The recent Ram Sena – Loose women debate raised an important question – who are the guardians of our moral culture?
We are living in a deeply divided society with multiple religions, cultures & people belonging to different socio – economic status. The local version of the Crusades (Christian’s vs Muslims) is being fought in India. It is one religion against the local culture or even both religions jointly against the local culture.
In an increasingly intolerant society the fissure are being exploited by politicians & mass media. The divide & rule practise is already being implemented by the politicians in the name of minority benefits to target vote banks. And by mass media, which is quite evident by watching hysterical anti Hindu news in almost all news channels.
Every religion has its separate personal laws, official hierarchy, exclusive headquarters and absolute spheres of influence in a country. It is time to organize the Hindu religion as a single entity on the basis of a progressive religion with a democratic setup.
The first step must be to remove state control over temples & Hindu trusts. An organization can be formed on the basis of Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee to look after the fund collection and its disbursal. Similarly a network of schools can be setup to impart Hindu values & beliefs. Subsequently a reforms committee can be setup to look into the various problems affecting the Hindu society such as dowry, caste, illetracy & women emancipation etc.
Hindus have to organize themselves or else the current twisted version of secularism will make Hindus a second rate citizens in India.