Santosh, I realised as soon I sent the email that I had read yours incorrectly to mean a representation of non-Hindus in American-Indian social/community organisations. From what I have read, these are Hindu-centric in the US. The same holds true here in the UK only here they also tend to be region-specific, such as Punjabi, etc.
take care, Selma --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion > To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 10:24 AM > > Hi Selma, > > I will get you the numbers if available. But here is what I > know. The total Asian Indian population in America is 2.5 > millions. From actual surveys it appears that about 1.5 > million of these are Hindus. The remaining must belong to > other religions, or be non-religious. I estimate for > instance from the distribution in Houston neighborhoods that > there is a significant over-representation of Kerala > Christians compared to that in Indian cities. It is > certainly likely that there are more Goan Christians than > Hindus in America. > > Regardless, I hope you agree that the following misleading > quote is derisively targeted towards the Hindu community in > America: > > "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. > " > > ----selected by Marshall Mendonza > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > > Selma wrote: > > > >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. > > > > --- On Sat, 3/21/09, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Does Santosh believe and want us to believe that > Hindutva > > (ideology) and > > Hinduism (religion) are synonymous? > > Does Santosh suggest the Hindutva represents hindus > > and hindu religion? > > Does Santosh expect us to keep off hindutva > activities > > which affect our > > common well being and safety if we do not happen to > be > > hindus? > > I look forward to his response. > > > > > >
