We have seen that in spite of political repression, jailing of activists who dare and the police brutality to suppress people who only want to know the truth, there are brave-hearts who come forward fearlessly knowing the risks involved. Such a man was Rajeev Dixit in India.
Rajeev Dixit (19672010) was an Indian social activist. He launched a movement in the early 1990s as a campaign to protect Indian industries. An aide to Ramdev, he also served as the national secretary to Ramdevs anti-corruption organization, Bharat Swabian Andolan. He was a tireless crusader against corruption in the country, in its social and political system and even the judiciary. He was highly educated and was from my hometown now known as Prayagraj.
Dixit founded the Azadi Bachao Andolan (Save Freedom Movement) and was a campaigner for the protection of Indian industries from the 1990s, when multinational corporations were increasing their presence in India as a part of a trend towards globalization. Dixit demanded decentralization of the taxation system, saying that the existing system was the core reason for bureaucratic corruption. He claimed that 80 percent of tax revenue was used to pay politicians and bureaucrats. He compared the budget system of the Indian government to the earlier British budget system in India, presenting statistics which he claimed showed that they were the same. The world has perhaps never heard of Rajeev Dixit, but he was a well known social and political activist in India who was known for his fearless oratory skill and his vast knowledge of India, its history, its political leaders and its issues. He never shied away from speaking the truth no matter how unpleasant in any forum and spoke with great conviction and passion that got the attention of his enemies.
He spoke about the Nehru Gandhi dynastic rule, its excesses, its failures and its rule over India as a feudal party using the Muslim appeasement as its policy. He spoke about the corruption of the Congress party members who looted the country through bribes taken from government contracts, nepotism, numerous shady deals and protected itself from inquiries by being the party above the law.
He spoke about the shame of the words in the Indian national anthem that was written by Ravindra Nath Thakur in praise of King George V because Thakur was a sycophant of the British, who rewarded him for it by nominating him for a Nobel Prize. It is a matter of national shame that the song sung in the praise of the British King by a sycophant became the national anthem that everybody is required to sing at every occasion. It is not known outside India that there was a fierce opposition to this blatant sycophancy in post-independent India by people who wanted Vande Mataram” as the national anthem but Nehru prevailed and insisted on making Jana Gana Mana the anthem. He was called a brown British who only served their interest, just like Gandhi.
I will include a translation of the Indian National anthem here for you to understand, the words that the Indians are ashamed of.
Jana Gana Mana lyrics
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, (meaning King George V)
Dispenser of Indias destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of Indias destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.
Now read the translation of the real anthem that was never to be and feel the depth of the words that makes every Indian proud. It was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and is now considered the national song of India.
Vande mataram lyrics
Mother, I bow to thee! ( meaning Mother India )
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.
Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease
Laughing low and sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.
He spoke about the betrayal of the greatest national hero Subhash Chandra Bose (who gave independence to India) by marginalizing him and his sacrifice for the country by Nehru and the Congress party in order to promote Mohandas Gandhi and exposed the lies of Gandhi and Nehru about the freedom struggle of Indian patriots like Veer Savarkar, Bhagat Singh and all those who died for it.
He spoke about the betrayal of a true patriot, Sardar Patel by Nehru when he laid the foundation of the Kashmir problem that has claimed thousands of lives and still festers as a deep wound that does not heal.
And he spoke fearlessly about Gandhi and Nehrus historic mistake to divide the country on the basis of religion and create Pakistan that has caused four wars and thousands of deaths through active militancy of terrorists so Rajeev Dixit was a true activist who through his speeches exposed all the dirty laundry of the ruling party called the Congress party and the shenanigans of the political elites who were above the law.
He often said that he is not going to live long because he felt that the shadow of death was constantly following him and could take him any day because people he exposed were very unhappy with him and his speeches in the U tube that millions watch. He often said that today this may be his last speech because tomorrow the goons may silence him but he also said that he had no fear of dying and only wanted to tell the truth that the bad people in India are trying so hard to hide.
So one day his premonition came true and assassins took his life. He was believed to have been poisoned. No one has ever found out who they were and who sent them to kill Rajeev Dixit because it works just like the mafia, where they protect themselves with layers of buffers and hire people to do their dirty work. No one can ever pin down the masterminds, so a great activist who only wanted to serve his country by telling the truth is now dead but his numerous speeches are on YouTube for anyone to download and watch. He spoke in Hindi so, but I understood every word he said and developed a great respect for him and his fearless speeches that will move you in a way very few people in India or anywhere can. He has left behind a legacy that cant be erased by his death.
The body of Rajeev Dixit lies in state
India is a fascinating country because every inch of its soil is steeped in history from a very ancient time. It is not possible to narrate its long history succinctly. Many books have been written about India and its long history, its struggle for freedom, it’s great personages and its sufferings in the hands of cruel invaders from Alexander down to the last British with many Muslim invaders in between who drenched its sacred soil with blood of the innocent who only wanted to live in peace.
The world knows very little about India and believes even less about Indias achievements due to the bias in the western press and the news media. To them, India means a vast overpopulated country where the poor people sleep on the side walks, where cows roam freely, where people defecate in the open, where the snake charmers and dancing bears go about and where poverty is paramount. They are still stuck with Kiplings narrative that has lost its relevance in modern India.
Some of it is still true but the country is changing rapidly and has made great progress in developing its infrastructure and is poised to become a 5 trillion dollar economy in the near future.
But today I want to go back to Rajeev Dixit and analyze his words to let you know what he said and why. Arundhati Roy who is a Booker Prize winner writer of great renown explained the myth of Gandhi and the false image projected of him to elevate him to the status of a Mahatma that he never was.
One day she too may be silenced because she dares to speak the truth so it takes a lot of courage to speak the truth in India that claims to be the worlds largest democracy where the freedom of speech is guaranteed. Why was Rajeev Dixit killed?
Rajeev Dixit spoke about the so-called Mahatma a great deal and exposed him as a fraud who beat his wife, was a sexual predator, a firm supporter of British interest, a hater of blacks (Negroes), a strong believer in the Hindu caste system that discriminated against the untouchables, a supporter of the British war effort during World War II that sent hundreds of thousands of untrained young Indians to die in Europe, a supporter of the Muslim appeasement policy that created Pakistan and the resultant deaths of one million people due to partition. His own son became a Muslim in the disgust he felt for his father.
The list of Gandhis misdeeds is long, but it was carefully hidden by the ruling Congress party that promoted him as Mahatma or the great soul because it suited them politically to do so at that time. Nehru, being the sycophant of Gandhi, desperately wanted to become the Prime Minister of free India, although Sardar Patel was the favorite of the party. Journalist Rajeev Dixit later exposed Nehru as a known womanizer and a fraud that did not sit well with the Congress Party in power, so Dixit was eliminated. Now, India has honored Sardar Patel with the tallest statue in the world in Gujarat state.
Another famous son of India Dr. B.R. Ambedkar who wrote the Indian constitution and spoke freely about Gandhi that validates what Rajeev used to say about the Mahatma. Speaking against a national icon like Gandhi and Nehru is still very risky in India but the times are changing so the new generation wants to know the truth that was long hidden from them. I, too, was a victim of the massive government propaganda as a child because no one dared to speak the truth then.
Rajeev Dixit used to say that the myth of a Mahatma wearing only loin cloths and taking up a great adversary like the British with nothing more than non-violent movement and fasting was so appealing to the Western World that they started to believe him and not in his faulty character that was not a secret to many.
But Ambedkar says that Gandhi has mostly disappeared from the consciousness of the Indian people except for the fact that the Congress Party made his birthday a National holiday with celebrations to remind people how great a man he was who brought freedom to India but that too is a lie that has now been exposed. British Prime Minister Atlee clearly said during his visit to India that Gandhis contribution to Indias independence movement was minimal at best. They left India because of Netaji Bose.
For the first time since independence, the flag of the Indian National Army of Netaji Bose was raised in the historic Red Fort by Prime Minister Modi to remind the nation who brought freedom to India that the Congress government had never acknowledged because it went against their narrative. They did not like to put up a statue of Bose in Delhi but later the new government established a grand statue to honor the greatest son of India right near the Red Fort in Delhi. A grand museum showing the freedom struggle of Bose and his INA has been opened in Red Fort recently.
I will always miss Rajeev Dixit because he was so brave. He will always be remembered. No one may put up his statue anywhere, but he will live on in the hearts of all.