And they have succeeded!

I am getting troubled by this feeling again and again! This uncanny feeling emerges whenever I read the newspaper, see the television, see a movie, or get exposed to the outside world. We have all got distinctly and recognizably Islamised, whether you like it or not. They have succeeded!

You open the newspaper and browse through it! It is rare that you would find something about the Mahabaratha, Bhagvadhagita, Vedas, Ramayana, Bible, Guru Granth Sahib or any other religious book. But yes there would be innumerable references to Koran, either by the terrorists talking about Jehhad, a mullah talking about Madarsa education,  a debate upon what Koran says or does not say. Why! The Islam religion has occupied a prominent place in our daily discourse in one way or the other, and they have managed to influence our daily discourse by capturing us first thing in the morning.

Move to the television, during the day and situation is no different. The TV news is a reflection of the news paper.  The business news reflects the impact of the crude oil and the politics of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia! We are not only directly and indirectly discussing Islam through crude prices, but also discussing who is going on Haj, and what the Saudi Sheikhs are doing in the US!. While the Indian political scene had been dominated by minority appeasement (read it Muslim appeasement) all these years, the elections are dominated by muslim and anti-muslim sentiments (if one has ever seen one). You can hardly switch a TV channel without knowing what is happening in Kashmir, and that too with an Islamic overtone! Looking far west, 8 years back Obama managed to win elections and one of the undercurrents was his Muslim ancestry. On the other hand, Donald Trump is most discussed for his anti-Islam remarks.

Come the evening, and it is movie time!. After having been blasted all day about the ideological fight of the Muslims and their appeal and strive for a conservative society, the Indian entertainment scene provides a stark contrast. Talk  of any movie theme, and the last ten Bollywood hits, and try to identify one which did not have an Islamic focus. The internal conflict becomes worse as one realizes that the burqua and head scarf, that one saw all day in the news, is nowhere visible in the evening, through the first names and surnames are common, i.e., Mohammedes, Salims, Khans, Kaifs, Mumtaz, Begums, and so on. Alcohol, tobacco, money lending, rape, butchery, nothing is a taboo any longer for the same class in the evening. What has happened! .

In Hindi long back we used to say… pack gaye hain! Han ji… Hum bhi pack gaye is Islamic Atyachar se! They have succeeded and we have lost! In this a movie like Bahubali is a pleasant change, and  I am looking forward its second version. Atleast, good or bad, fate or luck, necessary or unnecessary, evil or docile, economic or political, or whatever one may say, Islam did not exists when the movie was set!