State-Sponsored Propaganda Literature

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 9 January 2024 I call George Orwell sort of a clairvoyant because he predicted long ago that in the 21st-century, State-sponsored propaganda literature would be a common phenomenon. The French existentialist Albert Camus also prophesied that in the next century (21st-century), states would systematically promote religions and every State would pit its favoured religion against all other faiths. The prophecies of these great minds are getting crystallized into realities. Poster boys of Hindutva like Amish Tripathi, his elder sister, Sanjay Dixit of Jaipur Dialogues, among others are being sponsored and promoted by the State to glorify Sanatan Dharm. Amish and his la-di-da sister eulogised idol worship of Hinduism a month ago and now this rabid Hindu zealot Sanjay Dixit's book 'All Religions Are Not The Same' has hit the stands. Agreed, all religions are not the same and every religion is NEGATIVELY as well as AGGRESSIVELY unique, pitting Hindu Dharm against all other faiths and looking down upon them is not desirable either. The hardcore Hindu readers are of the view that Sanjay Dixit presents Hinduism and Sanatana Dharma in its own right, not according to a monotheistic terminology using inappropriate Abrahamic concepts. He shows how Sanatana Dharma forms a complete system of universal knowledge, not requiring the approval of contrary religions for it to be socially, scientifically or spiritually valid. There's no denying the fact that India is hurtling towards being called a Hindu Rashtra. Soon it'll be officially called a Hindu Rashtra. If you watch Sanjay Dixit's You tube channel 'Jaipur Dialogues', you'll be pissed off with this man's condescending attitude towards all other faiths, particularly his pontification of Islam. But he's extremely popular among Anburaj-type fanatic Hindus. Way back in 1978, a famous Pakistani-Parsi columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee of The Dawn wrote that, "When a religion is bandied about on all platforms with the tacit or open consent of the State, all other developments become subservient or unimportant to the glorification of religion." Exactly the same is happening at the moment. Developments in all other fields have come to a standstill. Basic rights of the citizens are at stake. But religion is the foremost objective of the government. Ardeshir Cowasjee further wrote in the same write-up that Pakistan was digging its own grave by giving extra importance to religion (read, Islam). See where Pakistan stands today. The same dismal fate will sooner or later strike India if it chooses to turn a deaf ear to the sane voices of reason and moderate religiosity. ----- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/state-sponsored-propaganda-literature/d/131478 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism