New Delhi: In September 2008, Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) filed a 1,020-page chargesheet against six members of two Hindu revivalist organisations, the Sanatan Sanstha and the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS), for setting off bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel some months ago. Manuals published by Sanathan Sanstha teach its members how to fire a gun and speak of “self defence”. It also tells followers "the gaze should be towards the evil doer". For the Sanstha, the evildoers are Muslims, Christians and secular Hindus. The outfit’s spokesperson, Abhay Vartak defends, ”We protect the Hindu way of life. We help people at physical level and combating corruption. This can’t be called extremism.” Bhanudas Adbai says his daughter Swati, a college student studying Ayurveda, was convinced by her roommate to join the...
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