The day people like @Kal_Chiron @Hiranyareta @entropied @Spirit_Hindutva @bennedose sit together and thrash out issues bogging down Hindutva and those relating to life in India in general, there can be tremendous progress in this direction. Right now young scholars are confused.
Churning is still on is what I feel. Political victory was the means and not the end of the Cause. So the basic point - what is this Cause? Is it a continuum of history in a desired direction or does it have a specific, tangible, final goal? Or is it a mix of both phenomena?
Add to this various vested interests. Both domestic and international. How do we as Hindu Nationalists, perceive them vis our Cause? How do we learn from them and their tactics? How to deal with them?
Who are the friends of our Cause? Domestic and International. Who are real friends and who are enemies of our enemies? What is our view wrt International events and developments that can have an impact on our own Cause?
Are the Hindus a community or a nation/civilization? Is this our land or some shared space? Do we have a mind that will keep us owners of this land irrespective of our population? Or not? Because it isn't merely the numbers but the mind that wins.
What is the role of diaspora Hindus? How should they perceive this Cause? What is their role in their host countries? Should they be Woke or loyal to their host countries? Should they be aggrieved minorities or enabling minorities?
How should Hindus think about intra Hindu quarrels of all types? Should it lead to separation or should it lead to respectful discussion and coexistence within the umbrella of the Cause?
How should Hindus think about politics? Should we develop a political consciousness or remain free wheeling? Are there parties that are friendly or are there parties we can cultivate to protect our interests? Are there parties that are declared enemies?
Should Hindus think about personal/social safety since the Cause is also about ensuring personal/social safety? Or is it to be left to an impersonal State? Or is it a mix of both? How should we actually proceed on this?
How important is the family to our Cause? Is it really very important? Important enough to spend some time to mould? Should the flowering of the Cause start from the family? Or the individual? Can the Cause sustain itself in an individualist environment?
Should middle class Hindus start to think more about self employment? Or continue with being job seekers? Which model provides us more autonomy and which binds us to alien, harmful ideologies? Which gives us more time with our families and which takes away crucial years?
How about habits that can support the Cause? Reading? With shortened attention spans and problems remaining, how should Hindus popularise books and other media? How should we perceive what we read? Is a discipline around this required or not?
Any Cause, in my view, is either supported by mass commitment or the mass supports a few good men. The latter moves toward the former. Where are we on this scale? How should we move from one to the other? How to use all the tools at our disposal?
What is the Cause? We all feel it. We all have some words for it. Can we further sharpen it? It will help us if we can. That's the well spring.
Further reading:
Sri Aurobindo toiled for the larger issues of nationhood and human destiny @auroviryavaan
https://t.co/oWqfcAexqm
#SriAurobindo
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