Introduction: Notwithstanding the fact that several western universities are conducting serious studies on our Vedic topics, a vicious section of our society is trying to create unnecessary doubts and misunderstanding. As old branches of knowledge, Astrology and Vedic Mathematics deserve multifaceted studies and researches. We can unearth much valuable information through a systematic study of the Vedic subjects.
The Marxist party, now an opposition in Kerala is more anti-Centre in its thoughts and action programme and now again is more worried about the Centre's education policy. When it was in power it had no time to rule the State but enough time to work out anti-Centre agitations as well as annihilation of political opponents. During the last five years of its tenure in power, its main concern was more to tune up Kerala State school, curriculum according to World Bank's whims, but now it is shedding crocodile tears over the issue of saffronisation of education. Anyhow it has got a good friend in Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) to share its concern in this regard.
The UGC's decision to introduce new disciplines like Vedic Astrology and Vedic Mathematics in Indian universities caused sleeplessness to the anti-Hindutva forces. Kerala Chief Minister's decision to skip the recent meeting convened by the West Bengal Chief Minister to defame the Central Government for UGC's proposed incorporation of Vedic disciplines in Indian universities, irritated both Marxists and Catholics of Kerala. Left and pseudo-secular forces depicted this move of UGC as a saffronisation endeavour of the Central Government and a part of its hidden agenda and above all UGC's sincere effort in this direction were conceived in a negative sense by all of them.
These forces themselves exposed their hidden fraud when Hindu values and models exalted to due positions. KCBC's reaction to CM's response towards saffronisation issue is justified on the next day by another Church supremo, Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil and he furthermore expressed his concern over the introduction of Sanskrit. All these are no doubt a part of the undercurrent that formed and developed throughout the colonial period and afterwards to destabilize the nation.
Kerala Chief Minister’s decision infuriated Marxists and Catholics of the State. Recently KCBC met at Changanacherry under the auspices of Archbishop Joseph Powathil, Bishop Joseph Pallikkaparambil (bishop of Palai) and Bishop Joseph G Fernandez (bishop of Quilon) and expressed their apprehensions over the so-called move of the UGC. Both Marxist party and the KCBC spoke in the same tune. The Marxist party and the Catholic Church have now entered in a new wedlock and are sipping the anti-BJP tea from the same cup together. Both expressed their concern about the Chief Minister's skipping the meeting convened by the West Bengal Chief Minister. Both of them used strong words to attack CM of Kerala and regarded it as anti-secular and suicidal one.
Chief Minister in his reply ridiculed Marxists for their narrow and 'fundamentalist concept of saffronisation. Then he described that saffron is a part of Indian life and those who go for pilgrimage use, saffron clad and it is the part of heritage and is beyond party affiliations. Even Marxists of Kerala use saffron clad and sport tilaks while on their pilgrimage. The sanyasins wearing the saffron clad is no indication of BJP or RSS loyalties but the part of our culture. The Marxists and the Church are criticizing the UGC's programme without knowing much about it. The Government categorically made it clear that the present education policy is not running out of the rails of 1986 Education Policy. So at present there is no question of changing the existing education policy. The UGC's recent decision to begin courses in Vedic Mathematics and Astrology is not at all as a compulsory subject in any university. Then why are they making this hue and cry? No doubt, it is because of their prejudicial reading that BJP and the Sangh are basically against minorities. Time has proved it wrong. Their mighty bomb against BJP and the Sangh has fizzled out. They are in search of another one. So they caught the straw of UGC's new endeavour.
Several universities in Europe and
America still offer courses in witchcraft-related subjects of various ancient
societies. Above all several European and Christian-owned websites on witchcraft-related
subjects are functioning. Notwithstanding the fact that several western
universities are conducting serious studies on our Vedic topics, a vicious
section of our society is trying to create unnecessary doubts and misunderstanding.
Furthermore as old branches of knowledge, Astrology and Vedic Mathematics
deserve multifaceted studies and researches. We can unearth much valuable
information through a systematic study of the Vedic subjects. No doubt
this decision of UGC will benefit to those people who are desirous of making
studies in various branches of Vedic knowledge. Instead of extending creative
support to this endeavour of UGC, these people are acting themselves as
stumbling blocks. Those who are not criticizing western endeavours in witchcraft
and Vedic studies are making much ado about nothing in India. According
to these people the parameters of progress and development are anti-Hindu
and. pro-western. No doubt it is a disease called “saffron encephalitis”
that deserves intense and immediate treatment and any delay in treatment
will result in its spreading and cause mass social deaths.