Falgun Shukla 13 Vik. Samvat 2078, Yugabda 5123 : 16 March, 2022:SM 3024 (For Private Circulation only)
1. FESTIVALS: VARSHA PRATIPADA:
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada, Yugabda 5124 (April 2 this year) is the beginning of
the Hindu New Year.
The day is celebrated as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra, Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana and Karnataka, Cheti Chand in the Sindhi community and Navreh in
Kashmir. Sant Jhulelal Jayanti also falls on this day.
Chaitra Shukla Pratipada is the beginning of the Chaitra Navratri, also known as
the Vasanta Navratri. The festival honours and celebrates Devi Durga for
defeating the demon Mahishasura in a battle. The ninth day is also celebrated as
Ram Navami – the day Bhagwan Ram was born.
The founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Dr. Keshav Rao Baliram Hedgewar
was born on the day of Yugadi and swayamsevaks offer ‘Adya Sarsanghachalak
Pranam’ on this day in shakhas.
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Dr. Bhagwat said that satellite images show water source below the earth where
River Saraswati once existed and its origin and path should be clearly
established. He added that Saraswati River should be mentioned in textbooks
along with enough proof to establish its existence. Dr. Bhagwat said that even
though our history is related to the Saraswati River, the British created an
illusion of lies. He said that Bharat should throw out this illusion of
fabricated truths and establish antiquity and truth from the ancient past to
make the country stand out in the world as ‘Vishwa Guru’.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of various projects for
rejuvenation and pollution abatement of the Mula-Mutha River along a 9-km
stretch of the river.
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Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosbale inaugurated
the ABPS by paying obeisance to Bharat Mata. At the beginning of the meeting,
tribute was paid to the dignitaries who departed in the last year including
Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar, CDS General Bipin Rawat, Shri. Babasaheb Purandare,
Shri. Rahul Bajaj, Pandit Birju Maharaj and P. Srinivasa Ramanujacharya Swami.
Sarkaryavah Shri Hosabale presented the annual report for the year 2021-22.
In his address Shri Hosabale said that it was heartening to see that enthusiasm
and speed of the pre Corona period has been visible amongst karyakartas in the
past year and hence there has been a marked increase in holding of
organisational meetings, programs and training camps. Noting that a large
section of the society is enthusiastically engaged in the task of writing a
golden chapter of future Bharat, Shri Hosabale said that we have before us an
opportunity to fulfill our Rashtra Dharma by making the Sangh work victorious.
By 6 March about 16,000 Bharatiyas had been flown to Bharat in 76 flights. On 11
March, all the 600 Bharatiya Nationals from Ukraine's Sumy were brought to
Rzeszow airport in Poland via 13 buses, and then were finally brought back to
Bharat via three flights, accomplishing the operation. On the same day, Bharat’s
Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar on Twitter hailed the operation,
thanking everyone who were responsible and helped to accomplish this mission.
On March 8, Sewa International Europe played a key role in evacuating 467
African students - including 367 from Nigeria, and another 100 from Namibia,
Zambia, and South Africa - from Sumy. Sewa volunteers coordinated the evacuation
efforts responding to a request by Shina Alege, the Nigerian Ambassador to
Ukraine. Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geofferey Onyema, thanked Sewa
International Europe for “their amazing facilitation and coordination”.
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They also covered the many
contributions of black leaders, inventors, writers, scientists. They emphasized
the essence of every human and how important it is to be proud of who we are. It
was a rewarding experience for all the families that attended the event.
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“In the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, Swastika means that which brings
good luck and well-being,” he added. He continued to say, “Please stop calling
the Nazi symbol of hatred as Swastika. We support the ban of the Nazi symbol of
hatred Hakenkreuz or the hooked cross. Calling it Swastika is to deny us
Hindu-Canadians our religious right and freedom to use our sacred symbol
Swastika in our daily life.” Later on, he also issued a written statement on his
speech in the parliament.
This comes after PM Modi had called Swami Brahmavihari Das, spokesperson of BAPS,
and urged him to provide assistance to students on the Ukrainian border. He
sought help from BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha for helping students stranded at
different locations in Ukraine.
Despite several attempts to renovate the temple in the past, work could begin
only after the whole village, cutting across all barriers, came out to support
the project. “A temple renovation committee was formed in 2019, after which the
renovation work began,” Prasanna Rai S, the treasurer of the committee, said.
The test involved two trains - one with the railway minister on board and the
other with the Chairman of the Railway Board - hurtle towards each other at full
speed. Both the trains stopped 380 metres apart.
Its recipients are from fields such as entrepreneurship, agriculture,
innovation, social work, education and literature, linguistics, arts and crafts,
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), disability rights,
merchant navy and wildlife conservation.
The focus is to provide computational power to the
user community of IIT Roorkee and neighbouring academic institutions.
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JAI SHRI RAM
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A Constitution enshrines the collective values and
aspirations of a nation. It also chalks out the way to achieve those goals and
also empowers authority in the hands of the government to perform their
functions. In the same breath, the Constitution of India is based on the
civilisational values which have evolved over 5,000 years in this land of Bharat.
The very first Article 1(1) says, “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of
States.” The Constitution of India has given our country a name Bharat which is
a symbol of its pre-Muslim and pre-British glorious past. The very name Bharat
is derived from the legends of ancient Hindu traditions. Our country has
traditionally been known since ions as ‘Bharat’ or ‘Bharatvarsha’. According to
the Vishnu Purana, “The country that lies north of the ocean and the south of
the snowy mountains is called Bharat for there dwell the descendants of the
Bharat.” This was quoted by the prime minister in his Lok Sabha speech recently.
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2. EXISTENCE OF RIVER SARASWATI SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED : DR.
MOHAN BHAGWAT: On March 1, speaking at the book launch of ‘Dwirupa
Saraswati’ in Delhi, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarasanghachalak Dr.
Mohan Bhagwat said that the next generation will believe in existence of the
historical river Saraswati just as they have accepted the established truths
about Ram Setu and Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya. However, he added that it is
necessary to prove existence of the historical river Saraswati so that people
who doubt its existence can be proven wrong.
The book ‘Dwirupa Saraswati’ is a collection of history and documentary
evidences of the Saraswati River compiled by Dr. Mahesh Sharma and Shri
Sachhidananda Joshi of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA). Dr.
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3. PM MODI CALLS FOR OBSERVING ANNUAL 'NADI UTSAV' FOR WATER
CONSERVATION: While addressing a public meeting after the inauguration
of various developmental projects in Pune on March 6, Pradhan Mantri Narendra
Modi made a pitch for the rejuvenation of rivers and called upon people to
observe 'Nadi Utsav' in urban cities once a year to spread awareness for water
conservation.
4. RSS - AKHIL BHARATIYA PRATINIDHI SABHA: The Akhil
Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was
conducted from March 11-13 at Nishkalanki Narayan Tirthdham at Pirana , Gujarat.
The ABPS is an important decision-making body of RSS and more than 1200
karyakartas from all the states in the country attended it.
In a press conference, Sah Sarkaryavah Dr. Manmohan Vaidya said that RSS
conducts nearly 60,000 daily shakhas across the country, and 97.5 per cent
shakhas have started functioning again after the easing of Covid-19 related
restrictions.
In a separate statement released by Shri Hosabale on the occasion of
Amritmahotstav of independence, he said that we should take a resolve to
re-invent our selfhood which provides us an opportunity to connect with our
roots and to uphold the spirit of national integration.
The ABPS also passed a resolution about the need to promote work opportunities
to make Bharat self-reliant.
Addressing a press conference on the last day of ABPS, Sarkaryavah Shri Hosabale
said that for a long time there has been a conspiracy to spread misconceptions
about Bharat. Shri Hosabale said that it has been decided to try and create
effective and strong ideological discourse based on truth and facts about
Nationality, Hindutva, its history, social philosophy, cultural values and
tradition etc. Many people in the society are working on this subject, have done
research and written books. He informed that every 3 years, Sangh prepares a
plan for the expansion of work. To date, sangh work is present in 50% rural
‘mandals’ and 45% urban ‘vastis’ and it is planned to expand the work to all
‘mandals’ and ‘vastis’ in the next two years. He added that the expansion is to
increase the inherent strength of the society through organization, social
equality and samarasata. He also said that swayamsevaks have been working in
various fields with other like minded people to bring about a positive societal
transformation. Swayamsevaks have been active in the domain of parivar-prabodhan,
environment, samarasata etc. Speaking about the Amrit-Mahotsav of independence,
he said that even though the freedom movement was all encompassing in the
national sense, some facts have been obscured. Events have been planned to make
the current generation aware of it and motivate them to work towards the freedom
fighter’s dream of a united, prosperous Bharat. He stressed the importance of
working in the field of education and employment generation to overcome the
setbacks and deficits of Corona pandemic and mentioned the resolution passed by
the ABPS regarding it.
ABPS RESOLUTION - NEED TO PROMOTE WORK OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE BHARAT SELF
RELIANT: Bharat, with its abundant natural resources, vast human power and
inherent entrepreneurial skills to transform our agriculture, manufacturing and
service sectors, has the potential to create ample work opportunities and take
the entire economy to greater heights. As we have experienced the impact of the
recent Covid pandemic on employment and livelihood, we have also witnessed
opening up of new opportunities which some sections of the society have taken
benefit of. The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) wishes to emphasize that
the entire society has to play a proactive role in harnessing such work
opportunities to mitigate the overall employment challenge.
The ABPS is of the opinion that thrust is to be given to Bharatiya economic
model that is human centric, labor intensive, eco friendly and lays stress on
decentralization and equitable distribution of benefits and augments village
economy, micro scale, small scale and agro based industries. The areas like
rural employability, unorganized sector employment, employment to women and
their overall participation in the economy need to be boosted. Efforts are
essential to adapt new technologies and soft skills appropriate to our societal
conditions.
It is noteworthy that there are many successful models of employment generation
based on the above lines available in every part of the country. They have also
taken into account local specialities, talent and requirements. At many such
places, entrepreneurs, businessmen, micro finance institutions, self help groups
and voluntary organizations have initiated endeavours in the areas of value
added products, cooperative sector, direct marketing of local products and skill
development etc. These initiatives have encouraged ventures such as handicrafts,
food processing, home made products and family enterprises. After sharing their
experience with others, replicating them at places wherever required should be
earnestly considered. Certain educational and industrial institutions have
contributed in employment generation efforts in a significant way. The ABPS
appreciates all the success stories which have been able to generate sustainable
work opportunities for a large section of the society including weaker and
deprived sections. Efforts to inculcate spirit of ‘Swadeshi and self reliance’
in the society would give right impetus to the above initiatives.
Our manufacturing sector that has high employment potential requires to be
bolstered which can also lessen our dependence on imports. An environment
conducive of encouraging entrepreneurship should be created by educating and
counselling people, especially youth, so that they can come out of mentality of
seeking jobs only. Similar entrepreneurial spirit also needs to be fostered
among women, village folk and people from remote and tribal areas.
Educationists, industry and community leaders, social organizations and other
institutions can have effective participation towards this end. For that it is
essential that the governmental and other efforts go in tandem with these.
The ABPS feels that we, as a society, look for innovative ways to address the
challenges of fast changing global economic and technological scenario.
Opportunities of employment and entrepreneurship with emerging digital economy
and export possibilities should be keenly explored. We should engage ourselves
in manpower training both pre and on job, research and technology innovations,
motivation for start ups and green technology ventures etc.
The ABPS calls upon the citizens to work on Bharat centric models of employment
generation to strengthen the economy and achieve sustainable and holistic
development. The ABPS urges upon all sections of the society to establish a
healthy work culture based on our eternal values catalysing the whole effort of
promoting various types of work opportunities so that Bharat regains its
rightful place on the world economic front.
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5. OPERATION GANGA: BHARATIYA CITIZENS EVACUATED: Bharat
had about 20,000 Bharatiya nationals in Ukraine, out of which over 18,000 were
students. Approximately 16,000 Bharatiya citizens were present in Ukraine at the
moment of commencement of Russian invasion. Operation Ganga was launched by the
Government of Bharat to evacuate the Bharatiya citizens. This involved transport
assistance from the neighboring countries of Romania, Hungary, Poland, Moldova
and Slovakia to reach Bharat. The first evacuation flight from Bucharest reached
New Delhi with 249 nationals on February 27. Four union ministers namely –
Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V.K. Singh were sent
the next day to the neighboring countries to assist in prioritizing coordination
with local authorities. The Bharatiya Vayu Sena and multiple private airlines
(Air India, IndiGo, Air India Express, SpiceJet, Vistara, AirAsia India and Go
First) provided logistical support. Between 24 February and 7 March, PM Modi
talked to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President
Vladimir Putin multiple times about the situation, during which among
overarching issues, evacuation was discussed and assistance acknowledged.
During the operation, Bharat also helped evacauate Bangladeshi and Nepali
citizens from Ukraine. Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and Prime
minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba thanked the Bharatiya government for their
help.
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6. SEWA EUROPE HELPS IN EVACUATION FROM UKRAINE: Sewa
International volunteers in Europe have helped nearly 12,000 individuals since
the war started in Ukraine. Sewa Europe set up a helpline to connect with the
people in need. More than 6000 individual and group requests were received. More
than 350 Sewa volunteers spread across many countries in Europe coordinated
relief efforts in 18 Ukrainian cities. Working closely with Hindu Swayamsevak
Sangh (HSS) volunteers, Sewa units in Ukraine, Finland, Poland, Romania,
Hungary, and Denmark fielded calls from stranded students and others seeking
help and directed them to a volunteer who lived close to them for further
assistance. Over 100 Sewa volunteers worked within Ukraine to provide food and
arrange transportation to reach neighbouring countries. Fifty volunteers worked
in the border locations assisting people to cross the border. So far, Sewa has
helped stranded people from twelve nations.
7. HSS USA CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The
Parsippany Chapter of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh HSS USA celebrated Black History
Month on February 27 at the Viraj Dham Temple. Gordon Drewery Jr., Minster of
the Gospel First Baptist Church and Nora Drewery, Licensed Social Worker and
Storyteller presented a unique and interactive introduction to the History of
the Black community and their journey to the US.
8. MP CHANDRA ARYA URGES CANADIAN PARLIAMENT TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN HINDU SWASTIKA AND NAZI HAKENKREUZ: Chandra Arya, a Bharatiya origin
member of the Canadian Parliament, in a speech, called upon members of the house
and all Canadians to distinguish between Hindu religious sacred symbol Swastika,
and the Nazi symbol of hatred called Hakenkreuz in German or the hooked cross in
English. He shared a video of his speech on Twitter.
The American Jewish Committee, (one of the country’s oldest Jewish advocacy
organizations), released a leaflet clarifying the distinction between the
Swastika used for millennia by Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cultures and the
deformed Nazi version of it.
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9. BAPS, ISKCON AND ART OF LIVING IN UKRAINE: With the
humanitarian crisis taking place in war-torn Ukraine, several temples and
Gurudwaras have come forward to help people by giving them shelter, food, and
other facilities. As hundreds of thousands are fleeing the warzone seeking
refuge in neighbouring countries, BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha has also taken
charge to ensure the safe passage of Bharatiya nationals on the Polish, Romanian
and Hungarian borders with Ukraine.
In line with the Bharatiya government's Operation Ganga to evacuate Bharatiya
nationals from Ukraine, Art of Living said that it has helped nearly 1,200
students to evacuate to safety. Students are taking shelter at ashrams located
in Poland and in other neighbouring countries. AOL has arranged transportation,
food, and other facilities for the students.
Volunteers from ISKCON are also working to serve food, provide shelter, and
reach out to people who need help.
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10. MANGALURU: VILLAGERS UNITE TO BRING 800-YEAR-OLD TEMPLE
BACK TO LIFE: In Sarve village near Puttur, villagers have come together and
contributed to the renovation of the Yelia Sri Vishnumurthy temple, an
800-year-old structure about 65 km from Mangaluru.
Several WhatsApp groups were created and it was decided to split the expenses so
that donors are not burdened. “Hence from a zero balance, when the temple
renovation work began, we managed to raise sufficient funds mostly through the
WhatsApp groups, and we were able to do the work that cost us about Rs 2 crore,”
Prasanna said.
Also, hundreds of people volunteered to work at the site to complete the
renovations.
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11. INDIGENOUS ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM 'KAVACH' TO AVOID RAIL
ACCIDENTS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED BY BHARATIYA RAILWAYS: On March 4, Union
Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the anti-collision test
conducted by Bharatiya Railways to check the indigenous developed ‘Kavach’
system to avoid rail accidents is successful. 'Kavach' automatically stopped the
train before 380 metres of other Locomotive at the front. He tweeted about the
successful test of Kavach.
The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, Kavach, was
designed to help the Railways achieve - zero accidents. The Kavach will be the
world's cheapest automatic train collision protection system. The railway
authorities informed that once implemented, it will cost 50 lakh rupees per
kilometre to operate compared to about 2 crore rupees worldwide.
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12. RASHTRAPATI KOVIND CONFERS NARI SHAKTI PURASKARS:
Celebrating the International Women's Day on March 8, Rashtrapati Ram Nath
Kovind conferred the Nari Shakti Puraskars to 29 outstanding individuals for
2020 and 2021. The Nari Shakti Puraskar is a Women and Child Development
Ministry initiative to acknowledge exceptional contributions made by individuals
and institutions, and to celebrate women as game-changers and catalysts of
positive change in society. Twenty-eight awards - 14 each for 2020 and 2021 -
were given to the women in recognition of their exceptional work towards women
empowerment, especially the vulnerable and marginalised.
The awardees include social entrepreneur Anita Gupta, organic farmer and tribal
activist Ushaben Dineshbhai Vasava, innovator Nasira Akhter, Intel-India head
Nivruti Rai, down syndrome affected Kathak Dancer Saylee Nandkishor Agavane,
first woman snake rescuer Vanita Jagdeo Borade and mathematician Neena Gupta.
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13. MADE IN BHARAT PETASCALE SUPERCOMPUTER 'PARAM GANGA':
A Made in Bharat Petascale Supercomputer "PARAM Ganga" has been installed at
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee on March 7 by B.V.R. Mohan Reddy,
Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee. The 1.66 PFLOPS (Peta Floating-Point
Operations Per Second) supercomputer has been built by the Centre for
Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) under the approach of the National
Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
14. SHRI VISHWA NIKETAN: Pravas: Saumitra Gokhale,
Sanyojak Vishwa Vibhag will travel to USA after ABPS in Bharat, Dr. Ram Vaidya,
Sahsanyojak will travel to UK. Visitors: Rajesh Verma and Sai Phanindra - USA
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Accept only that which stands to your reason. Never
accept anything merely because it is preached by some great leader. Test its
truth on the touchstone of your intellectual discrimination. —
Dr.K.B.Hedgewar
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HINDUTVA AS THE FOUNDATION OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
RAJIV TULI
The core values of the Indian Constitution are liberty, equality, fraternity,
peaceful mutual co-existence, democracy, and respect for nature, natural
resources and other creatures. These cultural-civilisational values have
emanated from the core values of Hindu culture which is the oldest flourishing
civilisation of the world. The enshrined values in the Constitution have drawn
heavily from the cultural ethos of Hindu-ness (Hindutva). So much so, the very
name of the nation has been derived from Hindu legends. There are three core
areas that have been guarded so righteously by the Supreme Court as the
Basic-Structure. It includes the Preamble, Fundamental Rights, and Directive
Principles and Fundamental Duties, besides some other provisions.
India was called Bharatvarsha after the king named Bharata since the Mahabharata
times. Bharata was a legendary emperor and the founder of the Bharata dynasty
and an ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas of the Mahabharata epic. He was son
of King Dushyanta of Hastinapur and Queen Sakuntala. The great king Bharat
conquered all of the Bharatvarsha (area comprising the Indian subcontinent as of
today).
The phrase, ‘Union of States’ underlies the cultural-historical fact that the
basis of Hindu civilisation in India has been a multicultural, plural and
tolerant society where many sub-cultures existed and flourished. Most of these
sub-cultures emanated from Hindu-ness or have been influenced heavily by it.
Despite the existence of sub-micro yet multi-cultures, there has been an
underlying political, geographical and cultural unity in India for ages. The
unifying force has been the cultural tenants of Hindu-ness which is not merely a
religion but a way of living. This underlying unity has come up openly many
times politically in the form of centralised power but remained latent and
potent often without compromising the flourishing space for regional sub-culture
to develop, evolve and survive.
The core value of fraternity embedded in the Preamble of the Constitution is
exclusively borrowed from the Upanishadic ideal of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ i. e.
the whole universe is one family. The makers of the Constitution were subtly
saying that the Indian ethos was essentially Hindu in character but that ethos
implied ingrained respect for and tolerance of all other faiths.
The Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution, though non-enforceable by the
state power, are those duties which are expected by the Indian nation from its
citizens. Part IV A, Article 51–A of the Constitution provides that the citizen
ought to have ‘sprit of common brotherhood’, ‘strive for excellence’, ‘preserve
natural environment’. The term ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ which is the core ethos
of Hinduism also implies tolerance towards other faiths, harmony and the spirit
of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious,
linguistic and regional or sectional diversities.
Hindu-ness has been a way of life where the co-existence of humans with nature
is a natural way of living. In our daily prayers in temples, we speak of
Praniyon Mein Sadbhavna Ho (there be harmony in all the creatures including
animals and plants) and Vishwa Ka Kalyan Ho (let the whole world prosper).
Article 51-A(g) of the Constitution enjoins upon every citizen that it shall be
the Fundamental Duties to protect and improve the natural environment, including
forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife, and to have compassion for living
creatures.
Hindu ways of life not only respect human beings but even animals. Cow has been
worshipped and venerated as mother in the Hindu-Indian society since the Vedic
era. Cow worshipping is embedded and ingrained in the Hindu cultural psyche.
Hindus consider the cow to be part of their family and there are many
cultural-religious festivals which are centred on the cow and its worship. In
the Directive Principles of State Policy, which serve as a guide for the states
to follow them while framing their laws, the importance of the cow has been
hailed.
As per Article 48 of the Constitution, the state shall endeavour to organise
agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in
particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting
the slaughter, of cows and calves. It specifically directs the state to prohibit
the slaughter of cows and calves through legislation. So, following the ideal of
Mahatma Gandhi, the Directive Principles specifically enjoins upon the state to
make laws to protect the cow and stop its slaughter.
The oldest civilisation of Hindu-ness has its own language: Sanskrit has been a
language which is the thread which has connected the whole of Hindutva. Sanskrit
is known as the language of Gods. Our scriptures like Vedas, Ramayana, Bhagavad
Gita, Mahabharata, Yoga Sutra, etc, have been written and compiled in Sanskrit
language. As per Articles 343 and 351, which make Hindi the official language of
the Union and direct the state to spread the Hindi language drawing “primarily
on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages” for its vocabulary. This clearly
enjoins the Central and state governments to spread the unifying language of
Hindi by drawing from the Sanskrit language.
Hindu-ness is an ever-evolving religion. Over time there crept up some
distortions by the vested interests which sought to be amended through the
Constitution. For example, untouchability has been sought to be abolished
through Article 17 which abolishes untouchability in all its forms and
practices.
The foundation of the Indian Constitution is Hindu-ness which is nothing but
humanism and humanity.
The author, Rajiv Tuli is an independent columnist and commentator. Views
expressed are personal. This article was first published in FirstPost on Feb 17,
2022.
https://hinduexistence.org/2022/02/19/hindutva-as-the-foundation-of-constitution-of-india/
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