Thread by @kikumbhar

SRK, Sehwag, Duryodhan

Our timelines hav been occupied by many awful things over the past few days (and for a long time before that of course). A common theme that runs thru all that awfulness, is the smallness and pettiness of the Sanghi mind

One aspect of this was described well by @OmairTAhmad here. As a Maharashtrian frm Konkan, where sanghi mindsets abound, I can say with certainty that this is exactly the modus operandi of the larger sangh parivar, however much they harp about "seva" & all

https://twitter.com/OmairTAhmad/status/1452497139351769094

I remember, as a kid, overhearing some ppl not being happy with the romance scenes between SRK & Madhuri Dixit in DTPH. While I had no clue about it then, now I understand that they were furious at a "pure" Brahmin woman like Dixit frolicking with a Muslim man.

In my early 20s, I admired SRK the actor a lot, & was esp impressed with his Chak De and Swades. But a good friend of mine was nev impressed. His reasoning, however, seemed a bit off to me: "Has SRK ever done anything for the country?"

Of course now I know that this friend was and is profoundly influenced by the entire sanghi corpus (of lies & conspiracy theories), like suspecting the patriotism of Muslims.

The list of such ppl I know is long. From them all I've learned one imp thing:

Sanghis dont love and admire India the way the rest of us do. For them, "loving" India first and foremost means hating Muslims & Christians and being condescending toward most other Indian communities. It is a depressingly, nauseatingly, negative definition of "love" & patriotism

Over decades, they have dug themselves deeper & deeper into their hate-filled abyss, nurturing it lik a creepy psychopath. And they are NEVER goin to be content, since their contentment rests wit constant oppression of others: Muslims, Christians, Dalits, Adivasis, "traitors"...

Eg, you might think they are probably content now with the current govt which has done such good work in destroying the idea of an inclusive, tolerant India and implementing the cruel concepts of the sangh.

But they are not. They want more, and they will always want more.

Sehwag's evil tweet (on cricket, firecrackers, Hindu pride?!!) shows how sanghi influence can demolish one's thinking skills, make one pick any damn issue under the sun (including non-issues and fake news), & somehow connect it with the ridiculous bogey of Hindu khatre mein hai

In the Mahabharat, Duryodhan embodies the theme of hatred and its psychopathic consequences. The epic - which, by the way, is NOT fact or history - mentions how everyone around tried their best to talk reason with Duryodhan, but they all failed to move him.

(Those conversations sound a bit like trying to reason with a bhakt or a sanghi today)

Famously, Duryodhan's mind had been so corrupted by hatred for the Pandavs that he said he won't give them even a "needletip" of land, even though he had loads of it lying around

He didnt bother abou the fact that the only logical culmination of such hatred was constant, relentless strife, and the deaths of thousands over thousands in needless violence.

The overwhelming goal of Duryodhan's existence was humiliating the Pandavs, & keepin them in misery

There are so many similarities betw sanghis & the mythical Duryodhan. As Rahul Gandhi - among the few prominent politicians to directly take on sanghi intolerance - indicated here, love, equality, justice, kindness are all alien concepts for them

https://twitter.com/rahulgandhi/status/1452634127237271555

Basically, sanghis need to be on the couch with psychotherapists and not in decision-making roles for a billion people. (Some need to be in jail of course.) It is absolutely tragic that we have allowed them to run, and ruin, our country with such ease

It is up to us, the rest of Indians, to prevent further damage. Reject the politicians and mediawallahs who mock the idea of a tolerant, inclusive India and the values of our Constitution. And in the online world, stop patronising bigoted, divisive "influencers."