What's Nationalism??

The Incident and a Brief History

With the recent incidents which sparked controversy and debate over what constitutes nationalism and what makes a man/woman patriotic, its very much important to understand and discuss several topics in parallel, though these incidents brought the same old concept at the forefront : Left vs Right. The students who sang the song of so called "dissent" were instead promoting there naive ideology of a "Free Kashmir" forgetting that even today, Kashmir needs India more than it needs those people who sing that song, the so called song of "Azadi".

The students who raised that obnoxious slogan were doing reverse of what is expected from a government institution. Instead of promoting the idea of assimilation, pacifism and providing the solution to integration, they were instead asking for disintegration. Disintegration on what basis, only they can answer. The most shocking was the defense of the few of teachers and students who, allegedly, were hiding them. The point is, this way (if teachers and students have done so) they were not doing what was being expected from them. Instead they choosed to divert the entire attention toward the arrest of JNUSU president who was for sure arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by BJP MP, which is in itself a political move rather than a move to restore the broil on campus. Also entire feedback was being provided by only ABVP. None of the member of AISA or DSU or any other political wing of students was providing any information regarding the details of the incident.

Like ABVP, AISA members were also busy in making fake video in order to prove that ABVP member had shouted "Pakistan Zindabad". Just after the video was released, the JNUSU vice president went on to claim about the intention of ABVP to malign the campus.
Why AISA, which has its political affiliation to CPI is so dominant in the campus? Why ABVP members say that they are being constantly warned and threatened by the teachers on the campus? Why is this that the present BJP government is in a rush to take on the academic campuses? These all incidents have one historical answer : Thanks to Prof Nurul Hasan. When he became Minister of Education, he played a deadly game to create his own nation, a nation where every intellectual and student becomes trained communist so that the purpose of Indira Gandhi is served very well. And I must say, he succeeded very well. This move of him, that is recruiting teachers of communist mindset, did so great harm that Right wing was completely eliminated from the intelligentsia and what remained of Right Wing was only RSS, an organisation which virtually promoted that India which was hated most by the constitution of India itself,i.e, a HINDU RASHTRA

Aftermath of Incident

But what brought nationalism to the forefront of discussion on the news channel was when bunch of lawyers or incarnated Gundas beat up the journalists and manhandled the teachers in the courtroom. They were all shouting slogans of "Vande Matram" aggressively as if they have been awarded the contract of promoting Nationalism. The next day when one of the news anchor asked them justification for their action, she was asked shout "Vande Matram". Now the question arises : Is beating up the alleged "student" by the "lawyers" over the issue of slogans which were allegedly sedition can be branded nationalism? Is shouting "Vande Matram" and forcing people to do same "Nationalism" or patriotism? Is asking for the hanging or jail with severe punishment for the "student" charged for sedition nationalism?

All these questions have become so relevant today that they were never before, atleast after 1947. Now, the question is : What is Nationalism? What slogans can be regarded as the slogans of "dissent" from idea of Nationalism and what slogans can be regarded as slogans of "sedition"? The law and the constitution are very clear on this, they cast no confusion and leave no shade of doubt. They say that sedition are only those words or actions which incite or promote violence. The idea of India as a nation is well defined in the speech of "Objective" of Constitution by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru when Constituent Assembly was formed. Those were not the objectives written by Nehru but they were feedback by leader from every corner. The objectives was seen as disrespect by many Muslim leader because it had eliminated the inclusion of "Sharia Law", but that did not move away this nation. 

Later, after the constitution was give its final form by the Constituent Assembly, the Preamble defined the idea of India in its nine words. These nine words are in contrast to what has happened in JNU in the name of "free speech" and what has happened in Patiala Court in the name of "protecting" the sovereignty of Mother India. In JNU they were raising the pro-Afzal slogans, OK they can raise, but they were also raising slogans of "Bharat Ki Barbadi" which is definitely sedition. But, the point is this, that these were the slogans being raised not by fidayeens but by bunch of students who are driven by the idea of naive idealism, which can be treated by proper councilling. These slogans were being raised in solidarity (as per the pamphlets) with the people of Kashmir. This is not terrorism, this is confusion, confusion of what is dissent and what is sedition. Treating this with "danda" will only lead to further escalation of problem. Instead of arresting such people, its better to make them realise that they should be shameful for their act. Its these students who should take the call for regret and understand the depth of tolerance of this "Mother India".

As for the lawyers, they are not lawyers, they behaved like Gundas. Taking law into hand is not what is expected from a lawyer. They should be debarred from the council and made to work in "Vridhha Ashrams" so that they should realise what is expected from people residing in a democratic nation. Being a lawyer, they should enlighten the people and discourage them from taking law in their hands, instead they choosed the rverse. They justified the act and went on claiming that they were deeply hurt by the pain "inflicted upon Bharat Mata". But the point is, that everybody was deeply hurt but nobody had retorted to violence. Well I am pretty sure, that these goons are not the lawyers like Gandhi. How much honest they are only they know about that. Those claiming themselves to be the contractor of "deshbhakti" should check their collars, what they have done to this Mata. Crony Capitalism, massive corruption, riots, implication in FIRs and so on are the gifts of these contractors to their "only Bharat Mata".

Conclusion

In my opinion, Nationalism is another word for "Social Service". You not doing that, then please do not call yourelf to be nationalist. In that case you are just opportunist. In this story of JNU, those who raised slogans and those beat them or see nothing wrong in it, are nothing but just an opportunist to me. These JNU students were seeking some opportunity and these lawyers were busy seeking their opportunity, none was serving the purpose of "Bharat Mata". As per as the media is concerned, I have written a lot about them earlier, don't want to get my hands dirt again....