Excerpt from Gautam Sen:
Even in the narrower case, can see how Gorkhas/Gurkhas now have formed an international mercenary organisation: bodyguards for global hire (literally). Once upon a time - as all things in the Hindu fairytale - their forces were exclusively for their ancestral Hindu religion alone. Now it still retains some trappings of Hindu religion - in the war cry and all, perhaps even sentiment - but it is uttered on others' behalf. Anyone's behalf: even the Amir of Kuwait was looking to hire their services now - wanting the best of the best to guard his islaminess - and of course, Claudia Schiffer was already famous for her Gorkha bodyguard(s), and I think Madonna "just had to have them" too, etc.
While many Gorkhas fought on the native side, an entire contingent of them also fought "valiantly" for Britain. All the way in E Asia. Shedding their blood to obtain that most coveted of all prizes for the international heathen (or maybe for Hindus only): the Victorian cross of valour, for services rendered. And so they even won as many as were handed out to the native Brits themselves. "Equals at last."
I'd have said, with Gorkhas and others in mind, that Baba Ramdev - and other Hindus threatened by christoislamism like the now-murdered Swami Lakshmanananda - should hire some of our own men to protect them. It seemed that the Gurkhas offering their services for a fee would be an advantage in locating professionals willing to take on such a dangerous task as protecting a Swami Lakshamananda repeatedly turned out to be.
And I'd have said it, even though they have become famous throughout the world for their willingness to nowadays die for no other purpose than a determined bravery for the sake of it.
Except there's that obvious drawback to such a suggestion: that if the enemies of the same vulnerable Hindus offered more money to these new Soldiers Of Fortune, these could well cross over. A very Indian predicament. (As would be were one to find them hired for someone like Prachanda or Sonia etc. All these need to do is foot the bill, after all.) The christian-maoist Prachanda himself declared he wants them back in his country, rather than in Britain. Perhaps he wants their offspring to swell his own ranks. (There may be sufficient monies+valuables in the closed treasure chest of Pashupatinatha to pay for a lot of things Prachanda may want.)
But it really is too much to ask Hindus to fight for Hindus & Hindudom as Hindus. Money, brute-force bravery (i.e. to succeed or die in the attempt as the end in itself - no matter who you're working for; as mentioned, Gorkhas and other Hindus won their fair share of british medals of valour, including what sound like cross-shaped ones, for protecting the empire's interests*), someone else's nation, alien tyrannies, local tyrannies, absolutely *anything* else/any other reason will do - including even anyone else's ideology.
* Seems a bit ironic yelling out Kali's own name before attacking E Asian heathens for the British Crown. (And possibly get a cross out of it.) A bravery that's uniquely Indian too.
Indians - of heathen origin - don't lack bravery or numbers or willingness (even to die; nor even to mindlessly shoot the defenceless of their Hindu kind on "orders"). They just have no direction of their own. (Not counting the temporary pull of nationalisms and other sentiment.)
Quote:The UK never gave up the ambition of subjugating India anew despite handing over power to native rule, which had little to do with Gandhiââ¬â¢s non violent protest. It was Britainââ¬â¢s exhaustion in the aftermath of World War II and bankrupt economy, combined with fear of revolt by its colonial Indian troops that persuaded a malicious flight. However, Britain presided over a bloodbath to establish the Pakistan it had cynically incited, which is now haunting much of the world. The Americans quickly understood how important India was for the assertion of global power with the onset of the Cold War. As Lord Curzon had explained long ago, Britain would be nothing without India and its vast human and material resources. India offers virtually unlimited manpower for fighting wars, increasingly difficult to find from among their own pleasure-seeking citizens. Americans and Europeans also have smaller families nowadays and are therefore unwilling to sacrifice their fewer offspring. In addition, India is large enough to assure vast wealth for any ruling elite, domestic or foreign, even if the majority of the population remains mired in destitution. This has happened throughout Indian history, whether during Islamic, Christian or contemporary déraciné Hindu rule, bequeathing Pharaonic wealth and life styles of luxurious excess for the few and poverty for the many.But Indians have long become experts at dying for other people and others' ideological causes.
The subordination of India for the pursuit of world power is therefore a necessity for the incessantly born-again, Christian US and its European allies.
Even in the narrower case, can see how Gorkhas/Gurkhas now have formed an international mercenary organisation: bodyguards for global hire (literally). Once upon a time - as all things in the Hindu fairytale - their forces were exclusively for their ancestral Hindu religion alone. Now it still retains some trappings of Hindu religion - in the war cry and all, perhaps even sentiment - but it is uttered on others' behalf. Anyone's behalf: even the Amir of Kuwait was looking to hire their services now - wanting the best of the best to guard his islaminess - and of course, Claudia Schiffer was already famous for her Gorkha bodyguard(s), and I think Madonna "just had to have them" too, etc.
While many Gorkhas fought on the native side, an entire contingent of them also fought "valiantly" for Britain. All the way in E Asia. Shedding their blood to obtain that most coveted of all prizes for the international heathen (or maybe for Hindus only): the Victorian cross of valour, for services rendered. And so they even won as many as were handed out to the native Brits themselves. "Equals at last."
I'd have said, with Gorkhas and others in mind, that Baba Ramdev - and other Hindus threatened by christoislamism like the now-murdered Swami Lakshmanananda - should hire some of our own men to protect them. It seemed that the Gurkhas offering their services for a fee would be an advantage in locating professionals willing to take on such a dangerous task as protecting a Swami Lakshamananda repeatedly turned out to be.
And I'd have said it, even though they have become famous throughout the world for their willingness to nowadays die for no other purpose than a determined bravery for the sake of it.
Except there's that obvious drawback to such a suggestion: that if the enemies of the same vulnerable Hindus offered more money to these new Soldiers Of Fortune, these could well cross over. A very Indian predicament. (As would be were one to find them hired for someone like Prachanda or Sonia etc. All these need to do is foot the bill, after all.) The christian-maoist Prachanda himself declared he wants them back in his country, rather than in Britain. Perhaps he wants their offspring to swell his own ranks. (There may be sufficient monies+valuables in the closed treasure chest of Pashupatinatha to pay for a lot of things Prachanda may want.)
But it really is too much to ask Hindus to fight for Hindus & Hindudom as Hindus. Money, brute-force bravery (i.e. to succeed or die in the attempt as the end in itself - no matter who you're working for; as mentioned, Gorkhas and other Hindus won their fair share of british medals of valour, including what sound like cross-shaped ones, for protecting the empire's interests*), someone else's nation, alien tyrannies, local tyrannies, absolutely *anything* else/any other reason will do - including even anyone else's ideology.
* Seems a bit ironic yelling out Kali's own name before attacking E Asian heathens for the British Crown. (And possibly get a cross out of it.) A bravery that's uniquely Indian too.
Indians - of heathen origin - don't lack bravery or numbers or willingness (even to die; nor even to mindlessly shoot the defenceless of their Hindu kind on "orders"). They just have no direction of their own. (Not counting the temporary pull of nationalisms and other sentiment.)