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Perversion of India's Political Parlance
As one surveys India's political parlance, the first feature one notices is that while certain people and parties are described as Leftist, certain others are designated as Rightist. The second feature which invites attention is that these contra-distinctive labels - Leftist and Rightist - have never been apportioned among people and parties concerned by an impartial tribunal like, say, the Election Commission. What has happened is that certain people and parties have appropriated one label - Leftist - for themselves, and reserved the other label - Rightist - for their opponents, without permission from or prior consultation with the latter. The third feature which one discovers very soon is that people and parties who call themselves Leftist, also claim to be progressive, revolutionary, socialist, secularist, and democratic. At the same time, they accuse the 'Rightists' of being reactionary, revivalist, capitalist, and fascist. The fourth feature of the Indian political scene needs a somewhat deeper look because it goes beyond the merely political and borders on the philosophical. The Leftists claim that they are committed to a scientific interpretation of the world-process including economic, social, political, and cultural developments, and that, therefore, their plans and programmes are not only pertinent but also profitable for the modern age. Simultaneously, they accuse that the 'Rightists' are addicted to an obscurantist view of the same world-process and, therefore, to such outmoded forms of economy, polity, and culture as are bound to be injurious at this stage of human history. One cannot help concluding that the dictionaries are not al all helpful in deciphering the Leftist language. The source of that language has to be sought elsewhere. There is no truth whatsoever in the Leftist claim that India's prevailing political parlance took shape in the course of India's fight for freedom against British imperialism.
- GenresPoliticsNonfiction
65 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Sita Ram Goel
49 books215 followersSita Ram Goel (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian religious and political activist, writer and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had Marxist leanings during the 1940s, but later became an outspoken anti-communist and also wrote extensively on the damage to Indian culture and heritage wrought by expansionist Islam and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on Indian politics, and adhered to Hindu nationalism.
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February 2, 2021
The book, Like any of Sita Ram Girl’s books, is small but crisp, deeply researched work which has dared to be politically incorrect in times when leftist forces or/and leftist/sikular psyche ruled the roost (and continue to do so...) mostly in academia and media since independence.
The book is based on bringing out and further explaining in details the following points, which makes it quite gripping :-
1. Dictionary meaning and the communist interpretation of following political parlance which Leftists imported from USSR and Communist International into our indigenous ecosystem, gradually poisoning India’s Dharmic/Nationalist characteristics from last many decades:-
a) Right and Left,
b) Reactionary and Progressive,
c) Revivalist and Revolutionary,
d)Fascist and Democratic,
e)Communal and Secular,
f)Capitalist and Socialist,, etc.
2. Author has put phenomenal effort in explaining how over period of time, Pt. Nehru and his followers managed to secure a firm foot hold within Congress for the communist/socialist forces, thereby letting leftist ideologies make in-roads into Congress. This alienated Nationalist leaders in Congress and gradually led to equating Nationalism into Hindu Communalism post independence across India.
3. The minority M groups, the scions of the barbaric invaders from far away deserts and followers of a violent, incredibly proselytising cult, managed be projected as persecuted, poor minority group who are continuously under threat from Hindu elite majority. All this happened due to meticulous strategic whitewashing of crimes by Islamic imperialism, through the well-trenched Leftist forces. Hindus were too docile and complacent to even protest and hence, we gladly accepted our new guilt ridden role.
4. The pride in nationalist identity began to be criticised by left as being a Hindu communal entity, who is going to disturb the secular fabric of the society.
5. Author has covered several aspects of the imperialistic characteristics of Xtianinity and British administrations in India, which try to defend Leftists acting as a tempting, misrepresenting, smoke screen to hide the crimes of them.
6. We, as Sanatan Dharmi, must realise the grave danger the Abrahamic cults pose to our timeless Dharma which has always championed Universal Brotherhood and forgiving compatibility for peaceful co-existence. However, can these invading Abrahamic cults ever learn to stay symbiotically with Hindus???
7. The history of communism has been adequately briefed and an alarming but true equivalence has been drawn between the ideologies of leftist and Islam, Xtian and British forces.
Overall, Sita Ram Goel’s work has proved to be a true gem 💎, for a rational mind who is free from any prejudice towards the true nationalists and unnecessary self loathing and self guilt, as insisted by Leftists.
He has rightly exposed the authoritative, autocratic, paradoxical, coercive gangsterism of leftists who have managed to fool public, especially the Hindus, by colours of sikularism, do far. Hope this book gets rid off the mirage crafted by leftists, else our motherland and her true spirit, Sanatan Dharma, is bound to go extinct in a matter of time.
A must read 👍
The book is based on bringing out and further explaining in details the following points, which makes it quite gripping :-
1. Dictionary meaning and the communist interpretation of following political parlance which Leftists imported from USSR and Communist International into our indigenous ecosystem, gradually poisoning India’s Dharmic/Nationalist characteristics from last many decades:-
a) Right and Left,
b) Reactionary and Progressive,
c) Revivalist and Revolutionary,
d)Fascist and Democratic,
e)Communal and Secular,
f)Capitalist and Socialist,, etc.
2. Author has put phenomenal effort in explaining how over period of time, Pt. Nehru and his followers managed to secure a firm foot hold within Congress for the communist/socialist forces, thereby letting leftist ideologies make in-roads into Congress. This alienated Nationalist leaders in Congress and gradually led to equating Nationalism into Hindu Communalism post independence across India.
3. The minority M groups, the scions of the barbaric invaders from far away deserts and followers of a violent, incredibly proselytising cult, managed be projected as persecuted, poor minority group who are continuously under threat from Hindu elite majority. All this happened due to meticulous strategic whitewashing of crimes by Islamic imperialism, through the well-trenched Leftist forces. Hindus were too docile and complacent to even protest and hence, we gladly accepted our new guilt ridden role.
4. The pride in nationalist identity began to be criticised by left as being a Hindu communal entity, who is going to disturb the secular fabric of the society.
5. Author has covered several aspects of the imperialistic characteristics of Xtianinity and British administrations in India, which try to defend Leftists acting as a tempting, misrepresenting, smoke screen to hide the crimes of them.
6. We, as Sanatan Dharmi, must realise the grave danger the Abrahamic cults pose to our timeless Dharma which has always championed Universal Brotherhood and forgiving compatibility for peaceful co-existence. However, can these invading Abrahamic cults ever learn to stay symbiotically with Hindus???
7. The history of communism has been adequately briefed and an alarming but true equivalence has been drawn between the ideologies of leftist and Islam, Xtian and British forces.
Overall, Sita Ram Goel’s work has proved to be a true gem 💎, for a rational mind who is free from any prejudice towards the true nationalists and unnecessary self loathing and self guilt, as insisted by Leftists.
He has rightly exposed the authoritative, autocratic, paradoxical, coercive gangsterism of leftists who have managed to fool public, especially the Hindus, by colours of sikularism, do far. Hope this book gets rid off the mirage crafted by leftists, else our motherland and her true spirit, Sanatan Dharma, is bound to go extinct in a matter of time.
A must read 👍
February 17, 2022
A Crisp & Comprehensive Guide to Make Sense of Political Inconsistencies
Do you ever wonder:
1. Why a section of media (and even people) loose no time in labeling anyone who disagrees with them fascist, regressive, communal? As an extension, these adjectives are also showered upon any and all governments that do not toe their line.
2. What is that line that these people [(who have themselves named themselves Liberals/Leftists/or worse Left-Liberals (biggest oxymoron ever!)] want others to tow? How did that line come into existence?
3. Why is it that some individuals who identify as Hindus are ever eager to stand up for Islam? In contrast, these very same people exhibit a perpetual guilt in identifying themselves as Hindus (and want their co-religionists to do the same)?
4. What is the similarity between Islam, Christianity, Communism, blind worshiping of the west? Are these entities imperialist? If so, why? (Sita Ram Goel gives eight tests to judge if any ideology is imperialist. These four pass all eight)
5. How does the word 'secular' differ in meaning in Indian context vs. dictionary context? Same goes for words like fascist, democrat, reactionary, progressive, regressive, communal.
6. From the prism of Hinduism, what were the contributions of Mahatma Gandhi? What were his noteworthy oversights that hurt Hindus and Hindustan? How and when did he become a beating stick of the leftists?
In less than 100 pages and in just eight chapters, Shri Goel answers these questions and more.
Give it a read to understand why all key journalists that are the first to cry 'brute majoritarianism' are invariably and ironically, from the majority community? Why it's the Hindus that stand up for any and every demand of Islamists, regardless of the potentially catastrophic nature of the demands.
Though the book is more than three decades old (as of 2022), after reading it, you will be able to make sense of so many things that happen in the country, in politics, in media and in society.
Do you ever wonder:
1. Why a section of media (and even people) loose no time in labeling anyone who disagrees with them fascist, regressive, communal? As an extension, these adjectives are also showered upon any and all governments that do not toe their line.
2. What is that line that these people [(who have themselves named themselves Liberals/Leftists/or worse Left-Liberals (biggest oxymoron ever!)] want others to tow? How did that line come into existence?
3. Why is it that some individuals who identify as Hindus are ever eager to stand up for Islam? In contrast, these very same people exhibit a perpetual guilt in identifying themselves as Hindus (and want their co-religionists to do the same)?
4. What is the similarity between Islam, Christianity, Communism, blind worshiping of the west? Are these entities imperialist? If so, why? (Sita Ram Goel gives eight tests to judge if any ideology is imperialist. These four pass all eight)
5. How does the word 'secular' differ in meaning in Indian context vs. dictionary context? Same goes for words like fascist, democrat, reactionary, progressive, regressive, communal.
6. From the prism of Hinduism, what were the contributions of Mahatma Gandhi? What were his noteworthy oversights that hurt Hindus and Hindustan? How and when did he become a beating stick of the leftists?
In less than 100 pages and in just eight chapters, Shri Goel answers these questions and more.
Give it a read to understand why all key journalists that are the first to cry 'brute majoritarianism' are invariably and ironically, from the majority community? Why it's the Hindus that stand up for any and every demand of Islamists, regardless of the potentially catastrophic nature of the demands.
Though the book is more than three decades old (as of 2022), after reading it, you will be able to make sense of so many things that happen in the country, in politics, in media and in society.
April 23, 2022
Precision. I kept googling to find out when the book first published. It's published 1984 but it seems like a blog post in from last week. Textbook takedown and analysis of the language of imperialists of all varieties. It lays the foundation of the parlance required to counter the mainstream narratives. Encourages the complete adoption and utilisation of Gandhian principles and arguments that the right neglects today.
September 7, 2018
If you carry any hopes of learning about Hindu nationalism, Sri Sita Ram Goel's books, including this one are mandatory reading :-)
April 19, 2022
A master piece on India Political scene
As usual Sita ramji given an accurate account of india political scene in india and spar none, none even gandhi.
india will survive only when its acient glory of sanatan dharma will be protected.
As usual Sita ramji given an accurate account of india political scene in india and spar none, none even gandhi.
india will survive only when its acient glory of sanatan dharma will be protected.
February 15, 2022
Let’s play a small game. I will give you a list of words:
• Right
• Left
• Reactionary
• Revivalist
• Bourgeois
• Proletariat
• Progressive
• Fascist
• Democratic
• Communal
• Secular
On reading these words, I am confident that certain images and associations would have developed in your mind.
Now, what I would want you to do is to take any standard dictionary and find out the meaning of these words.
Also now try to correlate the meaning of these words from the dictionary with the images and thoughts that came up in your mind the moment you went through that list.
By now either you would be completely confused, or you would have developed your own reasoning behind the correlation of the meaning of those words with your mental images. In either case, after playing this game if you got curious about:
• The reason why these images developed in your mind the way they did?
• How did these words originate in the realpolitik of India?
• How did their usage become mainstream?
• How do these words shape the narrative of our country and the society?
Then now, my friend, the time is ripe for you to pick up this book and start reading it. Because it is only now that you will be able to sincerely appreciate Sitaram Goelji’s stellar work.
In only 60 odd pages, Sitaramji has immaculately explained comprehensive topics each of which can individually have a book of its own. This book will help you gain perspicuity on the current socio-political landscape of India and the reasons behind why and how it has shaped the way it is today.
• Right
• Left
• Reactionary
• Revivalist
• Bourgeois
• Proletariat
• Progressive
• Fascist
• Democratic
• Communal
• Secular
On reading these words, I am confident that certain images and associations would have developed in your mind.
Now, what I would want you to do is to take any standard dictionary and find out the meaning of these words.
Also now try to correlate the meaning of these words from the dictionary with the images and thoughts that came up in your mind the moment you went through that list.
By now either you would be completely confused, or you would have developed your own reasoning behind the correlation of the meaning of those words with your mental images. In either case, after playing this game if you got curious about:
• The reason why these images developed in your mind the way they did?
• How did these words originate in the realpolitik of India?
• How did their usage become mainstream?
• How do these words shape the narrative of our country and the society?
Then now, my friend, the time is ripe for you to pick up this book and start reading it. Because it is only now that you will be able to sincerely appreciate Sitaram Goelji’s stellar work.
In only 60 odd pages, Sitaramji has immaculately explained comprehensive topics each of which can individually have a book of its own. This book will help you gain perspicuity on the current socio-political landscape of India and the reasons behind why and how it has shaped the way it is today.
September 17, 2018
Perfect book. Still fit to current scenarios. Ignorance is not a bliss. Read it and educate yourself. Everyone should read it.
June 4, 2021
Insightful decomposition of the "leftist" consensus.
June 11, 2021
All intellectuals, particularly Indian nationalists should read this book. This is like the Gita- a reference and a guide.
October 14, 2025
Another thin, but highly resourceful booklet from Sita Ram Goel. If you ever wondered how the terms secular and communal, progressive and reactionary have entered the Indian political parlour and changed the meaning almost entirely en route- this one is for you. Communism has been largely wiped out from the Indian (and global) political scene, but the leftist language stayed back and does not show any signs of imminent exit. Our leftists darlings still 'eschew everything Hindu and espouse everything Islamic' in their daily deeds and speech. It is fascinating how a booklet first published in 1984 can remain as relevant to today's political scenario - we still see the same appeasement attempts from the 'secular& Hindu leaders and utter lack of reciprocation from their subjects of devotion.
It was particularly interesting to read about the M.K.Gandhi's contribution to the nationalist aka swadeshi parlour and Goel's view on it. The closing chapter 'The Deva Sura Sangrama' summarises exceptionally well what is currently at stake in terms of a battle within India's political, social and cultural life.
It was particularly interesting to read about the M.K.Gandhi's contribution to the nationalist aka swadeshi parlour and Goel's view on it. The closing chapter 'The Deva Sura Sangrama' summarises exceptionally well what is currently at stake in terms of a battle within India's political, social and cultural life.
June 11, 2021
I had thought that this is small book and I will finish immediately. But later I realised that this book needs careful reading and I read it twice. It needs to be chewed. In this book the author has shown that how this perversion of India’s Political Parlance has miserably given rise to corrupt politics in which personal ambition for power and not for commitment to community or country has become the guided principle. How it has deteriorated our foreign policies and we have become a client state of the USSR for all practical purposes. Therefore, the author stresses the reason for need of language of Indian Nationalism and its implications thereon. The author also discusses the reason for its decline. During the violence in JNU a rumour was spread that there might be possibility that JL Nehru was a communist. In my opinion this book affirms the belief that he was communist. Further, in this book the author has defended MK Gandhi as supporter of Hindu cause against the Hindu nationalist who criticize MK Gandhi for his failure in handling Muslim Problems. The communist and Islamists who hurled abuses on MK Gandhi throughout his life, in the dead Mahatma they discovered an asset and used it as a stick to shame Hindu Society that Hindus have done nothing in the whole their history except murdering the Mahatma as the Catholic Church has presented the ‘Jews’ only as murderer of Jesus. With my little knowledge, I have assessed in mind that Islam is not religious sect but a political organisation. In this book SR Goel has also said that Islam and Christianity are political ideologies of Imperialism masquerading as religion. And MK Gandhi was not the only one who failed to recognise this. The book also exposes the left. As per the book, certain people and parties have appropriated one label ‘Leftist’ for themselves and claims to be progressive, revolutionaries, socialist, secularist, democratic and reserved other label ‘Rightist’ for their opponent without their permission and brand them as reactionaries, revivalist and capitalist. But when the words like reactionaries, revivalist do not work they start calling the opponent fascist. The leftists/Islamists abhor the violence of others but same time approve of them as misguided idealists. The Leftists swear by democracy only when they are in opposition. But they believe and proclaim that they will use force to transform the society once they are in power. The book is a true gem.
February 25, 2023
This is the first book I have picked up from Kolkata International Book Fair 2023. This book commendably brings to light a topic profoundly important for explaining the course Indian politics adopted after 1922. It provides a brief introduction to how Communist language disguised in Marxist trappings and borrowed lock, stock and barrel by M. N. Roy and subsequently smuggled into India has crippled India's political scenario, Indian society, cultural belief and education; how it has turned the meaning of 'Indian Nationalism' into 'Hindu Communalism'; how the nexus of Communists and Muslim League had denounced Mahatma Gandhi during his lifetime and why they suddenly started idolizing him publicly after his death. Sita Ram Goel ji also emphasized on the fact that only Indian Nationalism can wash out the fatal effects of Communist language. But the Indian Nationalist leaders who had come to the fore after Gandhi's death used 'Indian Nationalism' just as a bait to come to the power and most of them had no knowledge of Indian culture and the superiority of the oldest Sanatana Dharma whatsoever. Hence, Indian masses are still dancing to the ominous tune of the Leftist language.
March 25, 2023
My path to find out more about Bharat's past, specifically one that centers on our Indic heritage rather than that of the invaders, has led me to a bunch of luminaries, such as Shri Ram Swarup, Shri Sita Ram Goel, Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, and many others.
I sought to broach my general aversion to politics with this short read by Shri Sita Ram Goel.
The book traces how Communist language infiltrated the language of the Indian National Congress. It also reveals that the two factions in the INC, one that favoured to be secular to the point of being Hindu apologists, and the other which felt that Bharat's civilisational glory had much more to offer than the blank-slate, reductionsit secularism (that eventually found its way into the Constitution of India, post Partition). It also draws parallels between Communism and other imperialist systems - this bit I found to be really enlightening.
All said and done, I feel motivated to delve deeper into the politics of Bharat past.
I sought to broach my general aversion to politics with this short read by Shri Sita Ram Goel.
The book traces how Communist language infiltrated the language of the Indian National Congress. It also reveals that the two factions in the INC, one that favoured to be secular to the point of being Hindu apologists, and the other which felt that Bharat's civilisational glory had much more to offer than the blank-slate, reductionsit secularism (that eventually found its way into the Constitution of India, post Partition). It also draws parallels between Communism and other imperialist systems - this bit I found to be really enlightening.
All said and done, I feel motivated to delve deeper into the politics of Bharat past.
March 7, 2025
Like Sita Ram Goel ji's other books, this one is also crisp and to the point. However,this time,it felt like he tried to give Gandhi ji the benefit of the doubt,which I don't fully agree with.As a leader,if he gets credit,he should also get blame for massive failures.His mistakes had serious consequences,costing lives and impacting the nation. Apart from this,the book is a must-read.
October 19, 2022
Sita ram ji has said in just few pages what not a single Indian leader has been able to articulate since the independence.
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