Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
I have compiled multiple clips from a programme on Subramanian Swamy's YouTube channel featuring Gitanjali Angmo — co-founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh. In it, she calls for removing "secular" from the Constitution, wants Sanskrit as the national language, endorses the Ram Mandir and a "Hindu Rashtra" and rejects the Aryan Invasion Theory.
https://x.com/i/status/2081587876253585729
This is highly problematic! Remember, Aryan migration is now a scientifically proven fact. There's ample genetic evidence for it, in addition to linguistic and historical evidence. However, NCERT textbooks misrepresent the genetic data and Hindutva ideologues reject it
https://x.com/i/status/2081614042855281079
Aryan migration is a fact for which proof still exists in the animist temples of southern India. But the problem is in Romila Thapar's use of the word "invasion" that has been conveniently used by the Golwalkarist-turned-Savarkarist lobby to blur the issue. Since they reject both peer review and international examination as "Western" there is no option but to approach it politically
https://x.com/i/status/2081625396618186792
@GitanjaliAngmo why? Do you want to spoil the image and respect Mr. Sonam got for his rational and moral fight against injustice brought by jingoistic nationalism?
https://x.com/i/status/2081644479631835482
She quoted Aurobindo multiple times who in fact had a proto-nazi idea of an intellectual superman, his partner created a neo-colonial cult society which runs to this day near Pondicherry where the members own land and resources and local tamil people work for meagre salaries
people who are drawn towards these don't want structural change or emancipation, they dont want an egalitarian society, they are by design predisposed to suppress dissent under a garb of superiority
https://x.com/i/status/2081621201588519331
https://x.com/i/status/2081621908664320348
Interesting how you're drawing a distinction between "religion" and "spirituality" while quoting Sri Aurobindo and invoking Sanatana Dharma as the foundation of India's civilisation. This framing is not new—it closely mirrors a long-standing ideological position associated with the RSS and its broader intellectual tradition: that Sanatana Dharma is a civilizational ethos rather than merely an organized religion.
https://x.com/i/status/2081788735965028634
According to this lady, *Sanatan* and spirituality are one and the same... On the other hand, she is misquoting Aurobindo; Aurobindo defined *Sanatan* in the context of India, not spirituality... What a downfall...
https://x.com/i/status/2081752766272458903
Stop hiding behind Sri Aurobindo because this is a clear compromise with BJP and RSS.
https://x.com/i/status/2081751031151743016
Kitna bhi Sri Aurobindo aur spirituality ka gyan de lo, aakhirkar yeh narrative seedha RSS aur BJP ke political propaganda ko hi suit karta hai. Yeh 'spirituality' ki aadh me chal raha compromise saaf dikhta hai.
Stop hiding political propaganda behind the mask of spirituality and philosophy
https://x.com/i/status/2081750849949520056
https://x.com/i/status/2081752686144479476
क्या आपको मालूम है, वांगचुक साब की पत्नी गीतांजलि जी 'हिंदू राष्ट्र' की बड़ी समर्थक हैं. संविधान से सेक्युलर शब्द हटवाना चाहती हैं.संस्कृत को बतौर राष्ट्र भाषा चाहती हैं.मोदी जी की समर्थक है,नेहरू की आलोचक और पटेल की प्रशंसक! पता नहीं, मैडम कहां थीं अब तक!चलिये,कुछ तो बात बनेगी!
https://x.com/i/status/2081694847111696673
केवल किसी एक शब्द के प्रयोग के आधार पर किसी व्यक्ति को "संघी" या किसी विशेष राजनीतिक दल का समर्थक घोषित कर देना उचित नहीं है। किसी भी विचार या शब्द को उसके संदर्भ, इतिहास, स्रोत और आशय के आधार पर समझना अधिक संतुलित और बौद्धिक दृष्टिकोण होगा।
https://x.com/i/status/2081732499844342105
For Sri Aurobindo, Sanatana Dharma is not a party ideology.
मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि Ms. गीतांजली वांगचुक द्वारा सनातन धर्म का जो उल्लेख किया गया है, उसे श्री अरविंद के विचारों के संदर्भ में भी समझा जा सकता है।
https://x.com/i/status/2081731137924444248
यदि गीतांजलि वांगचुक श्री अरविंद के विचारों से प्रेरित होकर सनातन धर्म की बात करती हैं, तो उन्हें भी अपने विचार रखने और उनकी व्याख्या करने का उतना ही अधिकार है। लोकतांत्रिक समाज में किसी भी अवधारणा पर विभिन्न व्याख्याएँ होना स्वाभाविक और स्वस्थ है।
https://x.com/i/status/2081732323918405778
मेरा मानना है कि किसी भी शब्द को सीधे किसी एक राजनीतिक दल की विचारधारा का पर्याय मान लेने के बजाय, उसके इतिहास, मूल (origin), संदर्भ और विभिन्न व्याख्याओं (interpretations) पर चर्चा होनी चाहिए। तभी एक स्वस्थ और सार्थक संवाद संभव है।
https://x.com/i/status/2081731324893897026
मैं स्वयं श्री अरविंद की अनुयायी नहीं हूँ, लेकिन एक समाजशास्त्र की विद्यार्थी के रूप में मैंने उन्हें एक दार्शनिक, शिक्षाविद् और सिद्धांतकार (theorist) के रूप में पढ़ा है। उन्होंने सनातन धर्म की व्याख्या एक व्यापक दार्शनिक और आध्यात्मिक अवधारणा के रूप में की है।
https://x.com/i/status/2081732135719948668
Aurobindo talks about inner transformation. Ambedkar reminds us that spirituality without justice becomes hollow. Both contribute to the ongoing evolution of Indian thought.
https://x.com/i/status/2081745971533455372
Can we expect any better from those who celebrated the abrogation of Article 370 when Kashmir was turned into an open air prison. This is @GitanjaliAngmo in all her glory endorsing the formation of a Hindu Rashtra
https://x.com/i/status/2081627849828778245
Dear @GitanjaliAngmo, Invoking Sanatana Dharma while ignoring Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s fundamental critique of caste within Hindu social order presents only part of the picture. If the message is about equality and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, why not celebrate the Bhakti saints, Kabir, Ravidas, Tukaram and others, who challenged caste, ritual hierarchy and social exclusion? India’s civilisational strength lies in its struggles for equality, not in romanticising oppressive structures.
https://x.com/i/status/2081726677340827688
Respectfully, this presents a false choice. Acknowledging Sri Aurobindo's understanding of Sanatana Dharma does not require rejecting Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's critique of caste. They addressed different questions.
https://x.com/i/status/2081747997235486913
India already had a network state in the 70s
Hippies got together, bought land and moved from across the globe to create Auroville, which is very similar to a network state
Theyre constantly going to court and in the 80s the indian gov took over control by making a new law
https://x.com/i/status/2078249642903339069
auroville is also the clearest proof that the host nation state never actually lets go, the moment it got big enough to matter india just legislated itself into ownership of it
https://x.com/i/status/2078250410171637909
Auroville basically proves that buying land isn't the same as buying sovereignty. You're still one law away from being absorbed by the host state.
https://x.com/i/status/2081129053055308142
So!?! Decolonization of South Asian Studies is very vital. All universities should have below books and teach from it:
1. Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism by Rajiv Malhotra.
2. De-Moralizing Identity: The Mythology of Human Rights and The Heathen in His Blindness by S.N. Balagangadhara.
3. Sanatan Dharma: The Future of Civilization by Hira Ballabh Joshi.
4. The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century by Dharampal.
5. India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present by Shivshankar Menon.
6. The Invention of World Religions by Tomoko Masuzawa.
7. The Human Cycle. The Ideal of Human Unity. War and Self Determination by Sri Aurobindo.
8. The Nay Science: A History of German Indology by Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee.
9. Europe, India, and the Limits of Secularism by Jakob De Roover
10. The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History by Katherine Ashenburg.
11. Europe and the People Without History by Eric R. Wolf
12. God, Science and Reality by Pinaki Gangaopadhyay.
13. Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science by Dick Teresi
https://x.com/i/status/2081636228106174899
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