Perversion of India's Political Parlance

by Sita Ram Goel

As one surveys India's political parlance, the first feature one notices is that while certain people and parties are described as Leftist, certain others are designated as Rightist. The second feature which invites attention is that these contra-distinctive labels - Leftist and Rightist - have never been apportioned among people and parties concerned by an impartial tribunal like, say, the Election Commission. What has happened is that certain people and parties have appropriated one label - Leftist - for themselves, and reserved the other label - Rightist - for their opponents, without permission from or prior consultation with the latter. The third feature which one discovers very soon is that people and parties who call themselves Leftist, also claim to be progressive, revolutionary, socialist, secularist, and democratic. At the same time, they accuse the 'Rightists' of being reactionary, revivalist, capitalist, and fascist. The fourth feature of the Indian political scene needs a somewhat deeper look because it goes beyond the merely political and borders on the philosophical. The Leftists claim that they are committed to a scientific interpretation of the world-process including economic, social, political, and cultural developments, and that, therefore, their plans and programmes are not only pertinent but also profitable for the modern age. Simultaneously, they accuse that the 'Rightists' are addicted to an obscurantist view of the same world-process and, therefore, to such outmoded forms of economy, polity, and culture as are bound to be injurious at this stage of human history. One cannot help concluding that the dictionaries are not al all helpful in deciphering the Leftist language. The source of that language has to be sought elsewhere. There is no truth whatsoever in the Leftist claim that India's prevailing political parlance took shape in the course of India's fight for freedom against British imperialism.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

65 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Sita Ram Goel (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian religious and political activist, writer and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had Marxist leanings during the 1940s, but later became an outspoken anti-communist and also wrote extensively on the damage to Indian culture and heritage wrought by expansionist Islam and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on Indian politics, and adhered to Hindu nationalism.

Reviews

[Subhrajyoti Parida · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book, Like any of Sita Ram Girl’s books, is small but crisp, deeply researched work which has dared to be politically incorrect in times when leftist forces or/and leftist/sikular psyche ruled the roost (and continue to do so...) mostly in academia and media since independence.

The book is based on bringing out and further explaining in details the following points, which makes it quite gripping :-

1. Dictionary meaning and the communist interpretation of following political parlance which Leftists imported from USSR and Communist International into our indigenous ecosystem, gradually poisoning India’s Dharmic/Nationalist characteristics from last many decades:-
a) Right and Left,
b) Reactionary and Progressive,
c) Revivalist and Revolutionary,
d)Fascist and Democratic,
e)Communal and Secular,
f)Capitalist and Socialist,, etc.

2. Author has put phenomenal effort in explaining how over period of time, Pt. Nehru and his followers managed to secure a firm foot hold within Congress for the communist/socialist forces, thereby letting leftist ideologies make in-roads into Congress. This alienated Nationalist leaders in Congress and gradually led to equating Nationalism into Hindu Communalism post independence across India.

3. The minority M groups, the scions of the barbaric invaders from far away deserts and followers of a violent, incredibly proselytising cult, managed be projected as persecuted, poor minority group who are continuously under threat from Hindu elite majority. All this happened due to meticulous strategic whitewashing of crimes by Islamic imperialism, through the well-trenched Leftist forces. Hindus were too docile and complacent to even protest and hence, we gladly accepted our new guilt ridden role.

4. The pride in nationalist identity began to be criticised by left as being a Hindu communal entity, who is going to disturb the secular fabric of the society.

5. Author has covered several aspects of the imperialistic characteristics of Xtianinity and British administrations in India, which try to defend Leftists acting as a tempting, misrepresenting, smoke screen to hide the crimes of them.

6. We, as Sanatan Dharmi, must realise the grave danger the Abrahamic cults pose to our timeless Dharma which has always championed Universal Brotherhood and forgiving compatibility for peaceful co-existence. However, can these invading Abrahamic cults ever learn to stay symbiotically with Hindus???

7. The history of communism has been adequately briefed and an alarming but true equivalence has been drawn between the ideologies of leftist and Islam, Xtian and British forces.

Overall, Sita Ram Goel’s work has proved to be a true gem 💎, for a rational mind who is free from any prejudice towards the true nationalists and unnecessary self loathing and self guilt, as insisted by Leftists.

He has rightly exposed the authoritative, autocratic, paradoxical, coercive gangsterism of leftists who have managed to fool public, especially the Hindus, by colours of sikularism, do far. Hope this book gets rid off the mirage crafted by leftists, else our motherland and her true spirit, Sanatan Dharma, is bound to go extinct in a matter of time.

A must read 👍

[Shikhar Sumeru Writer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Crisp & Comprehensive Guide to Make Sense of Political Inconsistencies

Do you ever wonder:
1. Why a section of media (and even people) loose no time in labeling anyone who disagrees with them fascist, regressive, communal? As an extension, these adjectives are also showered upon any and all governments that do not toe their line.
2. What is that line that these people [(who have themselves named themselves Liberals/Leftists/or worse Left-Liberals (biggest oxymoron ever!)] want others to tow? How did that line come into existence?
3. Why is it that some individuals who identify as Hindus are ever eager to stand up for Islam? In contrast, these very same people exhibit a perpetual guilt in identifying themselves as Hindus (and want their co-religionists to do the same)?
4. What is the similarity between Islam, Christianity, Communism, blind worshiping of the west? Are these entities imperialist? If so, why? (Sita Ram Goel gives eight tests to judge if any ideology is imperialist. These four pass all eight)
5. How does the word 'secular' differ in meaning in Indian context vs. dictionary context? Same goes for words like fascist, democrat, reactionary, progressive, regressive, communal.
6. From the prism of Hinduism, what were the contributions of Mahatma Gandhi? What were his noteworthy oversights that hurt Hindus and Hindustan? How and when did he become a beating stick of the leftists?

In less than 100 pages and in just eight chapters, Shri Goel answers these questions and more.

Give it a read to understand why all key journalists that are the first to cry 'brute majoritarianism' are invariably and ironically, from the majority community? Why it's the Hindus that stand up for any and every demand of Islamists, regardless of the potentially catastrophic nature of the demands.

Though the book is more than three decades old (as of 2022), after reading it, you will be able to make sense of so many things that happen in the country, in politics, in media and in society.

[Achuthan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Precision. I kept googling to find out when the book first published. It's published 1984 but it seems like a blog post in from last week. Textbook takedown and analysis of the language of imperialists of all varieties. It lays the foundation of the parlance required to counter the mainstream narratives. Encourages the complete adoption and utilisation of Gandhian principles and arguments that the right neglects today.

[Hariprasad · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you carry any hopes of learning about Hindu nationalism, Sri Sita Ram Goel's books, including this one are mandatory reading :-)

[Ritu Raj · Rating 5 out of 5]

A master piece on India Political scene
As usual Sita ramji given an accurate account of india political scene in india and spar none, none even gandhi.
india will survive only when its acient glory of sanatan dharma will be protected.

[Shekar Subramanian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let’s play a small game. I will give you a list of words:
• Right
• Left
• Reactionary
• Revivalist
• Bourgeois
• Proletariat
• Progressive
• Fascist
• Democratic
• Communal
• Secular

On reading these words, I am confident that certain images and associations would have developed in your mind.

Now, what I would want you to do is to take any standard dictionary and find out the meaning of these words.

Also now try to correlate the meaning of these words from the dictionary with the images and thoughts that came up in your mind the moment you went through that list.

By now either you would be completely confused, or you would have developed your own reasoning behind the correlation of the meaning of those words with your mental images. In either case, after playing this game if you got curious about:
• The reason why these images developed in your mind the way they did?
• How did these words originate in the realpolitik of India?
• How did their usage become mainstream?
• How do these words shape the narrative of our country and the society?

Then now, my friend, the time is ripe for you to pick up this book and start reading it. Because it is only now that you will be able to sincerely appreciate Sitaram Goelji’s stellar work.

In only 60 odd pages, Sitaramji has immaculately explained comprehensive topics each of which can individually have a book of its own. This book will help you gain perspicuity on the current socio-political landscape of India and the reasons behind why and how it has shaped the way it is today.

[Ashish Iyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect book. Still fit to current scenarios. Ignorance is not a bliss. Read it and educate yourself. Everyone should read it.

[Sumit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful decomposition of the "leftist" consensus.

[Lk Pal · Rating 5 out of 5]

All intellectuals, particularly Indian nationalists should read this book. This is like the Gita- a reference and a guide.

[Preetam Chatterjee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book: Perversion of India's Political Parlance
Author: Sita Ram Goel
Publisher: Voice of India (1995)
Paperback, 65 pages
Language: ‎ English
Item Weight: ‎ 118 g
Country of Origin: ‎ India
Price: 75/-

This book speaks of the imperfect contours of Indian nationalism.

Let us initiate discussing this book with Sociology. Let us try and characterize Culture.

Tylor defines, culture as that multifaceted ‘whole’, which includes knowledge, conviction, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society

Malinowski characterizes culture as the ‘handiwork of man and the medium through which he achieves his end’.

According to Bierstedt, ‘culture is the complex whole that consists of everything we think and do and have as members of society’.

From above definitions it is comprehensible that in Sociology culture is used in a precise sense which is dissimilar from the one we have in common parlance.

People often call an educated man, a cultured man and regard that man as uncultured who is lacking in education.

In Sociology we use the word to denote acquired behaviours, which are shared by and transmitted among the members of the society. It is an accretion which a new generation inherits. It is heritage into which a child is born.

Thus, the indispensable point in regard to culture is that it is acquired by man as a member of society and persists through tradition. The necessary aspect in this acquisition through tradition is the capability to learn from the group.

Man learns the behaviour and behaviour which is learnt denotes his culture.

What is Indian culture then?

Let us turn back to Kautilya. At the very outset of the Chanakya Neeti he says –

Firstly, I bow my head to Vishnu
The preserver lord of the triple-world*
And enunciate the code of regal conduct
From numerous scriptures culled

India, as a nation, as a culture, as a civilization, is exclusive, typically because of its wide-ranging cultures and traditions.

We always invoke celestial blessings before starting anything new, regardless of our caste or religion, in the belief that this prayerful gesture at the beginning of a project will help us carry it out successfully, and finish it without any obstruction.

Similarly, Chanakya starts Chanakya Neeti by invoking Lord Vishnu.

He writes: “First and foremost, I bow my head to Lord Vishnu.” This is a sign of acquiescence. Chanakya was a person of high intellect but he knew that one needs to surrender one’s ego to God.

Sanatana Dharma views human life and the world drama as a deva-asura-sangrama, that is a battle between the forces of light and darkness. But the battle is not defined as a battle between different sections of human society on the basis of belief or disbelief in a particular dogma. Instead that battle is perceived as a perpetual struggle that takes place in the arena of human nature between animal appetites on the one hand and aspirations for a larger, deeper and divinized life on the other.

It is in this perspective that Sanatana Dharma classifies different doctrines into two categories.

There are doctrines which are meager rationalisations of the lower in human nature and behaviour. There are doctrines which are repositories of the higher in human consciousness and character. The Gita had a whole chapter, the deva-asura-sampadvibhaga-yoga, on this particular theme.

This has been the foundation for the language of Indian nationalism.

The freedom movement against British imperialism since the Revolt of 1857 had witnessed a debate between two schools of thought. On the one hand, there were those who regarded British rule in India as a divine dispensation and aspired to remould India in the image of 19th century Britain, particularly in the matter of political institutions.

They dominated the Indian National Congress till the Swadeshi Movement swept them away. M.N. Roy refers to them as bourgeois liberals, modern intellectuals, fundamental leaders, moderates, radical intelligentsia and also as denationalised intellectuals -- a name bestowed upon them by the opposite school of thought.

In contrast, there were those who regarded the British rule as a malevolence imposed upon India by force of arms and who wanted to build a liberated India on account of values and visions enshrined in India's antique civilization and theology.

They came to the fore in the Indian National Congress during the Swadeshi Movement and took authority of the freedom movement under Mahatma Gandhi.

Roy refers to them as conventional nationalists, rdical nationalists, extremists and Hindu nationalists. He makes a distinction between Hindu nationalism and Indian nationalism which, according to him, is a more comprehensive term.

The book has blasted both Gandhi as well as Communism – the blemished and constructed Indian variety of Communism.

Eight chapters make up this text –

Chapter 1. Something Seriously Wrong Somewhere
Chapter 2. Words Which Defy Dictonariese
Chapter 3. The Sources of Leftist Language
Chapter 4. The Character of Leftist Language
Chapter 5. The History of Leftist Language
Chapter 6. The Character of Leftist Language
Chapter 7. The Place of Mahatma Gandhi
Chapter 8. Towards a Language of Indian Nationalism

The author presents five propositions, five ultimate fault-lines:

***The first insinuation is that Bharatavarsha is an indissoluble whole and that its present division into Afganistan, Pakistan, Hindustan and Bangladesh, brought about by Islamic imperialism, must go. Islamic imperialism has alienated not only huge areas from the national homeland but also noteworthy segments of national population. Indian nationalism cannot and should not rest till this hostility gets vacated for good.

***The second insinuation is that closed creeds like Islam and Christianity which are not in synchronization with the spirituality of Sanatana Dharma have no place in India. No quarter can be given to these creeds in the name of secularism which they are using in order to undermine India's antique spiritual heritage. An assessment of the doctrines and histories of these creeds shows further than a shadow of hesitation that these are political ideologies of imperialism masquerading as religion. Their pretentions should be exposed and their designs of using foreign partonage and finances to estrange more members of tha national society and additional areas of the national homeland should be defeated.

***The third insinuation is that the economic systems of capitalism and socialism, which are actually deviations on the same premise of centralisation, should not be permitted to macerate Indian economy and that the Indian people should be saved from becoming powerless victims of an immeasurable industrial and commercial complex. The spirit of swadeshi should be revived so that our people, chiefly those in the countryside, have control over their local resources, can utilize their talents and enterprise for their own benefit, and avert their environment front being eroded or poisoned.

***The fourth insinuation is that authoritarian tendencies inherent in Communism and Consumerism should be stopped from steamrollering India's social political and cultural life into a lifeless uniformity. The national intellect and tradition of experimenting with an assortment of social and political institutions and cultural patterns should be preserved.

***The fifth insinuation is that a strong structure of a central state should materialize in order to conserve the national heritage and protect the national homeland without inhibiting the manifold expression of regional, provincial and local autonomies. Actually, this is the most important insinuation since the absence of a tough central state has been the bane of India's national life in the past providing as it did many opportunities to foreign invaders for playing havoc with national society and culture.

According to Goel, an extensive sketch of the battle which is taking place at present in India's spiritual, cultural, social and political life can be drawn as follows:

1- The devout traditions which constitute the commonwealth of Sanatana Dharma are the forces of light. They are struggling against forces of darkness embodied in Islam, Christianity and Communism.

2- The compound of culture created by the spiritual traditions of Sanatana Dharma is the national culture of India. The cultures brought in by Islam, Christianity and Communism are imperialist burdens. Those who talk about an amalgamated culture are either uninformed of what culture actually means or are trying to disrupt India's national culture in the service of this or that imperialism.

3- The society which cherishes the spiritual traditions of Sanatana Dharma and has inherited the national culture of India is the national society of India. It comprises the nation in this country. Conversely, communities which have been crystallised by Islamic, Christian and British imperialism are denationalised colonies left over by invaders who have departed. Those who look upon the national society as only a majority in respect of minority communities and who shout slogans of "Hindu Communalism" are enemies of the nation.

4- A fight is taking place in the political arena between the forces of nationalism and the forces of anti-nationalism. Leftism, even when it is not a part of the Communist movement is, generally, the political expression of a self-alienated psyche. It serves as a smoke-screen for all anti-national forces. It has to be exposed and eradicated so that anti-national forces can be seen visibly and fought determinedly.

5- It is the responsibility plus the providence of the national society in India as constituted at present to clean up all anti-national forces at home as a first step to cleaning them up from areas which have been alienated by Islamic imperialism. The national society in India at present should retrieve all its misplaced children so that it becomes once again the national soceity in its ancestral homeland of Bharatavarsha.

What is the inherent message of this book, then?

Just this – and I am quoting the author:

“Sanatana Dharma has a universal face. Only it has been developed more fully in India. Moreover, in Sanatana Dharma, nationalism and internationalism are not opposed; they are two necessary expressions of the same truth. Islam, Christianity and Communism are not only denationalising but also dehumanising; they represent truths about a man less than himself. That is why Indian nationalism rejects them…”

Can it be said in simpler words?

[Karuna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another thin, but highly resourceful booklet from Sita Ram Goel. If you ever wondered how the terms secular and communal, progressive and reactionary have entered the Indian political parlour and changed the meaning almost entirely en route- this one is for you. Communism has been largely wiped out from the Indian (and global) political scene, but the leftist language stayed back and does not show any signs of imminent exit. Our leftists darlings still 'eschew everything Hindu and espouse everything Islamic' in their daily deeds and speech. It is fascinating how a booklet first published in 1984 can remain as relevant to today's political scenario - we still see the same appeasement attempts from the 'secular& Hindu leaders and utter lack of reciprocation from their subjects of devotion.
It was particularly interesting to read about the M.K.Gandhi's contribution to the nationalist aka swadeshi parlour and Goel's view on it. The closing chapter 'The Deva Sura Sangrama' summarises exceptionally well what is currently at stake in terms of a battle within India's political, social and cultural life.

[Vineet Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had thought that this is small book and I will finish immediately. But later I realised that this book needs careful reading and I read it twice. It needs to be chewed. In this book the author has shown that how this perversion of India’s Political Parlance has miserably given rise to corrupt politics in which personal ambition for power and not for commitment to community or country has become the guided principle. How it has deteriorated our foreign policies and we have become a client state of the USSR for all practical purposes. Therefore, the author stresses the reason for need of language of Indian Nationalism and its implications thereon. The author also discusses the reason for its decline. During the violence in JNU a rumour was spread that there might be possibility that JL Nehru was a communist. In my opinion this book affirms the belief that he was communist. Further, in this book the author has defended MK Gandhi as supporter of Hindu cause against the Hindu nationalist who criticize MK Gandhi for his failure in handling Muslim Problems. The communist and Islamists who hurled abuses on MK Gandhi throughout his life, in the dead Mahatma they discovered an asset and used it as a stick to shame Hindu Society that Hindus have done nothing in the whole their history except murdering the Mahatma as the Catholic Church has presented the ‘Jews’ only as murderer of Jesus. With my little knowledge, I have assessed in mind that Islam is not religious sect but a political organisation. In this book SR Goel has also said that Islam and Christianity are political ideologies of Imperialism masquerading as religion. And MK Gandhi was not the only one who failed to recognise this. The book also exposes the left. As per the book, certain people and parties have appropriated one label ‘Leftist’ for themselves and claims to be progressive, revolutionaries, socialist, secularist, democratic and reserved other label ‘Rightist’ for their opponent without their permission and brand them as reactionaries, revivalist and capitalist. But when the words like reactionaries, revivalist do not work they start calling the opponent fascist. The leftists/Islamists abhor the violence of others but same time approve of them as misguided idealists. The Leftists swear by democracy only when they are in opposition. But they believe and proclaim that they will use force to transform the society once they are in power. The book is a true gem.

[Ritam Debnath · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I have picked up from Kolkata International Book Fair 2023. This book commendably brings to light a topic profoundly important for explaining the course Indian politics adopted after 1922. It provides a brief introduction to how Communist language disguised in Marxist trappings and borrowed lock, stock and barrel by M. N. Roy and subsequently smuggled into India has crippled India's political scenario, Indian society, cultural belief and education; how it has turned the meaning of 'Indian Nationalism' into 'Hindu Communalism'; how the nexus of Communists and Muslim League had denounced Mahatma Gandhi during his lifetime and why they suddenly started idolizing him publicly after his death. Sita Ram Goel ji also emphasized on the fact that only Indian Nationalism can wash out the fatal effects of Communist language. But the Indian Nationalist leaders who had come to the fore after Gandhi's death used 'Indian Nationalism' just as a bait to come to the power and most of them had no knowledge of Indian culture and the superiority of the oldest Sanatana Dharma whatsoever. Hence, Indian masses are still dancing to the ominous tune of the Leftist language.

[Aditya Trivedi · Rating 5 out of 5]

My path to find out more about Bharat's past, specifically one that centers on our Indic heritage rather than that of the invaders, has led me to a bunch of luminaries, such as Shri Ram Swarup, Shri Sita Ram Goel, Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, and many others.
I sought to broach my general aversion to politics with this short read by Shri Sita Ram Goel.

The book traces how Communist language infiltrated the language of the Indian National Congress. It also reveals that the two factions in the INC, one that favoured to be secular to the point of being Hindu apologists, and the other which felt that Bharat's civilisational glory had much more to offer than the blank-slate, reductionsit secularism (that eventually found its way into the Constitution of India, post Partition). It also draws parallels between Communism and other imperialist systems - this bit I found to be really enlightening.

All said and done, I feel motivated to delve deeper into the politics of Bharat past.

[Bhawna Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like Sita Ram Goel ji's other books, this one is also crisp and to the point. However,this time,it felt like he tried to give Gandhi ji the benefit of the doubt,which I don't fully agree with.As a leader,if he gets credit,he should also get blame for massive failures.His mistakes had serious consequences,costing lives and impacting the nation. Apart from this,the book is a must-read.

[Gourav Khandelwal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sita ram ji has said in just few pages what not a single Indian leader has been able to articulate since the independence.