Re: Saffron Surge

Excerpts from the book Saffron Surge by Tarun Vijay, Editor of the the RSS Panchajanya

"Hindu scriptures have yet to have an impact on our karma, as common people do not understand the basic tenets of Dharma. It has been, unfortunately, reduced to rituals and petty 'contracts' with millions of gods and goddesses with no attention to conduct life as propagated by the Gita and stressed by our reformers such as Buddha, Nanak, Vivekananda, and Dayananda."

From section: OUR HYPOCRISY HURTS US

"We are good at brandishing swords and trishuls but can't clean the neighbourhood temple or stop demands for dowry. We worship Durga during Navratras and Puja, but kill a girl-child in the womb because Devis are for temples and sons for the family. How many of us celebrate Diwali with those Dalits whose 'conversion' pains us immensely? How many so-called 'low caste' people are our friends in the normal way? The ghats at Rishikesh do not speak of the glory of a great Dharma and Ganga and Yamuna remain maili."