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Re: BJP/RSS- POLITICALLY INCORRECT?
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Subject: Re: BJP/RSS- POLITICALLY INCORRECT?
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From: vallath@vishnu.LABS.TEK.COM (Vallath Nandakumar)
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Date: 30 Oct 1995 20:34:12 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 476 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Tektronix Laboratories, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR
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References: <46mel0$dj2@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <46mel0$dj2@babbage.ece.uc.edu> y.r.rani@mail.utexas.edu (Yvette C. Rosser) writes:
>IS IT POLITICALLY INCORRECT FOR NON-RESIDENT INDIANS TO EMBRACE THE
>PHILOSOPHY OF THE BJP/RSS?
Probably. This is because Hinduism and intellectualism (most
NRIs would call themselves intellectual) teach broad-mindedness
and tolerance. The BJP is strongly pro-Hindu, and I think
believes in not being so tolerant. Many Hindus are ashamed
of being Hindu, having been led into believing that it is a
wimpy religion. (Witness the willingness of Hindus to adopt
the Hindu vine clinging to the Islamic tree as a symbol of
unity. I don't think most Muslims would accept the reverse of a
Muslim vine around a solid Hindu tree).
Hence it is not politically correct to support the BJP.
Also, the BJP is nationalist, and NRIs supporting nationalism
and self-reliance in India might look like hypocrisy, like
Sikhs in Canada supporting Khalistan.
Vallath Nandakumar
Opinions are my own, and not my employer's.
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