Haqeeqat (book)

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Haqeeqat (हक़ीक़त, meaning reality) is the Hindi translation of a controversial book by a Kerala-based Christian evangelist M.G. Mathew. It was translated by Daniel Nathaniel associated with Emmanuel Mission International (EMI).The book is widely regarded as an anti-Hindu book ^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Government of Rajasthan received complaints about the book that it ridicules Hindu and Jain deities and beliefs. After examining the contents of the controversial book, the government decided to ban it, as it felt that it may incite communal violence.

EMI's founder, Archbishop M.A. Thomas and his son, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Thomas, went in hiding as the police searched for them ^[4]. Joseph D'souza, president of All India Christian Council (AICC) have stated that "They (BJP, the party ruling Rajasthan) have declared that they would make tribal areas of Rajasthan Christian-free and are working hard on it."

Hopegivers International, one of the largest Christian ministries in India has approached US State Department, US senators, and Christian friends in Washington DC, after Dr. Samuel Thomas’s arrest on March 16. ^[5]

It book was written as an answer to the book "A Bunch of Thoughts" authored by M. S. Golwalkar, the late leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Kanchan Gupta has condemned the book as an "anti-Hindu diatribe". He says:

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The book, Haqeeqat, is authored by a Kerala-based evangelist, MG Matthew, and purports to be a rebuttal of MS Golwalkar's writings that have been published by the RSS as Bunch of Thoughts.In reality, it is unadulterated abuse of Hindu scriptures, faith, ritual and tradition. It denigrates every tenet of Hinduism and pours undiluted scorn on Hindu icons and gurus. It casts aspersions on the chastity of Hindu women and questions received wisdom.

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Kanchan Gupta, quotes the particularly offensive parts of the book in The Pioneer:

"Hindu gods and goddesses are fictitious and were invented to persecute Dalits" (Page 9).

"To prevent indigenous people from acquiring knowledge, Saraswati invented difficult Vedas (which nobody can understand)". (Page 16)

"With the progression of time, people all over the world (except India) were freed of their ignorance and they began to disown wicked and cruel gods and goddesses. But in India, because people are (enveloped) in the darkness of ignorance, imaginary gods and goddesses are still worshipped." (Page 17)

"Sita was abandoned in the forest as per Ram's wishes... Ram later asked Lakshman to kill Sita. In the end, Ram frustrated with life, drowned himself in Saryu. Such are the teachings of half-naked rishis who are praised by Hindutvawadis." (Page 100)

"(Ramakrishna) Paramahansa should have known that Ganga is the world's filthiest and dirtiest river. ... Hindutvawadis pollute the rivers... and then depend on their false Gods to cleanse them..." (Page 122-123)

"How could Arya Hindus bring Aryanisation on this earth. To be Arya, one has to be born of an Arya womb... If Arya Hindus want to bring Aryanisation then they must lend or rent out all Arya wombs to non-Aryans. Non-Aryans should be given Brahmin women so that children are born from Brahmin womb" (Page 182-183).

"In modern India, many Ramas of this belief are living a carefree life. They marry several times, desert their wives, marry several times, and leave them. Many Ramas kill their Sitas. They are following their God Rama." (Page 269)