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Re: There is a need to be careful here Re: Religious unity
An error - by oversight
C. Kambhampati (shskambh@reading.ac.uk) wrote:
: I have been a bystander - sort of lurking in the darks - and have been
: follwoing this discussion on SRH re-org for sometime. But the follwoing
: from an otherwise sober Sundaresan caught my eye - the line of argument
: that is -
: Vidyasankar Sundaresan (vidya@cco.caltech.edu) wrote:
: : vijia@pop.jaring.my (Singam) wrote:
: <...deletions.....>
: : >
: : >The land of Hindustan has seen the evolution of a variety of
: : >religious/social schools, some of which are happy to identify with the
: : >exisiting schools while others choose to claim exclusivity.
: : Your statement shows that there is strong connection between the land of
: : Hindustan and those who consider themselves Hindus. What about those who
: : have no real connection to the land of Hindustan, but follow the teachings
: : of a religious leader from Hindustan? Are they also Hindus? Do we have the
: : right to force them to call themselves Hindus also? These questions have
: : particular relevance in the light of SRV, discussed below.
: It is this argument which is used by the BJPites in calling all from
: Hindustan Hindus - which many from India oppose - since we rightly or
: wrongly consider the word 'hindu' to have religious connotations. It is
: a trap which people better watch out for.
: <...lines...deleted...>
<.....I should have deleted the post till this point.....but didnot...>
<...the rest of the post remains....>
: term/word hindu to denote all those who are from Hindustan(India) -
: whihc is bitterly opposed by many.
: But then as they say wonders would never cease - I never thought I would
: be seeing the day when the ideas and thought sof the BJP and its
: affiliates are echoed by people one would consider to be fairly liberal!
-Chandrasekhar
