Not our Sanskaar.

Various global organisations publish indexes on nations ,based on different parameters, varying from terrorism to happiness. On happiness India stood at 116th in 2025, on corruption India ranked 91st, on human development it ranked 130th and on the Henley Passport Index ranked between 75th and 80th in 2026. Vajiram & Ravi. "The typical response of the Indian government has been to dismiss reports that are inconvenient and, in some cases, to go so far as to allege a conspiracy to 'taint India's image'." Not just furriners, this government rejects its own findings. "The first Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS) report by the Union government showed unemployment at its highest level in five decades. When it was leaked, the government rejected it." "The fate of the 2017-18 consumption survey was worse; it was junked even after being approved by the National Statistical Commission." DH. Some things are too horrific to acknowledge. A couple of weeks ago," an 11-year-old girl left her home for her friend's birthday party." "She was kidnapped, raped, bundled into a sack and thrown into a pond by a gang of men while still alive." "In northwestern Rajasthan state, a 12-year-old girl was abducted, drugged and raped by multiple men over four days in various hotels before she was rescued" and "a 7-year-old girl was raped before being killed and her body thrown into an empty shaft of an under-construction shopping mall." Reuters.       If it can't be denied, it can be ignored. " Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh convicted of rape in 2017 and supposed to be serving a 20-year sentence was released on parole for 30 days in May. So far he has been released 15 times already for a total of 406 days and the latest jaunt will bring the total to 436 days. HT. Haryana has a BJP government. wikipedia. In 2022, "The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the premature release of 11 men who were convicted of the gangrape of a pregnant Muslim woman and murder of 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter." They walked out of jail on 15 August, India's Independence Day. BBC. "Released from jail under the Gujarat government's remission policy, they were greeted with garlands at the Vishwa Hindu Parishad office." India Today. Gujarat has a BJP government with an overwhelming majority wikipedia. "The 11 men, convicted for the rape of Bilkis Bano and released by the Gujarat government after 15-odd years in jail, are 'Brahmins' and have 'good sanskaar (mentality)', the BJP's sitting MLA, CK Raulji, from Godhra has said." NDTV. The BJP stands for Hindutva. "The term Hindutva was first defined in the early 1920s by by an Indian nationalist activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Today it is most closely associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a non-political Hindu nationalist paramilitary organization." Britannica. What is most infuriating is that the word "Hindu" is being associated with rape and rapists, which is repulsive for vast majority of us. Incredibly, women are also staunch supporters of the BJP. "Gradually, everyone will seek refuge in the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sanatan culture because this is our own culture," said Bollywood actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. TOI. Rape is not Sanatan culture. It is definitely not our Sanskaar. Only the vile deny it.