 'Contrary to certain impressions created in the media,' observes Koenraad Elst, 'the BJS-BJP and RSS leaders have a heartfelt desire to woo the Muslims. The present official position of the RSS (and a fortiori of the BJP) is, more than ever, that Islam itself is quite alright, only fundamentalism is wrong. Even the well-known secularist theory that the Hindu-Muslim conflict was merely a concoction of the wily British colonizers is often repeated in RSS publications, sometimes with the addition that Congress and other secularist parties have now assumed the divisive role which the British once played. In every case, the role of the intrinsic hostility which Islam itself preaches and practises against 'idolatry' is down-played or kept out of the picture.' 'It is hard to conceive of a situation,' he continues, 'where a society is vexed and tortured by a persistent enemy, then generates a millions-strong organization pledged to the defense of this society, and yet this organization, this boastful 'vanguard', fails to produce even the most sketchy analysis of the motives and methods of this enemy.

Table of Contents:-
Introduction
Section I: The Perspective
1. A Call for an Intellectual
2. Ideological Defence of Hindu Society
Section I: The Responses
1. G.V. Ashtekar
2. Professor G.C. Asnani
3. Deep Chandra Awasthi
4. P. N. Awasthi
5. S. K. Balasubramanian
6. Abhas Chatterjee
7. G.C. Chaudhary
8. S. K. Dalvi
9. Ashoke Dasgupta
10. Jitendra D. Desai
11. Nachiketa Dogra
12. Adwayanand R. Galatge
13. K. B. Ganapathy
14. Padmashri Shalil Ghosh
15. Bhagwati Prasad Goenka
16. Shiv Goud
17. S. C. Gupta
18. B.L. Jaju
19. H.C. Joshi
20. Dr. S.D. Kulkarni
21. S.D. Laghate
22. Professor K. Lakshminarayana
23. Professor K.S. Lal
24. Professor R. R. Mangasuli
25. T. G. Mohandas
26. Professor S. G. Mujumdar
27. P. R. K. Naidu
28. S. Omkar
29. Virendra V. Parekh
30. Hem Raj Prabhakar
31. Baljit Rai
32. Dr. H. Ramarao
33. B.K. Rao
34. (Mrs) Veda Sampath
35. Smt. M. Sandhya
36. K. Satya Deva Prasad
37. Jagannath Sharma
38. Ajit Singh
39. Ram Autar Singh
40. Vikram Singh
41. Dr. Vinay Kumar Sinha
42. Shrikant G. Talageri
43. Mrs. Leela Tampi
44. B. K. Verma
45. R. C. Waswani
46. P. S. Yog
47. Brief Responses
References
Section III: Dharma Versus Dogma
1. Sarva Dharma Samabhãva or Sarva Dharma Sambhrama? (Unity or Confusion of Religions?)
2. Meaning of Conversions
Section IV: The First Victims of Islam
1. Roll Over, Rushdie
2. Standing Up to Scrutinize Islam
3. Turning away from Mecca
4. Islam is religious fascism
5. Courageous author puts his life on the line
6. Far more dangerous than Nazism
Section V: Some Revealing Press Reports
1. Legacy of Hate
2. BJP Shifts Stand to Woo Muslims
3. BJP Promoting a Minority-Friendly Image for Elections
4. BJP Looks for Muslim Plank to Move Towards Delhi
5. BJP Girds Up to Appease Muslim
6. Khurana's Go-Slow on Migrants Issue Irks Hawks
7. Pampering the Minority Ego
8. BJP to Bring Out Koran in Sanskrit
9. Vajpayee for Diluting Stand on "Hindutva"
10. More Space for Namaaz Urged
11. Chhabildas Sticks to His Guns on Minority Votes
12. Advani Allays Minorities Fears
13. Secret of BJP's Success
14. Advani Woos Indian Expatriates in London, Assails Govt's Kashmir Policy
15. BJP Bid to Woo Muslims
16. How Can Any Muslim in This Country Say That He Does Not Respect Ram?
17. Malhotra's Statement on Ayodhya Annoys Chavan
18. BJP Bid to Win Over Muslims
19. RSS Wants Muslims for Friends
20. Babri or Barabari?
21. Bihar BJP's First-Ever Muslim Leader Emerges
22. J.K. Hindu Exiles Eulogise Thackeray
23. Secularism Is the Very Colour of Our Blood: Vajpayee
24. A Good Augury
25. Muslims in Behrampada Voted in a Pragmatic Way
26. Joshi Sparks Off Row Over Religion Bill
27. VHP Drops Plan to Liberate Kashi, Mathura
28. Govt Seeks Revision of Order on Naib Imam
29. BJYM'S Meet on June 7
30. Vande Mataram Dispute at BJP Muslim Meeting
Appendix I: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Vis-à-Vis National Integration
The Tabligh Movement or Millions of Bearded Militants on the March
Appendix II: Shape of Things to Come
1. Population Explosion in West Bengal: A Survey