Hindu festivals and the liberals hypocrisy!

As Diwali is near, you must have encountered many people specially celebrities giving "gyaan" on how to celebrate a cracker-less Diwali or a pollution free Diwali. "Don't burst crackers as it frightens the animals", "don't burst crackers as it causes pollution". These are some of the arguments that our 'liberals' give. Irony is, they are the same bunch of people who consider beef eating as their birth right and then have the audacity to talk about animal rights. The same bunch of people who sit in AC rooms, the entire day and then have the decency to talk about environment. So much for animals and environment, right?

Hypocrisy, thy name is Bollywood.

The hatred of liberals is not limited to  just Diwali but almost all the major Hindu festivals/ traditions. Be it Holi, Karva Chauth, Rakshabandhan, Jalikattu etc. "Clebrate a water-less Holi", "Karva Chauth is patriarchal", "Rakshabandhan is regressive", "Jalikattu is animal cruelty". Liberals will grab every opportunity to mock Hindus and snub their festivals. This phenomena is not new. They are doing this from ages. They were successful in peddling their narrative hitherto. But people have now started to realize this and they are calling out their bluff. 

But why are they doing this? Do they really want to reform Hinduism or they have a hidden agenda? Do they criticize other religions as vehemently as they criticize Hinduism? Do they hate Hindus?

Let's try to answer these questions one by one.

Why are they doing this? the answer to this question may vary but as far as I know, they definitely have an agenda. The hate campaign against India particularly Hindus is going on from decades. Every festival of Hindus is looked down upon, every ritual or tradition of Hindus is made fun of. This is done in order to create a guilt trip among the Hindus against their culture and tradition. The liberals know that unlike Abrahamic religions, Hinduism is not a one God or one book religion. Hinduism is the oldest religion and India is one of the oldest civilizations, all the other civilizations of that time period (be it persia or mesopotamia) have disappeared. So what keeps our civilization and our religion going? Its rich culture, tradition and festivals. And in order to destroy Hinduism, you've to destroy its culture, tradition and festivals. And that's precisely what the liberals and seculars are doing.

Do they criticize other religions as vehemently as they criticize Hinduism? This is perhaps the most crucial question. Have you ever heard from Bollywood celebrities or other arm chair activists calling out for a blood-less Eid or noise-less Christmas? Never. Why? because they are afraid of the consequences. Once a female PETA activist asked Muslims to go vegan during Eid. She was beaten up and attacked by an angry mob. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/24/peta-india-activists-attacked-by-muslim-mob-during/).This is what fears the liberals in India. 

Here's a funny but very apt meme for their double standards.

Many people may call this whataboutery or people may say that instead of pointing fingers on other religion we should introspect within our religion. This argument has one major flaw as Rahul Roushan explains:

Hinduism teaches respect for all creatures and compassion towards all beings is a basic principle of Hindu practice. Hinduism contains numerous references to the worship of the divine in nature in its Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Sutras and its other sacred texts. So the liberals sitting in AC rooms eating beef should stop preaching Hindus about animals right and environment.

So instead of caring for animals or water or environment for just one day or just one occasion, let's look after them the entire year. And secondly Who bursts crackers on Diwali? the rich? No. they eat beef and drink champagne that day. Its the poor who burst crackers. Have you ever seen the joy and happiness of those poor children when they burst crackers? Is the armchair activism of pseudo-liberals more important than the happiness of those poor kids? 

Nothing explains this better than this funny meme.

Hope our uppity liberals will realize that no one listens to their "gyaan" any more. Their opinions are hollow. Their blindfolded hatred for the majority community is clearly visible to the ordinary man. They've become mundane. We sincerely hope that they will do a course correction and introspection of themselves. We hope.

penned down by Ayush Singh