“Write Mind | Waqf, Hindus and Narratives”, News 18, October 1, 2024:
“The fact that the aboriginals of Bharatvarsh, colloquially known as Bharatvasis, have maintained that their culture is eternal or timeless supports the use of the lexicon involving ‘Sanatan’ when elaborating on the concepts of the nation-state, civilisation, culture, or religion. In today’s day and age, we loosely refer to them as Hindus.
Hindus have been fighting—incessantly—the “foreign powers” on one hand, while bearing the wedge of colonial imperialism for over 1000 years. One should also not be taken aback by the fact that, over the course of a civilisation as ancient as ours, there were times when Hindus seemed to shudder, many times dolorous and despondent, but there are also times when we see them reaching a “zenith of exuberance”.
Interesting to point out here that, unlike Hindus, Muslims have an entirely different worldview. From the alleged advent of Islam in 610 AD to this day so far, Islam and the Muslims have never been subjected to a phase of renaissance—like other major religions and societies—where the cult-turned-religion underwent an ideological revolution and Muslims engaged in introspection…..”
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