On December 29, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat released Cultural Terrorism: Conflicts and Debates on Cultural Pasts, authored by Dr BS Harishankar. The book release event was held at Kesari Media Studies and Research Centre, Kozhikode, Kerala.
The book, brought out by Indus Scrolls Press, is a collection of 21 essays written by the author.
Dr Harishankar, in his book, talks of how the narrative on India’s past is being influenced by vested interested lobbies, especially by domestic and foreign NGOs run by Christian missionaries. The main focus of the book is on “cultural terrorism” and on how various strategies are adopted to destroy Hindu culture by using archaeology, linguistics, and genetic studies. “Cultural terrorism” is the policy of attacking or destroying inherited cultural values and treasures. Many ancient civilisations were wiped out by both Christianity and Islam. Erasing these ancient cultures, including the present ones is termed as cultural invasion. This cultural invasion is viewed very seriously by the author, who likens it to a war crime. According to the author, ideological and armed attacks on culture are carried out because cultural terrorists know the power of culture in integrating people, rejuvenating society and blending conflicting diversities.
The nefarious role of the church-communist nexus in tampering historical and archeological evidence has been discussed elaborately. Archeological and genetic corroboration proving that Aryans did not come from outside into India are also presented in the book. The threat to cultural values and the identity of a nation through cultural terrorism looms large over India and other countries. The author’s work aims at giving its readers a timely warning in this aspect.