[18]: The “Ideal” Rajput & Dharmacakrapravartana
We as a society MUST come out of the hero worshipping mode and 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦. We need to wholeheartedly embrace the fact that there would always exist a fundamental difference of opinions between the parties something we often overlook in the zeal of promoting our ideological dogmas.
Isn’t this exactly what Ayuvaan Singhji Hudeel believed in? If yes, then why is it that the mere whiff of non conformity is met with harsh hostilities from you know who. My brothers , let’s not behave like a member of a cult.
Let us take a vow to champion the rights of those who might disagree with us. This is how healthy societies are nurtured and evolved. The show of pontifical disdain must not be allowed to become mainstream.
The Current “Status-Quo” of Rajputs
This Rajput Monument built by the 𝐾𝑎𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑎 chief Sawai Jai Singh II, symbolises 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 & 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁.
When our (kshatriya) Clan chiefs across India, acceded their States to modern India, abandoning their monarchy, they also donated this young nation their Cities, monuments, forts, dams, railways and most importantly their Armies (which were source of our soldiering ancestors’ employment).
Unfortunately, they also transferred the leadership of Kshatriya masses to the Brahmin-Bania Rulers; consequently even the minds of our people. Hence, a community that produced Kings, Emperors, Saints, Philosophers, lacks modern intellectuals (who think and work for them) and independent leaders (to take care of the community’s interests). We have accepted the Brahmin, the Bania, the Kayasth and the Khatri as our leaders, notwithstanding their baleful policies threatening our very existence. And we surrendered our minds in the name of Nationalism and in the name of Hindutva.
A Rajput may observe whichever religion or ideology he desires, however servitude towards these alien systems only corrupts ones’ pragmatism, and independent political existence. Hence it corrupts his situational instincts and ethics, thereby precluding him from following his own code of conduct – Kshatra Dharma.
This is our Status-quo – which needs to be broken with rationalism, scientific outlook and independent politics.
In the past 500 years, Rajputs have never been pioneers to make use of societal shifts but tailenders who clinched to convention & conservative thinking until they were forced by harsh consequences. The battle of Khanwa was lost because we were reluctant to accept artillery, we lost our lands because we couldn’t mentally update ourselves, we are stuck up in Savarn bloc due to misplaced pride, we could not understand the avarice of Brahminical & zamindar BCs because our people are brainwashed with Hindutva. We became the last defenders of Status-quo.
This is why both Ayuvaan Singhji Hudeel & Devi Singhji Mahar wished to introduce Kshatriya community to Lord Buddha (breaker of Status-quo) instead of Lord Ram (defender of Status-quo) Lord Buddha was a true Kshatriya who breathed, while Ramayana by Valmiki or Tulsidas is nothing but Brahminical political imagery.
Unfortunately, Change is the only Constant & for any community to thrive it must act as per opportunities than conventions. We must again apprise our role as breakers of Status-quo rather than defenders of Status-quo. From Status-quo inhibitors, we must retransform ourselves to Status-quo breakers. To Change our Political, Social & Economic situation, we must revise our political ideology, social outlook and economic participation (from agrarian to industrial).
The Ideal Rajput as The Lone ‘Man’ Breaking Status-Quo
A lonely man is very dangerous (to the status-quo).
When he flees to another city he is alone but when he returns he comes back with a complete religion.
A lone man leaves the comforts of his palace at midnight but when he comes back, a large section of the society follows him and becomes Buddhist.
A lone man climbs the cross fearlessly before a huge hateful crowd, but after 2000 years, the largest population of the world is baptized in his name.
A lone man chooses exile on the orders of his father, but when he returns, he becomes an ideal for the whole country.
A lone man drinks a bowl of poison by touching his mouth, but after thousands of years research starts on everything he said.
A lone man is burnt to death establishing a connection between the earth and the sun, and hundreds of years later the descendants of those who burnt him make a collective official apology. A lone man leaves his country to make a career in South Africa, but when he returns, he comes back as the world’s biggest experimentalist political saint.
The truth is that it is not nations that make history, but a single man who triggers a storm of dissent.
This is the experience that inspires me to write what feels right even when I am alone.
What difference does it make whether you are being understood or rejected today. The whole history of humanity is a lenghthy document of first rejection and then acceptance.
Feel free to stand on the side of the weak, stick with new thinking, fight for different paths. The future is waiting for you with the gift of justice.
Jai Kshatra Dharma