Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

 Values of Indian Constitution Endangered: Heading Towards Hindu Rastra? Values of Indian Constitution Endangered: Heading Towards Hindu Rastra? Posted on 27/01/2024 (GMT 08:50 hrs) ABSTRACT The article “Values of Indian Constitution Endangered: Heading Towards Hindu Rashtra?” from Once in a Blue Moon Academia expresses concern over actions by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that may conflict with India’s constitutional principle of secularism. It highlights Modi’s frequent visits to Hindu temples and participation in religious rituals, suggesting these actions promote Hinduism over other religions, which contradicts the constitutional mandate of equal respect for all faiths. The article also references Modi’s association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and critiques his adherence to its ideologies, implying a potential threat to India’s secular framework. This perspective aligns with concerns raised in other sources. For instance, an article from Le Monde discusses th...

  An Incessant Struggle for Being a Homogenized, Pasteurized, Essentialist and Standardized Akhanḍa Hindu Rāṣṭra: Bharatiya Janata Party An Incessant Struggle for Being a Homogenized, Pasteurized, Essentialist and Standardized Akhanḍa Hindu Rāṣṭra: Bharatiya Janata Party Posted on 22/01/2024 (GMT 08:00 hrs) DOI:  10.13140/RG.2.2.14648.93443 License:  CC BY 4.0 Introduction The day’s 22nd January, 2024. The nation-state of India is witnessing the worst day in its history. The “Ram Temple” in Ayodhya is being inaugurated by an incumbent Prime Minister of a Constitutionally Secular nation! What a sorry, sad, extremely saddening, disheartening state of affairs. The Idea of India as posed by the stalwarts such as Gandhi, Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh and others lay in the dust, trampled by the cacophonous, commodified spectacle of the Hindutvavadin’s dream-project: the undivided Hindu nation-state. It is nothing more than a politics of exclusion, of getting hold of the electorat...