Hindutva Quotes

“In fact, the anti-Muslim stance of much of Hindu nationalism can be construed as partly a displaced hostility against the colonial power which could not be expressed directly because of the new legitimacy created within Hinduism for this power. Such a dynamic would seem to roughly duplicate the displacement of Oedipal hostilities in the authoritarian personality.”
― Ashis Nandy, The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism

“My India is the most radiant
beacon of multiculturalism,
Your India is a septic tank
of prehistoric nationalism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“I accept the bible, but not nazism.
I accept the koran, but not islamism.
I accept the gita, but not hindutva.
I accept the torah, but not zionism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Palestine to Kashmir, North Korea to North America, persecution anywhere is persecution of humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Triumphs & Superstitions (The Sonnet)

There is no perfect culture,
no culture is immune to fallacy.
Every culture, ancient or new,
has its triumphs as well as
superstitions and conspiracies.

Amateur America landed us on the moon,
it also bears moon landing conspiracy.
Ancient India gave us yoga and ayurveda,
it also suffers from chakrik stupidity.

Arabia and India bore the earliest minds
of astronomy, algebra and philosophy,
yet neither is impervious to fundamentalism,
quite like the adolescent colonial society.

Mark of a great culture is its inclusive spirit,
take away inclusion, and culture becomes gutter.
When intolerance reigns as law, centuries old and
millennia old civilizations suffer equally together.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Insan, Insan, o my yaar (friend), grow some brain to tell superstition from sanskaar*. update you must, both phone and fervor, brainless *tradition maintains jungle sarkaar (rule).”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“MAGA, Zionism, Hindutva, Prima gli Italiani, Khalistan, Islamism, Türkiye Yüzyılı, these are proof, we come from the monkeys; while humans take a snooze, monkeys roam free.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Ved, Koran ya Bible ratta maarnese koi pak ya pavitra nahi banjaata, there’s no greater granth than chetna.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Call it Reich, Empire or Uncle Sam - Zionist State or Hindu Rashtra - Animal Kingdoms are found everywhere, still, reason is to reichs what phenyl is to floor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“World has no shortage of monkeys who want to christianize, islamize, zionize or saffronize the society, but humans who behave human are in short supply.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Dogma decreed as divine,
when superstition feels highly sacred,
Vrindavan becomes a garbage dump,
Ayodhya becomes capital of savages.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Pilgrim's Regress (Sonnet 2324)

Mirage mistaken as message,
when ethnic cleansing feels enlightened,
Sinai becomes septic,
Bethlehem becomes Bedlam.

Dogma decreed as divine,
when superstition feels highly sacred,
Vrindavan becomes a garbage dump,
Ayodhya becomes capital of savages.

When another's belief is delusion,
but our belief is religion,
Mecca becomes a pilgrimage of maniacs,
Damascus becomes ulcer to civilization.

The confidence of ignorance is always
louder than the confidence of knowledge.
Truth raises more questions than answers,
whereas lies are snugly, sure and doubtless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“We are cut off from our roots by colonialism, liberalization, modernity; independent India adopting a model more Western than Gandhian, and a dozen other calamities all with the same result- a cultural vacuum the Hindu nationalists fill with some reductive bullshit about our Hindu identity.”
― Devika Rege, Quarterlife

“Leave it to the monkeys,
and every secular democracy
soon turns into a fanatic republic -

Christian Republic of America,
Islamic Republic of Turkey,
Jewish Republic of Palestine,
Sanatan Republic of India,

all run by prejudice legalized as piety,
and no humanity to speak of -
jungle grows tall in every corner,
survival of the chosen as ape gospel.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“धर्म खतरे में नहीं है
धर्म ही खतरा है”
― Anoop S. Rana

“Insan Chalisa (Abridged)

Jai Insan, Chetna Sagar;
Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujagar.
Rise Insan, Ilaaj Ilahi;
Al Hub, Hayat Paygamber.

Ik Onkar, Satnam Shahada;
One Insan Bodhi Vihara.
Born of Ash, Deed Amartya;
Once Ignited, Ashiq Ananta.

Vision Virat, Vajra Avinashi;
Kafir Kareem to Vidyesh Vinashi.
Unbent Akhanda in Realm Divided,
Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Karma is action without agenda, Dharma is duty without saffronmania.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Sapiens stands Merhem-e Manavta, Ananta knows no foreign-sanatan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Insan Chalisa (Excerpt)

Jai Insan, Chetna Sagar;
Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujagar.
Rise Insan, Ilaaj Ilahi;
Al Hub, Hayat Paygamber.

Ik Onkar, Satnam Shahada;
One Insan Bodhi Vihara.
Born of Ash, Deed Amartya;
Once Ignited, Ashiq Ananta.

Vision Virat, Vajra Avinashi;
Kafir Kareem to Vidyesh Vinashi.
Unbent Akhanda in Realm Divided,
Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani.

Ek Insan, Hoonkar-e Asmaan,
Khalsa in Veins, Noor-e Nadaan;
no togetherness, no tomorrow -
Awake, Arise, O Christly Insan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“An Indian is pluralism personified, take away pluralism, and you're left with a monkey draped in saffron.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Ananta knows no foreign-sanatan, either Hindutva or Human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“There is not one but two India, Animal India and Human India - Animal India carries Gita like Gun, Human India celebrates Diwali, breaks bread on Iftar, and sings Merry Christmas, with Gurbani.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Either Hindutva or Human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Saffron was never the color of India, India is the most spectacular rainbow among the ancient of civilizations.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“India Beyond Saffron
(Sanyasi Scientist Sonnet)

Ananta (Eternity) knows no foreign-sanatan,
either Hindutva or Human -
saffron was never the color of India,
India is the most spectacular rainbow
among the ancient of civilizations.

There is not one but two India,
Animal India and Human India -
Animal India carries Gita like Gun,
Human India celebrates Diwali,
breaks bread on Iftar,
and sings Merry Christmas, with Gurbani.

An Indian is pluralism personified,
take away pluralism, and you're left
with a monkey draped in saffron.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Insaan se ucha na vatan, na khoon, na koi sanskaar, na koi kaanoon.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Na koi kaafir, na koi sant;
Na andh-vishwas in dharmgranth.
Love is my duty, brain is my flame;
I'm signpost on the cosmic lane.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Vision Viraat, Vajra Avinashi;
Na koi dev, na koi daasi.
Love is the law, tolerance is anthem;
Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“How to be human despite being white
(Sonnet 2890)

How to be human despite being white?
Just don't be a christian nationalist,
be jesus-like, not a christ salesman.

How to be human despite being british?
Don't be a monarchist or aristocrat.

How to be human while being a jew?
Simple, just don't be a zionist.

How to be human while being hindu?
Simple, don't be an islamophobe.

How to be human while being an atheist?
Have some regard for human frailty.

Beware of white people bearing gifts,
beware of white people's religion,
as well as white people's rationalism,
because the former initiates erasure,
while the latter inflates ego.

And if you're white, then first and foremost
betray your bloodline, betray your pilgrims,
your founders, your forefathers, only then
you might one day become human,
despite your historic handicap of whiteness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Don't leave the sanitarium till you no longer confuse the voices in your head as divine decree, and the blood in your veins as god's own bloodline.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth