RAM – A REAL HERO OR VILLAIN?

“A Hindu is not fighting to construct a temple using sand and stones. His fight is to protect his culture, religion, and his national consciousness. But Muslims are praising Babur – who is an invader, an occupier and one who demolished temple of Lord Ram. They are not willing to accept Ram as an incarnation – as an avatar purush”

 - Ms. Uma Bharti, the then Sports Minister in Vijaya Bharatham, an RSS Mouthpiece

‘Ram’ is an investment used by the BJP-RSS clique for the past more than 15 years to promote their ‘business’. The kind of fraudulent advertisements and false propaganda they unleash are in no way lesser compared to the multi-million dollar charming & selective promotion strategy of fraudulent MNCs. “Golden era”, “nationalism”, “national pride”, “swadeshi…videshi”, etc etc. are a few of those deceptive misconceptions that are being reeled-off in these ‘promotions’. These fraudulent stories are the foundations for the ‘Hindu Consciousness’ they are trying to create. Babur, Babri Masjid, Muslims are invaders – traitors etc. are a web of conspiracies they are trying to spread, upon which they are trying to create an illusion about Ram, Ayodhya, Hindu sentiment, national hero – nationalism etc. As far as Hindu fanatics are concerned, it is the duty and a pre-condition for every Indian citizen to accept and worship Ram. Those who don’t accept or worship Ram are traitors. This idea of ‘Hindu sentiment’ and ‘Muslim aversion’ has spread and has poisoned the minds of majority of population; in many cases, this has happened to many without their conscience. Fraudulent projection of Ram, as mentioned above, is one of the primary reasons for that. In this given situation, it becomes extremely important and urgent for us to examine and understand this in detail; along with it, we should also be ready to shoulder the responsibility for rooting-out such a fraudulent manifestation. To understand the real history of Ram, who is being projected as a national hero, we should try to analyse the ancient, medieval and modern histories of India in the light of dialectical materialism i.e., the science of Marxism. The Hindu religion as mentioned in varna and caste fanatic epics and puranas – Vedas & Upnishads - Aryan invasion – racism etc tell us the stories of Brahmanism destroying the lives, culture and civilizations of the Indian aboriginal tribes. We will have to learn the entire history starting from the Indus valley civilization to what is happening today, including origination of religions and saints who had sole objective of opposing the oppressions and atrocities of brahminism – sanscritisation – arrival of the Moghuls – relationship between the Hindu and Muslim kings – historical reasons for the formation and destruction of kingdoms – invasion by the English – division of India in 1947…

The current objective of this pamphlet is not to deal with all of these; we will stop with examining whether the ‘avtar’ Ram has qualities required for a real hero (b) whether the ‘invader’ Babur led an oppressive regime. If we go by the argument that all invaders are occupiers, then Aryans were the first invaders into India. Story of described in the ancient source tale Ramayana is nothing but a proud description of how the Aryan invaders hunted down, tortured and killed the Dravidians, Nagas, and other Indian aborigines. That original ancient tale Ramayana is not in vogue anymore. A few hundred centuries later, Valmiki created Ramayana with all qualities required for an Epic. From Valmiki’s time to till date, Ramayana has undergone a number of changes, corrections and insertions as it passed through the times of history. Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan as shown on television and Valmiki’s Ramayan are too different from each other. Under the rule of America, most of the Hollywood movies are getting dubbed into most of the Indian local languages and are getting screened in small towns and villages. Similarly, Ram’s story of invasion, was also translated into many different languages all over India. Why and how these concepts from Aryan epics, puranas, Vedas and upnishads invaded into Indian languages, arts, culture and civilization? Majority of the aboriginal population was denied right of education; spreading of such stories through arts and diluting the culture served the purpose of inculcating the Aryan concepts of ‘discipline’ among the people and also to warn them about the punishments if such discipline were not adhered to. Deepest and most detailed analysis of different versions of Ramayana translated into a number of different South Asian languages will reveal only Aryan qualities Rama. As per the order of his Rajguru Vashisht, Ram kills Shambhuka, a shudra; Shambhuka’s only crime was doing penance with the objective of attaining God directly without any help or assistance from the fraudulent Bhraminical ‘intermediaries’. The aboriginal tribals were resisting Vishwamitr, who had occupied their lands. Ram kills the Asura tribals and saves Vishwamitr. Ram, like a coward, kills Vali, a master warrior, hiding from behind. He also kills his own wife Sita by burning her alive, on suspicions about her chastity - thus it was Ram, who initiated the culture of daughters-in-law murders in India (due to male-chauvinistic suspicions as well as dowry related murders). Ram, in totality, is a symbol of invasion and occupation in India, who has committed gruesome murders of tribal and their leaders like Ravana. Till date, Rama worship is not prevalent among majority of the population in South, East, North West and North East India. So, Rama, who is a symbol of racism, varna fanaticism, caste fanaticism and male-chauvinism, CANNOT be accepted as a real hero. Instead, he has to be hated as one of the worst and ghastly villains of our country.

Babur, like every other king, wants to become an emperor. You cannot find any of the Aryan qualities of Rama in Babur. Among the kings who fought against Babur, there are Muslims as well as Hindus. It is Babur’s Hindu generals, who presented a number of victories to Babur in many of the battles. There are historical records which talk about Babur providing subsidies to a number of temples and also Bhrahmins. In Babri-nama, a book with rare historical records, there is no mention or even a hint about Babur demolishing any of the Hindu temples. He has ordered demolition of naked Jain statues near Gwalior, that too with the objective of protecting public decency.The same book Babri-nama talks about the Will that Babur has written to his son Humayun (original Will document is also said to be available in the State Library of Bhopal):- "My son take note of the following: Do not harbor religious prejudice in your heart. You should dispense justice while taking note of the people's religious sensitivities, and rites. Avoid slaughtering cows in order that you could gain a place in the heart of natives. This will take you nearer to the people. Do not demolish or damage places of worship of any faith and dispense full justice to all to ensure peace in the country. Islam can better be preached by the sword of love and affection, rather than the sword of tyranny and persecution. Look at the various characteristics of your people just as characteristics of various seasons."

If we just compare the hatred speeches of the saffron gang of our times with that of the thoughts of religious harmony of a king some 500 years ago, we will come to know the worthiness of Ram and his heirs. This Will of Babur is not a fraudulent bhraminical legendary distortion; it is a historically documented record which can never be denied. In his will to his son, a father need not write a lie. Even if we assume that there had been a Ram temple, and even if Babur has really demolished it, there is absolutely no need for Emperor Babur to hide it at that time. Because, by no way he could not have predicted that the RSS lunatics would accuse him 500 years later. Poor Babur, he did not have the Gyan Drushti which was privy ONLY the ‘blessed’ bhramin rishis!! Still, the RSS and other Hindu fanatic gang has created a number of lies and concocted tales about Babur and other Mughul kings. Akbar, who came in the lineage of Babur, tried to unite different religions. He brought together a number of good aspects from different known religions of his period and created a new religion called ‘Dīn-i Ilāhī’. Akbar promoted tolerance of other faiths. In fact, not only did he tolerate them, he encouraged debate on philosophical and religious issues. Though his new religion was a failure, it was a very progressive thought for that time. Though he faced strong opposition from bhramins, he banned cruel practice of Sati. These are revealed in ‘Ayini Akbar’, a book which talks about his history. A general analysis will reveal that Mughul kings, like all other kings, were also exploiting people and were leading a sensuous life. But in administration and social aspects, they were much more exemplary when compared to Ram. In human history, there were a number of leaders whom we praise as ‘National Heroes’. These leaders understood the changes of their times, understood the reasons behind peoples’ sufferings, and have lead and participated in struggles for liberating people. Though the role of not leaders are not primary, they are important.

Spartacus, who organized the slaves of Rome, who have not even realised about their slavery, to stand together and struggle for freedom and equality; Jesus who worked to get rid of the cravings of the slaves; Mohammed, who regulated the lives of Arabian ethnic nomads; Buddha, who dreamt of creating a fraternal community by annihilating the brutal bhraminical rituals; Che Guevara who fought the American Imperialism till his last breath; Kamal Basha who relieved Turkey from the clutches of religious fanatics; Nelsan Mandela, who expended whole of youth in prison in his struggle against the racism; Bhagat Singh, who gave new confidence to the Indian youth in struggle against the British; the leaders of Naxalbari and Telengana struggles; Ambedkar, Periyar, Mahatma Phule are all National Heroes who have worked for betterment of lives of their fellow human beings. Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao are great leaders who dreamt of creating a communist society in future are fondly being remembered by the proletariat all over the world. Thus history has created a number of revolutionary leaders all through. But still these Hindu religious fanatics are issuing decrees to celebrate Ram as a national hero. Does Ram have even a single quality possessed by any one of these leaders?

Just for the sake of argument, even if we assume that the story of Ram is true, what is that he has done that is so extraordinary and precious? To save his father’s promise, he went on to live in the forest as instructed by his aunt; he made his brother the king, to rule the nation till his return; he conducted a huge battle, leading to loss of thousands of lives, just to save his wife; ruled Ayodhya again on his return. Still the only glory of Ram that every devotee of Rama, preachers and the RSS clique repeatedly describes is that he has remained faithful to his wife. Though there are claims contrary to that in Valmiki’s Ramayana, let us, for the sake of argument, accept that it is true. If we have to make a person a national hero, just for the sake of being faithful to his wife, what should we say about the worthiness of that particular religion or nation?

Thus, exposing all these fraudulent concocted tales about ‘great’ avtar Rama is not just an atheist debate – it is a freedom struggle against brahminical Hindu social structure for relieving the whole society from the clutches of brahminical deception. Ram is NOT A real hero; he is a villain.