Vision of India: Union v/s Rashtra - Rahul Gandhi's idea at harvard.. https://youtube.com/embed/45dlE0Uf5G0?start=393&end=492
India a Hindu Rashtra, sizeable citizens accept this: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/india-a-hindu-rashtra-sizeable-citizens-accept-this-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat-665193 “Hindustan (India) is a Hindu Rashtra, and this is a fact. Ideologically, all Bharatiyas (Indians) are Hindus, and Hindus mean all Bharatiyas. All those who are in Bharat (India) today are related to Hindu culture, Hindu ancestors, and Hindu land, nothing other than these.”
Right Word | Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami Address Explains Why Bharat Needs to be an Unapologetic Hindu Rashtra https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/right-word-bhagwats-vijayadashami-address-explains-why-bharat-needs-to-be-an-unapologetic-hindu-rashtra-6103231.html October 05, 2022, For RSS, politics is a sub-function of the Bharatiya social structure and political power isn’t the final destination. In fact, the RSS’ vision has always been that the transformation of Bharatiya society can only be done by the society itself and politics has a limited role to play in it. That is the essence of Mohan Bhagwat’s speech on Vijayadashami this year as we look at the myriad of issues he spoke about.
Hindu Nationalism and Hindu Rashtra https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/beyond-occident/hindu-nationalism-and-hindu-rashtra/ Avatans Kumar March 7, 202The notion of Rashtra in the Indic Civilization, however, is much older as well as quite different from the eurocentric notion of nation at the same time. Word Rashtra is used in the Vedic literature to describe the national identity of the people of Bharatvarsha, a contiguous landmass between the snow-packed mountain peaks of the Himalayas in the north and the deep sea in the south. It is also a land of the Seven Rivers, the Sapt Sindhu. Rashtra is replete with a sense of spirituality, divinity, sacredness, and motherhood. It’s a land, according to Diana Eck, of sacred geography that “bears traces of gods and footprints of heroes. Every place has its own story, and conversely, every story in the vast storehouse of myths and legends has its place
https://organiser.org/2018/04/14/120297/bharat/rashtra-and-nation-the-eternal-hindu-rashtra/
While Western nationalism revolves around State power, Bharatiya concept of Rashtra is rooted in the Geo-cultural values of life. There is no idea or even the remotest attempt for imposition or persec...
While Western nationalism revolves around State power, Bharatiya concept of Rashtra is rooted in the Geo-cultural values of life. There is no idea or even the remotest attempt for imposition or persecution in this. Therefore, the term ‘Rashtravad’ or Nationalism is irrelevant in Bharatiya context. In fact, here one finds Rashtra (Nation) and Rashtriyata (Nationhood). Thus, the most appropriate term to use, would be ‘Bharat ki Rashtriyata’.
All the people living on this great land of Bharat, from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean, despite having diverse languages, castes, deities, ways of worship, food habits, costumes, etc, have the same approach towards life, ideals, nature, society and entire humanity. For thousands of years this approach has been cultivated and practiced as a culture that binds the society together. This bonding makes it a ‘Rashtra’.
the Western concept of ‘plurality’. Plurality essentially believes in differences that somehow have to be made to coexist with each other while as per Bharatiya thinking harmony and unity amidst diversity, is Dharma or way of life. Thus, the fundamental disconnect between the Western and Bharatiya thought is that while the former strives for ‘all are one’, the later organically believes in ‘all is one’.