Do we fail to see the hypocrisy, or do we simply fail to speak up?
We love to debate what kind of netas we need. Honest, bold, visionary. When they fail, we complain about the babus blocking them. And yes, sometimes netas are sincere but bureaucracy strangles their intent. Yet, both netas and babus come from the same society as us. Before blaming them, we must look within.
D. V. Gundappa (DVG) reminded us that a society without Dharma becomes a “body without a spine.” Vidura, too, warned that kingdoms collapse when lions are ignored and jackals are pampered. These lessons are timeless: democracy is not just about leaders. It is about the kind of society we are.
Selective Outrage, Selective Conscience
A rabid dog attacking a child dominates headlines. But the systematic persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh barely gets a whisper. Wars in distant lands get hashtags and vigils; genocides in our own neighborhood are conveniently forgotten.
When we as citizens cannot tell the trivial from the vital, can we really expect our politics to?
The Dharmasthala Fake Scandal
The Dharmasthala temple was dragged into a scandal when media houses endlessly replayed Sujatha Bhat’s “allegations” about her daughter. But now it turns out — she didn’t even have a daughter. The entire story was fiction.
And yet, the so-called “fact-checkers” of our time never bothered to verify it before broadcasting it. They peddled lies as breaking news, tarnishing reputations of everything Hindu without consequence. And these same outlets lecture the nation about accountability! Outrageous.
Hypocrisy in Public Discourse
Contrast that with Ajmer — decades-old atrocities, echoed in similar incidents even today — barely spoken of. Truth is buried when inconvenient. Manufactured lies are shouted when convenient.
This duplicity is exactly what Thengadi called the collapse of social responsibility. We choose narratives, not justice. And when society does that, leaders and babus follow suit.
Borrowed Pride, Forgotten Roots
We celebrate Pilates, forgetting it was born from Yoga and Kalaripayattu. We bow to “mindfulness” apps from Silicon Valley but sneer at pranayama or chanting when rooted in our own tradition.
A society ashamed of its own wisdom will only produce leaders who crave foreign validation.
Freedom, But Only When Convenient
Here’s another hypocrisy. A few paid stooges demand the “freedom” to wear Abhaya in school — and it’s portrayed as a civilizational crisis. Never mind that Saudi Arabia itself doesn’t allow it. Yet, little Hindu kids are harassed for saying “Radhe Radhe,” for wearing a tika on the forehead or a janeu. Their symbols are stripped away in silence.
Why is this not an attack on freedom? Do we fail to see the hypocrisy, or do we simply fail to speak up?
And then we scream “artistic freedom” when Pakistani actors are denied a stage, or ideas like sex and drugs without restraint is freedom are pushed— but shut it down when our own uncomfortable truths like Love Jihad or Kashmiri Pandits Genocide are shown. This is not freedom. It is selective morality.
The Vote-Bank Mindset
Elections are dismissed as “vote chori” manipulations without evidence. Meanwhile, some so-called intellectuals — Vidura’s jackals — openly take money to topple democratically elected governments. And we dare call that democracy.
Even worse, when a leader like Modi ji — one who embodies Dharma, who is rooted and sincere — emerges, many scream “Not My PM.” This is not just ignorance of democracy; it is contempt for it. Democracy means respecting the people’s mandate, whether we like the winner or not. In today’s social media age, that mandate is shaped by us, the people. Which is why our responsibility is even greater.
The Final Mirror
It is easy to say: our netas are corrupt, our babus are obstructive, our system is broken. But maybe they are only mirrors of us.
Sometimes a Dharmic leader like Modi ji rises. But not all are like him. If society itself is not Dharmic, expecting Dharmic leaders to appear again and again is wishful thinking.
The truth is simple, though uncomfortable: we get the leaders we deserve. If we want Dharmic leaders, we must first be a Dharmic people.
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In 1933, a girl was born in Annasagaram, Dharmapuri.
Her name was Sivagami.
She would grow up to stare down the British Empire itself.
Her family moved to Malaya where her father worked on a tea estate.
At school in Kuala Lumpur, Sivagami was like any other child—until one day she heard a voice that changed everything.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose spoke.
At 11 years old, Sivagami felt his words burn into her soul.
While other children played, she joined the Balak Sena—the youth wing of the INA.
1/ @sanjeevsanyal put it so well - the fight is often not big reforms, but unclogging pipes.”
Sounds simple. But these “pipes” are why trillions get stuck, innovation stalls, and middlemen thrive.
Here are shocking examples he gave in the Growing India Podcast. 🧵
2/ IEPFA – Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority
Where do unclaimed shares & dividends go when an owner dies or details aren’t updated? To IEPFA.
But to claim what’s rightfully yours? 25 steps.
So painful that brokers charge a 20% cut to “help.”
Result? ₹90,000 crore stuck.
3/ EPFO – Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
This is workers’ retirement savings. But withdrawing money is a nightmare. Forms, signatures, stamps, so slow that families of deceased workers often give up.
Again, brokers thrive. Poor people’s savings, eaten by middlemen.
On this 15 August, let us confront this lie that still haunts us.
This is not just wrong, it is a colonial mindset of slavery deeply lodged in our education system.
But Bharat is not a modern creation.
It is a civilizational living entity, older than empires, rooted in sacred memory.
Let us remember her.
Important Thread🧵👇
2/8 The Rigveda’s Nadi Stuti (10.75) lists rivers of North-West Bharat in exact order of flow.
The verse:
"om sindhu-sarasvati chayamanu, ganges yamune saraswati, shutudri stutay parushni asikni marudvridha vitasta, arjikiya suvarna ruchika sindhu"
This isn’t just poetry. It is intimate knowledge of the land.
Source: Satapatha Brahmana, Eggeling (1882)
Mahabharata’s Bhumi Parva in Bhishmaparva traces Bharatvarsha from Himalayas to the sea.
Source: R.K. Mookerji
3/8 Panini, 6th century BCE, wrote of Bharat from Kamboja (Afghanistan), Kapisa, to Kalinga (Odisha), and Surmassa (Assam).
Southern limit: Asmaka (modern Paithan, Maharashtra)
Panini’s precision is unmatched even today.
Source: V.S. Agrawala
His work proves Bharat was already an imagined and real unity.
Important 🧵 👇🏽
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is not just history, it’s a warning. Causes that look noble have been hijacked before to unleash horrors on Hindus. Same region. Different times. Same playbook. Let’s see two stories, and why today’s ECI protests fit the pattern.
#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay
2 – THEN (1946–50)
Cause: “Dalit empowerment” under Muslim League, led by Jogendra Nath Mandal.
Aug 15, 1947 – Mandal becomes Pakistan’s first Law Minister. Dalits believe they’ll get dignity denied by Hindu bhadralok.
3 – NOW (2024)
Cause: “Job quota fairness” in Bangladesh.
Mid-2024 – Student protests erupt over recruitment quotas. Marketed as civic rights movement, Hindus join in good faith.
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is a reminder that the pain, loss and displacement of millions of Indians in 1947 must never fade from our memory. To remember is to protect the truth, to forget is to risk repeating it.
Today, we recall stories we must never allow to be erased.
#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay
Rawalpindi Massacres, March 1947:
In March 1947, mobs armed with rifles and kerosene descended on Hindu and Sikh villages in Rawalpindi District. Entire hamlets were burnt. Official figures recorded over 7,000 killed, with hundreds of women abducted and never recovered. Survivors walked for days to reach refugee camps, leaving behind ashes where homes once stood.
Sheikhupura Massacre, Aug 25–31 1947:
As Punjab burned, Sheikhupura saw coordinated killings. From 25 to 31 August, armed mobs attacked Hindu and Sikh localities, slaughtering over 5,000. Trains were stopped, passengers pulled out and executed. The week left the city emptied of its non-Muslim population.
1. 🚨 First Bt cotton entered India illegally. Now they’re pushing HTBt cotton with glyphosate tolerance. This is not about “weed control”. It’s about ceding our food system to a handful of corporate powers.
Here’s why Bharat must say NO 🧵
2. 🔬 HTBt Cotton = Genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate (a herbicide). Farmers can spray it freely — sounds efficient, right? But glyphosate is banned or restricted in 30+ countries, and for good reason.
3. ☠ Glyphosate is linked to:
• Cancer (IARC: Class 2A probable carcinogen)
• Miscarriages & birth defects
• Kidney damage & liver dysfunction
• Microbial destruction of soil
• Water pollution & fish kill
🌍 Bayer (which acquired Monsanto) has paid $11 billion in glyphosate-related lawsuits.