Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Hindutva 2.0

Twitter is really a place where Indian Nationalism is gaining some ground. When I found Kargil trending on 26th of July it filled me with some immense pride. No major newspapers had more than a quarter page article on Vijay Diwas, which was not too surprising, considering the media is controlled by the Congress govt. in Toto.

Another instance was the day #awesomeindianthings was trending on twitter, you could see along with some cynics the true nationalism of Indians come out in open. People mentioned the corrupt administration, the bad roads, but what I saw most was the Indian Tricolor. Wow, the Indian twitterati is actually pretty nationalistic eh?

Now one wonders, what happens to all these people when Amit Shah gets arrested for ordering the shooting of a terrorist? When Batla House gets talked in terms of a "fake" encounter? It's high time there is a non-profit group formed to take up these issues and rake up some pressure on the vote-bank led government. I seriously think that the next wave of hindutva cadre will not be the vandals burning buses and shops, instead they'll be the ones who work in the day and pontificate at night. Learn in the day, propagate at night. This, my friends, will be the torch bearers of Hindutva 2.0

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