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Ram Navami Triggers A Saffron Surge In Bengal       

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The clock, it seems, has turned a full circle in Bengal. And Ram Navami has, once again, become the lighting rod for oppressed Hindus in Bengal to rally and not only assert their religious identity, but also to fight for a dignified existence as equal citizens in the state.

 

 

Over the last few days, the predominant colour in many public places in Bengal has been saffron. Jai Shree Ram, Jai Hanuman and Jai Bajrangbali slogans and chants of Har Har Mahadev have rent the air, and sent a chill down the collective spine of the Trinamool Congress, the Congress and the Communists of the state.

 

Ram Navami has never been celebrated in Bengal in a manner it is being this year. Despite the Mamata Banerjee administration’s covert and not-so-covert opposition to such public displays of piety by Hindus, rallies, Pujas in public places, processions and other events celebrating Ram Navami have been taking place since the past one week all over the state. The ongoing celebrations will culminate in a massive rally in the heart of state capital Kolkata on Hanuman Jayanti (11 April).

 

The upsurge in Ram Navami celebrations all over the state has taken everyone by surprise. Till just last year, Ram Navami used to be celebrated by only North Indian and some South Indian communities in the state. But this year, a large section of Bengalis have also joined in the celebrations. Social media is awash with Ram Navami greetings in Bengali and posters bearing images of Bhagwan Ram, Devi Sita and Bhagwan Lakshman have been plastered all over the state.

 

The exciting and sudden sweep of Ram Navami celebrations is nothing but early signs of a saffron surge in Bengal. Because there has been a distinct undertone of defiance, and assertion of one’s religious identity, in the Jai Shree Ram slogans that are reverberating across Bengal. Defiance at the state government’s failed attempts to discourage and put a lid on Ram Navami celebrations, and assertion of one’s Hindu identity because such assertion has been, till now, frowned upon by Communists, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress.

 

Sociologists interpret this year’s Ram Navami celebrations as a show of opposition by Hindus to Banerjee’s blatant minority-appeasement and defiance of attempts by her government to restrict and curtail the religious freedom of Hindus. The latest such attempt was the denial of permission by the Trinamool Congress-run South Dum Dum Municipality (Dum Dum is part of greater Kolkata) to hold public Ram Navami celebrations in an area under its jurisdiction. The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the civic body to grant permission for the celebrations.

 

The ruling Trinamool Congress’ shameful attempts to curtail religious freedom of Hindus has a long history. From disallowing a Durga Puja in a village due to objections from Muslims, giving stipends to muezzins and imams of mosques, thrashing school kids wanting to worship Devi Saraswati to imposing restrictions on immersion of murtis of Goddess Durga (which was struck down by the Calcutta High Court), diverting a major share of the state’s scarce resources for Muslims and condoning widespread attacks on homes and temples of Hindus by Muslims across the state, the hijab-clad Banerjee stands accused of being anti-Hindu simply to appease hardline Islamists. Six years of blatant minority appeasement (which also made her act against Hindus) has led to a build-up of rage among Hindus and this rage is now finding expression in Hindus of Bengal taking to celebrating Hindu festivals with such fervour.

 

True, many leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parsihad, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and affiliated organisations have taken the lead in organising Ram Navami celebrations at many places or are closely associated with the celebrations. But the spontaneous and overwhelming response to the celebrations from Hindus cutting through all classes, castes and age groups is unprecedented. Had Hindus of Bengal not felt suffocated under Banerjee’s minority appeasement and had they not been angered by her shameful encouragement of hardline Islamists and dangerous Salafi preachers in Bengal, the public calls for Ram Navami celebrations may not have perhaps evoked such enthusiastic response.

 

Worried over this trend, many so-called liberals and intellectuals owing allegiance to the Trinamool, the Congress and the Left floated a false narrative that Ram Navami has never been celebrated in Bengal and Bengali Hindus do not worship Lord Ram. But scholars emphatically dispute this. Bhagwan Ram has always found pride of place in the pantheon of Hindu Gods in Bengali households. Till a generation ago, many Bengali Hindus had ‘Ram’ and ‘Sita’ as their names or as part of their names. Ram Navami celebrations were, during the days of the British Raj, occasions for kindling nationalistic sentiments and organising wrestling, dagger-play and other competitions with the objective to fostering a martial spirit among Bengalis. Even when Bengal was being ruled by Muslim nawabs, say scholars, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti were occasions to rally Hindus and rekindle a collective Hindu consciousness in order to resist the onslaught of Islam and build up resistance against the nawabs.

 

The clock, it seems, has turned a full circle in Bengal. And Ram Navami has, once again, become the lighting rod for oppressed Hindus in Bengal to rally and not only assert their religious identity, but also to fight for a dignified existence as equal citizens in the state. The Hanuman Jayanti celebrations across the state next Tuesday, with a massive rally in the heart of Kolkata being its centerpiece, will no doubt serve as a ringing assertion of their religious identity by Hindus of Bengal.

 

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/ram-navami-triggers-a-saffron-surge-in-bengal

 

So finally Hindu Pride is being re-instilled among the Bengali Hindus by our Hindi Belt / RSS Brothers. Good to see Bengali's being finally brought on the right track of Ram-Sita parampara because worshipping KALI has brought them nowhere in all these years and has instead turned them into  a bunch of wimps who are left on the mercy of others. 

 

The BJP has taken the initial steps as a process of consolidating it's base in the State and will be likely to emerge as a strong contender in the future, as they pander to the section disgruntled with minority appeasement. 

 

Time for Bengal to shed its former image and join the Big Boys Club of States like Gujarat, Maharashtra,  UP and Rajasthan. 

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11 minutes ago, rageaddict said:
 

Ram Navami Triggers A Saffron Surge In Bengal       

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The clock, it seems, has turned a full circle in Bengal. And Ram Navami has, once again, become the lighting rod for oppressed Hindus in Bengal to rally and not only assert their religious identity, but also to fight for a dignified existence as equal citizens in the state.

 

 

Over the last few days, the predominant colour in many public places in Bengal has been saffron. Jai Shree Ram, Jai Hanuman and Jai Bajrangbali slogans and chants of Har Har Mahadev have rent the air, and sent a chill down the collective spine of the Trinamool Congress, the Congress and the Communists of the state.

 

Ram Navami has never been celebrated in Bengal in a manner it is being this year. Despite the Mamata Banerjee administration’s covert and not-so-covert opposition to such public displays of piety by Hindus, rallies, Pujas in public places, processions and other events celebrating Ram Navami have been taking place since the past one week all over the state. The ongoing celebrations will culminate in a massive rally in the heart of state capital Kolkata on Hanuman Jayanti (11 April).

 

The upsurge in Ram Navami celebrations all over the state has taken everyone by surprise. Till just last year, Ram Navami used to be celebrated by only North Indian and some South Indian communities in the state. But this year, a large section of Bengalis have also joined in the celebrations. Social media is awash with Ram Navami greetings in Bengali and posters bearing images of Bhagwan Ram, Devi Sita and Bhagwan Lakshman have been plastered all over the state.

 

The exciting and sudden sweep of Ram Navami celebrations is nothing but early signs of a saffron surge in Bengal. Because there has been a distinct undertone of defiance, and assertion of one’s religious identity, in the Jai Shree Ram slogans that are reverberating across Bengal. Defiance at the state government’s failed attempts to discourage and put a lid on Ram Navami celebrations, and assertion of one’s Hindu identity because such assertion has been, till now, frowned upon by Communists, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress.

 

Sociologists interpret this year’s Ram Navami celebrations as a show of opposition by Hindus to Banerjee’s blatant minority-appeasement and defiance of attempts by her government to restrict and curtail the religious freedom of Hindus. The latest such attempt was the denial of permission by the Trinamool Congress-run South Dum Dum Municipality (Dum Dum is part of greater Kolkata) to hold public Ram Navami celebrations in an area under its jurisdiction. The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the civic body to grant permission for the celebrations.

 

The ruling Trinamool Congress’ shameful attempts to curtail religious freedom of Hindus has a long history. From disallowing a Durga Puja in a village due to objections from Muslims, giving stipends to muezzins and imams of mosques, thrashing school kids wanting to worship Devi Saraswati to imposing restrictions on immersion of murtis of Goddess Durga (which was struck down by the Calcutta High Court), diverting a major share of the state’s scarce resources for Muslims and condoning widespread attacks on homes and temples of Hindus by Muslims across the state, the hijab-clad Banerjee stands accused of being anti-Hindu simply to appease hardline Islamists. Six years of blatant minority appeasement (which also made her act against Hindus) has led to a build-up of rage among Hindus and this rage is now finding expression in Hindus of Bengal taking to celebrating Hindu festivals with such fervour.

 

True, many leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parsihad, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and affiliated organisations have taken the lead in organising Ram Navami celebrations at many places or are closely associated with the celebrations. But the spontaneous and overwhelming response to the celebrations from Hindus cutting through all classes, castes and age groups is unprecedented. Had Hindus of Bengal not felt suffocated under Banerjee’s minority appeasement and had they not been angered by her shameful encouragement of hardline Islamists and dangerous Salafi preachers in Bengal, the public calls for Ram Navami celebrations may not have perhaps evoked such enthusiastic response.

 

Worried over this trend, many so-called liberals and intellectuals owing allegiance to the Trinamool, the Congress and the Left floated a false narrative that Ram Navami has never been celebrated in Bengal and Bengali Hindus do not worship Lord Ram. But scholars emphatically dispute this. Bhagwan Ram has always found pride of place in the pantheon of Hindu Gods in Bengali households. Till a generation ago, many Bengali Hindus had ‘Ram’ and ‘Sita’ as their names or as part of their names. Ram Navami celebrations were, during the days of the British Raj, occasions for kindling nationalistic sentiments and organising wrestling, dagger-play and other competitions with the objective to fostering a martial spirit among Bengalis. Even when Bengal was being ruled by Muslim nawabs, say scholars, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti were occasions to rally Hindus and rekindle a collective Hindu consciousness in order to resist the onslaught of Islam and build up resistance against the nawabs.

 

The clock, it seems, has turned a full circle in Bengal. And Ram Navami has, once again, become the lighting rod for oppressed Hindus in Bengal to rally and not only assert their religious identity, but also to fight for a dignified existence as equal citizens in the state. The Hanuman Jayanti celebrations across the state next Tuesday, with a massive rally in the heart of Kolkata being its centerpiece, will no doubt serve as a ringing assertion of their religious identity by Hindus of Bengal.

 

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/ram-navami-triggers-a-saffron-surge-in-bengal

Yep, 100% true on the bolded part. 

Though not my immediate grandparents, two of their 3 brothers each had -ram suffix in their names.

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So finally Hindu Pride is being re-instilled among the Bengali Hindus by our Hindi Belt / RSS Brothers.Good to see Bengali's being finally brought on the right track of Ram-Sita parampara because worshipping KALI has brought them nowhere in all these years and has instead turned them into  a bunch of wimps who are left on the mercy of others. 

 

The BJP has taken the initial steps as a process of consolidating it's base in the State and will be likely to emerge as a strong contender in the future, as they pander to the section disgruntled with minority appeasement. 

 

Time for Bengal to shed its former image and join the Big Boys Club of States like Gujarat, Maharashtra,  UP and Rajasthan. 

You do realize, that bengal was the last major North Indian empire of pre-Muslim India and also the longest lasting one, yes ? Your famed 'hindi belt' had served to fill the harems and coffers of the Afghans and Turkis long before we did fully. 

This is the 'hindustani' element in you showing. And let it be a warning to RSS types: it wouldn't matter if Modi himself came and begged for votes- any RSS-BJP hindustani idiot that insults Kali or Durga will straight-up be a feeder for votes to the opposition.

 

Bengal is waking up. And about time it did. But don't forget- it is us who showed you the way against the last major conqueror of India and by far the strongest. So keep your flexing to yourself.We are more than capable of waking up on our own. And incase you forgot, most of our Brahmins are Kulin brahmins- meaning they are the oldest traceable lineage *ANYWHERE* in India. And Kulins come from Kanyakubja. So Ram-leela, in a sense, even though secondary to us, is from a far greater hindu pedigree than your charutvedis and dvivedis.

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Happy Ram Navami! 

 

Good to see ppl realizing the importance of Ind's cultural and religious heritage 

 

Even though Hindus (and others from Ind origin religions) are a majority in Ind, they are in the minority relative to the two major ME origin religions around the world 

 

The onus is on Ind to keep maintaing its cultural heritage :proud:

 

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1 hour ago, Muloghonto said:

Yep, 100% true on the bolded part. 

Though not my immediate grandparents, two of their 3 brothers each had -ram suffix in their names.

You do realize, that bengal was the last major North Indian empire of pre-Muslim India and also the longest lasting one, yes ? Your famed 'hindi belt' had served to fill the harems and coffers of the Afghans and Turkis long before we did fully. 

This is the 'hindustani' element in you showing. And let it be a warning to RSS types: it wouldn't matter if Modi himself came and begged for votes- any RSS-BJP hindustani idiot that insults Kali or Durga will straight-up be a feeder for votes to the opposition.

 

Bengal is waking up. And about time it did. But don't forget- it is us who showed you the way against the last major conqueror of India and by far the strongest. So keep your flexing to yourself.We are more than capable of waking up on our own. And incase you forgot, most of our Brahmins are Kulin brahmins- meaning they are the oldest traceable lineage *ANYWHERE* in India. And Kulins come from Kanyakubja. So Ram-leela, in a sense, even though secondary to us, is from a far greater hindu pedigree than your charutvedis and dvivedis.

Leaving aside your bias against North Indians in your post, you do your history pretty well. So  Kudos to you!!

 

Dont take it personal, I am a history buff and I always always wondered how come Invaders were able to covert more than half of Bengalis to Muslims. Bengali  Muslims population is roughly 140 million which is almost greater than Bengali Hindus. Not that North Indians and South Indians didn't covert to Islam,but what was the main reason you think why a greater ratio of Bengalis Hindus converted     Its a serious question not a troll. 

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2 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

Yep, 100% true on the bolded part. 

Though not my immediate grandparents, two of their 3 brothers each had -ram suffix in their names.

You do realize, that bengal was the last major North Indian empire of pre-Muslim India and also the longest lasting one, yes ? Your famed 'hindi belt' had served to fill the harems and coffers of the Afghans and Turkis long before we did fully. 

This is the 'hindustani' element in you showing. And let it be a warning to RSS types: it wouldn't matter if Modi himself came and begged for votes- any RSS-BJP hindustani idiot that insults Kali or Durga will straight-up be a feeder for votes to the opposition.

 

Bengal is waking up. And about time it did. But don't forget- it is us who showed you the way against the last major conqueror of India and by far the strongest. So keep your flexing to yourself.We are more than capable of waking up on our own. And incase you forgot, most of our Brahmins are Kulin brahmins- meaning they are the oldest traceable lineage *ANYWHERE* in India. And Kulins come from Kanyakubja. So Ram-leela, in a sense, even though secondary to us, is from a far greater hindu pedigree than your charutvedis and dvivedis.

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1 hour ago, rahulrulezz said:

but what was the main reason you think why a greater ratio of Bengalis Hindus converted     Its a serious question not a troll. 

you did not ask me this question, but I felt interested to make a post :)

 

1) I think everywhere Brahmin cruelty was at its highest, there muslims were able to convert the Dalits and lower castes...

so kerala, madurai, bengal etc... belong to this category

whereas brahmins were moderate, people did not convert so fast like in coastal Andhra, Karnataka and other regions had lesser conversions in medieval india. even in Rajasthan, Gujarat it was kshatriya hegemony more than brahmin domination, so there weren't a lot of conversions...

I hear Brahmin cruelty was also at its peaks in the Maharastra region and a lot of Dalits converted into Buddhist religion...

 

2) sometimes a group of invaders would make a place their own

afghans in rohilkand (UP region) and modern day Bihar (defeated armies of Lodi dynasty)

Hyderabad - shia muslims from Persia ... the folk of nizam-ul-mulk

of course west Punjab, Sindh etc... which are the closer to the Ghurid and the Caliphate... 

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4 hours ago, Muloghonto said:

http://hindusamhati.blogspot.ca

 

As i was saying. We are more than capable of fighting our own battles.

We certainly fought most of yours, while your famed 'Gujju-bhai' was busy appeasing the Brits. Futile, but don't preach 'jigra' to us.

Kalapani's record says, we got more than your hindi belt by a long, long margin.

 

Ah Bengal.  the land of Mir Jaffer and Suhrawardy.  Never short on pride and "passion" though.

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4 hours ago, rahulrulezz said:

Leaving aside your bias against North Indians in your post, you do your history pretty well. So  Kudos to you!!

 

Dont take it personal, I am a history buff and I always always wondered how come Invaders were able to covert more than half of Bengalis to Muslims. Bengali  Muslims population is roughly 140 million which is almost greater than Bengali Hindus. Not that North Indians and South Indians didn't covert to Islam,but what was the main reason you think why a greater ratio of Bengalis Hindus converted     Its a serious question not a troll. 

Several factors played its role:

 

1. When muslims came, Bengal was a 'newly conquered province' by the Hindu Sen dynasty from the Buddhist Pal dynasty and most bengalis were Buddhists with Hindu overlords- kind of how Awadh was mostly Hindu with Muslim overlords. So taking advantage of religious discord was a big thing.

2. Tribal population conversion, like the NE states.

3. Re-settlement of new lands : The settlement of eastern Bengal (that is, regions like Noakhali, Chittagong, Sylhet etc. was given priority basis by the Nawabs to the muslims. Prior to 1600s, the geography of Bengal wasnt as it is today : The Teesta & Mahananda flowed into the Karatoya, which was wider than Ganga itself and was the traditional boundary of Bengal with Assam. Brahmaputra flowed into the 'Buri Brahmaputra' channel by Brahmanbaria, not its current 'Jumna' channel. This was a huge piece of land given favourable settlement priority to muslim farmers. This new economic incentive fuelled a lot of conversions.

 

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3 hours ago, sandeep said:

Ah Bengal.  the land of Mir Jaffer and Suhrawardy.  Never short on pride and "passion" though.

We are also the land of DevPal, Dharmapal, Shashanka, Netaji and more freedom-fighters (again, actual fighters, not gandhigiri) than rest of India combined. Don't believe me ? Go to Kalapani to see the roll call of all Indians imprisoned there for committing violence against the Brits. Bengalis > rest of India put together.


PS: we are also the land of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Rani Rashmoni. You know, the people who were the first to change their own and then convince rest of India that its a bad idea to burn your mothers and wives at funeral pyres of their husbands. You'r welcome!

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3 hours ago, sarchasm said:

Bengali men are perhaps the most effete in India. And I do not say this just because 90 percent of them are genetically endowed with bitchtits. One of my favorite pastimes during my time in Kolkata was to brutally insult Sourav Ganguly before a flock of jobless bongs playing carrom board. Endless hours of mirth. But seriously, while Indian army has deemed fit to raise Assam Rifles and Bihar Regiment to fight wars, they have wisely stayed away from indulging the bongs in a similar manner. Says it all.

 

 

PS: The purpose of this post may or may not be troll mulo

Indian army, except one incident, was the most loyal wing of the British empire in india. The entire reason why there used to be a Bengal regiment but isn't, is because Bengal regiment was the forefront of the Sepoy mutiny. We started it and we paid the price of failure. 

 

You might want to check what Indian army people like Cariappa thought of Subhash Chandra Bose - called him a traitor and a threat to the army for converting tens of thousands of British India Army PoWs to his army that attacked British India. Saw that as 'sowing sedition and betrayal amongst the army which was loyal to the government'. 

 

You might also want to check who did all the conquering for the British after Palassy : It was Bengal regiment that conquered your vaunted Rajputs and the new upstarts called Jats. 

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1 hour ago, Muloghonto said:

We are also the land of DevPal, Dharmapal, Shashanka, Netaji and more freedom-fighters (again, actual fighters, not gandhigiri) than rest of India combined. Don't believe me ? Go to Kalapani to see the roll call of all Indians imprisoned there for committing violence against the Brits. Bengalis > rest of India put together.

*yawn*.   Got anything in the last couple of generations?   All I see is Comrade Jyoti Basu and Mamta GundaBanerjee.  

 

And "Netaji" allowed himself to be used as a stooge by 2 of the most evil regimes seen in the last few hundred years.   Would have been disastrous for India if he had succeeded.  So lets not go on that tangent.  Bengalis were at the forefront in education at the turn of the previous generation - and that translated rightly into prominence and leadership.  Some great Bengali names there - Jagdish Bose (the other better Bose), Tagore, etc.   But stop living off the reflected glory of that generation from a 100 years ago.  

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8 minutes ago, sandeep said:

*yawn*.   Got anything in the last couple of generations?   All I see is Comrade Jyoti Basu and Mamta GundaBanerjee.  

 

And "Netaji" allowed himself to be used as a stooge by 2 of the most evil regimes seen in the last few hundred years.   Would have been disastrous for India if he had succeeded.  So lets not go on that tangent.  Bengalis were at the forefront in education at the turn of the previous generation - and that translated rightly into prominence and leadership.  Some great Bengali names there - Jagdish Bose (the other better Bose), Tagore, etc.   But stop living off the reflected glory of that generation from a 100 years ago.  

Atleast someone was trying. 

As for the last couple of generations - nope, we haven't. But if you are gonna judge us for the last 2 generations, what does it say about the Hindi belt, which outnumbers the Bengali belt by more than 2:1 and we still had to lead the way for over a hundred years (that is atleast 5 generations by old time standards of having kids by 20) ?? 

 

As for the bolded part - atleast Netaji was trying the alternative, which is kicking Brits off of India. SC Bose, you realize, had the same academic trajectory as a brilliant scientist but gave it up to fight for freedom ? Guy was a 100x more academically accomplished than your sweet-spoken Nehru. 

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10 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

Ah..Brahmins, the favorite tool of liberals, communists to blame all the problems of India to. Why did hindus convert to Islam..because of the bloody brahminical society and manu vaad. 

Because in Bengal, it wasnt 'why hindus convrted to islam' as much as why did the buddhist and tribals convert to Islam. And that, is because India prior to the arrival of the muslims, ever since the Vedanta movement by Adi Shankara, was a cesspit of Hindu-Buddhist-Jain infighting. 

Perfect opportunity for '3rd party' to gain in regions like Bengal or Punjab where the demographics were far more evenly split/favored the Buddhist-Jains by numbers.


But no, as i said, the main reason was the new lands to be colonized by bengalis (at the expense of the Assamese) being given preferential treatment by the Nawabs. If your state had a 'we have a Haryana sized fertile land available to conquer and cultivate- but preference given to muslims' policy, your state too would convert at astonishing rates.

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