Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Suryanamaskar in Bihar Schools--- jittery politicians




News papers of Patna today report protests from some politicians against Suryanamaskar a yoga technique practiced by students in Bihar Schools in commemoration of Swami Vivekananda. They invidiously associate it with Hinduism, a primordial religion. Hinduism is inherently a secular Dharma with no element of fanaticism.   Now yoga has become so popular that the Arabs, the Americans, the Chinese, the Japanese and others are not only practicing and getting benefited but propagating as a genre of science.

I fail to understand why these communally rabid politicians are averse to Suryanamaskar. If they have problem with nomenclature; well they may rename it as Deedar e Aftab. The Bihar Government has also shown a panic reaction for vote-politics triggering hardening of attitude in the majority. It is very unfortunate. Appeasement is no secularism and not always bears electoral benefits. If such a harmless yoga posture is communal and banned by State then why does it allow Namaz in government offices?

Political communalism started in the name of secularism since Nehru and solidified by Indira  through the 42nd amendment of the Constitution of India when the word “secularism” was inserted with parochial motive. When Articles 14 & 15 are all inclusive then what was the need to contaminate the Constitution with the poison? The pity is that politicians want to perpetuate communalism as they have deliberately negated the Constitutional mandates as enshrined under the Directive Principles of State Policy particularly the Common Civil Code. These corrupt politicians want to divide the society, and vote-politics is the easiest way to get power without any constructive efforts for the prosperity of the country. This is the reason one is first a religious individual then an Indian.

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