Watched the #thekeralastory and the sense of disquiet and horror doesn’t leave you. Its difficult for me for accept that people can be so naïve to accept a logic about ‘Dozakh’ and how ‘your gods are powerless’ which was depicted in the movie. ~ Maybe its because of my upbringing and my own spiritual experiences which make me balk and cringe at the sentences with numerous responses to these questions, not one. But it is telling that for few Hindus, this is what it has come to. ~

Bhindrawale&his goons were armed, funded &controlled golden temple complex.Common Sikhs did not have the ability to counter them, especially after they succeeded in recruiting youth in large numbers. So "Don't blame pakistan, Sikhs didn't protest against Bhindrawale" doesn't fly. There was a huge mobilization of boys, flushed with superiority complex, trained and armed. My grandfather told us how they would barge into houses, loot at gun point. In my ancestral village, men kept vigil throughout night, so that Khalistanis could be caught if they entered.

Unless the govt breaks the spine of this monster, that represents never-ending protests, riots and an attempt to destabilize the country; it will keep standing back up. Khalistani's, PFI, Congressis, Bhim Army, AAPiyas, Communists, Urban Naxals have all united for a last stand. Hindu consolidation, strengthening of national security, integration of J&K, CAA, NRC, RJB construction etc., have all caused immense heartburn among the losing ecosystem, resulting in the most violent threats to internal security and Hindu society in recent times.

Who decides what is modern&what is irrelevant? Rituals& karma-kand have evolved based on a society's needs+the objective of the vrata/pooja. Can individual laziness or inability to comprehend the necessity of rituals & their preparation, be extrapolated on entire Hindu community?

https://twitter.com/RituRathaur/status/1329723908572942336

The inability to relate to your culture as an insider is a handicap, not an accolade to be flaunted under veneer of 'modernism'. If the idea is that performing pitr-puja or observing a fast is 'tedious' and instead just dressing up as ghouls a replacement,theres a huge disconnect