For how much longer will the Hindus portray religious tolerance..?

Siddhant Tripathi
2 min readNov 2, 2020

This video by https://www.youtube.com/c/IndiaInDetails/featured was posted recently on their official YouTube channel.
I was much surprised to observe a foreign-origin lady (Polish domicile) all dressed up beautifully along with her cute-looking son in respective traditional Indian attires for the occasion of Navraatra.

It really gladdens me to watch foreign-origin ladies donning sarees.. especially during auspicious Hindu festivals.
Mrs. Karolina Goswami (https://www.facebook.com/KarolinaGoswami) is married to a Hindu man (Mr. Anurag Goswami) and follows all the traditional Hindu rituals and customs.
She is also acquainting her son with all the possible age-appropriate Indian religious customs, culture, cuisine, etc.

While many of us might have seen foreigners celebrating Hindu festivals with much enthusiasm and, most importantly, respect towards them.. many in India have been on a continuous spree to demean and demonize the same!

Later in the video, it really broke my heart when I saw Eros International indulging in targeted harassment of the Hindu festival of Navraatra.
Is it really SO necessary to advertise for the festival WITH a controversy as a pre-requisite?
Can’t there be a simpler way to only wish the Hindus without creating a ruckus over the internet?

The Hindus have been the MOST tolerant religious group since the advent of humankind, yet they are STILL defamed and demonized for their religion, culture, customs, traditions, and rituals.
The question is: Why.. and for how long will this continue?

Tolerance has a limit and it seems like the lobbying of Hindus against such cheap advertising theatrics.. by boycotting and name-shaming over online social media is now working and is becoming a trend.
You cannot blame the Hindus for this soft-power measure.. not at all.. what’s their fault in all this..?

Another shameful strategy used by the Hinduphobic cult is:
Using the festivals of (only) Hindus as a tool of occasion to raise awareness for:
Saving water (Holi);
Saving the environment (Deepawali);
Respecting womenfolk (Navraatra);
Respecting and protecting girls (Rakshaabandhan);
Saving birds (Makar Sankraanti);
Saving animals (Jallikattu); and many more examples as such!

What’s MORE frustrating is that the same seasonal toads who voice their opinion against each and every Hindu festival.. tend to stay completely silent for the festivals of Christians (Thanksgiving & Christmas) and Muslims (Eid & Moharram) when the blood of innocent animals is shed through mass killings..!

The tolerance of the Hindus is almost at the brink of running over and out.
A biased approach with selective & narrative-based targeted harassment of Hindus will NOT be tolerated any further.

Furthermore, a question still haunts:
For how much longer will this go on.. and is the “other side” ready to survive the onslaught?

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Siddhant Tripathi

Creative content developer and bilingual translator (5+ yrs. work experience)