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Revivalist or Fundamentalist? QUESTIONS for NRI
Questionnaire about "Hindu Revivalism" for Non-resident Indians:
If you consider yourself to be in some way alligned or sympathetic with
socio-politcal groups such as the BJP and RSS, would you please take the
time to answer these questions.) Please reply "off-line" to preserve
your anonymity. My email address is" y.r.rani@mail.utexas.edu
1) What is your profession?
2) When did you come to the United States?
3) From what part of India do you come?
4) How old are you?
5) Are you married?
6) Where you involved with the BJP or RSS (or other "Hindu-centric"
group) when you were living in India?
7) Why did you get attracted to this socio-political orientation?
8) What is the cause of communalism?
9) How do you look at Muslims? Islam?
10) Can Muslims and Hindus live together peacefully?
11) What are your views about women?
12) What kind of a vision do you have for India?
13) What kind of problems do you think is India facing today?
What are the worst problems and what are their solutions?
14) How are they (BJP) going to address the problem of poverty?
15) What can be done about corruption and bribe-taking?
16) How are they (BJP) going to address the problem of AIDS?
17) What do you think of the youths in India?
18) What do you think of the educational system of India?
19) What do you think of sports and games in India?
20) Is democracy appropriate for India?
21) What do you think of the constitution?
What do you think of the legal and the political system of India?
22) Do you support a uniform civil code? Why?
23) What do you think of the caste system?
24) What do you think of the regional, racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural
differences in India?
25) How would you ensure domestic tranquillity in a multi-cultural land
such as India?
26) Should all residents of India be free to practice their own religions?
27) Should there be a separation of "church and state" in India?
28) Should India be a "Hindu nation"?
29) Do you think that "Hindu Nationalism" is a co-optation of a colonial
paradigm?
30) What do you think should be the place of India in the world?
On the subcontinent?
31) How should India look at Pakistan?
Bangladesh?
Nepal?
Sri Lanka?
Kashmir?
32) What about the mass-media? Does it represent your views?
If not, then why not?
33) How do they (BJP) deal with criticism from the center and the left?
34) From where do they get most of their financial support?
35) From what other places in the world do they get support?
36) From what other places in the world do they get support?
37) How do they look at the rural urban dichotomy?
38) What do they think about the economic liberalization?
39) What is their agenda for modernizing or not-modernizing India?
40) Some say that the militancy and exclusivity often expressed by RSS
and BJP groups are indicative of the effects of centuries of Semitic
religious philosophies acting upon Hinduism. What do you think about
this statement?
41) Are Hindus discriminated against in Indian law?
42) Do most Indian Muslims support Pakistan?
43) How do you feel about the destruction of the Barbari Masjid in Ayodhya?
44) Should Muslims be held to blame for past desecrations of Hindu temples?
45) It has been said that the term "Hindu Fundamentalism" is an
oxymoron. What do think about this statement?
46) What is the essence of the BJP, philosophy, as you interpret it?
47) How would India be different if the BJP were in power?
48) Will you return to India to live permanently?
49) Is there another name besides "Hindu Nationalism" to describe BJP?
50) What term would you use to describe your political orientations?
Would you yourself left or right in the political sphere in India?
51) Are you to the left or right in the political sphere in the US?
Please add any other comments.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONTACTING ME!
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"THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACRAY IS THAT SPIRIT WHICH IS NOT TOO SURE
IT IS ALWAYS RIGHT." -Justice Learned Hand
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