"Sorry, we are not Hindus"

This what Ramakrishna Mutt in their petition to the Calcutta High Court in 1985 stated. This was truly a sad day for all the Hindus across India and the world itself. It did really come as a great blow for the cause of Sanatana Dharma. This was the last thing expected from such a great Institution, which goes by the name of Swami Vivekananda, who I consider to be a great Hindu Revivalist of the modern times. Well, the reason for this is due to Article 30 and 29 propounded by our great pseudo-secular constitution.

The articles are as follows

(Ref: - http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p03029.html)
29. Protection of interests of minorities.-
(1) Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same.

(2) No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.

(Ref: - http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p03030.html)
30. Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.-
(1) All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.

(1A) In making any law providing for the compulsory acquisition of any property of any educational institution established and administered by a minority, referred to in clause (1), the State shall ensure that the amount fixed by or determined under such law for the acquisition of such property is such as would not restrict or abrogate the right guaranteed under that clause.]

(2) The State shall not, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a minority, whether based on religion or language.

So, the constitution not only gives complete freedom from interference but also goes on to provide required aid and makes it easy for minorities to establish such institutions. But the same does not apply to us "majorities" who dare not go ahead with such sane ideas; even if you establish one such organization, it gives the government a free hand to poke into our finances and business. Well, this is the very reason RK Mission wanted to disassociate itself from Hinduism and probably call itself “Ramakrishnaism?”

The Calcutta High Court in 1987 actually accepted this fact and declared RK Mutt as “Minority” institution, but later this was taken to the Supreme Court by like minded people who realized that it will bring about a large scale division of Hindus and cause further fragmentation, the court sessions carried on till 1995, when it was declared that Supreme Court has sufficient evidences to declare that RK Mutt was actually a Hindu majority Institution and the Calcutta High Court order was officially overruled. This came as a big victory for all the Hindus who sighed in relief. Similar is the case with other institutions like Arya Samaj, Aurobindo, etc. In fact in a recent discussion with a Jain, he demonstrated signs of separatism, which is very unfortunate for the cause of our great Sanatana Dharma.

Time has come that level-headed decision makers take a second look at Article 29 and Article 30 and give a good rework so we actually become “Secular” in the true sense. We should strongly oppose the pseudo-secular amendments and articles of the constitution. Increase in socio-political awareness among the youth should be our highest priority and will also help in a long way. Arise and awake my brothers and sisters to the gross injustice meted out on our great dharma.