JAN-21 BOUDHIK YOJANA
Jan-03-2021 Samachar Sameeksha: New Parliament Building and Uthiramerur
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the grassroots-level governance that was practiced at Uthiramerur during the Chola period in the 10th century at foundation laying ceremony of new parliament
Ø Uthiramerur is a place in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. This small panchayat town is known for its three important temples. All these temples are noted for their inscriptions that describe a self-governance system that existed around 7th to 9th century CE.
Ø The Uthiramerur model of democracy and self-governance system was prevalent during the reigns of Raja Raja Chola (985-1014 A.D.), his son Rajendra Chola (1014-1044), and Krishnadeva Raya (1509-29) of Vijayanagara empire.
Ø PM said the stone inscriptions clearly described how every village was categorised as kudumbu, which we call a ward in modern day parlance.
Ø One representative from each of these kudumbus was sent to the general assembly, as it is today. The mahasabha, which used to be held thousands of years ago, is still there,” he said.
Ø There was also a provision to disqualify the people’s representatives from contesting elections if any candidate/representative failed to declare details of his property and money they won. He and his close relatives could not contest the elections
Ø According to historians, villagers in Uthiramerur had the power to recall elected representatives if these elected members fail to do their duty.
Ø The Prime Minister added that every minute aspects of a democratic form of governance was thought of and practised even in those ages.
Ø The inscriptions on the temple walls, too, speak about the prevalence of village assemblies in other parts of State, including at Thiruninravur (Tiruvallur district), Manimangalam and Dadasamudram (Kancheepuram district), Sithamalli and Thalaignayiru (Thanjavur district), and Jambai (Villupuram district).
Ø Elected members, if proven guilty of misconduct, were disqualified from contesting future elections: Acts of misconduct included accepting bribe, misappropriating else’s property and the likes.
Ø Even T.N. Seshan, the tenth Chief Election Commissioner of India from 1990 to 1996, was credited to have taken a few lessons from these inscriptions before starting his journey
Jan 10-2021 Boudhik: Ayodhya Movement
Ø A moment comes in history which looks small or localized but if it is observed in hind-sight it is said to be epoch making
Ø Zhou-en-Lai, Chinese Premier, when asked about impact of French Revolution said that it is too early to comment on the impact
Ø Ayodhya movement will also be counted as an event which is epoch making
Ø Islamic aggression, which began in Arabia in 7th century annihilated cultures across Asia, Africa and even some parts of Europe.
Ø Iconoclasm i.e destruction of other’s places of worship also is an important part of Islamic expansionism
Ø Reclaim of places of worship is never considered as a tenet in Islam and has never occurred in world history except Spain
Ø Bharat and specifically Ayodhya might be the second place in Islamic history where ‘Kafirs’ have reclaimed a place of worship
Ø North India came under Islamic attack at the end of 12th century after Prithviraj’s loss at the battle of Tarain
Ø All the holy places in North India suffered innumerable attacks once Delhi Sultanate was established
Ø In 1528, after Babur occupied the throne of Delhi and attacks continued unabated
Ø His general Mir Baki attacked Ayodhya in 1528 and demolished the grand Bhagwan Ram’s temple at Ayodhya as per orders from Babur
Ø He constructed a mosque from the debris of temple as per guidance from Darvesh Musa Ashiqan
Ø Before demolishing, battle raged for 15 days and 1.74 lac Hindus attained martyrdom to protect the temple
Ø Hindus never accepted the fate-accompli of mosque at the site of Bhagwan Ram’s birthplace and incessantly fought for 500 years or half a millennium
Ø In total 76 battles were fought to liberate the place illegally occupied by mosque (4 during Babur’s reign, 10 during Humayun, 20 during Akbar, 30 times during Aurangzeb, 5 times during Nawab Sadat Ali and 3 times during Nawab Naseeruddin Haider)
Ø On 22nd December 1949, Ram Lala miraculously appeared in the disputed structure and kirtan started which continued till 06th December 1992
Ø To avoid any disturbance no gathering was allowed near the structure and Ram Lala was locked behind bars
Ø Then collector Shri Krishna Kumar Nayyar was pressured to remove the idols of Shree Ram but he refused
Ø In 1983 in Muzzafarnagar there was a Virat Hindu Sammelan in which a motion was passed for liberating Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi from illegal occupation
Ø The motion was actually moved by Shree Daudayal Khanna, five time Congress MLA and ex-Minister of UP Government
Ø In 1984, there was a Dharm Sansad at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. A committee was formed under Shree Ashok Singhal for investigation at 3 sites
Ø A Ram-Janaki yatra was organized from Sitamarhi, Bihar to open the locks at Ram Janmabhoomi and create awareness among Hindus
Ø During the yatra there was unfortunate assassination of Smt Indira Gandhi and anti-Sikh riots broke out hence the movement was postponed for a year
Ø In Udupi, there was second Dharm Sansad and demand was raised for opening the locks and in 1986 such an order was passed by Faizabad District court
Ø On third Dharm Sansad at Prayag Kumbh in 1989, shilanyas was planned in November for grand temple
Ø Ram Shila pujan was organized at 2.75 lac villages and the shilas (bricks) were sent to Ayodhya
Ø Shilanyas was conducted on 09th November, 1989 at the hands of Shree Rameshwar Chaupal in presence of Shree Avaidyanath, Pu Vamdevji
Ø Due to a non-responsive government, first karseva was planned on 30th October 1990 under leadership of Shree Ashok Singhal
Ø To generate awareness about Karseva, Ram Jyoti was planned through villages and Diwali lamps had to be lighted with these Jyoti.
Ø Haughty UP CM Mulayam Yadav had claimed that nobody would able to get into Ayodhya for Karseva
Ø But thousands of swayamsevaks managed to reach Ayodhya to reclaim the place of Hindu pride, Kothari brothers unfurled the saffron flag at central dome of mosque
Ø Mulayam Singh’s government took revenge on Hindus and fired on unarmed karsevaks and killed un-accounted numbers
Ø On 04th April 1991, there was historic rally at Boat Club, Delhi and 2.5 Million people participated from all over Bharat
Ø For further details please see the link below
Reference: 1) https://vhp.org/shri-ram-janmabhumi-mandir/history-of-shri-ram-janmabhoomi-temple/
Jan-17-2021 Charcha: Swami Vivekananda on Hindutva
Ø Then and then alone you are a Hindu when the very name sends through you a galvanic shock of strength
Ø Then and then alone you are a Hindu when every man who bears the name, from any country, speaking our language or any other language, becomes at once the nearest and the dearest to you.
Ø Then and then alone you are a Hindu when the distress of anyone bearing that name comes to your heart and makes you feel as if your own son were in distress.
Ø Then and then alone you are a Hindu when you will be ready to bear everything for them, like the great example I have quoted at the beginning of this lecture, of your great Guru Govind Singh. Driven out from this country, fighting against its oppressors, after having shed his own blood for the defence of the Hindu religion, after having seen his children killed on the battlefield
Ø Every one of you will have to be a Govind Singh, if you want to do good to your country. You may see thousands of defects in your countrymen, but mark their Hindu blood. They are the first Gods you will have to worship even if they do everything to hurt you, even if everyone of them send out a curse to you, you send out to them words of love.
Ø Of that ancient Indian race, upon which the rays of civilisation first dawned, where deep thoughtfulness first revealed itself in full glory, there are still found hundreds of thousands of its children, born of its mind -the inheritors of its thoughts and sentiments -ready to claim them.
Ø This is the ancient land where wisdom made its home before it went into any other country,the same India whose influx of spirituality is represented. Here is the same India whose soilhas been trodden by the feet of the greatest sages that ever lived.
Ø Heroes only enjoy the world. Show your heroism; apply, according to circumstances, the fourfold political maxims of conciliation, bribery, sowing dissensions, and open war, to win over your adversary and enjoy the world -then you will be Dhârmika (righteous).
Ø Do your Svadharma -this is truth, the truth of truths. This is my advice to you, my beloved co-religionists. Of course, do not do any wrong, do not injure or tyrannise overanyone, but try to do good to others as much as you can. But passively to submit to wrong done by others is a sin -with the householder.
Ø The Hindu says that political and social independence are well and good, but the real thing is rousing Call to Hindu Nation for spiritual independence -Mukti. This is our national purpose; whether you take the Vaidika,the Jaina, or the Bauddha, the Advaita,the Vishishtâdvaita, or the Dvaita —there, they are all of one mind
Ø Each nation has its own peculiar method of work. Some work through politics, some throughsocial reforms, some through other lines. With us, religion is the only ground along which we can move.
Ø if you give up that spirituality, leaving it aside to go after the materialising civilisation of the West, the result will be that in three generations you will be an extinct race
Ø O India, this is your terrible danger. The spell of imitating the West is getting such a stronghold upon you that what is good or what is bad is no longer decided by reason, judgment,discrimination, or reference to the Shastras.
Ø Whatever ideas, whatever manners the white men praise or like are good; whatever things they dislike or censure are bad. Alas! what can be a more tangible proof of foolishness !!!!
Ø The Vedas being eternal will be one and the same throughout all ages, but the Smritis will have an end. As time rolls on, more and more of the Smritis will go, sages will come, and they will change and direct society into better channels, into duties and into paths which accord with the necessity of the age
Ø Much of the advice that is coming to us from different countries is similar to this. Tell these
wise acres: "I will hear you when you have made a stable society yourselves. You cannot hold on to one idea for two days, you quarrel and fail”
Ø In India, on the otherhand, the greatest princes seek to trace their descent to some ancient sage who dressed in a bit of loin cloth, lived in a forest, eating roots and studying the Vedas. It is there that the Indian prince goes to trace his ancestry.
Ø Our ideal of high birth, therefore, is different from, that of others. Our ideal is the Brahmin of spiritual culture and renunciation. By the Brahmin ideal what do I mean? I mean the ideal Brahmin-ness in which worldliness is altogether absent and true wisdom is abundantly present. That is the ideal of the Hindu race.
Ø It has become a trite saying that idolatry is wrong, and every man swallows it at the presenttime without questioning.
Ø If such Ramakrishna Paramahamsas are produced by idol worship, what will you have —the reformer's creed or any number of idols?
Ø Did India ever stand in want of reformers? Do you read the history of India? Who was Ramanuja? Who was Shankara? Who was Nânak? Who was Chaitanya? Who was Kabir? Who was Dâdu?
Ø Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.
Ø When asked about his mission, he replied to Sister Nivedita “To make Hinduism as aggressive as Islam and Christianity”.
Reference: 1) Rousing Call to Hindu Nation by Eknathji Ranade 2) The Master as I saw Him by Sister Nivedita
Jan-24-2021 Katha: Lala Lajpat Rai
Lajpat Rai was born on 28 January 1865 in a Punjabi Hindu family,[2] as a son of Urdu and Persian government School teacher Munshi Radha Krishan and his wife Gulab Devi, in Dhudike. [3][4][5]
In the late 1870s, his father was transferred to Rewari, where he had his initial education in Government Higher Secondary School, Rewari, Punjab province , where his father was posted as an Urdu teacher. During his early life, Rai's liberal views and belief in Hinduism were shaped by his father and deeply religious mother respectively, which he successfully applied to create a career of reforming the religion and Indian policy through politics and journalistic writing.
In 1880, Lajpat Rai joined Government College at Lahore to study Law, where he came in contact with patriots and future freedom fighters, such as Lala Hans Raj and Pandit Guru Dutt. While studying at Lahore he was influenced by the Hindu reformist movement of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, became a member of existing Arya Samaj Lahore (founded 1877) and founder editor of Lahore-based Arya Gazette.[7] When studying law, he became a firm believer in the idea that Hinduism, above nationality, was the pivotal point upon which an Indian lifestyle must be based. He believed, Hinduism, led to practices of peace to humanity, and the idea that when nationalist ideas were added to this peaceful belief system, a secular nation could be formed.
In 1884, his father was transferred to Rohtak, and Rai came along after the completion of his studies at Lahore. In 1886, he moved to Hisar where his father was transferred, and started to practice law and became a founding member of the Bar council of Hisar along with Babu Churamani. Since childhood, he also had a desire to serve his country and therefore took a pledge to free it from foreign rule, in the same year he also founded the Hisar district branch of the Indian National Congress and reformist Arya Samaj.
In 1914, he quit law practice to dedicate himself to the freedom of India and went to Britain in 1914 and then to the United States in 1917. While in America he had founded the Indian Home Rule League in New York and a monthly journal Young India and Hindustan Information Services Association. He had petitioned the Foreign affairs committee of Senate of American Parliament giving a vivid picture of maladministration of British Raj in India, the aspirations of the people of India for freedom amongst many other points strongly seeking the moral support of the international community for the attainment of independence of India.
The 32-page petition which was prepared overnight was discussed in the U.S. Senate during October 1917. During World War I, Lajpat Rai lived in the United States, but he returned to India in 1919 and in the following year led the special session of the Congress Party that launched the non-co-operation movement. He was imprisoned from 1921 to 1923 and elected to the legislative assembly on his release.
In 1928, the British government set up the Commission, headed by Sir John Simon (Later, Lord Simon, 1st Viscount Simon) to report on the political situation in India. The Indian political parties boycotted the Commission, because it did not include a single Indian in its membership, and it met with country-wide protests. When the Commission visited Lahore on 30 October 1928, Lajpat Rai led a non-violent march in protest against it. The protesters chanted "Simon go back" and carried black flags.
The superintendent of police, James A. Scott, ordered the police to lathi (baton) charge the protesters and personally assaulted Rai. Despite being extremely injured, Rai subsequently addressed the crowd and said, "I declare that the blows struck at me today will be the last nails in the coffin of British rule in India".
According to him, Hindu society needs to fight its own battle with caste system, position of women and untouchability.[14] Vedas were an important part of Hindu religion but the lower caste were not allowed to read them. Lala Lajpat Rai approved that the lower caste should be allowed to read them and recite the mantras. He believed that everyone should be allowed to read and learn from the Vedas.
Reference: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lala_Lajpat_Rai
Jan-31-2021 Prarthana Abhyas
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