“Path to Begampura”

Supremacist Hinduism

and the Rise of Hindu

Philosophy in the West

1) Hindu philosophy is rising in popularity in the west

2) Independent India is rooted in political Hinduism and

the rise of Hindu philosophy in the West is no accident

3) Hindu dominion tends towards totalitarianism

because the philosophy is, at its core, supremacist

1) Hindu philosophy is

rising in popularity in

the west

Swami Vivekananda was a pioneer in

presenting Hinduism to the West. In

remarks at the 1893 Parliament of

World’s Religions in Chicago, he stated:

“From the high spiritual flights of the

Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest

discoveries of science seem like

echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry

with its multifarious mythology, the

agnosticism of the Buddhists, and the

atheism of the Jains, each and all have

a place in the Hindu's religion.”

Mohandas Gandhi is the first Hindu to

be idolized in the West. He remains

wildly popular. Interestingly, his

personality was as much political as

religious.

In 1947, Gandhi told his followers:

“It cannot be said that Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism are separate religions. All

these four faiths and their offshoots are one. Hinduism is an ocean into which all the rivers run. It can absorb Islam and Christianity and all other religions and only then can it become the ocean.”

Swami Vivekananda used similar language,

saying: “As different streams having different

sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so

different tendencies, various though they

appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.”

Hinduism denies distinction, separateness, and

uniqueness to everything and everyone.

It demands that anything be considered a part

of Hinduism and labels it as “intolerance” to

insist one’s person or beliefs are not Hindu.

Gandhi is worshipped

worldwide with

thousands of statues,

many placed in prominent

Western cities through

partnerships with local

politicians where the

Indian State provides a

government-funded

statue.

Gandhi idols in USA

From top left: San

Francisco, New

York City,

Washington, D.C.,

and Riverside.

The leading

Hindu lobby in

North America

insists that

yoga is

inseparable

from its Hindu

origins.

Both Hindu philosophy and

supremacist view of Hinduism

— everyone is a Hindu — are

gaining ground in the West.

Meanwhile, Hindu intellectuals in the

West are seeking to bait Western

powers into linking arms with political

Hinduism and arming Hindus to wage

war on India’s enemies.

What “Defeating Political Islam” tells us is that the United States, in fighting the so-called war on terror, not only has allied with nations that can never be our

friends - which explains the incorrigibilities of the AfPak theater, for example - but also has effectively shunned friends, such as India and Israel, that would

love to be our allies.

It all makes perfect sense; in some ways, it’s even obvious. Survival strategy usually is. Which isn’t to say that “Defeating Political Islam” won’t come as

eye-popping revelation to its readers. I only hope they won’t take the book’s urgent message to heart too

late.

— Review by The Washington Times,

May 2009

Brahmin War-Baiting

I agree with the author’s assessment on the nature of political Islam and its underlying doctrine consisting of

the Islamic trilogy--the Quran, Hadith, and the Sira. I also agree with him that the Cold War as was once waged by

the United States and its British and European allies against communism should be adopted as a model to be utilized against political Islam worldwide. However, my agreement with the author came to complete halt once I

hit upon Muthuswamy’s further analysis and policy recommendations.

Let us now examine some of the prescriptions that Dr. Muthuswamy has charted for dealing with threat of political Islam:

1. How would he handle the higher breeding rate among the Muslim population of France? On page 208, Muthuswamy details his course of action: Mass deportation of Muslims (whose ancestry is from Algeria) back to Algeria and similarly those from Morocco to be deported back to their homeland. In case Algeria (or even Morocco) refuses to take

them back, Muthuswamy recommends that France declare war against Algeria and then after occupying it, complete the task of wholesale deportation. The author never entertains less dangerous alternate

avenues to handle the situation nor does he discuss the possibility that France might, after the invasion, embroils itself in a quagmire or could even lose the war. Then what would be the consequences of such a rash and reckless action? an allies against communism should be adopted as a model to be utilized against political Islam worldwide. However, my

agreement with the author came to complete halt once I hit upon Muthuswamy’s further analysis and policy recommendations.

2. Moving on to India: How can India be a counterforce to the “axis of Jihad”? Reading the text,

it is not entirely clear if Muthuswamy is recommending that the entire non-Muslim population

of India or only the Hindu population should be transformed into a Hindu-Mujahidin military force, trained by the United States, similar to the ones in

Afghanistan/Pakistan following the Soviet invasion. In this scenario, claims Muthuswamy, the United

States will have at its disposal a 850 million strong guerilla-trained “Hindu-dominated” force, which once

unleashed will cause havoc on the Islamic nations. Once again, Muthuswamy’s sweeping

recommendations are poorly thought out.

page 83: Many do not know that Sikhism itself was baptized at the end of the medieval

period into a warrior mode in order to withstand the onslaught of the ruling Muslim

(Mughal) kings in India. Sikhism was originally founded by Nanak Dev, who was born in 1469. Unable to defend its followers from the relentless Mughal kings, in 1969

Sikhism’s tenth guru (leader) Gobind Singh, converted his people into a warrior order

(Khalsa). The order requires the mandatory strapping of a sword by a Sikh male.

India is repeatedly described as “secular” and “democratic.” At one point, however, the author mentions (on page 124) that the current Prime Minster is “unelected.” A question obviously

follows: How could an unelected person becomes a prime minister in a democratic state? This quandary

is left unresolved. The answer is a simple one. In accordance with the Constitution of India, there is no requirement for the government of India to be

elected before occupying the office. Anyone familiar with the Indian constitution and the realities

on the ground in India would refrain from describing India as “secular” or even “democratic” as these terms are understood in the Western sense.

Nowhere do we learn

the role played by the

upper-caste Hindus in

thrusting the

subcontinent into the

hands of Islamic

invaders.

Why, for example, would low-caste Hindus (who form the bulk of the Hindu population) acquiesce to this proposal? They, especially the Untouchables, have

nothing to gain, but everything to lose. Educated and well-informed Untouchables will tell you pointblank that in their entire history of subjugation lasting thousands of years, they would actually prefer a Muslim master over a Hindu master. The other castes which make up the bulk of the low caste (Sudra) community will have nothing to gain from becoming new Mujahidin-types. Among the non-Hindu Indian community comprising the Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, and Jains, nobody would be

interested in joining in this venture because they have no love of the Hindu caste system.

Lastly, we are essentially left with roughly 150 million upper-caste Hindus. Given

their personal traits which are unsuited for actual warfare, their long history of

supporting Islamic rulers, and the fact that their political and religious worldview is similar to that of Islam, why would these

bona-fide Hindus support the West in going against their fellow fascist

ideologues? How many of them would even volunteer for guerilla training?

Strangely, Dr. Muthuswamy sees some further potential benefits that might be

derived from this adventure. Bangladesh and Pakistan’s Islamic populations (as one example) might come to embrace “alternate faiths.” Which ones? Which religion would the “Hindu-dominated

Mujahidin” be likely to project upon its new subjects? Could it be anything other

than Hinduism?

So, Hindu philosophy is

rising in popularity in

the west

2) Independent India is rooted

in political Hinduism and the

rise of Hindu philosophy in the

West is no accident

Many crafters of India’s constitution —

the representatives to the Constituent

Assembly — warned that the document

was not just unsatisfactory, but even

dangerous.

“Centralisation, I wish to warn this house, would only lead to Sovietisation and

totalitarianism and not democracy.”

— Professor N.G. Ranga, 1948

“It is only in the German Constitution that the Fundamental Rights were subject to

the provisions of the law that may be made by the legislature. That means that the

citizens could enjoy only those rights which the legislature would give them — would

permit them to enjoy from time to time…. Totalitarianism — fascism — was the

result.”

— Mahboob Ali Baig, 1948

“There is enough provision in our Constitution… to facilitate the development of

administration into a fascist state.”

— Hukam Singh, 1949

“It is quite possible for this new born democracy to retain its form but give place to

dictatorship in fact.”

— Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, 1949

“My friends tell me that I made the Constitution. But I am quite prepared to say that I

shall be the first person to burn it out. I do not want it. It does not suit anybody.”

— Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, 1953

At its core, India denies

freedom to minorities.

Article 25, supposedly

dealing with religious

liberty, states:

“Reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a

reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jaina or Buddhist

religion, and the reference to Hindu religious institutions shall

be construed accordingly.”“

We are all deeply aware of the tragic

outcome suffered by minorities in

independent India.

So why does the West ignore it?

Hindu philosophy is rising in the West with the

Indian State’s energetic assistance.

On November 10, 2010, MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) made inquiry in Lok

Sabha.

His question: "Does the Indian State assist in placing statues of Gandhi around the world?”

The answer was “Yes."

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has placed 65 statues and busts between 2001 and

2010 alone. These are all state-funded.

Gandhi statues are one of many tactics

in a calculated, worldwide PR war to

present Hinduism as tolerant without

actually having to abandon the practice

of intolerance.

Both of the Hindu preachers who are most

popular in the West defended caste.

“Caste is a social custom, and all our great preachers have tried to break it down. From Buddhism downwards, every sect has preached against caste, and every

time it has only riveted the chains. Beginning from Buddha to Rammohan Ray, everyone made the mistake of holding caste to be a religious institution and tried

to pull down religion and caste altogether, and failed.

“The older I grow, the better I seem to think of caste and such other time-honored institutions of India.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“I am one of those who do not consider caste to be a harmful institution. In its origin caste was a wholesome custom and promoted national well-being.” (1920)

“Caste is necessary for Christians and Muslims as it has been necessary for Hinduism, and has been its saving grace.” (1932) “To abolish caste is to demolish

Hinduism.” (1933)

— Mohandas Gandhi

Instead of honestly admitting that the concept of

caste is an offense to the fundamental value of

human equality, both Gandhi and Vivekananda

became propagandists.

The Indian State is following in their footsteps.

On the first day representatives of each side - Chief

Rabbi Metzger and Swami Daynand Sarawati - signed a

declaration recognizing the values common to the "two

most ancient religions in the world", condemning all

religion-based violence, and announcing the formation of

a permanent Jewish-Hind committee.

Point 6 of the Declaration

6. In the interests of promoting the correct

understanding of Judaism, Hinduism and their

histories, it was agreed that text books and reference

material may be prepared in consultation with the

scholars’ group under the aegis of this Summit.

Point 7 of the Declaration

7. Svastika is an ancient and greatly auspicious symbol of the Hindu

tradition. It is inscribed on Hindu temples, ritual altars, entrances,

and even account books. A distorted version of this sacred symbol

was misappropriated by the Third Reich in Germany, and abused as

an emblem under which heinous crimes were perpetrated against

humanity, particularly the Jewish people. The participants recognize

that this symbol is, and has been sacred to Hindus for millennia,

long before its misappropriation.

Point 8 of the Declaration

8. Since there is no conclusive evidence to support the theory of

an Aryan invasion/migration into India, and on the contrary,

there is compelling evidence to refute it; and since the theory

seriously damages the integrity of the Hindu tradition and its

connection to India; we call for a serious reconsideration of this

theory, and a revision of all educational material on this issue

that includes the most recent and reliable scholarship.

Press Release: “Hindu American Foundation Joins

in Historic Hindu-Jewish Summit Held in Israel”

New York, NY (February 26, 2008): The Hindu American

Foundation (HAF) was represented in a delegation of Hindu

spiritual and lay leaders that visited Israel last week to attend the

Second International Hindu-Jewish Summit organized by the

World Council of Religious Leaders (WCORL) in conjunction

with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Israeli

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This 2008 Summit was a continuation

of the first Summit held in Delhi, India in February 2007.

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Bringing Indian

politics to the

West under the

auspices of

Gandhi.

Meanwhile, the Sangh Parivar

grows strong and puts down

deep roots in North America.

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“The American connection of the Sangh Parivar runs deep indeed, and the Parivar is now well established in the US. But it did not develop

there like it did in India. In India, the RSS has been the organisational crucible of the ‘family’. In the US, the VHP came first, and the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (the functional equivalent to the RSS) took shape later. This atypical modus operandum enabled the Hindutva forces to cash in on the network of religious organisations that were sometimes very old. (After all, Swami Vivekananda had made an impact on the

American mind as early as 1893, during the first Parliament of World Religions in Chicago).”

— Christophe Jaffrelot

“Besides, the VHPA also defends Hinduism in the public sphere. The American Hindu Anti-Defamation Coalition (AHADC) was founded in 1997 — modelled after the Anti-Defamation League initially founded

to combat anti-Semitism — to monitor the iconography and vocabulary used in relation to Hinduism in advertisements and on TV in general. More importantly perhaps, in 2005, the VHPA sought to influence the rewriting of history textbooks in the state of California, giving rise to a debate among community representatives and India scholars opposed

to the removal of the notion of the Aryan invasions in the name of historical accuracy.”

— Christophe Jaffrelot

“It will aim to promote business ties and Modi, who might deliver 3D speeches in several American cities, in addition to the 600-strong delegation coming from Gujarat to New Jersey. The 40,000 guests

expected will be asked to pay $100 each. It will not be the first time that Modi speaks to Indian Americans from a distance: he did it during the 2008 World Gujarati Conference when, according to nritoday.net ‘30,000 Gujaratis converged at the Raritan Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey to celebrate Gujarati language, culture, heritage, art,

history, enterprise and people in all its grandeur’. He did it again in May 2012, mostly to attract investors, and in March and May this year

(when he addressed the Indian diaspora in 18 cities).”— Christophe Jaffrelot

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So, independent India is rooted

in political Hinduism and the

rise of Hindu philosophy in the

West is no accident

3) Hindu dominion tends

towards totalitarianism

because the philosophy is, at

its core, supremacist

“The existence of direct contacts between the representatives of the [Italian] Fascist regime, including Mussolini, and Hindu nationalists

demonstrates that Hindu nationalism had much more than an abstract interest in the ideology and practice of

fascism. The interest of Indian Hindu nationalists in fascism and Mussolini must not be considered as

dictated by an occasional curiosity, confined to a few individuals; rather, it should be considered as the

culminating result of the attention that Hindu nationalists… focused on Italian dictatorship and its

leader. To them, fascism appeared to be an example of conservative revolution.”— Marzia Casolari

The ideological father of the Sangh Parivar

was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Savarkar invented the term “Hindutva” and

preached a doctrine of “Akhand Bharat”

containing a “Hindu Rashtra.”

Savarkar also taught that “Hindu” should be

treated as a cultural and national identity and

used to describe anyone of Indian origin. To

Savarkar, a non-Indian could not be a Hindu

and an Indian could not be a non-Hindu. He

also taught that Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs

are all Hindus.

Savarkar was strongly ideologically allied

with fascism.

“In a speech delivered in 1940 (after the Second World War had commenced), Savarkar said: ‘There is no reason to suppose that Hitler must

be a human monster because he passes off as a Nazi or Churchill is a demigod because he calls himself a Democrat. Nazism proved undeniably the savior of Germany under the set of circumstances Germany was placed in.’”

“In 1938, during the time of accelerating anti-Jewish legislation in Germany, Savarkar suggested a similar fate for India’s Muslims. ‘A nation is formed by

a majority living therein,’ he declared. ‘What did the Jews do in Germany? They being in minority were driven out from Germany.’”

— Marzia Casolari

The longest serving

Sarsanghschalak (Supreme

Leader) of the RSS was M. S.

Golwalkar.

His tenure included World War II

as he served from 1940-1973.

Perhaps no one has had a

stronger ideological influence on

the RSS. Modi, who started in

the RSS at age eight, spent 15

years in the group under

Golwalkar’s leadership.

“There are only two courses open to the foreign elements, either to merge themselves in the national race and adopt its culture, or to live at its mercy so long as the

national race may allow them to do so and to quit the country at the sweet will of the national race. That is the only sound view on the minorities problem. That is the only

logical and correct solution. That alone keeps the national life healthy and undisturbed….

“The foreign races in Hindustan must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, must learn to respect and hold in reverence Hindu religion, must entertain no idea

but those of the glorification of the Hindu race and culture, i.e., of the Hindu nation and must lose their separate existence to merge in the Hindu race, or may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu Nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges, far less any preferential treatment not even citizen’s rights. There is, at

least should be, no other course for them to adopt.”— M. S. Golwalkar

“That the RSS was a fascist body was known to all. Donald Eugene Smith recalled in his definitive work India as a Secular State that “Nehru once

remarked that Hindu communalism was the Indian version of fascism, and, in the case of the RSS, it is not difficult to perceive certain similarities. The leader principle, the stress on militarism, the doctrine of racial-cultural superiority, ultra-nationalism infused with religious idealism, the use of

symbols of past greatness, the emphasis on national solidarity, the exclusion of religious or ethnic minorities from the nation-concept—all of these

features of the RSS are highly reminiscent of fascist movements in Europe.”— A. G. Noorani, Frontline Magazine

The devotion to fascism of Savarkar,

Golwalkar, and others inspired a

politicized Hinduism that now guides

the Indian State — but on a social

level, fascism is also a trendy idea in

India.

“Here, Hitler is not viewed as the personification of evil, but with an attitude of morally ambiguous

fascination. He is seen as a management guru -akin to Machiavelli or Sun Tzu - by business students, and an object of wonder by people

craving order amid the chaos of India.”— CBS News

Admiration for fascism went both

directions — the RSS admired

Hitler and Mussolini while the

Nazis admired Hinduism.

“Several historians believe that Himmler's notorious Posener Speech in front of a hundred SS officers in 1943 was highly influenced by the spirit

of the Bhagavad Gita.

“In this particular speech, Himmler stressed that if the destiny of the nation called for it, every member

of the SS had a duty to conduct drastic measures brutally and without pity and without regard to

blood relationship and friendship….

“In the same speech, after mentioning unworthy human beings who were going to be murdered (an

indirect reference to the Jews), Himmler assured his listeners: ‘These deeds do not inflict any damage on

our inner selves, our souls, and our characters. In the same manner, Krishna assured Arjuna that the

latter acts would not pollute his higher self by completing his murderous duty: Whatever I do, it cannot pollute me. [...] The one who merges with me, frees himself from everything, and he is not

bound by his deeds.’”— Victor and Victoria Trimondi,

authors of “Hitler-Buddha-Krishna-An

Unholy Alliance from the Third Reich

to the Present Day”

Supremacist Hindus are growing

bolder in enacting their social and

religious ideas into laws that bind

non-Hindus to abide by Hindu

practices, beliefs and superstitions.

So, Hindu dominion tends

towards totalitarianism

because the philosophy is, at

its core, supremacist

What does the future hold?

Supremacist Hinduism

and the Rise of Hindu

Philosophy in the West

“Path to Begampura”