Aniruddha Bapu explained Ahilya Sangh Project in 13 Point Program

Kalam - 8 from 13 Kalam Yojna

The Ahilya Sangh   

Ahilya, Stree janma hee tujhee kahani, Hridayee amrit, nayanee pani.” – “स्त्री जन्मा ही तुझी कहाणी, हृदयी अमृत, नयनी पाणी” (That is the story of your life, O woman; Your heart is filled with nectar and your eyes, with tears.) Ahilya is the personification of the misery of the Indian Woman. An unscrupulous Indra assuming her husband’s form, violates her chastity, and her husband, equally unscrupulous, curses her that she be reduced to a stone. 

This innocent woman, turns to a stone then waits for years together for Ram to come and deliver her from that curse. Caught between the injustice of the society and that of her husband, she is the symbol of the Indian woman’s misery. The Indian woman is again in danger. She is burnt on the road and nobody comes to her help. She is raped publicly but nobody wants to help her. Why do you look at men expectantly that they might help you? 

The Ahilya Sangh has been formed under the guidance of Nanda Vahini for women to strengthen themselves, on their own, to teach an appropriate lesson to all those who do injustice. Appropriate is what it should be. Prayer and Jap will not move these wolves. There was this woman who approached a Sadguru and said. “Sadguru, my boss harasses me. I need this job. What do I do? If I do not yield to his wishes, he can even sack me by accusing me wrongly. I am a widow, having three children. My parents and my mother-in-law are all dependent on me. I am really scared.” The Sadguru was really shrewd… shrewd in the good sense. He did not give any mantra. He gave her a knife. “Keep this with you. Use it appropriately at an appropriate moment. He won’t die but he won’t even live either”. That man is indeed living this kind of a life, mind you. Alive, yes, but not of any use? 

If every Indian woman decides to change herself, she will not have to worry about anything. That is what I would like every woman to become, with the help of the Ahilya Sangh. All the ancient Indian martial arts that I have taught Acharya Ravindra Manjrekar, will be used to teach women to develop their strength. It is you who have to develop it. You might think that your brother, your children, your husband and the society will come to your rescue! Draupadi had all her 5 husbands, her father-in-law, the Dharmacharya before her… none came forward to rescue her, but for Krishna. Today, you do not even have to wait for Him. Get ready. 

The Lord will definitely come. But, you will have to really take efforts to earn this strength. Don’t be under this wrong impression that I want you to learn using the knife. But be sure that all the martial arts needed to protect yourselves will be taught to you and there will be training centers all over the country. The woman has an immense reserve of strength… strength, which has been suppressed for times immemorial. The time has now come for it to bloom yet again. 

However the Ahilya Sangh leaders will have to beware of genuine allegations and fake ones. Article 498A says that if, within the first 8 years of marriage, the in-laws torture the daughter-in-law for dowry, they are first taken into custody and then the investigations are carried out. Many women have taken an undue advantage of this article. I have seen a 92 year-old paralyzed lady being arrested. We must not misuse the provisions of law. Strength must be coupled with responsibility. The persons in authority must know the difference. 

Do not wait for Ram to come. Ahilya must take charge and do things herself. She, too, must be capable of giving a curse, if need be. That is what I expect. Besides, all women who have been wronged and who are in a crisis, will receive support from the Ahilya Sangh. The third important thing is that the women who suffer because of the addiction of their husbands, will also receive help. This also means helping the de-addiction work. The Ahilya Sangh will do both these things; mind you, the Ahilya Sangh is not a woman’s liberation movement. It has been established so that no woman ever has to face the same situation that Ahilya did. Every center will give personal details and the Sangh will function accordingly. No tricks. No fights. All that we want is to become strong and counter injustice. 

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