Wrong Brand???

The recent demands of BMC (Bombay Municipal Corporation) have been branded as "Medieval Fatwa" and "Hindutva Diktat" by the media. What are these demands??.....Sena-BJP who currently rule the BMC have come out with demands like Girls in missionary schools should be allowed to wear bangles or bindi or even sport mehendi...that there should be more holidays for Ganpati and Diwali and that there should be a corporators' quota and the name of corporators' should be prominently displayed in the education committee and all the communications to BMC should be written in marathi.

Now on the expense of being branded a "Hindu Fundamentalist" or something even worse, I would like to wholeheartedly oppose the media's move of blaming it all on "HINDUTVA"....any move by BJP or Sena is automatically branded as "Hindutva Diktat" or "Hindu Fundamentalism" by the media. I am a Hindu too and a proud one at that. I would like to analyse all the demands of BMC one by one here and try and understand why is this branded as "Hindutva Diktat"......

• Girls should be allowed to wear Bindis and Bangles and sport a Mehendi.... I think its an independent choice and if the girls so desire especially during some imporatant festivals or personal occasions, they should be allowed. Afterall, when Sikhs can wear turbans and Muslims can wear Veils...why can't Hindu Girls wear bangles or Bindis??...I have noticed esp. in South India, girls wear Bangles and Bindi during festivals and even otherwise...whats wrong with that??...and if you are so concerned with the discipline then everything including turbans and veils should be banned like France
• I think Ganpati and Diwali are major festivals in India..Ganpati is esp. popular in Maharashtra...If the majority students are Hindu..then why not have more holidays during these times when they can really enjoy with their families??...
• Corporators' Quota issue is totally Political and has nothing to do with Hindus or Hinduism
• Making Marathi Language compulsory is a nuisance created and restricted to only Maharashtra and is in no way related to Hindus or Hinduism in general

My point is that why any move by BJP or Sena is deemed as representative of "HINDUTVA"??...Have they copyrighted this ancient religion or its a deliberate attempt to malign the image of this religion and way of life?
Mind you that I am a vehement opposer of groups that oppose V-Day celebrations or promote Marathi or any other undemocratic activity, but at the same time I also oppose the media and opposition parties branding it as "HINDUTVA DIKTAT"....

Hinduism is an ancient religion and way of life based on the concepts of peaceful co-existence and tolerance. If it is misinterpreted or its values misused by some groups for their own selfish political reasons, then its really unjust to blame the religion itself. Atleast the media should be more careful while using terms like these.

In the same way, we don't blame Islam for all the Terror activities happening around the world...Don't drag the name of Islam when an independent Indian Islamic organization decrees working women as "Un-Islamic" and their earnings "Haraam".....We don't brand Congress as "Anti-Sikh" for 1984 riots....I think we should exercise the same restraint and same respect towards the Hindu Religion too...Celebrating Diwali is same as celebrating Eid or Christmas and wearing Bindi or Mehendi is same as wearing a Turban or Veil.....In a democratic society we should all be allowed to exercise our constitutional rights, Being a Majority Population isnt a crime afterall!!!