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Re: RFD For Soc.Religion.Hindu Reorganization
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Subject: Re: RFD For Soc.Religion.Hindu Reorganization
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From: editor@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu (Ajay Shah)
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Date: 15 Dec 1995 23:45:33 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 745 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu, news.groups
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Organization: Univ of Cincinnati
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Xref: news.ece.uc.edu!babbage.ece.uc.edu soc.religion.hindu:745 news.groups:147830
Dear Friends,
Saprem Namaskar!
First, a bit of self introduction, so as to avoid any confusion.
I am the moderator of Soc.Religion.Hindu and have been the moderator
of Alt.Hindu newsgroup for about 4 years.
Soc.Religion.Hindu was created as recently as in August 1995.
Recently, a request for reorganization of Soc.Religion.Hindu has been floated.
This does not have my endorsement (for whatever my opinion is worth!).
In any case, I would like to explain where I stand on this issue, and
why I think that this RFD is unfair and should be voted down if this proposal
comes up for vote.
Some of you may recall that recently, there was a proposal and vote on the
newsgroup Soc.Religion.Vaishnava. While fully accepting the need for a
Vaishnava newsgroup, and endorsing the moderators and the charter of this
newsgroup, I requested the proponents of this newsgroup that they
create a newsgroup called
Soc.Religion.Hindu.Vaishnava
To which we were told, among many other things, that not all Vaishnavas
are Hindus!
Finally, this newsgroup was voted upon and it won the vote. While I
congratulated the proponents of this newsgroup, I also expressed
desire that with the voting over, the Hindus on the net should unite and
work towards better understanding of Hindu dharma on the net.
As a retribution towards my stand on this issue, the proponents of SRV
have now sought to re-create the Soc.Religion.Hindu.
It is interesting to see that those who very vocally suggested why
the word Hindu should not be included in Soc.Religion.Vaishnava newsgroup
are now seeking to control the "Hindu" newsgroup.
If they were indeed seeking an improvement of Hindu related newsgroups
on the net, they would have sought a more unifying approach that was
suggested, which was to create several newsgroups such as:
soc.religion.hindu.shaivite
soc.religion.hindu.upanishads
soc.religion.hindu.vedas
soc.religion.hindu.bhajans
etc.
rather than duplicating/replacing the present Soc.Religion.Hindu newsgroup.
The RFD in its present form definitely seems politically motivated, rahter
than being motivated by good intentions.
I hope that the readers of Soc.Religion.Hindu and those who are interested
in the promotion of Hindu dharma through the net, will see through this.
In the following post, I will give a point-by-point explanation for my
opposition to RFD for Soc.Religion.Hindu reorganization
Regards,
Ajay Shah
ajay@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu
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