Hindus must Protest or Perish
The picture attached to this report is of a letter written by an
individual named Suktara Sarkar of Joynagar in South 24 Paraganas and speaks
eloquently of the burgeoning Hindu persecution there. The letter was published
in the Bengali edition of The Statesman, premier daily in the metropolis of
Kolkata, on September 22, 2013 and it does not stage anguishes of the author
only but of the incredible situation there as well.
The letter, from its very beginning, terms Mamata Banerjee as
the sole spokesperson of Muslims and how she considers Islamists as her
greatest aide to seize the political control. This has ensued in rising torture
of Islamists on Hindus; not a day in the district passes when crimes perpetrated
by Muslim rogues remains unheard. But all these are condoned for the sake of
Muslim votes, the biggest asset in this almost seven-decade old Indian
independence and democracy. The saga of escalating Muslim domination can be
found from a single estimation – as per birth register of a few village
panchayats in Block – Joyanagar 1, Block – Joynagar 2 in South 24 Paraganas
district, fertility rate in Hindu families is 1.37 on average while the number
is 5.71 in Muslim families. Muslim population explosion takes place flouting
the national aspiration of controlling population and in a political system
where everything depends on numbers, the consequence is too obvious. Bengali
Hindus are always at the receiving end thanks to their spinelessness and
disunity and the way Bengali Hindu refugees from Bangladesh
The letter does not exemplify Hindu pessimism in public but
narrates how they inhabit the state which is going to see their complete absence
soon. Suktara Sarkar seems to be the last person to expect any apposite measure
from the administration to deal with this gravest crisis. So the individual
decides to protest in public through narrating the heart-rending reality
dominating Bengal . If Bengali Hindus hope to
live in Bengal , they must follow the brilliant
example set by the author and come to street to make the deaf governance hear.
If they sidestep dreaming that their obedience to constitutionalism will awaken
the governance to check the fast worsening reality, disappearance of Bengali
Hindus is too obvious.
Suktara Sarkar is not found as despondent here but through this
letter of protest the cruel truth has come to light. The letter is one of the
best instances of protest yet which Hindus should emulate and execute in the
best way that suits them. Protest is an act of making a strong
public expression of disagreement and disapproval; the best and only ploy to
wrest justice when a social system breaks down in particular.
“He
who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate
it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating
with it” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from
democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” –
Howard Zinn.
Only fierce protests can save Hindus. They have lost Pakistan , Bangladesh
and Kashmir already; they can’t afford any more loss, particularly Bengal which is regarded as one the intellectual centers
of Dharma through centuries.
(Letter published in Dainik Statesman on September 22, 2013)
