Hi Santosh, I'd really be curious to know and if you could back this up with some published statistics, whether the Indian-American community/social organisations in the US are indeed well represented by Christians, Muslims, Parsees and Sikhs. Best, Selma
--- On Sat, 3/21/09, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> > Subject: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion > To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 9:10 AM > > The post appended below as well as another entitled > "[Goanet] Nuns treated like servants by priests" reveals an > obsession with one-sided political activism centered around > other people's religion. This is evident from the misleading > generalization in the quote below. It conveniently ignores > the fact that the young Indian American community is well > represented (and probably have a disproportionately higher > representation) by Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsees > and non-religious people. Also, the blanket claim that young > Indian Americans suffer from cultural bigotry is patently > bogus. It serves the dual political purpose of demeaning > both the United States and the Hindu community for a Marxist > propagandist like Vijay Prashad. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > "young Indian Americans suffer from cultural bigotry, > and > > that this experience sends them in search of an > identity fix – > > either to benign or not so benign organisations. The > VHPA and its >"Yankee Hindutva" parivar know this fully > well. " > > > > http://epw.in/epw//uploads/articles/13284.pdf > > > > > >
