--- halur rasho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The comment below is why I believe secularism is >doomed in India and among Indians. >
Actually, these religious commentators are not proud of their Indian heritage. Indeed, this one in particular from down under abhors the entire ancient Indian culture, including such simple, innocuous things as our traditional garments. There may be others who do not call themselves Indians, clinging to all kinds of political and legal technicalities. To be fair, some of this might be in reaction to the atrocious excesses of the Hindu fundamentalists and Indian nationalists who were in power until recently, and to the military invasion of Goa in 1961. However, it does seem as if there is a kernel of truth to the notion that if some of these folks had their way, they would, in a manner analogous to the RSS/VHP Hindu fundamentalists, do away with secularism, and impose a Christian theocracy, or a Western imperialist dominion over India. Cheers, Santosh
