The fight against False Narratives

‘Narrative’ is the latest buzzword. It is widely used in media, both print and Online, in discussions, debates and seminars to promote a particular idea or an attitude. Every year, English introduces new words to convey eccentric behaviours, perverse attitudes and psychological disorders. Narratives are deadly weapons that make people believe false thoughts, perverse perspectives, dialogues, and speeches. A narrative is a figment of imagination and gets created on purpose. Self-declared intellectuals create such narratives, and their ecosystem helps spread the word (false propaganda). Such false narratives snowball into a buzzword and succeed in creating self-doubt and confusion. People slowly consider such false narratives to be the truth. These liars create the illusion of truth as they tell the same lies again and again. If devout Hindus and staunch Nationalists do not oppose such narratives vehemently by exposing their inherent hatred and potential dangers, the Nation will undoubtedly be doomed to a catastrophic failure.

1. Some False Narratives floated in India, and the Facts

1A. The Congress Party helped India gain Independence

Fact : This is the biggest lie. The Congress Party and its ally, the Muslim League, were responsible for the Partition. They confused and misled the masses with this false narrative with the help of pictures of Gandhi, Nehru and Patel.

1B. India gained Independence as it followed the path of non-violence

Fact : India witnessed widespread violence at the time of Independence. Our country was divided into two parts, and more than 10 lakh innocents lost their lives because of the brutal violence. The goons of the Muslim League forced more than 1.5 crore people to leave their homeland and lead a miserable life. The world never witnessed such colossal destruction that included the loss of lives and property, defamation, riots and the death of humanity that followed after India’s Independence.

1C. Gandhi believed in the doctrine of non-violence

Fact : Gandhi preached non-violence to Hindus but advocated extreme violence to Muslims. He was not a Mahatma, an evolved Soul. Gandhi was a dictator and a shrewd politician. He expected others to follow him and do his bidding. He was such an adamant and pig-headed politician who foolishly thought he was the personification of Truth and that he cannot be wrong under any circumstances. Mr Gandhi forced Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, a fierce fighter, an ardent Nationalist and a spiritual seeker, to leave his country. It muddied the waters. Ethics, selfless attitude, loyalty and patriotism left Indian politics forever. Moreover, it gave rise to a self-centred attitude and myopic perspective to provide for the immediate family, greed, and corruption.

1D. Muslims are a religious minority in India

Fact : Muslims represent the second most populous religious community in India. They constitute 30-35% of India’s population. The Parsi community, on the contrary, is truly a religious minority, as there are only 60,000 Parsis in India. As Muslims represent the second most populous religious community, they are not a minority in the Indian context.

1E. The oxymoron called – ‘Hindu-Muslim Bhai Bhai’ (the so-called brotherhood between Hindus and Muslims)

Fact : No one can ever find this blatant lie of ‘Hindu-Muslim Bhai Bhai’ anywhere in the world except in India. Muslims have always been full of extreme hatred for Hindus. This hatred can be observed from the early 8th century when Muhammad Bin Qasim attacked Sindh (a Province in undivided India or current day Pakistan), killed King Dahir and treated Hindu women as spoils of war, to the current day beheading of an innocent Hindu tailor, Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan. Hence, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar strongly believed that Muslims should settle in Pakistan and Hindus in India after the religious Partition of India. He had clearly stated this in his book – ‘Pakistan or the Partition of India’, compiled in 1940. It implies that he had warned India’s national leaders about the potential devastation seven years in advance. However, the Congress Party deliberately ignored this spot-on warning and the root cause of many present-day national challenges.

1F. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was merely a leader of Dalits

Fact : Dr Ambedkar was a staunch Nationalist who recognised the true nature of Islam. He was the first national leader to analyse the demographic nature and character of Indian society. Hindus and Muslims can never coexist or form a cohesive society as Muslims harbour a pig-headed and dogmatic attitude towards non-Muslims. The Quran unambiguously advocates religious conversion of non-Muslims. It divides the world into two distinct parts – Dar-al-Harb – a region ruled by non-Muslims, and Dar-al-Islam – a region exclusively ruled by Muslims. In addition, it considers non-Muslims as ‘kafirs’. Dr Ambedkar was the first leader to reveal and expose the true face of Islam by carefully analysing and presenting the unique observations about Islamic literature in a book. However, his followers in Independent India seemed to care less about the unique thoughts and implied warnings of a visionary leader.

1G. Swatantryaveer Savarkar propounded the two-state theory; hence, he was responsible for the Partition

Fact : Syed Ahmad Khan was the one who propounded the two-state theory. He was the father of Pakistan in the true sense. The self-declared intellectuals deliberately misled the masses by skipping this fact and accusing Swatantryaveer Savarkar of a crime he did not commit. The two-state theory recognises the fact that Hindu and Muslim communities are radically different from each other, and hence, they should be part of separate states.

The first war of Independence was fought in 1857 against the British. Mangal Pandey, Tatya Tope, the Queen of Jhansi – Rani Lakshmibai and many other freedom fighters led an armed revolution against British rule and laid their lives for Independence. The Congress party deliberately avoids praising these selfless freedom fighters. To date, the Congressmen do not hail – ‘Mother India’ in their party meetings.

In the 19^th and 20^th centuries, the freedom fighters from Bengal like Bagha Jatin, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rash Behari Bose, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Khudiram Bose, and the staunch Nationalists from Maharashtra like Phadke brothers, Chapekar brothers, Savarkar brothers, etc., laid down their lives for the cause of Independence.

Lala Lajpat Rai, Sardar Ajit Singh, Bhagat Singh from Punjab, and Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Chandra Shekhar Azad from Uttar Pradesh rekindled a deep sense of patriotism by forming the Republican Army.

Later, as the heir of the armed struggle against British Rule, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Indian National Army, and gave the British a hard time. The Congress leaders and members do not even mention Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose – the crown jewel of the armed struggle for Independence, who liberated most parts of India from British rule, in their speeches, discourses, or public rallies. It was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who inspired millions of Indian soldiers and led the rebellion against their foreign masters in 1946 and later forced the British to quit India permanently. The British feared the Army and were least bothered about the non-violent demonstrations.

It is important to note that India gained Independence due to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s final and fatal blow, the armed revolution and military operations, and not because of the doctrine of non-violence. The Congress Party deliberately discredits the freedom fighters and revolutionaries. It is how the Congress Party had been misleading the masses in every conceivable manner.

1H. Notwithstanding the intensity of the crimes in this country, the law will take its course

Fact : Does the law have wisdom or an intellect of its own ? The lawyers present their arguments and counter-arguments in Court. The same incident or fact gets argued by the lawyers of the accused and victim differently to justify their premise. Justice is not necessarily served to the one who wins the case, but an intelligent individual always wins the case. The law has been sadly reduced to a puppet of lawyers and judges.

The law is not self-illuminous, meaning it cannot assess the situation and decide independently. For example, Teesta Setalvad ran a false propaganda that depicted Muslims as an innocent and peace-loving community and directly accused Hindus of all the wrongs during the Gujarat riots. She forged documents to produce artificial evidence to prove her premise. Unfortunately, it took 20 years to prove her guilty of fabricating evidence in the 2002 Gujrat riots.

However, as the verdict was related to a 20-year-old case involving a woman journalist, the Supreme Court granted her interim relief. The CJI convened a special night session at 11 pm and directed the Police not to arrest her. There are hundreds of such cases waiting for justice. One can see if the law has ever taken its course as it is deliberately made to believe.

(This is Part 1 of an Article, which will be concluded in our next Issue.)

(Courtesy : Article by Dr (Mrs) SR Leela; 19.7.2024)

(The author is an Ex-MLC [BJP], Bengaluru, Karnataka)

Narratives are deadly weapons that make people believe false thoughts, perverse perspectives, dialogues, and speeches !