"INDIA BATTELS TO WIN" Released By RSS Sarsanghchalak

"INDIA BATTELS TO WIN" Released By RSS Sarsanghchalak

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:34 PM PST
Tarun Vijay Book Release "INDIA BATTELS TO WIN"


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2) RSS Sarsanghchalak First speech in English, which Mohanji transformed first in Hinglish and finally in Pure Hindi. But massage was clear "for nation pride every one must join hands".




“What is India battling to win, we have to go into the roots as well as the upper part of the situation or currently prevailing in the country,” this is how Shri Mohan Rao Bhagwat Ji, Sarsanghchalak, RSS described about the book – ‘‘India battles to win.’’
“I used to write a compact and condensed content without diluting the content. I used to say right from my heart. I never felt to dilute the ideas which were predominating me and my mind.” Said the author Tarun Vijay
Describing his earlier instint of life, somewhere down the line, I was meant to go for the creative part of the society whereby I could have contributed to the extent possible, I feel to contribute. That is different thing; my parents never liked neither professed. At times, they failed to understand as to what exactly, I wish to do in my life. But the then I had my own way to express the ideas, so, because my ideas and conviction, today Iam here.
People might be working for the different organizations, they could be working in Assam, Jharkhand, or any part of the country and from any profession, but the purpose and logic of working is the same to fight for the cause and reach the goal --- this is what we call --- India battles to win.
“Yes we are battling, to go forward, since we got independence, we are free. But then what is holding us back and why is battling? We are battling and we feel battling against Jihadis, terrorists and other forces in and around the country, we will win. But Iam not sure how to achieve the goal, because the leadership is so fragmented and we don’t know where to reach,” said Sunjay Gupta editor-in-chief, Jagran Group.
“The essence of democracy should be public debate. This is an effort to make memories things. The society should not forget but memories,” Said Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of Indian Express. Like 1962 war, we don’t want to memories it. “This book is there to put insight into the current forces of the country. Disagreement, we cherish more than anything else,” he added.
“He has immense knowledge of geo-politics and contemporary vision of the society,” said Rajesh Kalra, editor-in-chief, the Times Internet India. And finally, the book praises the internal and external forces and as to how we can reach the goal. Rupa & Co published and presented the book on Wednesday, 28October 2009 in the Balyogi Auditorium, Parliament Library Building, New Delhi.

Mohanji speech part 1:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKF9lAMLW4
Mohanji Speech part 2:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k2hKWzIYTw
other people speech :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqE6k-ErMc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DJS9qjS57Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQA-qLAWkvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxeOMt7A4BA

Vijayanagar -Part 12 -THE HAUNTING QUESTIONS

Vijayanagar -Part 12 -THE HAUNTING QUESTIONS

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:24 PM PST

Nothing can be said in defence of Hindu troops that lost the war. The long history India has seen so many of such battles being fought. But four major wars that resulted in the complete downfall of the country are:

1. Battle of Panipat ( Haryana): Fought three times at the same venue. First was Babar against Ibrahim lodhi in 1526 resulting in victory of Babar. Second was between Akbar and Hemu in 1556 and the third battle of Panipat was between Marathas and Afghans in 1761.

2. Battle of Plassey(West Bengal):Between Robert Clive and Siraj Ud daulah in 1757 which led to the Major victory of British in India.

3. Haldighati(Udaipur, Rajasthan): Between Raja Man singh, General of Akbar and Rana pratap Singh in 1576.

4. The battle of Talikota ( Karnataka): Fought between combined forces of Islam in south India and the vijayanagar troops in 1565 leading to the complete downfall of Hindu empire in south India.

All these were mainly fought in 15th century which subsequently lead to the downfall of whole of India for the next 4 centuries.

Some questions still haunt when spoken of Vijayanagar:

1 . Did the rulers of Vijayanagar remember the very idea and motto of their existence?

2. Was there no social and national awareness among the people of capital city? Why did they not show any resistance to the agressors?

3. Is the wealth and vast army sufficient to protect the Kingdom?

4. When Gilani soldiers were secretly invited to the enemy camp what was the intelligence of Ramaraya doing?

5. Tirumala and Venkatadri had once intrigued against Ramaraya for the throne and when the oppurtunity came after his death, why did they turn their backs to the Hindu empire?

6. Why didn`t the troops fight even after the death of Ramaraya? Was there no one, even a single soldier who could lead the army?

7. Is Krishnadeva Raya justified in nominating Achyuthadeva Raya as his successor?

The Great empire of Vijayanagar did not even last for 35 years after Krishnadeva Raya. Was there no other king being raised for the very purpose of leading the country. Was the royal family runout of such able children?

The history imposes on us, such questions and prompts us to learn some lessons.

It is said that "if you dont learn lessons from History, History will teach you a Lesson"

Time to think, ponder and learn.

Sidhi Baat with Mohanji RSS Sarsanghchalak on Aaj-Tak [Videos]

Sidhi Baat with Mohanji RSS Sarsanghchalak on Aaj-Tak [Videos]

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:11 AM PST


In a candid conversation with Editor Prabhu Chawla for the Seedhi Baat show on Aaj Tak channel at the RSS office in Jhandewalan in Delhi, Mohanji talks about subjects ranging from the future leadership of the BJP to Vande Mataram, from Chidambaram to Modi, from Pakistan to China-and more.

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Indus Saga

Indus Saga

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:02 AM PDT
We are Indians and the nation Hindustan or India, and our Dharma Hindu because there is a river Sindhu also known as Indus. All these names describing our identity are derived from Sindhu and Indus. Sindhu is one of the most revered seven rivers Hindus worship, the other six being-Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Brahmaputra and Kaveri.
No other river on earth can claim this unique distinction as Sindhu. Five thousand year civilisation, culture, tradition and an entire life style is identified with Sindhu. The people living across it were called Sindhu-*Putras * or Hindus as the Greek could pronounce 'S' as 'H' only.
Sindhu's roar is described in the Rig Veda like this,' His roar is lifted up to heaven above the earth; he puts forth endless vigour with flash of light…Even as cows with milk rush to their calves, so other rivers roar into Sindhu. As a warrior king leads other warriors, so does Sindhu lead other rivers.' Sanskrit scholars say that Sindhu is used more than thirty times by the vedic seer in the Vedas while Ganga finds much less mention- just five times.
Like Himalayas, Sindhu is a blessing to the mother earth and her children. The only two rivers described as 'He' rivers buy the Vedas because of their ferocious flow, 'sky reaching' roar of the water and sea like vastness are Brahmaputra and Sindhu. Rishis of the yore named ocean or *Sagar* as Sindhu also –describing the sea as vast and deep as our river Sindhu!! There can't be a greater tribute to the glory and power of this river that has given a name to our civilisation and nation both.
Sindhu or Indus is one of the mightiest rivers of our planet with an astonishing length of 2900 km. Rising in south-western Tibet, at an altitude of 16,000 feet, Sindhu enters the Indian territory near Demchok in Ladakh.The author had the good fortune to lead the first ever Indus expedition in the independent India which traversed from the point Sindhu enters in Ladakh (L.A.C.) and driving along its majestic flow till Batalik where it flows down placidly into the presently Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. The total length that Sindhu travels within the present Indian boundary ( L.A.C. to L.O.C.) is app. 550 kms.
Sindhu is divine with an indescribable beauty and charm. Its water, till Zanskar meets it 30 kms down Leh, is transparently pearl blue and Budhist devotees believe it is pure Manasarovar water since till here no other river mingles with it .The source of Sindhu is in the Nyari province of western Tibet in the Kailas Manasarovar region, which is also a source to Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Karnali. According to the ztibetan scriptures as well as Vedic ones, Sindhu is a Lion river, while Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Karnali are respectively Elephant, Horse and Peocock rivers. According to the famous swami Pranavananda ji, who traveled Kailas region 51 times and wrote the most scientific and a reference book for the pilgrims as well as geologists, even the source of Ganga is in Manasarovar from where a small hidden channel reaches Gangotri.
On the Tibetan side yogi Milarepa's cave is situated on the Sindhu banks and on Indian side ancient Buddhist monasteries like Hemis,Thikse Gompa,Stok Palace,Alchi Gompa are situated. Buddhist Lamas consider the holy water of Sindhu bestowed with miraculous curing affects and during winter when the water is crystal clear, they preserve it in bottles to be used for medicinal and spiritual purposes.
Sindhu represents the age-old civilisational flow of our nation. It has been a witness to ups and downs and victories and defeats of Sindhu *putras*since the days of Alexander who returned from its banks till the Kargil victory.
It's a unique symbol of friendship between people of three countries India, Pakistan and China (Tibet), enriching all without any discrimination or prejudice. When it reaches the present region of Pakistan, the vastness and the spread becomes unbelievable. Three years before while returning from USA in the Prime Minister's special plane, our pilot captain Patil showed me the great expanse of the river flying over Bahawalpur area in Pakistan. It was like an ocean and seemed a seamless, endless empire of liquid silver as the grey lights of the pre-dawn moments reflected in its water on that Vijayadashmi day. It was mesmerizing experience, unforgettable and rare. Ironically we do not have much literature on Indus River. Though the civilisational aspects of the Indus valley and Harappan era are found in ample.I remembered while searching books on the river Indus in 96-97, in course of preparing for the festival at Leh, I couldn't find a single book that would describe the river's history and geography, until I stumbled upon a fabulously produced book by Imran Khan, famous cricketer turned politician of Pakistan. It's a magnificent saga of Sindhu written with verve and passion by Imran Khan with equally beautiful photographs shot by famed lens man of New York Times Mike Goldwater. When I wrote to Imran detailing about my concept of a festival to celebrate Indus in Ladakh, he gave a very polite and encouraging reply offering all help in this regard.
I have had the good fortune to see Sindhu in India almost in every season and in different moods. The sounds of silence on its banks, the silvery dark placid flow like a grand master of time and space contemplating for the next creation, and in January when Sindhu looks static under a white chador, letting you cross his expanse on foot and even on lorries and Maruti Gypsies, while underneath the magical heavenly flow moves on as silently as the walk of a star in the endless space.
The drive along the Sindhu is the most enchanting and rewarding one, because you never know what surprise is waiting just after the next curve. A divine feast of colours like blue, deep sky blue, gray, off-white and sometimes shining sandy hues mingling with the sand dunes on the banks, sure reminders of the existence of sea millions of years ago in this part of our geography. When the sun walks west, the shades too change to a mellow orange, golden like liquid gold, fiery reddish and dark chocolate, turning finally into a silver gray and inviting black.
The Sindhu saga is as endless and mesmerizing as his eternal flow.
The spirit and the message of Sindhu are simply love and friendship. While it represents India's culture and civilization, it is also a symbol of social harmony and a salute to our brave soldiers. The charm and innocence of te Bddha land-Ladakh, the intermingling of various faiths, the patriotic fervour of the Ladakhi people,chants of O Mani padme Hum... all this is so close yet, not so finely registered in our mids. Many of us still think Sindhu is in Pakistan. How many of us Indians know that this river is just an hour's flight from Delhi , and we need no visa or passport to offer our tributes, how many wish to go to the banks of this great river, that gave us our identity ?
( tarunvijay@vsnl.com)
(Tarun Vijay was the founder convenor of the Indus Festival in Leh,and led Indus Expedition in 2000).
*From our scriptures** *
In the Mahabharat, the Sindhu is reverentially mentioned along with other two holy rivers, the Ganga and Saraswati. References to the Sindhu are also seen in many ancient literary works like those of Kalidasa, Bana, Panini. The fame of the mighty Sindhu had spread even beyond the subcontinent and it found reflections in the literary works of the Greek and Roman empires. It finds mention in some of the earlier literature of India. Kalidasa says in the Raghuvansha that on the advice of his maternal uncle Yudhajat, Rama conferred Sindh on Bharata. Rama's ancestor Raghu's triumphant horses had relaxed on the bank of the Sindhu.
Another great Sanskrit poet, Bhasa, had done a whole play, "Avimark" on the romance of Prince Avimark with Princess Kurangadi of Sindhu-Sauvira.
The Bhavishya Purana says that Shalivahana, the grandson of Maharaja Vikramaditya of Ujjain, established law and order in 'Sindhusthan" and fixed his frontier on the Sindhu.
Anshnath, the eleventh Jain Tirthankar, was a Sindhi. He died in Bengal. The Jaina Dakshinya Chihna (eight century) speaks of Sindhis as "elegant, with a lovely, soft and slow gait. They are fond of songs, music and dance and feel affection for their country".
There is a legend that the great Buddha had graced Sindh with his visit. Finding the climate extreme, and the area dry and dusty, he had permitted the bhikshus to wear shoes here. He had also permitted the use of padded clothing, forbidden elsewhere. Here Sthavirtis, the Prince of Rorik or Roruka (Aror or Alor, near modern Rohri) became his disciple.
When the Buddha went round his native Kapilavastu in a chariot, it was mentioned that the "four auspicious horses, of lotus colour, had come from Sindhudesh".
To this day, historic Buddhist stupas are found in Sindh. The Divyavadana (Tibetan version) reports: "The Buddha is in Rajgriha. At this time, there were two great cities in Jampudvip (north India), Pataliputra and Roruka. When Roruka rises, Pataliputra declines; when Pataliputra rises, Roruka declines". Here was Roruka of Sindh competing with the capital of the Magadha empire. When Bimbisar was the king of the Magadha, he sent Rudrayan, king of Sindhu-Sauvita, a rare portrait of the Buddha. The two powerful ministers of Sindh at the time were Hiroo and Bheru, their names still common amongst the Sindhis!
Chandragupta Maurya first won Sindh and then Punjab. It was from this base that he displaced the Nandas, occupied Pataliputra and established the great Mauryan empire.
Sindh was part of Dasaratha's empire. When Kekayi goes into a sulk, Dasaratha tells her, "The sun does not set on my empire. Sindh, Sauvira, Saurashtra, Anga, vanga, Magadha, Kashi, Koshal -- they are all mine". When Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, Rama sent the vanaras (monkeys) to look for her, among other places, in Sindh with its "remarkable swimming horses".
Kashmir's ancient royal history Rajatirangini has many references to Sindh and the Sindhis. Kuya's son Sindhu rose to lead the elephant brigade of Kashmir. He was advisor to Queen Dida. A top honour was "Sindhu Gaja", Elephant of Sindh. *Indus in India* After flowing eleven miles beyond Leh, Sindhu is joined on the left by its first tributary, the Zanskar, which helps green the Zanskar Valley.Manyinteresting mountain trails beckon the mountaineering enthusiasts to the Zanskar Valley. The Sindhu then flows past Batalik. The mighty Indus when it enters the plains is joined by its famous five tributaries the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej giving Punjab-"Land of five rivers"- its name.
Rafting in the Indus has also become an attractive feature for tourists.

Sewa Bharathi AP Final Report on flood relief

Sewa Bharathi AP Final Report on flood relief

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 05:54 AM PST
Seva Bharathi’s Succor to the flood victims

SevaBharathi is a service organization started by few concerned serviceoriented persons inspired by the ideals of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.It has grown to manage 1.5 lac service activities all over India.
Thesudden floods in four districts of Andhra Pradesh state createddevastation in the lives of more than two lakhs families completelymaking them home less. The death toll as per the papers is increased to200 hundred people and an unaccounted number of animals have been drownin flood water. The government has declared that the estimated loss ofthe floods is Rs.12,225 corers in addition to the infrastructure damage of Rs. 10,000 crores.
Thefloods affected districts in Kurnool are due to overflow of Thungabadraand Kundu rivers and Srislaiam dam; Mahboob Nagar, Guntur and Krishnadistricts are due to The Krishna river floods.
Allthe roads and railway lines and communications system have beencompletely broke down. Many villages cannot be reached even today.Railway lines are assured to get repaired at the earliest. Roads cannotbe repaired soon.
TheKrishna, Godavari district has the history of getting affected byfloods and cyclones from time to time has they are located in low tideareas. The Mahaboob Nagar and Kurnool districts are historically drydistricts and are frequently affected by drought. It is first time inthe History after 100 years they have been affected so badly.
Seva Bharathi’s vast resource of compassionate voluntary force was supplemented by the dedicated volunteers from other like minded organizations like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad, Saraswati Vidya Pitham and Rashtra Sevika Samiti. Seva Bharathi being the largest non governmental organization in India, with its volunteers located each and every corner of affected areas, responded swiftly to help the affected before anybody including government could reach these areas. Despite the availability of only little material resources and funds, Swayam Sevaks raised above the expectations to serve and reach each and every affected persons in these disastrous times.
Methodology adopted in Flood Relief :
Phase 1

1. Rescuing the people from Submerged Areas
2. Reaching Cooked and Packaged food material to the affected people in the submerged areas.
3. Establishing the relief camps and serving cooked meals.
4. Establishing Medical Camps

Description

Kurnool

Palamoor
No of Relief Camps conducted
Supply of Food Packets

* Rice Packets
* Chapati Packets
* Bread Pakets
* Buiscuit Packets

No of People Rescued
No of people served Meals in Relief camps

8
2 Lacs
15 Lacs
2.2 Lacs
1.2 Lacs
1,521
25,000

6
1.5 Lacs
3 Lacs
1 Lac
1,049
10,000

Phase – 2

1. Surveying the villages and urban areas affected by the floods
2. Collecting the information of the affected families in the house to house survey. .
3. Issuing relief cards to all the affected families for the supply of Relief Material
4. Preparation of Relief Kits consisting of Food Grains, Utensils, Mats, Blankets, Clothing and other essentials.
5. Reaching the Relief material to all the affected families.
6. Cleaning the Public Places like schools, temples and helped several families.
7. Undertaken scavenging by collecting the scattered carcass and burying/ burning them.

Description

Kurnool

Palamur
Total affected
Survey done by our volunteers in
Food supplied by us in
Kits supplied by us in
Total No of the Affected
Food and Kits supplied to
Medical Help received by
No of Volunteers worked
No of Caracass Buried / Burnt
Total Cost of Material supplied
Cost of the Material contributed by other organizations

144 Villages
95 Villages
86 Villages
96 Villages
71,895 Families
51,070 Families
44 Villages
1,243 Nos
80
Rs. 2.51 Crores
Rs. 3.04 Crore

61 Villages
61 Villages
61 Villages
61 Villages
16,019 Families
14,558
39 Villages
1,560 Nos
124
Rs. 2.18 Crore
Rs. 0.98 Crore
Phase – 3

1. Rehabilitation – Supplying the implements to farmers and village artisans.
2. Supply of school kits to students.
3. Helping the weavers of Kurnool and Mahaboob Nagar districts to start their livelihood.
4. Construction of community centers to facilitate Education, Health and community activities.

S.No.

Field of Activity

Cost Rs.
1

Study Kits


for 1st to 9th Class

400

for 10th Class

600

for Intermediate and above

1,500
2

Expenditure of Study Centre

32,800
3

Tools for Agriculture Labour

1,350
4

Tools for Artisan


Carpenter

1,225

Black Smith

2,300

Barber's kit

1,500

Washer Man's Kit

2,500

Construction Worker

1,000

Fisher Man

1,000

Stiching Machine

5,000
5

Dabba

10,000
6

Handloom

35,000
7

Health & Miscillaneous

75,000
Seva Bharathi volunteers are the first to jump in to serve in this time of great devastation despite their own families are flood affected. Seva Bharathi volunteers reached deep inside the flood affected area which is generally out of bounds for any vehicle, on two wheelers and on foot carrying food on their head, are the first to feed the people who were starving days together.
Thorough Surveying by Seva Bharathi’s Volunteers helped in making the relief material reach all the flood victims equally. These survey reports helped many other organizations to distribute their material to the real needyavoiding the duplication. Their surveys helped in identifying the realneeds of the victims and in turn had been very handy in serving thembetter. Established very disciplined and systematic distribution system for relief material.
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Involved local residents in distribution process to affectively reach all the needy.
Seva bharathi identified people from certain sections of the society who never came out to take the relief material or food despite their suffering due to their self respect. Our Volunteers went to their houses to hand them these with love and affection and treated them with respect. Serving them food and water packets going to each and every house and talking to them with love and respect Firstand foremost thing in the mind of all our volunteers is to honor theself respect of all those affected whom they are serving.
Inthe second Phase operations, we handed over the food grains andnecessary amenity kits to all the affected families to start theirregular daily activities on their own.

Afterthe fury of floods and its devastation is known, every concernedcitizen tried to reach out to the needy. Several organizations whichcame forward with huge relief material could not reach it to the eachand every needy due to hungry and anxious mobs who could not becontrolled, amounting to the chaos in distribution.
RSS also initiated the process of bringing together and collaborating with various NGOs and individual philanthropists for a coordinated effort to use the resources in the better manner in doing relief work with the help of our volunteers and our survey reports in the affected villages. After working with our workers they exclaimed that “RSS really stands for Ready for Selfless Service”
Some of the other voluntary organizations helped in our Manava Seva:
Mamatha Welfare Society of Infosys Employees; Rama Krishna Mission, Sundara Satsang, Uppal, Hyderabad; Pulla Reddy Engineering College, Hyderabad; Bharati Engineering College, Hyderabad; Cloth Merchants Association, Kamareddy; All Party Committee- Patancheru; Chilukuri Mahila Sangham, Tanduri Mahila Sangham, Vande Mataram Foundation, Gayatri Pariwar, Help for Needy, Sanskriti Foundation, Bharati Vikas Parishad, Shirdi Sai Seva Sadan, Nellore; Geetanjali School, Udayagiri, Nellore; Gopi Krishna High School, Ongole Automobile Dealers Association, Rajastan Samaj, Kadapa; Czech Colony Welfare Association, Hyderabad; Group of Employees from Mentor Gaphics, Mahatma Seva Samiti, Kodada; Pennar Industries Ltd, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jayanti Committee, Pamidi Mandal; Telugu One Foundation.
First Phase of Relief Operations:
Kurnool :
Our Volunteers starteddistributing food packets brought by their fellow volunteers from theneighboring villages and Districts. RSS has supplied food packets to over one lac families in the district for the first 3 days reaching the interior rural areas of Karnool. Since the connectivity to Karnool has been cut off from Hyderabad, Material is being brought in from Anantapur, Kadapa, Nellore and Raichure of Karnataka
RSSvolunteers are the first to survey all the affected villages. Thisinformation helped in immensely in establishing distribution system forfood & water packets and later in the KITS distribution. Whiledoing the survey, our volunteers counseled the local people, collectedinformation and chose the volunteers among them which facilitatedsmooth and free distribution of kits and food material. This entireprocess instilled confidence in all those people hence they did notrush and did not create any problems in distribution.
RSS started the relief camps in Karnool town in Saraswati Sishu Mandir and G Pulla Reddy Engineering College. Supplied thousands food and water Packets to the Karnool town from here.
InKurnool 25,000 Flood affected people took shelter in the relief campsconducted by RSS and for three days cooked meals were served to them.Later on Volunteers reached them food and water packets at their homes
In Hindupur, Swayam Sevaks started 5 food preparation and collection Centres immediately on 3rd October sent 1 lac food packets to Kurnool. .
InAnantapur, Swayamsevaks started a food collection centre with anintention of sending 10,000 food packets. With an overwhelming responsefrom the people of Anantapur, the centre could prepare 50,000 packetsand other material worth 5 lacs sent for the needy in Karnool district.
In Dronachalam(Dhone), Swayamsevaks sent 50,000 food packets and 1 lac water packets for Karnool.
1 Lac Chapatis were sent by Swayam Sevaks from Tadipatri for distribution on 3rd Oct. Volunteers from Betamcherla prepared and supplied 1 Lac Cooked Food packets on 4th Oct.
One Swayam Sevak from Old Cityof Kurnool arranged meals for 1,000 people on the Terrace of theirApartment complex despite being their own Building is submerged.Despite being an affected person he is still conducting Medical Campsin Kurnool.
SwayamSevaks saved 72 people from the flood waters at Medara Veedhi, KurnoolTown. Some of our Swayam Sevaks helped government authorities to reachthe submerged areas in the district.
Inthe Tribal Belt- Shivapuram, our swayam Sevaks saved 50 people of thechenchu gudem from flood waters with the help of ropes.
At Gokavaram, Swayam Sevaks arranged Meals for 600 people for 6 days at Seva Bharathi Tribal Avas.
20 Swayam Sevaks assisted TV9 in their relief activities upon their request.
Volunteersfrom Nandikotkur went into the villages which went under the water andrescued 45 families and brought them to the safety and gave them food. Volunteers collected 30 quintals of Rice for distribution.
Drinking water is supplied in 4 Tractors for 6 days 16 hours a day.
Volunteersfrom Adoni went Mantralaya cleaned Mantralaya temple and cleared theDead Bodies of Cows of Goshala and other animals. Many of the dead arethe Piligrims to Mantrala Temple. Swayamsevaks(volunteers) has removedthese bodies and handed over to the police.
In Hyderabad, 2000 Swayamsevaks worked in collecting the funds, food and material which needed for flood affected. Twocollection centre are established at State HQ of RSS and KeshavMemorial School. Every Day 4 truck loads of food material, 2 trucksloads of other immediate necessities to flood affected areas. 200volunteers rushed to the flood affected areas to involve in the hygieneand sanitation work from the city.
Sri Raghavulu, All India Secreatary VHP, visited affected areas and met the volunteers involved in the work in Karnool,
Mahaboob Nagar :
Our Volunteers starteddistributing food packets brought by their fellow volunteers from theneighboring villages and Districts. RSS has supplied food packets to over one lac families in the districts in the first three 3 days reaching the interior rural areas of Mahaboob Nagar.
At Gadwal, A relief Camp is being conducted at TTD Kalyana Mandapam. Food packets are supplied to 61 Villages.
Ourvolunteers reached interior villages like Pullur, Karivipadu, Mettur,Tummilla, Tummalapalli on foot to reach food and water packets to theaffected families in the knee deep slush.
Conductedrelief camps at Sindhanur, Bhoidoddi, Bhoilagudem, TT Doddi even forthe flood victims coming in from the Karnataka and provided themshelter and food.
RSSvolunteers are the first to survey all the affected villages. Thisinformation helped immensely in establishing distribution system forfood & water packets and later in the KITS distribution. Whiledoing the survey, our volunteers counseled the local people, collectedinformation and involved the local people in the service activity whichfacilitated smooth distribution of kits and food material. This entireprocess instilled confidence in all those people hence they did notrush and did not create any problems in distribution.
In Hyderabad, 2000 Swayamsevaks collected the funds, food and material which needed for flood affected. Twocollection centre are established at State HQ of RSS and KeshavMemorial School. Every Day 4 truck loads of food material, 2 trucksloads of other immediate necessities to flood affected areas. 200volunteers rushed to the flood affected areas to involve in the hygieneand sanitation work from the city.
SriT V Deshmukh , State President of RSS and State Organizing Secretary ofSeva Bharati Sri Vidwan Reddy have visited Gadwal relief Camp and metthe volunteers working in Mahaboob Nagar.
Second Phase of Relief :
Kurnool :
Atpresent, We are trying to give the Basic Utility kits for the familiesof 5to6 k depending on the availability. We are also taking supportfrom other voluntary organizations in this regard to reach out to totalno of families
In addition to the local volunteers, 50 Senior volunteers are coordinating the activities in Kurnool and Mantralaya surroundings.
In the Kurnool Town, Team of 200 Volunteers are formed to help the citizens in removing the slush out of their houses.
In Kurnool Town, Swayam Sevaks cleaned 8 Temples and 3 Schools and made them habitable.
SevaBharathi is one of the very few Non Governmental Organizations allowedto distribute Food Packets around Kurnool District by the localadministration.
Keshava Reddy Group of educational institutions supplied 20 Vehicles towards the logistics of Relief Operations.
“Pullareddy Group of educational institutions” extended the necessary help through its resources in relief operations.
SeveralOrganizations and Individuals took the help of Seva Bharathi todistribute their Relief Material through its Network of volunteers asit has proven its skills in disaster management by distributingmaterial efficiently and peacefully. Several Students of variouscolleges and Employees of various organizations who took part in theseservice activities were very much impressed and influenced by thediscipline, flair and compassion RSS and Seva Bharathi volunteers haveshown in these service activities.
Therehad been several appreciations from the residents of these affectedareas on the modus operandi of our volunteers in all these serviceactivity and sensitivity these volunteers shown towards the affectedpeople.
State Executive of RSS is camping the affected areas to supervise the relief activities.
The findings of the survey conducted by volunteers in Kurnool district :

* 144 Villages affected by the floods.
* 54 Villages are worst affected.
* 112 Villages are partially affected
* 5 tribal hamlets are destroyed by the floods, 8 more Traibal Hamlets are affected by floods
* 71,395 Families out of 144 Villages have been affected severely.

RashtraSevika Samithi has adopted Mavidalapadu village for restorationprocess. 360 Wollen Blankets and 500 Utility and Food grain Kits aredistributed.
Volunteersheaded by Mr Balaiah from Nandikotkur Village adopted Ganapuramvillage. They are taking care of all the necessities of villageresidents till the restoration to the normalcy.
Swayam Sevaks from Betamcherla adopted Panchalingala and Niduduru villages which are worst affected by the floods. They were provided shelter and served cooked meals for 15 days to 8,000 people and helping them to start their regular life.
Ramakrishna Mission and Seva Bharathi adopted Sultanpuram to provide relief and rehabilitation to the affected families.
Swayam Sevaks Nellore distributed 1000 Utility and Food Grain Kits to the affected families in Tandrapadu village.
Swayam Sevaks from Amalapuram distributed 2 truck loads Utility and Food Grain Kits in the affected areas in Kurnool- rural.
Swayam Sevaks from Proddutur prepared and distributed 1,000 utility and food grain kits to be distributed.
Volunteers from Goldsmith association prepared and distributed Utility and Food Grain Kits worth 4 lac rupees with the help of Seva Bharathi.
Medical Camps being Conducted :

* Medical Camp conducted at Jagannatha gattu in Kurnool Town has served several people. This medical camp is started by Dr Udayashankar from Nandyala.
* 5 Mobile clinics are moving around the villages providing necessary medical help.
* Ashwini hospital is providing medical services round the clock through its mobile medical clinic with the help of Seva Bharathi.
* A medical camp was conducted by Dr Sindhu at Mantralaya.
* Dr Ramasubbaiah is providing medical help in the villages around Nandikotkur going around in his medical van.
* Dr Udayshankar along with his wife who is also a doctor are going around the marooned villages nr Nandyala town in boats and providing the necessary medical help.
* Medical camp is being conducted at Nandyala under supervision of Dr.Sahadevudu.
* Dr Parameshwar and Dr Murali are going around the marooned tribal hamlets and other villages and provided necessary medical help.

Medical Camps run by Seva Bharathi 3rd October onwards
Some of the Major Medical Camps conducted at Kurnool District

1. Kalluru, Kurnool
2. Keshav Memorial School, Budhawarpet, Kurnool
3. Rambhotla Temple, 1 town area, Kurnool
4. Vivekananda School, Fort Area, Kurnool
5. Bhavana School, Kotha pet, Kurnool
6. Nandyala
7. Nandikotkur
8. Gokavaram village, Atmakur taluk

The above mentioned camps run till 12thand some have been discontinued due to the scarcity of the medicalsupplies. 125 Doctors participated in the relief work. We plan torevive all these camps along with our mobile medical vans all aroundthe district once we receive the medical supplies.
1,243 Volunteers from different parts of Kurnool district have actively participated in the relief activities.
Mahaboob Nagar :
Inthe second Phase, we established 5 Camps in Mahaboobnagar District.Base Camp at Gadwal, which is in the middle of the affected area.
We surveyedthe affected areas of Mahaboob Nagar District and found that 58Villages are badly destroyed and 16,019 families of many other villagesare devastated. The immediate requirement of these families to besettle down to their daily chores is to have their daily necessities.Hence we supplied the kits to 14,558 families to enable them to startoff their living. Each Kit had Kitchen utensils, food grains andmaterial of daily use. Various other philanthropic organizations helpedus with the material in helping these families
Weare planning to undertake similar steps to supply daily life supportingkits to the people to start their daily routine once we have the finalstatistics.
SeveralOrganizations and Individuals took the help of Seva Bharathi todistribute their Relief Material through its Network of volunteers asit has proven its skills in disaster management by distributingmaterial efficiently and peacefully. Several Students of variouscolleges and Employees of various organizations who took part in theseservice activities were very much impressed and influenced by thediscipline, flair and compassion RSS and Seva Bharathi volunteers haveshown in these service activities.
Therehad been several appreciations from the residents of these affectedareas on the modus operandi of our volunteers in all these serviceactivity and sensitivity these volunteers shown towards the affectedpeople.
Areasin and around Gadwal, Aiza, Vaddepalli, Kollapur, Aalampur, AlapaduMandals are severely affected. Service activities are going on in thesemandals.
Teamof 10 Doctors are going around the affected areas in Mahaboob Nagardistrict treating and giving the medicines under the leadership of DrSurender Reddy. Over 5 Lacs worth of medicines distributed.
20 Medical camps are being conducted under the supervision of Dr Surender Reddy, Organizing Secretary, Arogya Bharathi with the help of his associates.
Medical Camps run by Seva Bharathi 3rd October onwards

* 20 Medical Teams Under the supervision of Dr Surendar Reddy are supervising the health & sanitation conditions and providing medical help in Alampur, Rajouli, Tummilla, E Garlapadu, Attapur, Beechpally, Pullur, R Garlapadu, Maddur, Sherpally, Bhimavaram, Baironpally, Korivipadu, Kondapeta and other villages.
* 2 Teams each consisting of 20 Volunteers are taking care of supply of drinking water.
* Volunteers are burning or burying of carcasses to prevent contagious diseases from spreading.

Palamur/ Mahaboob District
Some of the Major Camps conducted at Alampur, Rajouli, Weepangandla, Kollapur, Aiza, Gadwal.
The above mentioned camps run till 12thand some have been discontinued due to the scarcity of the medicalsupplies. 125 Doctors participated in the relief work. We plan torevive all these camps along with our mobile medical vans all aroundthe district once we receive the medical supplies.
SriVidwan Reddy, Seva Bharathi’s State Organizing Secreatary is operatingout of his base camp in Gadwal to supervise the relief operations inthe district.
Third Phase of Relief :
RSSalready initiated planning for rehabilitation devastated people andreconstruction destroyed villages. We identified various means ofrehabilitation of people like supplying them implements required fortheir occupation. In this process, RSS is having coordinated effortwith many other voluntary, social, cultural and spiritual organizations.
In third Phase, We are making survey in 95 Villages to start reconstruction and rehabilitation process.
SeveralVillages are totally destroyed and several thousands of families arerendered homeless by these floods. RSS and SEVA BHARATHI wishes tocontribute in constructing the homes for at least 2,000 families in ourstate. It is requested all the concerned citizens to contribute tothis.
Inthird Phase, We are making survey in 58 Villages to startreconstruction and rehabilitation process. Weavers – Gadwal,Instruments of artisans
.ACase Study of service of swayam sevaks: One of the flood affectedfamilies were preparing for the marrying of their daughter.Unfortunately in floods they lost everything from the gold they boughtfor the bridem, money and food material they kept ready for thewedding.
Relativesof Bridegroom started pressurizing the brides family to go ahead withthe marriage immediately on schedule or they would cancel the wedding.Bride’s family lost hope and on the verge of loosing that match.
Whenit came to the notice of Swayam Sevaks they went to the family helpedthem with the necessary funds and material to go ahead with themarriage so as to secure the life of that girl.
Appeal:
RSS is calling all of you to come forward to join in this service to the humanity.
Send the cheques or Cash in the Name of Seva Bharathi

Excerpts of Interview - PP Sarsanghchalak Mohan Ji Bhagwat

Excerpts of Interview - PP Sarsanghchalak Mohan Ji Bhagwat : AAK Tak

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST

At a time when the BJP is going through its worst existential crisis, the man with the walrus moustache and a mischievous glint in his eyes has become the most sought-after oracle in town. Mohanrao Bhagwat, the 59-year-old boss of the RSS, plays the role to perfection, and every word of his continues to be worthy of Page 1 nowadays. Watch excerpts of interview



The media savvy Bhagwat's ascension as the head of the House of Saffron has marked a generational as well as cultural shift in the organisation. He is the moderniser, the 21st century face of the RSS. As the BJP seems to have abandoned its core ideology for the sake of coalition politics, Bhagwat has brought Hindutva back to the national agenda. As the BJP suffers from the absence of a leader who can take the party out of the wreckage of defeat, the sixth sarsanghchalak has become the supreme guide and the wise counsellor.

As the party retreats from the national mindspace, he styles himself as the last apostle of the nationalist cause. As its ambitious but discredited leaders struggle for the spoils of a lost war, he tells them: behave or be damned. Still, the Brahmin bachelor from Chandrapur in Maharashtra finds time to read the new Dan Brown.

Like the symbologist hero in The Lost Symbol, Bhagwat too has to think smart and act fast to save the Parivar he heads. In a candid conversation with Editor Prabhu Chawla for the Seedhi Baat show on Aaj Tak channel (today at 9.00 pm) at the RSS office in Jhandewalan in Delhi, Bhagwat talks about subjects ranging from the future leadership of the BJP to Vande Mataram, from Chidambaram to Modi, from Pakistan to China-and more. Excerpts.
"Everyone in India will have to sayVande Mataram. It is for all Indians and was a part of our freedom movement and history."

Q. What do you think about the Deoband reaction againstVande Mataram?
A. Vande Mataram is for all Indians. It was part of our freedom movement and history. There was a time when both Hindus and Muslims sang it.

Q. The Muslims say it is against their religion.
A. I don't think any religion is against desh bhakti. To say Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram is not like a religious puja or idol worship.

Q. What is the Sangh's view?
A. (Thumps the table) Vande Mataram kehna hoga (Everyone in India will have to say Vande Mataram).

Q. Do you think the minorities felt threatened after the Masjid fell?
A. I would say that the wishes of the Hindu samaj were ignored by the government. The anger against the system was taken out on the structure.

Q. But your strong take on the Babri Masjid, the Uniform Civil Code and Article 370 makes minorities insecure.
A. Just tell me why is there no rational dialogue regarding such matters. For 90 years there has been no court judgement (on the Ram Mandir). And when nothing happens, the average man loses his balance.

Q. V.P. Singh had a formula to build both mandir and masjid at Ayodhya. As a responsible organisation why don't you show some magnanimity?
A. This will not create unity. If a Ram Mandir is built peacefully, it will end Hindu-Muslim fighting. A mosque can't be constructed at the same site. Let them construct another mosque at some other place and the Hindus will extend all possible help.

Q. The Congress apologised for the anti-Sikh riots and Advani said the demolition was a national shame.
A. The Sangh did not say "demolish the structure" but the court's delay on the verdict angered the people.

Q. Do you agree with Advani that it was a national shame?
A. I don't agree with Advani on this issue. Why didn't they give legal permission for kar seva when so many people had collected for it?

Q. Why is the Sangh unwilling to do something which makes minorities feel safe? Whatever happened in Gujarat also added to the gap between the Sangh and the minorities.
A. Violence is wrong wherever it happens. Don't just look at one side. What happened in Godhra should not have happened. No one talks about the killings at Godhra.

Q. Should Narendra Modi apologise for the Gujarat carnage?
A. He is the head of a state, he has full knowledge of what happened and is capable of giving his reaction. If he thinks that something that needs an apology has taken place, then he will apologise. I am sure. I have also been told the speed with which the riots in Gujarat were controlled is commendable. Why should he apologise if he has done no wrong? That is not the way.
"I don't agree with Advani that Babri was a national shame. Hindus will help them construct a mosque at another place."

Q. Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were not responsible for the 1984 riots but have apologised. It increases their stature. If Modi or the RSS do the same, they will stand to gain.
A. At that time there was a comment, 'When a big tree falls, some things are bound to happen.' No such statement was made in Gujarat.

Q. Does it mean the RSS will never compromise on its core issues?
A. India's unity and integrity is nonnegotiable. So is the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya and a Uniform Civil Code.

Q. If I understand correctly, you still believe in Akhand Bharat and not in the two-nation theory.
A. It is all part of India. Pakistan is transitory and will become part of India sooner or later.

Q. What about Afghanistan?
A. Pakistan and Afghanistan are a part of us and will return one day.

Q. You claim that the RSS has no direct control over the BJP. But it sent 35 pracharaks to the BJP and they report to you.
A. It is not compulsory that they report to us. We only want them to stick to their principles. We don't interfere in their work.

Q. There have been reports of RSS pressure on the BJP, that Vasundhara Raje was removed because of pressure from the RSS.
A. The RSS had nothing to do with it. This is an internal matter of the BJP.

Q. Four months ago you talked about a change in the BJP leadership. The BJP lost three state elections and no change seems forthcoming.
A. Change will happen but at its own time. I only said what I have been told (by the BJP), they have a plan in mind and it is rolling on.

Q. There is a strong feeling that the RSS is intervening and imposing itself on the BJP.
A. The RSS never intervenes, only gives advice when asked.

Q. But you have said that the new leadership will be someone other than these four (Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar).
A. Yes the new leadership will be someone other than these four. This is what I have been told. That is what has been agreed on and I believe the process has begun.

Q. You will get someone from outside Delhi between 50 and 55 years of age?
A. They will get someone from outside Delhi.
"Why should Modi apologise if he has done nothing wrong? Nobody talks about Godhra."

Q. In the last five-six years, several people who are media creations with no affiliation to the Sangh have come into prominence in the BJP. Has this lead to a dilution in ideology?
A. The Sangh is not against anyone, we don't look at anyone whether he is a swayamsevak or not.

Q. Are you worried about an image of corruption amongst the swayamsevaks who have joined the BJP?
A. Politics is a slippery ground but still we don't want to see one of our swayamsevaks slipping. We talk to them but it is up to the BJP to take action against them.

Q. The BJP is a visible face of the Sangh Parivar. Are you worried when you send workers to the party? They also get affected by the personality cult and the individual becomes more important than the organisation.
A. Yes we are worried and we do talk to them about it.

Q. Would you prefer that the party is led by someone who believes in the RSS ideology?
A. Who will lead the party is something they will decide. What we want is someone who articulates our ideology, believes in teamwork, encourages the younger generation and the difference in 'a party with a difference' should be visible to all.

Q. There are some outfits that are not part of the Sangh, yet there is a perception that they belong-like the Sri Ram Sene of Karnataka... Pragya Thakur. Why don't you disassociate the RSS from them?
A. I have already said that I have nothing to do with the Sri Ram Sene. There is no such thing as Hindu terrorism. No Hindu will support terrorism.

Q. Yet you supported Pragya Thakur.
A. No, all we said is that don't do a media trial. Let the courts decide.

Q. I saw a recent statement by the Sangh saying that P. Chidambaram is doing good work.
A. He is saying a lot of good things, but if he delivers on these, we will definitely praise him.

Q. Are we soft on China?
A. I have my doubts if the Government is alert on China. It has a well-defined strategy of encircling India. China has surrounded us by wooing our neighbouring countries from Maldives to Pakistan. We have to liberate our neighbours from the clutches of China.

Q. Have the Chinese defeated us at diplomacy?
A. Overtaken, not defeated. We can still do something.
"Chidambaram is saying a lot of good things. Let him deliver, only then will we praise him."

Q. Regarding Pakistan, the BJP seems confused. What is the RSS view?
A. Pakistan exists on the premise of being anti-India. Pakistan needs to be given a decisive reply for all its mischievous actions, we need another military victory over Pakistan. That is perhaps the only way by which we can prevent a 26/11 and terror attacks.

Q. Have we lost an opportunity to score a military victory?
A. When Parliament was attacked and then after 26/11. Our government failed us then. We lacked the will.

Q. Do you agree that a strong and stable Pakistan is good for India?
A. If Pakistan is mentally healthy and gives up anti-India sentiments only then it's good for India.
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Fatwa issued against 'Vande Mataram'

Fatwa issued against 'Vande Mataram'

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:37 PM PST

Jamait-e-Ulema Hind or the JEU on Tuesday issued a fatwa against singing national song 'Vande Mataram'.

According to a resolution, Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as its reciting is against the Islam. The resolution, which was passed at the Deoband national convention meet, says that Muslims should not sing 'Vande Mataram' as some verses of the patriotic song are against the tenets of Islam. The JEU leader said that the some of the line in the song is against Islam.

Meanwhile, home minister P Chidambaram will address a Jamait-e-Ulema Hind conference in Deoband today. The home minister will also discuss the Sachar Committee Report and POTA issue with Deoband leaders.

Meanwhile, the Muslim Law Board justified the decision saying that (Muslims) can’t offer prayers to anyone but Allah. Kamal Farooqui, a prominent leader of the Board said, "We love the nation but can't worship it."

some one against vandhematharam

വന്ദേമാതരത്തിനെതിരെ ഫത്‌വ
ദിയോബാന്‍സ്‌: ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ദേശീയഗീതമായ വന്ദേമാതരം ആലപിയ്‌ക്കുന്നത്‌ ഇസ്ലാം വിരുദ്ധമാണെന്ന്‌ പുരോഹിത സംഘടനയായ ജാമിയത്‌ ഇ ഉലേമ ഹിന്ദ്‌. വന്ദേമാതരം ആലപിയ്‌ക്കുന്നതിനെതിരെ സംഘടന ഫത്‌ വയും പുറപ്പെടുവിച്ചു.

ഇത്‌ പ്രകാരം മുസ്ലീങ്ങള്‍ വന്ദേമാതരം ചൊല്ലുന്നത്‌ വിലക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്‌. ഗീതത്തിലെ ചില വരികള്‍ ഇസ്ലാമിനെതിരാണെന്നാണ്‌ പുരോഹിതരുടെ വാദം. തിങ്കളാഴ്‌ച ഉത്തര്‍പ്രദേശിലെ ദിയോബാന്‍സില്‍ ആരംഭിച്ച ജാമിയത്‌ ദേശീയ യോഗത്തിലാണ്‌ വന്ദേമാതരത്തിനെതിരെ ഫത്‌വ പുറപ്പെടുവിച്ചിരിയ്‌ക്കുന്നത്‌.

കേന്ദ്ര ആഭ്യന്തര മന്ത്രി പി ചിദംബരം ജാമിയത്‌ ദേശീയ യോഗത്തെ അഭിമുഖീകരിയ്‌ക്കാനിരിയ്‌ക്കെയാണ്‌ തീരുമാനം പുറത്തുവന്നിരിയ്‌ക്കുന്നത്‌. ഇസ്ലാമിക നിയമ ബോര്‍ഡും ഇതിനെ ന്യായീകരിച്ച്‌ രംഗത്തെത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്‌. അള്ളാഹുവിനെ അല്ലാതെ മറ്റാരെയും ആരാധിയ്‌ക്കാന്‍ മുസ്ലീങ്ങള്‍ക്ക്‌ കഴിയില്ലെന്നാണ്‌ മുസ്ലീം നിയമ ബോര്‍ഡ്‌ വിശദീകരിയ്‌ക്കുന്നത്‌. ദേശത്തെ സ്‌നേഹിയ്‌ക്കാം എന്നാല്‍ ആരാധിയ്‌ക്കാനാവില്ലെന്നാണ്‌ ഫത്‌വയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്ക്‌ ഇസ്ലാമിക നിയമ ബോര്‍ഡിലെ ഉന്നതനായ കമല്‍ ഫാറൂഖി പ്രതികരിച്ചത്‌.

ഭരതാംബയെ സ്‌തുതിയ്‌ക്കുന്ന ഗീതമായി ബങ്കിം ചന്ദ്ര ചാറ്റര്‍ജി രചിച്ച വന്ദേമാതരത്തെ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ദേശീയ ഗാനത്തിനൊപ്പമാണ്‌ രാജ്യം പ്രതിഷ്‌ഠിച്ചിരിയ്‌ക്കുന്നത്‌. സ്വതന്ത്ര്യസമരകാലത്ത്‌ ബ്രീട്ടീഷ്‌ ഭരണത്തിനെതിരെ പോരാടിയ സേനാനികള്‍ വന്ദേമാതരം ആലപിച്ചു കൊണ്ടാണ്‌ സമരങ്ങളില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്തത്‌

RSS outfits grow, away from politics

RSS outfits grow, away from politics

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:05 AM PDT


The BJP’s ongoing membership drive may be struggling but the party’s Sangh parivar siblings are growing robustly.


These other RSS progenies claim that being away from power and politics is an advantage, and that the BJP’s departure from the Centre and loss of ground in some state strongholds have actually helped them.
Since its electoral success in 1989, the BJP had been the Sangh’s favourite child until it lost power in the 2004 polls and began showing the rot that had set in within the organisation.
Now, as BJP leaders vie with each other for a shrinking political space, the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) and the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram are bursting with good health.
They have some way to go yet before they can match the BJP’s numbers, but the day that happens, the BJP would lose its rank in the parivar, a Sangh source warned.
The BMS, India’s largest trade union, has over one crore members — about half the BJP’s 2.14 crore.
According to the last official count by the labour ministry in 2002, the BMS had 62.2 lakh members while the Congress-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress (Intuc) had 38 lakh and the CPI’s Aituc, 33 lakh.
Both the BMS and Intuc now claim they have a crore each. But when quizzed hard on what accounted for the leap, Intuc president and Rajya Sabha member G. Sanjeeva Reddy became cautious and said: “A Congress government at the Centre has certainly helped us make inroads into the organised and unorganised sectors.”
Girish Awasthi, the BMS chief and a man of Sangh provenance, however, argued that “governmental affinity” was a hindrance rather than a help.
He said that for the six years the BJP had ruled at the Centre, the BMS had repeatedly taken on the government over economic reforms and foreign direct investments — and that each time it did so, its membership grew.
“Trade unions virtually don’t exist in the private sector. We draw our strength and sustenance from the public sector. So each time there’s a major divestment project and we raise our voice, the PSU employees rally round us,” Awasthi said.
“Because the BMS is not attached to a political party but to a service organisation like the RSS, we are not encumbered by compulsions to back a party’s agenda.”
The leaders of some other RSS front outfits too cited their “autonomy” from the BJP as the main reason for their survival and growth.
Dinesh Dattatreya Kulkarni, organising secretary of the farmers’ union, said: “Our only competitor used to be the Shetkari Sangathan of Sharad Joshi. But he too converted it into a political party, the Swatantra Bharat Paksha. Not being in politics gives a core of integrity to our work because we are not forced to make compromises or deals, or to defend the indefensible.”
The BKS, which was born in 1979 with 1,500 members and now has nine lakh, confronted the Narendra Modi government when it hiked the power tariff for farmers in Gujarat and arrested those who failed to clear their arrears. Its activists were arrested and the RSS went into a sulk.
Before the last Gujarat elections, many thought the Kisan Sangh’s near-revolt against Modi might turn the peasants against the BJP. But in keeping with an avowed policy to remain “neutral” in politics, the organisation didn’t work against Modi, either.
The ABVP, the Sangh student arm that the BJP often appropriates as its own, is convinced that “political neutrality” is the passport to success. It claims 19 lakh members (the Congress-backed NSUI refused to give figures saying its elections were on).
The ABVP has the largest following in BJP-ruled Karnataka and in Andhra Pradesh, a state where the party practically doesn’t exist.
“Students are attracted to us because we work beyond the campus for the betterment of society. Our biggest slogan is against the commercialisation of education and that affects one and all,” said Ravi Kumar, ABVP national secretary.
Kripa Prasad Singh, joint general secretary of the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, which works mainly in the Maoist zones, said an “apolitical” outlook was the best way of ensuring that state governments did not stand in the organisation’s way.
“Congress governments have never harassed us because they appreciate the services we render to the tribals,” Singh said.
“Even the CPM government in Tripura has been friendly. But not the Bengal government — they deprive the tribals who use our schools and hostels of the monthly stipend they are entitled to.”
article by RADHIKA RAMASESHAN in The Telegraph

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091017/jsp/frontpage/story_11626260.jsp

RSS Resolutions at Rajgir (ABKM).

RSS Resolutions at Rajgir (ABKM).

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Resolution – 1

STRENGTHEN BORDER SECURITY



The Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal views recent developments along Bharat-Tibet (China occupied) border with grave concern. Several news reports, which have subsequently been confirmed by responsible sections in our security establishment, have highlighted relentless campaign by the expansionist China to encroach upon our territory.



These reports confirm that there were 270 Line of Control violations and 2,285 instances of “aggressive border patrolling” by the People's Liberation Army of China last year alone. It is a sad commentary on our political dispensation that instead of cautioning the countrymen over the evil designs of our adversary there were efforts to gag the voices of caution by trying to take action against the media and blatantly trying to underplay the looming danger. It is disheartening and demoralising to see our leaders making defeatist statements about our preparedness against the Chinese’ aggressive maneuvers.



It is unfortunate that our response to the bullying tactics of the countries around us has always been lackluster. Except for the historic decision of providing asylum to
HH the Dalai Lama our handling of the Tibetan question has all along been a series of blunders ending up in practically endorsing Chinese annexation of that sovereign and independent country. China went on to occupy Aksai Chin region of Ladakh in the 50s. The Chinese’ designs for further annexation of our territory have resulted in humiliating compromises from our side on Sumdorong Chu Valley in 1987. Emboldened by our timidity the Chinese have now started making claims over entire Arunachal Pradesh.



The ABKM views Bharat’s response to these acts of aggression grossly inadequate and calls upon the Government to take immediate steps to strengthen our borders on
Bharat-Tibet side as well as other borders like the maritime border, Bharat-Pak and Bharat-Bangladesh border. It is necessary to enhance the response capability of our forces on the Bharat-Tibet border in the face of the huge military build up and infrastructure building by China on the other side.



The Chinese have deployed three Es – Engagement, Encirclement and Encouragement of our enemies – as their tactical weapons to harass Bharat. They have developed
Coco Islands Listening Post in South Myanmar into a full-fledged military base. They are building a commercial port in Sri Lanka while the Gwadar military port in the
Sindh Province of Pakistan built by them is ready for operations. They are using
Bharat-Tibet border for military provocations while the Bharat-Myanmar border is being used by them to support the terrorist and anti-national elements in the North-East.
They even started talking about dismemberment of Bharat.



The ABKM regrets that the pussyfooting of our Government is resulting in not only the setbacks on territory front but also on the diplomatic front. China has succeeded in raking up Arunachal Pradesh issue in the Asian Development Bank with a view to scuttle our efforts to secure loans for developmental activity in that state. It unsuccessfully tried to prevent the Nuclear Supplier Group countries from lifting sanctions against our country.



The ABKM wants to remind the Government that it must proceed in the spirit of the
14 November 1962 unanimous resolution of our Parliament in which it was categorically stated that the territory annexed by China must be brought back. Our Government should tell the counterparts in China that they must vacate the land annexed in the western sector and make no claims over the remaining sectors. It should be asked to honour the McMahon Line as Bharat’s international border in the same manner as it has accepted it as the border between Myanmar and itself.



It is shocking to hear that the Chinese have been issuing paper Visas to our citizens from Arunachal Pradesh and Kashmir. Through this provocative act they want to show that they don’t recognize Arunachal Pradesh and Kashmir as integral parts of Bharat. The ABKM demands that the Government issue orders to the immigration authorities forthwith banning the use of such Visas for leaving our country. Such stern steps, coupled with aggressive diplomacy, will only yield favourable results with China.



The ABKM wants to underscore similar concerns on Bharat-Pak front also. Especially of great shock to the nation is the joint statement of the Prime Ministers of Bharat and Pakistan at Sharm-el-Sheik on 9 July 2009. Many experts and leaders from across the political spectrum have pointed out the huge diplomatic goof-up in that statement by way of the inclusion of Baluchisthan issue and our readiness to resume talks with Pakistan
in spite of it continuing to indulge in cross-border terror.



The ABKM demands that on Pakistan too our Government should follow the spirit of the 22 February 1994 unanimous resolution of our Parliament that the only outstanding issue is the return of the PoK to Bharat.



The ABKM registers its appreciation for our soldiers and officers for their valiant efforts to secure our borders and calls upon the countrymen to be ever-vigilant to ensure that the Government does everything possible to safeguard our territorial integrity and self-respect.









Resolution – 2

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CRISIS AND BHARATIYA VIEW



The seamless rhythm of nature unwinding over millennia is suddenly being disturbed during the last few decades. The Akhil Bharaiya Karyakari Mandal expresses its deep concern over the serious global environmental crisis as evident from increasing water scarcity, air pollution, continuous erosion of forests and bio-diversity which is the outcome of growing worldwide consumerism and unrestrained consumption of natural resources.



This imbalance in the nature’s cycle is the direct result of the western individualistic worldview based on tenets like ‘struggle for existence’ and ‘exploitation of nature’. It is this worldview that has resulted in developed countries with only 16% of world population emitting more than half of total Carbon Dioxide emissions. With a mere
4% of world population the USA alone is responsible for 25% of CO2 emissions. The resultant rise in global temperature is expected to be anywhere between 2.5º F – 10º F in the twenty first century as against 0.7º F to 1.4º F in the twentieth century. Destruction of bio-diversity, depletion of ozone layer, increasing epidemics and melting of polar ice which may lead to the rise in sea levels from 0.2 – 1.5 meters inundating large chunks of land areas are some of the serious threats on the horizon as a result of this global warming.



In our country too, the same flawed lifestyle is leading to imbalance in the nature’s cycle. Today, the forest cover in Bharat is about 20% in place of mandated 33%. 80% of the diseases in Bharat are the direct outcome of polluted drinking water and lack of hygiene because over 75% of the population is forced to use polluted drinking water. Every year, half of the districts in the country are affected either by drought or floods. Continually depleting groundwater levels, increasing temperatures in summer, thousands of acres of agriculture land becoming saline and toxic due to uncontrolled use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are some of the warning signals. No ebb is in sight to the diseases caused by unabated air pollution, sound pollution and water pollution due to industries in Metro cities and the menace of growing hazardous waste generated from thermocoal and plastic because of the 'Use and throw ' culture.



The present worldview is at the root of this global environmental crisis. Unless the reductionist and mechanistic worldview is negated, no solution will be in sight. Lifestyle based on 'Tena Tyaktena Bhunjeethah' (restrained consumption) coupled with a holistic and integral worldview is the necessity of the day. The ABKM is of the considered opinion that the Hindu worldview of integrated approach to humans, ecology and living creatures, gratitude towards ‘Panchamahabhootas’ (five universal elements viz Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space), belief in the concept of ‘Mother Earth’ and conservation of Water-Soil-Forests and the wildlife is crucial for a balanced ecology and nature. This worldview is being accepted globally also.



The ABKM is of the opinion that a positive initiative from policy makers and the society is essential for this. Articles 48A and 51A of our Constitution mandate both the citizens and State to protect environment, water sources and wildlife as their duty. In this context, it is pertinent to note that obstructing the flow of a river – a major source of water – severely endangers the environment.



Customs like worshipping of rivers and trees in our tradition are the manifestation of our holistic worldview. Martyrdom of Imartidevi along with 363 people to oppose cutting of trees in Rajasthan about 370 years back is its living testimony. Efforts for
environmental protection like the Chipko movement of independent Bharat and present
‘Vruksha – Laksha’ movement in Karnataka are worthy of emulation.



The ABKM appeals to the central and state governments to



1) take appropriate measures for preservation and development of water resources in the country

2) conserve soil by the restoration of natural and organic farming through the use of organic manure

3) make special plans for preservation of ecology of Himalayas and other mountain ranges

4) develop various alternative energy sources

5) take stringent measures against industries polluting water and air and take steps to put an end to the pollution in all the rivers like Ganga and Yamuna

6) to ensure continuous flow of river Ganga while implementing any project.



Appropriate policy based on community participation should be adopted in all such issues related to environment and development keeping in mind our social and cultural values. So also no unjust and inappropriate international treaty on such issues should be accepted.



The ABKM appeals to all the citizens including swayamsevaks that instead of depending on the government alone they should voluntarily initiate measures for water conservation, minimal use of plastic and electricity, afforestation etc. Care should be taken to ensure that no pollution or ecological imbalance is caused due to our customs. Let us contribute in this awareness campaign through our own example and collaborating with various initiatives of environment protection in the country.











Resolution – 3

MAKE VILLAGE THE FOCUS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT



All great men who dreamt about prosperous and self reliant Bharat have stressed that the soul of Bharat lives in villages and that the real path of progress for our country is possible only through the well being of villages. Mahatma Gandhi in 'Hind Swaraj' and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in his conception of Ekatma Manav Darshan emphasized the same. Based on this conception, eminent social worker Shri Nanaji Deshmukh has successfully achieved integrated rural development of several villages in and around Chitrakoot. Eminent thinker Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also gave an outline of prosperous Bharat based on rural development. Even during freedom struggle, Gandhiji had observed that a day would come when not only Bharat but the entire world would have to make village a focal point of development for attaining real freedom and contentment. For this he visualized making villages of Bharat Gokuls, through cow, agriculture and village industries.



The present global economic crisis and environmental hazards have put a question mark on the western life style in its entirety. The end of socialism and the failure of capitalism are making the intellectuals throughout the world to seek a new approach for development. Humanity is in search of a new path for material and spiritual upliftment. Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal firmly believes that only Bharat can pave such a path. This belief is based on Hindu way of life based on harmony between man, society and nature which has been followed successfully for thousands of years. On the basis of such social structure, we could establish a most prosperous and developed civilization in the past; self reliant villages were the basic units of the social structure and necessity based production was the order of the day and wants were limited.



After independence, we gave up this basic vision and adopted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based development model which lost credibility now in the western world itself. Rural economy got continuously neglected; agriculture became non-remunerative and village artisans and cottage industries were neglected. Due to lack of employment opportunities, proper health, educational and infrastructural facilities and onslaught of decadent western culture through TV and cinema, there has been mass exodus of people from villages to cities. By establishing facilities for processing and marketing of raw materials in villages and linking them with rural entrepreneurship, this exodus from villages could have been stopped. This neglect had disastrous effect on the rural economy. Continuous decline in rural investment and five year plan allocations are clear pointers to this neglect resulting in lack of funds for comprehensive development of rural infrastructure and agriculture based rural industries, and research and development facilities for agriculture. It is imperative for the government to provide for quality education relevant for villages, health services, employment opportunities, infrastructural facilities and create such modern models of development of villages which are ecofriendly and promote social harmony facilitating national integrity and progress.



ABKM is clearly of the opinion that cow-centric, organic and natural farming based village model supported by artisanship and rural industries can provide sustainable development forParam Vaibhav Bharat. Several experiments have indicated that organic farming can increase farm output. Research is also being conducted at several higher scientific institutions on integration of traditional knowledge with modern science to enhance quality of life in villages. Today materialism and greed are destroying social fabric and family. Cultural degradation is the natural consequence of this.
Rural reconstruction suited to the modern age based on simple living and sacrifice (thyag) is the only alternative. Cow connects us to our surroundings. Cow-centred village pattern in tune with nature, will not only be more profitable because it is not capital and machine based, but also will increase land fertility by use of natural fertilisers and pestcontrols. Gobar gas can also be alternative energy source. Panchagavya (milk, curd, ghee, Gomutra and Gobar), milk products and other medicines made from Gomutra can improve the economic standing of the villagers. For most of the farmers, plough based, or non-tilling (natural) agricultural will become a better option. Thus cow improves village life and is an important contributor for improving agricultural productivity.



This kind of self-reliant village system can effectively solve the economic and environmental problems. By crop rotation, use of green fertilisers, organic manures and pestcontrols, giving priority to traditional water resources like ponds, wells etc., and use of appropriate technology, it is possible to rejuvenate rural capabilities. Nature based and decentralised use of energy will not only reduce energy crisis, but will also decrease carbon emission levels. 'Vishwa Mangala Go Grama Yatra' organized by Saints and Dharmacharyas is a great endeavour for national awakening to tap this immense potential. ABKM welcomes this great effort.



ABKM urges the Central government to create a blue print for self reliant village based economy instead of populist slogans and plans. ABKM calls upon the society at large to leave behind complexes and build a prosperous Bharat based on village prosperity and calls upon the people for ‘Chalen Gram Ki Aur’ — March towards Villages.

Look what RSS is up to! You want to wait? RSS chief plans to make India Sanghmayi, here’s how he is going about it

Look what RSS is up to! You want to wait? RSS chief plans to make India Sanghmayi, here’s how he is going about it

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 10:02 AM PDT
Journalism has many constraints, but perhaps the biggest is its frequent failure to see trends and developments that happen just beneath the surface and remain outside the pale of headlines and a sharp public focus till something explodes in full view as an “incident”, a “statement”, a “controversy”.

Mainstream media reporting on Sikh, Punjab or India related issues very often deliberately skirts such issues while keeping the sham of objectivity. As a community newspaper representing and alive to Sikh interests, the World Sikh News does not have the luxury to wait till an “incident”, a “statement”, a “controversy” breaks through to give us a peg to report on a phenomena which all know is happening but none is daring to talk about except a few enlightened souls in civil society.

At a time when the near centrist Congress party in India is making a song and dance about standing like a bulwark against the forces of communalism, it is maintaining a pregnant silence on the deep inroads into the Indian psyche being made by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Mark our words. The RSS is in an aggressive, proactive mode in India now. Its entire work culture is changing, it has launched a countrywide movement and program to embrace the influential and increasingly affluent middle class, it is hogging in many states and domains the place usually reserved for regular political parties, and it is preparing to shed its silent-worker, behind-the-scenes, nose-to-the-grind image.

Leading the RSS-in-an-aggressive-expansionist-mode drive is none other than its chief Mohan Bhagwat who publicly repeats at least twice a week that India is a Hindu Rashtra, something he said within moments after his anointment as the RSS head and significantly, something that has gone unchallenged by the Congress as well as the many avatars of the communist parties.

In Punjab, the Akali Dal and the SGPC remain blissfully untouched by repeated statements of Mohan Bhagwat about entire India being a Hindu Rashtra and all citizens of India being Hindus, even as the Akali Dal continues to maintain a fraternal love-clasp with the political child of the RSS, the BJP. Akali Dal patron and CM Prakash Singh Badal often describes the alliance as much more than a political understanding. “We are almost brothers,” he has repeated ad nauseum now.

As another story on Page 15 of this edition explains, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat landed at Delhi’s Dwarka suburb on October 2, the occasion ostensibly meant to mark the day India dedicates to its near mock exercise of committing itself to a self-styled apostle of peace. Bhagwat did so by performing worship of AK 47 and other guns and ammunition, and then delivered the RSS mumbo jumbo of worshipping power to ensure non-violence.

But what is even more important is the other social trend being actively promoted by the RSS under Bhagwat. Its leaders are out in the open, RSS is making open political statements, it is explicitly interfering and intervening in the affairs of the BJP, it is taking overt political position on all kinds of matters including issues of foreign policy, it is gathering forces under its own banner inviting former army officers, sants and sadhs, intellectuals and journalists.

In Punjab, the number of RSS shakhas has grown astonishingly huge in the last three years. At a time when elections to Punjab’s colleges are banned by law and students have remained deprived of meaningful engagement with politics for almost a quarter century, the RSS has its shakhas in hundreds of schools and colleges.

Bhagwat chose to make his traditional shastra puja (weapon worship) address in Dwarka, a fast growing suburb in Delhi’s south-west, and RSS is reaching across to the white collar migrants in many towns and metros.

Delhi’s posh areas and highly congested suburbs witness RSS shakhas in the park being sold to youngsters as health clubs cum spiritual exercises. Sources in the RSS said they have instructions to expand in all suburbs and focus on the well to do as well as the unemployed.

“We must have new image, a post-corporate image of a young, English and Hindi speaking, modern yet spiritual, traditional yet wearing branded jeans, quoting Proust and vedas in the same breath,” a young RSS pracharak lectured in a Moga shakha last Sunday. This Sunday, he was back, underlining and bringing about the significance of the fact that an estimated 15,000 RSS cadres clad in their traditional khaki short pants, white shirts and black caps had converged to listen to “Bhagwat ji”.

In the decade that the suburb has come into being, the 84-year-old Hindu nationalist organization has set up 200 shakhas (daily assemblies) in just Dwarka. In Chandigarh alone, more than 20 shakhas of the RSS are currently in operation.

The middle class Indian suburbs now represent not just the “new and more flexible face of the RSS” but also its most pernicious. No more will the RSS carry its explicit communal card; instead, like the age old practice of Brahmanism, it is evolving and metamorphosing into an entity that will make it hard to pin it down as the party of hate and poisonous minds.

The RSS leaders are now clear that they to achieve such an objective, they must recruit new potential cadres from professional ranks. So, the lumpen youth in search of a purpose will not be asked to get up at 5 am to join the shakha. Instead, the well educated will be told the shakha timings are to their advantage, and there is a gym next door that will be available for free.

In many colonies in the metros as well as in Punjab’s cities, the RSS has ensured that timings and the regimen are flexible. While conventionally, the shakhas have operated in the morning and entailed exercise drills, now you have night shakhas in areas such as Dwarka. “We need to accommodate working professionals,” Bhagwat explained helpfully.

And listen to his nuanced talk: “While our nation has the reputation, it has utterly failed to secure supremacy in the world arena. Our values of truth and non-violence cannot be asserted until we wield and worship power, something which the RSS preaches and practices. The country must become Sanghmayi.”

Sanghmayi means drenched in RSS ideology.

Clearly, the rebuilding efforts are designed to reposition the RSS as an acceptable ideological faith to a rapidly evolving demography, moving away from the traditional perception of being dominated by the upper castes. It is on the time tested Hindutva road of an assimilation drive and is making special efforts to attract the dalits and the backward castes to its fold.

The operation is below the surface, subtle and slow, and RSS will wait till it gets the results with time. And then the RSS will be a formidable force for the minorities to engage with. Some, of course, do think that the fundamentalist, religious and ideological slant militates against its ability to reach out to a wider cross-section in the country, but much harm would be done in a matter of a couple of years itself.

Bhagwat is not saying, is not even alluding that the RSS has any intention to change and become an inclusive force. His idea of inclusiveness is limited to assimilation. The RSS has expanded its presence steadily since 1990, growing its base of shakhas from 29,000 in 1990 to 40,000 at the end of March. Most of these expansions have come about in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which have a strong presence of the socially backward communities.

Officially, the RSS today has 800,000 cadres attending its daily shakhas across the country. It operates almost like a secret paramilitary organizationand efforts to re-invent itself are aimed not at any soul searching but to win more souls for the devil.

The IT Milan, and Shakha on the Web!

Look at the bold new initiatives of the RSS. In Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Chandigarh, it is running “IT Milan” gatherings (information technology meetings) where it exhorts informal gatherings of its supporters and sympathizers from the IT sector to imbibe the RSS ideology if they want to counter the dragon of China and overpower and sublimate Pakistan.

The obsolete rules are gone. No need for sporting the khaki knickers. There is more acceptability of married members. Pracharaks will soon not have to be celibate full-time members. It is coming up with plans like Vishesh Sampark Yojana to reach out to bureaucrats and NRIs. Members are being encouraged to use social networking to attract youngsters. They are asked to use Yahoo Groups and Orkut.

“Many shakhas are called now ‘software shakhas’ to groom busy IT professionals in the RSS way of thinking,” said Ram Madhav, RSS spokesperson. The new age shakhas will be on the web too, and right into your child’s laptop.

How prepared are we to counter such shrewdly thought out plans at penetrating, assimilating, metamorphosing the societal agendas? Remember, the RSS will leave no stone unturned in trying to appropriate the Sikh Gurus, the Guru Granth Sahib, our religious idiom. Why do you think it has set up the other RSS, the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat? It is time to wake up, unless you want to wait for an “incident”, a “statement”, a “controversy”.

http://worldsikhnews.com/7%20October%202009/Look%20what%20RSS%20is%20up%20to!%20You%20want%20to%20wait.htm

INDIA HAS MORAL COMMITMENT ON TIBET

We need a strategic vision.
Leverage on diplomatic relations
By Ram Madhav

For almost one decade the Russia-China talks remained deadlocked over this ‘principle’ issue. But with the Soviets not budging the Chinese had to climb down and in 1983 they finally agreed to not insist on the principle anymore. The US and many others tend to dismiss all this as Chinese propaganda. It may be partly true. But the underlying lesson remains; that you don’t have to acquire same number of naval carriers as your adversary; you should rather have enough capability to disable them.

‘Dialogue is the only solution’, our leaders untiringly exhort when it comes to our relations with the neighbours. Undoubtedly. But what is more important is perseverance.

With countries like China we need to understand that there is no easy solution even if you are ready to talk. The border dispute between our countries is more than six decades old. And the talks too are almost three decades old by now. Not much has been achieved. In fact while the talks are on we concede more and achieve little.

That is the most important lesson that we must learn: while in talks, be firm. Set your goals firmly before going into the talks; and once there, be steadfast.

Maybe we can take a leaf or two out of China’s own history. China resolved a very vexatious border dispute with Russia in 1991. While India has a border stretching to over 4500 kms, Russia too shares a border of almost the same length with China. Interestingly not just the length of the border but the nature of the dispute too is same; China declares that it doesn’t recognise ‘imperial treaties’ as they were ‘unequal’ treaties. It is well-known that China wants everything redone after 1949.

The pattern followed by China in its talks with Soviet Russia is similar to what it does with all other countries; and to what it did with India too. When the talks began between China and Soviet Russia in mid-60s the Chinese insisted that the Russian side should first of all agree ‘on principles’. By ‘principles’ what it meant was that the Russians should agree with its contention that all the historical treaties arrived at between Russia and China prior to 1949 should be considered as ‘unequal treaties’.

Realising the carefully laid trap in the name of ‘principle’ the Russians at once rejected the Chinese argument and insisted that they were not going to negotiate a new boundary and were only willing to discuss ‘minor technical adjustments’. They accused China of "attempting to substantiate its claim to 1.5 million sq kms of land that properly belonged to the Soviet Union by using a far-fetched pretext of righting the ‘injustices’ of past centuries".

Naturally the initial talks in 1964 collapsed. When they resumed in 1969 the Soviets were firm on their position that there is no question of negotiating a new boundary except to talk about a few issues limited to not more that 0.1 million square kilometers. The Chinese side persisted with its demand that the ‘basic principle’ of the unequal nature of the past treaties must be accepted by Russia first.

For almost one decade the Russia-China talks remained deadlocked over this ‘principle’ issue. But with the Soviets not budging the Chinese had to climb down and in 1983 they finally agreed to not insist on the principle anymore. Once that happened the rest of the negotiations went on and a final settlement was arrived at by 1991.

Just to understand the success of Russia and China border settlement we have to understand the mindset of the Russian leaders. One statement of Boris Yeltsin while on his way to Beijing in 1996 would suffice to indicate it: "There are instances in which we agree to no compromises. For example, the issue of to whom the three islands - in the Amur River not far from Khabarovsk and the.... Bolshoy Island in the Argun River in Chita should belong. With regard to this our position remains firm: the border should be where it lies now’.

Can we show that firmness? Have we done that before? China insisted that it wouldn’t recognize McMahon Line since it is an ‘Imperial Line’. Have we come across a Yeltsin in India who would have told them that if McMahon Line is fine for China and Burma to settle their borders why not the same for China and India? Do we have the courage to tell them that barring some ‘minor technicalities’, the border should be where it lied in 1947 or 1949?

So perseverance - the Russian type, is the key. But two more issues played important role in settling Russia-China border dispute. Firstly, both the countries felt a need for ‘coming closer’ for strategic purposes. In early 80s under Deng Xiaoping it became an important part of the Chinese new foreign policy. But more importantly the second factor, the superior military might of Russia, was also a clincher.

No meaningful settlement will be possible between two unequal neighbours. It has been made amply clear by the repeated statements of our military bosses that India lags far behind China in terms of its military capability. Elsewhere the new RSS Sarsanghachalak Sri Mohan Bhagwat also said: "Though frequent wars and border infringements imposed on us after the independence have made us some what less complacent regarding our defense preparedness, we are still less prepared for any potential war as compared to that of China and it is necessary to make more potent arrangement to secure our borders".

Critics may call it war-mongering, but the fact remains that we need to strengthen our preparedness. But what do we understand by defense preparedness? Do we mean parity in terms of weapons, aircraft and ships etc? Is it possible? Someone suggested that since China spends 7 per cent of its GDP on defense we too should spend that much. But 7 per cent of the GDP for China and 7 per cent of the GDP for India are not the same.

Here also the Chinese experience might give us a clue as to what we should do. For China, the US is a bigger rival. Even to this day it spends 14 times more money on its defense than China. That China had to face humiliating situation when a US aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz entered the Taiwan Strait in 1995-96 to force China to stand down from its threats to Taiwan. If China learnt any one lesson from this stand-off, it was that in military terms what is important is capability, not necessarily parity. Through capability one can build deterrents without actually entering into a race for parity. And that is what China did in the last 15 years.

The Chinese leadership has realised that it would be foolhardy to try to take on the US might head on. Instead they started working on the stratagem that would give it an advantage in case of any conflict. The bottomline for China is to raise the costs of war exorbitantly high for the US to think several times before taking the plunge. They call the military capabilities that support this strategy as "assassin’s mace". The ‘mantra’, to quote the Foreign Affairs magazine, is that the ‘assassin’s mace’ will enable ‘the inferior’ (China) to defeat ‘the superior’ (the US).

The Chinese today have ICBMs that can effectively destroy forward US bases like the Kadena Air Base on Okinawa Island in Japan or the Anderson Air Force Base on Guam in South of Japan. The message is clear: in the event of war, China has the capability to the forward bases of the US redundant in no time.

Today, the US is greatly worried about what is described as the "wasted assets". It has forward bases, but China has the capability to strike them with accuracy at will. The US has a huge and most powerful Navy, but the Chinese are deploying UAVs, radars and reconnaissance satellites that can detect warships at progressively greater distances. The Chinese have a large number of submarines with advanced torpedoes and high-speed sea-skimming missiles that can stalk US carriers. It has aircraft that carry high-speed anti-ship ballistic missiles. Thus even the vast US Navy is fast becoming a ‘wasted asset’ for the US.

In other words the East Asian seas are a no-go zone for the US Navy today. It is noteworthy that the Chinese Navy is still at its nascent stage. What China did was to demonstrate capability, not necessarily the parity.

Not just the seas and the sky, even the cyberspace is increasingly being made redundant for the US by China. It is reputed to have launched cyber attacks on the Pentagon that disabled computer systems there. Even the low-earth-orbit satellites of the US, which supply crucial military and commercial data for the US, are well within the reach of the anti-satellite ballistic missiles or ground-based lasers of China. In other words even those are turning out to be a ‘wasted asset’ for the US. Many of the ‘smart weapons’ of the US depend on the GPS constellation. The PLA is working overtime to acquire the capability to destroy this constellation thus making the US military just redundant when it comes to any confrontation in the East.

The US and many others tend to dismiss all this as Chinese propaganda. It may be partly true. But the underlying lesson remains; that you don’t have to acquire same number of naval carriers as your adversary; you should rather have enough capability to disable them. The mute point is: where do we stand in terms of research and production of modern weaponry? Prof. Steve Cohen of the Brookings Institute says that India is the most lethargic country when it comes to indigenous production of weapons. May be our politicians and military bosses are driven by ‘other’ considerations in depending on imports rather than developing indigenously?

Another important lesson that we should learn is to frustrate the enemy. China practices it to the full. It has encircled us from all sides. It has built a ‘listening post’ in Burma’s Coco Islands and upgraded it into a full base later. It has built the Gwadar Port in Sindh, Pakistan. It is building a commercial port in Sri Lanka. It is engaged in building infrastructure in countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. All these will become strategic assets for China. The Gwadar port can function as a base for the nuclear submarines of the Chinese Navy.

Sadly, we are doing nothing on that front too. We have done precious little to help countries like Taiwan. The Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj was in India last month. Despite the fact that we have best of the relations with that country which is very strategically located: land-locked between Russia and China, we hardly thought of leveraging our relations to the strategic advantage of our country. The argument is that such a move would unnecessarily ‘irritate’ China. We have an Air Force base in Kazakhstan but no aircraft.

What is needed is a strategic vision, not just statements. Unfortunately while we seem to lack it we are not even trying to learn a lesson from our own adversary, China.

(Concluded)

(The writer is member of National Executive Council, RSS.)

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