Thread by @Indumakalktchi

Hindutva is a word imbued with a very deep and profound sense of identity, history and culture. It is a *Mantra* word. Just because a few confused morons are uncomfortable with it, we cannot simply throw away such a powerful word that has evolved in the course of history

and acquired a certain concrete meaning over a century. And "call it Kshatriya dharma, call it Dharma Rakshana, or anything else"? With such an ambiguity and confusion about the name itself, what kind of "Rakshana" are we going to do, seriously?

You simply cannot use words like "Brahmana" "Kshatriya" etc. for the grand, unifying and integrating phenomenon that we are talking about. Not because these are "wrong" or "bad" words. These words of the past have their traditional, good meanings.

But, because such words simply alienate 85% of the Hindu society and population, as that large section simply cannot associate itself with such words. So, what is the point in using such words in this context? Even the noble and lofty word "Arya",

with which a lot more people would identify with, lacks that grand sense which the word *Hindu* contains. Veer Savarkar, in his book "Hindutva" analyses all this very thoroughly and meticulously, before proposing that wonderful word, BTW.

Many of the so called "Pundits" jumping to give opinion on this subject don't care to read even the basic, essential material on the subject. THAT is the fundamental problem.

(posted as a comment in the post by Prashānt Parikh).