1/6: As a Sikh, I never forget that Guru Tegh Bahadur ji gave his life as a last stand against adharma. Falling for divisive propaganda is one's prerogative, but aligning oneself with that very adharma + disavowing our bonds with Sanatan Dharma is an affront to their memory. >> 2/6: Today is Guru Tegh Bahadur ji’s Gurpurab - the day, we honour his death at the hands of an ideology which, then as today, reviles individual agency, societal liberty & fraternal co-existence. If we understand Guru ji’s story, we understand extant civilisational conflict. >>

1/x: A thread on Hindutva - by a Sikh. The basics 1st >> Hindutva is an etymologically, lexicologically & historically more accurate term for Hinduism (which is not an ‘ism’ in the 1st place). All Indians are technically Hindutvadis if born in/of/to the crucible of Indian culture 2/x: Next - but what exactly is Hindutva ? 1. It is an anti-colonial indigenous rights movement which seeks to revive Indic indigeneity + 2. therefore, by extension, the very definition of ANTI-fascist, ANTI-supremacist & ANTI-colonial.