--- Averthan D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, we need to assertively counter the > disruptive efforts of the RSS. > Mario observes: > I agree with Mr. D'Souza. I grew up with these guys in Hindu-supremacist-dominated Jabalpur, and they can be pretty nasty. The trick is to be assertive and just as patriotic, or even more so, than they are. > Because they see themselves as super-patriots, I know from personal experience that their hostility can be substantially neutralized by Christians and Muslims who are patriotic Indians and who show respect for the Hindu religion, especially those who do not aggressively evangelize. They have a huge problem with those who aggressively convert poor Hindus, which is their main complaint against some Christians, and those whom they suspect of unpatriotic behavior, which is what they often accuse some Muslims of. > I remember one mini-riot that started because they saw some Muslims celebrate the Olympic victory in hockey by Pakistan over India in Rome in 1960, a first since 1928. >
