RSS, TARGET NORTH EAST
Today we& #39;ll start our journey through that part of the country, which we club together as the North East. A region which often is termed as the great unknown. While clubbing the region as NE might be accurate geographically, it& #39;s a lazy classification,
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when it comes to the cultures & ethnicities of the region. In fact the NE is as myriad & diverse as they get. The culture & people change every 100 kms or so. For eg, Nagaland alone has 16 tribes, each with distinct languages, mutually unintelligible. Just the major ones.
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It& #39;s also a region that& #39;s mostly cut off from what we call "Mainland India". Also a region that suffered due to illegal migration. And also a region where @RSSorg finds all it& #39;s enemies, Bangladeshis, Muslims & Christians, traditional bogeymen for the saffron brigade.
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RSS took off in the region in 1946. After its ban following Gandhi Ji& #39;s assassination, it went underground. By the time the ban was lifted, they& #39;d spread further in the region, mostly through surrogate organisations.
The region, RSS took advantage of 2 things.
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1. An inherent fear among the tribes of losing their heritage & culture in the face of mass conversion to Christianity;
2. Fierce & often bloody hostilities among the various tribes.
Today, we& #39;ll look at one such incident in Mizoram that gave the RSS a toehold in the region.
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became part of "Sanatan Dharma".
So, in the garb of protecting the Brus from Christians, RSS converted them to Christianity. This pattern would be repeated in Tripura, Arunachal & other states of the region.
Subverting local traditions, cultures & beliefs, and bringing everyone
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under the fold of Hindi, Hindu & Hindutva, that& #39;s been RSS& #39;s gameplan in the region as well.
In the next few days, we& #39;ll take a look at such instances as well as how they have tried to use the "locals vs outsiders" syndrome to their advantage at the cost of peace & harmony.
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