Thread by @_ugra_

On the glory of the Maratha empire & its heros, Savarkar in his book titled "Hindutva" writes..

"Because we(Hindus) had won we thought it had been an easy matter. If it had been the case of Mohamedans, volumes
of histories would have been written about it... Contd.. (1)

"Amongst
the Mohammedans even the smallest matter is extolled
by them to the skies. While amongst us Hindus we are
inclined not even to refer to our exploits however
magnificent they may be...contd..(2)

"Indeed results difficult to
achieve have been achieved. The Mohammedans think
and say that the accursed Hindus have established
their supremacy!"

Lesson for contemporary Hindus to draw from the above quote. Always project strength. ALWAYS. Never let despondency take over.

If you do a critical reading of Bharat's medieval history, you'll find Hindus found themselves in a far worse situation than present day. Never let skepticism turn to despondency. Its a dangerous path, one from which there is no return. Learn from historical mistakes.

Everytime there was an external attack on Hindus, there was stiff resistance, followed by some serious pushback & eventual victory & consolidation of territory

Territorial gains were often reversed simply cuz Hindus failed to appreciate the hard work put in to make those gains.

The vicious cycle of 2 steps forwards & 1 back has ensued since then. We must be the generation that breaks this vicious cycle

Never take anything for granted. Celebrate what might seem insignificant for most with great pomp & grandeur. Glorify your past heros. Uphold traditions

Whenever you feel downright dejected on current state of affairs in Bharat, think of Savarkar. He was a product of an era where every possible nefarious forces were controlling Bharat.

On one hand there were the colonial british who starved millions of Hindus to death... contd..

While on the other there was the turushka league of jinnah, waiting like vultures to feast on dying Hindus & break our land into several pieces. In midst of this there was the congress run by a bunch of clueless people who had no clear ideological vision for Hindus.

It took a Savarkar; jailed & lodged in a prison on an island 1000's of kms from Bharat to come up with the basic answer to who actually is an Hindu, which he described in a Sanskrit couplet as

आसिंधु सिंधु-पर्यन्ता यस्य भारत-भूमिका |
पितृभूः पुण्यभूश्चैव स वै हिंदुरिति स्मृतः ||

"A HINDU means a person who regards this land of BHARATAVARSHA, from the Indus to the Seas as his Fatherland as well as his Holyland that is
the cradle land of his religion”

When Savarkar articulated this idea to his fellow prisoners in the Andamans,there were hardly few takers

From that point starting at absolute 0 in the 1920's, to present day in 2020 where Hindutva is THE most dominant & mainstream ideology of Bharat. This was possible only because great men like Savarkar & many others like him didn't give into despondency under far worse conditions

100 years isn't a great deal of time for a civilization such as ours which is over 5000 years old.

The greats of the past like Savarkar have toiled hard & laid the ideological foundation for us.

The only demand from this generation of Hindus is NOT to give way to despondency.

Is this too much of an ask? A question worth pondering over....

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