He was a nasty piece of work . Opposing Commanders can be fierce but fair & respected despite being on the other side of an idealogical or National divide . This guy was small hearted & cruel
He was a Himmler to be. We respect ur tremendous suffering of those who died in the Holocaust by learning how these killers operated. I highly recommend the book “I You We Them” by Dan Gretton on this issue.
The male-driven psychology of RSS Hindu Nationalism (similar to SS Nazism) groomed a fascist Modi. Even as a boy Modi developed a strong hatred for the Congress party, and would watch with excitement as effigies of Congress leaders were set on fire. Modi was schooled, like other RSS pracharaks, in an intense dislike for Mahatma Gandhi, whose message of tolerance and pluralism, and pro-Muslim stance went against the jingoistic RSS movement as anti-Hindu and unmanly.
Indeed as a core RSS member, Modi was raised to take a daily verbal oath, right-arm outstretched to reinforce the ideology that Hinduism is the basis of Indian nationalism, and "to keep India as a Hindu-only state until my last breath". Equally reinforced by the RSS is that followers of Islam and Christianity are actually Hindus (!) because Hinduism is not a religion but a "way of life and the culture of India."
[ Back in post-Ashoka period, the same Machiavellian strategy was employed by early Brahmanical rulers who destroyed Buddhist shrines as well as the Ashokan Pillared Hall unifying all faiths -- then facing push back by Buddhism's popularity crowned the Buddha, and Jainism's Mahavira as avatars of Vishnu -- again as if those religions fully owed their creation and original thought to the "Hindu way of life and culture". ]
Hence the ideological comparison between Modi-Rawat and Hitler-Himmler is not a stretch. It is very relevant , except that Modi is operating in a very different world today, and he wouldn't be allowed to get away with it. However imagine that if all western democratic powers were to cease to exist, the BJP would be running large-scale Muslim and Christian pogroms. I don't doubt it for a minute.
PS. I was born a Hindu and a Brahmin -- and those Hindu Nationalist-Brahmin tricks don't work with me!
Kumar, this is Rafia's forum. I can write as long or as short of a response as I want as long as it's okay with her, and I don't launch personal attacks against other commentators.
I respectfully disagree with your viewpoint. The Modi-Rawat dynamic in-the-making is very similar to the Hitler-Himmler power nexxus.
1. The RSS-BJP Ruling party promotes their Hindu-only ideology. The RSS is a Brahmin-only Male-only Organization. The RSS Supremo must always be a "pure" Brahmin Male.
The SS Nazis promoted a equally dangerous ideology in Aryan purity, leading to the worst world war.
2. Rawat conferred and got his marching orders and policies directly from Modi and Modi's all-male High Command (Amit Shah and powerful RSS leaders). Amit Shah is the equivalent of Rudolf Hess in Modi's high command.
Rawat created what he himself called "the deadliest 1.2M armed force for future wars."
3. The BJP organization, just like the Nazi party is flat. All party heads are directed by Amit Shah, Modi's master strategist, election kingmaker and mouthpiece. The right-wing culture of patriarchal Brahmin Superiority aka Aryan Superiority comes from Modi and his all-male High Command.
[ 4. Since you've turned this into a veiled BJP versus Congress argument , I am reminding you that corruption exists in every party. Time and again, the BJP has openly protected their criminal politicians, and enriched Gujarati family dynasties such as the Ambanis and Adanis. With 83, BJP tops the list of parties whose members (both MPs and MLAs) have declared criminal charges against them]
4. Rawat is cut from the same RSS khaki pants and shirt as Modi. Rawat's statements and actions is a mirror of Modi's thoughts and actions.
5. You speak of offending Jews in the Holocaust. How about you look into your own country, and the massacres against Muslims (never forget Gujarat) Christians and minorities being played out with the full support and sanction of Modi and his brazen communal policies in recent years.
6. Many moderate Germans Aryans resisted the Nazis hateful ideology of Aryan superiority and persecution of Jews but they were forced to convert. There are millions of moderate Hindus like me who will stand up to Modi's Hindu Brahmin superiority farce, and wanton persecution of Muslims, Dalits, Tribals, Christians, minorities, journalists , academics, and activists.. the list goes on
He was a nasty piece of work . Opposing Commanders can be fierce but fair & respected despite being on the other side of an idealogical or National divide . This guy was small hearted & cruel
loved it. Brilliant
Thank you so much!!
He was a Himmler to be. We respect ur tremendous suffering of those who died in the Holocaust by learning how these killers operated. I highly recommend the book “I You We Them” by Dan Gretton on this issue.
The male-driven psychology of RSS Hindu Nationalism (similar to SS Nazism) groomed a fascist Modi. Even as a boy Modi developed a strong hatred for the Congress party, and would watch with excitement as effigies of Congress leaders were set on fire. Modi was schooled, like other RSS pracharaks, in an intense dislike for Mahatma Gandhi, whose message of tolerance and pluralism, and pro-Muslim stance went against the jingoistic RSS movement as anti-Hindu and unmanly.
Indeed as a core RSS member, Modi was raised to take a daily verbal oath, right-arm outstretched to reinforce the ideology that Hinduism is the basis of Indian nationalism, and "to keep India as a Hindu-only state until my last breath". Equally reinforced by the RSS is that followers of Islam and Christianity are actually Hindus (!) because Hinduism is not a religion but a "way of life and the culture of India."
[ Back in post-Ashoka period, the same Machiavellian strategy was employed by early Brahmanical rulers who destroyed Buddhist shrines as well as the Ashokan Pillared Hall unifying all faiths -- then facing push back by Buddhism's popularity crowned the Buddha, and Jainism's Mahavira as avatars of Vishnu -- again as if those religions fully owed their creation and original thought to the "Hindu way of life and culture". ]
Hence the ideological comparison between Modi-Rawat and Hitler-Himmler is not a stretch. It is very relevant , except that Modi is operating in a very different world today, and he wouldn't be allowed to get away with it. However imagine that if all western democratic powers were to cease to exist, the BJP would be running large-scale Muslim and Christian pogroms. I don't doubt it for a minute.
PS. I was born a Hindu and a Brahmin -- and those Hindu Nationalist-Brahmin tricks don't work with me!
Kumar, this is Rafia's forum. I can write as long or as short of a response as I want as long as it's okay with her, and I don't launch personal attacks against other commentators.
I respectfully disagree with your viewpoint. The Modi-Rawat dynamic in-the-making is very similar to the Hitler-Himmler power nexxus.
1. The RSS-BJP Ruling party promotes their Hindu-only ideology. The RSS is a Brahmin-only Male-only Organization. The RSS Supremo must always be a "pure" Brahmin Male.
The SS Nazis promoted a equally dangerous ideology in Aryan purity, leading to the worst world war.
2. Rawat conferred and got his marching orders and policies directly from Modi and Modi's all-male High Command (Amit Shah and powerful RSS leaders). Amit Shah is the equivalent of Rudolf Hess in Modi's high command.
Rawat created what he himself called "the deadliest 1.2M armed force for future wars."
3. The BJP organization, just like the Nazi party is flat. All party heads are directed by Amit Shah, Modi's master strategist, election kingmaker and mouthpiece. The right-wing culture of patriarchal Brahmin Superiority aka Aryan Superiority comes from Modi and his all-male High Command.
[ 4. Since you've turned this into a veiled BJP versus Congress argument , I am reminding you that corruption exists in every party. Time and again, the BJP has openly protected their criminal politicians, and enriched Gujarati family dynasties such as the Ambanis and Adanis. With 83, BJP tops the list of parties whose members (both MPs and MLAs) have declared criminal charges against them]
4. Rawat is cut from the same RSS khaki pants and shirt as Modi. Rawat's statements and actions is a mirror of Modi's thoughts and actions.
5. You speak of offending Jews in the Holocaust. How about you look into your own country, and the massacres against Muslims (never forget Gujarat) Christians and minorities being played out with the full support and sanction of Modi and his brazen communal policies in recent years.
6. Many moderate Germans Aryans resisted the Nazis hateful ideology of Aryan superiority and persecution of Jews but they were forced to convert. There are millions of moderate Hindus like me who will stand up to Modi's Hindu Brahmin superiority farce, and wanton persecution of Muslims, Dalits, Tribals, Christians, minorities, journalists , academics, and activists.. the list goes on
7. You can laugh at me. I don't care.