However, modern forms of equating a nation with a mother goddess first arose in Bengal. The concept of worshipping prithvi, the earth, has long been part of Hinduism. That in 2016, a Muslim MLA was punished for not chanting a slogan for “Bharat Mata” shows just how far popular Hindu nationalism has become. That Aurobindo considered Bharat Mata worthy of navavidha bhakti or nine-fold worship is a good indicator as to how the image of India as a mother goddess had already taken root in 1905.
Pathan was suspended from the Maharashtra Assembly for refusing to chant “Bharat Mata ki Jai”. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party all asked for Waris Pathan to be suspended – a request that the Speaker put into effect with remarkable efficacy and haste.
In the ensuing uproar, the Maharashtra Assembly showed remarkable unity. Many Muslims believe that invoking the deity of Bharat Mata violates the monotheistic beliefs of Islam. Its home base in Hyderabad city, the Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen is a party that draws on a Muslim vote base. On Wednesday, in the Maharashtra Assembly, Ram Kadam, a Bharatiya Janata Party legislator, exhorted Waris Pathan, from the Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen, to chant the slogan “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, victory to Bharat Mata, during a heated debate. All her children are her nerves, large and small.Concentrate on Bharat as a living mother, worship her with nine-fold bhakti.Ĭut to 2016. “Do you see this map? It is not a map but the portrait of Bharat Mata: its cities and mountains rivers and jungles form her physical body. Pointing to a map of British India on the wall, Ghosh said: Ghosh – one of the fathers of Hindu nationalism – replied with an answer that is especially relevant today. In 1905, Gujarati politician and writer KM Munshi asked Aurobindo Ghosh a question that has become a vital a century later: “How can one become patriotic?” ‘Lahore’: The first part of a trilogy shows there are still stories to be told about the Partition.How Twitter’s liberal policy on porn allows Indian Muslim women to be harassed.‘Will gouge eyes out’: BJP MP threatens Congress after farmers surround former Haryana minister.‘Pakistan doesn’t believe in net-zero’: An interview with Imran Khan’s top climate official.If you liked Netflix’s ‘The Chair’, read these four novels set in English departments.
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