[Reader-list] appeal to ban RSS to save India

Premjish premjish at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 06:48:05 CDT 2015


Thanks Srirang

Premjish
Research Scholar
School of Arts and Aesthetics
Jawahar Nehru University
New Delhi


> On 23-Oct-2015, at 16:38, DULALI NAG <dulali.nag at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I second Srirang Jha.
> 
> I shall be happy to be a part of any plan -- half-baked, full-baked,
> uncooked -- to work towards reaching out to those whom we don't know at all.
> 
> Dulali
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Srirang Jha <jha.srirang at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear friend,
>> 
>> While you are right, this BJP government is not going to pay any attention
>> to your signature campaign.
>> 
>> So instead of wasting time in such campaigns, it is imperative that the
>> Indian intellectuals leave their comfort zones and reach out the vast mass
>> of people who are suffering from conservatism even though they are not the
>> members of RSS/Hindu Mahasabha/VHP/Shiv Sena.
>> 
>> It is important to educate them by indulging in frank conversations with
>> such people.
>> 
>> Petition campaign is reaching out to those who already are liberated.
>> 
>> Please take the more difficult path instead of just getting a few
>> signatures on your appeal.
>> 
>> Best wishes, anyway!
>> 
>> Srirang Jha
>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Subhash <subhachops at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Please sign this petition and spread the word widely. Its high time we
>>> raise this appeal.
>> https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-of-india-ban-rashtriya-swayamsewak-sangh-rss-to-save-india
>>> 
>>> Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), for so many decades, has only promoted
>>> violence, hatred and disruptive activities in India. It claims to be a
>>> social service organization, but its communal activities and mindset has
>>> brought more damage than benefit to the society. The RSS shakhas
>> (branches)
>>> teach values of separatism and prejudice against Muslims and other
>>> minorities in every area, right from the childhood. Even the games the
>>> children are made to play in RSS shakhas talk about hatred to other
>>> communities. It has been proven time and again that most communal riots
>> and
>>> many ‘terrorist’ bomb blasts in the recent times were carried out by the
>>> members of RSS. Even the US govt. has listed RSS as a terrorist
>>> organization.
>>> 
>>> RSS was banned by Indian government three times in the past (starting
>> with
>>> 1948 when even Sardar Patel supported the ban after the assassination of
>>> Mahatama Gandhi by Nathuram Godse who was an RSS member). This shows that
>>> it has always been the troublemaker. One can look at its entire history
>> to
>>> see in what different ways the RSS has been damaging to the country.
>>> 
>>> All peace-loving people of India demand a complete ban on the activities
>>> and ideology of RSS. Along with that, we also demand a ban on Shiv Sena,
>>> Vishva Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, and all other communal forces working
>>> to spread hatred in India. This is the only way India can progress.
>>> 
>>> Let us spread this demand and appeal far and wide. This appeal is not
>> from
>>> Muslims or any one particular community. This appeal is from all
>>> peace-loving citizens of India.
>>> 
>>> Jai Hind.
>> https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-of-india-ban-rashtriya-swayamsewak-sangh-rss-to-save-india?recruiter=370442076&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Srirang Jha
>> Associate Professor & Head, HR Area,
>> Apeejay School of Management,
>> Sector -8, Institutional Area, Dwarka,
>> New Delhi --110077
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>> 
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