Pseudo Nationalism (Fake Nationalism)

Everyone claims he/she is nationalist, no one wants to get the tag of anti-national . on ground of nationalism we can make someone sentimental we can turn someone ready to do something beyond his reach, but nationalism of many people is false or pretend one. So many of us feel it’s better to keep the lips glued and shut down the feelings and expressions, if we want to escape from being branded as anti-nationalist In this period of pseudo-nationalism But before  go further you must understand the major difference between nationalism & pseudo nationalism. 

Nationalism is a “feeling of love or pride for your own country; a feeling that your country is better than any other”

Pseudo means  “ not genuine; false or pretended”

Pseudo nationalism means “fake nationalism”

Why I am using this term “Pseudo Nationalism” Because without understanding this term we cannot differentiate ourselves from this false nationalism for our country

Pseudo-Nationalism in society 

i) people love’s country but on other hand hates country men on basis's of cast, colors, religion, creed etc

Although we say we love our country but if talk about people of nation  then are still we recognize everyone with his last name, with religion or in religion we find caste, in caste we look for upper caste or lower caste. In short, people try to find religion in name. This type of nationalism is also Pseudo.

ii) people love’s country but don’t have  love for country’s infrastructure like  roads, public places, street 

Although we say we love our country but when it is comes to protect or to keep  clean our  India ranked 168th out of 180 countries in Cleanliness  2020 EPI (Environment Performance Index), according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, who say country faces serious environmental health risks, including poor air quality.  This also Pseudo nationalism 

iii) People love’s country but don’t have respect for traffic lights /traffic rules 

We never hesitate to say I am a law-abiding citizen, but we all know how much everyone is abiding law in country, we only abide law due to possibility of penalty.

iv)people love’s cricket but hockey, tennis badminton & other  games are lesser important.

Yes we all love cricket including me yes  I am great fan of cricket but when we talk about other games we all feel lesser important because one who plays cricket for country  he is billionaire for sure but in other games players who represented INDIA they're still struggling for their entity of livelihood. We are second most populated country, but in medal tallies our position below average. I  find one of the reason is media houses who have lesser time stories for other games in television but for cricket even match canceled stories can be headlines for whole day 

V)Politicians like’s  votes not voters

Almost every state of INDIA is under debt / loans. And this debt is to be paid by each and every citizen of INDIA/ local of state in shape of taxes directly or indirectly at present Punjab’s financial crisis is set to worsen with the public debt likely to reach Rs 3.73 lakh crore by 2024-25, according to the latest report of the (CAG)Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

vi)patriotism is stuck somewhere  in  national Flags, national anthems & dates 

There is no doubt that we are emotionally attached with our country but on special dates we filled up  with patriotism/ nationalism  we all got goosebumps while standing on nationalism on special dates, but it is the time show patriotism on each and every day by helping people of country in any manner we are capable. 

The purpose of writing this blog is not to defame my country, but to face the facts and reality of the country. Hope never dies. Because we are the youngest country on the earth most of our population is young & youngsters are having power to lead this country from front in every field to prove that we are nationalist by choice. 

Jai hind 🙏🏼

Shashiveer sharma

Saifuddin Kitchlew (Forgotten Hero of Amritsar )

Saifuddin Kitchlew (15 January 1888 – 9 October 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter, barrister, politician and later a leader of the peace movement. A member of Indian National Congress, he first became Punjab Provincial Congress Committee (Punjab PCC) head and later the General Secretary of the AICC in 1924. He is most remembered for the protests in Punjab after the implementation of Rowlatt Act in March 1919, after which on 10 April, he and another leader Satyapal, were secretly sent to Dharamsala. A public protest rally against their arrest and that of Gandhi, on 13 April 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, led to the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre.^] He was also a founding member of Jamia Millia Islamia. He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize (now known as Lenin Peace Prize) in 1952. 

Know the saifuddin Kitchlew 

Kitchlew was born to the Kashmiri Muslim family of Azizuddin Kitchlew and Dan Bibi in Amritsar, Punjab. His father owned a pashmina and saffron trading business and originally belonged to a Brahmin family of Baramulla. His ancestor, Prakash Ram Kitchlew, had converted to Islam and his grandfather, Ahmed Jo migrated from Kashmir in the mid-19th century after the Kashmir famine of 1871. 

Kitchlew went to Islamia High School in Amritsar, later obtaining a B.A. from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D. from a German university, before practising law in India (amritsar ) he was the member of amritsar bar association.

Career

On his return he established his legal practice in Amritsar, and soon came in contact with Gandhi. In 1919, he was elected the Municipal Commissioner of the city of Amritsar. He took part in the Satyagraha (Non-cooperation) movement and soon left his practice to join the freedom movement, as well as the All India Khilafat Committee. 

Jallianwala BaghKitchlew was first exposed to Indian nationalism after public outcry over the Rowlatt Acts. Kitchlew was arrested with Gandhi and Dr. Satyapal for leading protests in Punjab against the legislation. To protest the arrest of the trio, a public meeting had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh, when General Reginald Dyer and his troops fired upon the unarmed, civilian crowd. Hundreds were killed, and hundreds more injured. This act was the worst case of civilian massacre since the Indian rebellion of 1857 and riots broke out throughout the Punjab. 

Political mainstream

Kitchlew rose in the Congress Party, heading its Punjab unit before rising to the post of AICC General Secretary, an important executive position in 1924. Kitchlew was also the chairman of the reception committee of the Congress session in Lahore in 1929-30, where on 26 January 1930, the Indian National Congress declared Indian independence and inaugurated an era of civil disobedience and revolution aimed to achieve full independence.

Kithclew was a founding leader of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha (Indian Youth Congress), which rallied hundreds of thousands of students and young Indians to nationalist causes. He was a member of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia, which met on 29 October 1920 and led to the foundation of Jamia Millia Islamia University. 

He started an Urdu daily Tanzim and was instrumental in the establishment of Swaraj Ashram in January 1921 at Amritsar to train young men for national work and to promote Hindu-Muslim unity. Throughout the 1930-1934 struggles, Kitchlew was repeatedly arrested, and in all spent fourteen years behind bars.

Kitchlew supported a united Indian nationalism against British imperialism and opposed the partition of India, holding that a divided India would weaken Muslims, both economically and politically. 

Post-independence

Kitchlew was opposed to the Muslim League's demand for Pakistan and later in the 1940s became President of the Punjab Congress Committee. In 1947 he strongly opposed the acceptance of the Partition of India. He spoke out against it at public meetings across the country, and at the All India Congress Committee session that ultimately voted for the resolution. He called it a blatant "surrender of nationalism for communalism". Some years after partition and Independence, he left the Congress. He moved closer to the Communist Party of India. He was the founder president of the All-India Peace Council and remained President of 4th Congress of All-India Peace Council, held at Madras in 1954, besides remaining Vice President of the World Peace Council. 

Kitchlew moved to Delhi after his house burnt down during the partition of India riots of 1947, spending the rest of his life working for closer political and diplomatic relations with the USSR. He received the Stalin Peace Prize in 1952  in award ceremony he said " mujhe is baat ki khushi nhi k ye award mujhe mil rha hai mujhe is baat ka garv( proud ) hai k yeh award ek hindustani ko mil rha hai " 

Legacy

in amritsar a chownk namely kitchlew chownk or kacheri chownk is establised.A colony in Ludhiana, Punjab, popularly called Kitchlu Nagar, is named after him. Indian Post released a special commemorative stamp featuring him in 1989. 

The Jamia Milia Islamia created a Saifuddin Kitchlew Chair at the MMAJ Academy of Third world Studies in 2009. 

Kitchlew suffered a cardiac arrest and died on 9 October 1963. On his death, Nehru had remarked, “I have lost a very dear friend who was a brave and steadfast captain in the struggle for India’s freedom”