--- On Fri, 12/10/10, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Response: > >I went through the above article. I did not find any criticism of >Hinduism as >claimed by Santosh. In fact the article is merely a reporting >of the violence >against christians in Kandhamal,Orissa in 2008 by >hindutva forces. >
I went through the article again. I did not find any mention of "Hindutva" or even "forces" in it. I counted 19 references to Hindu and 4 references to Hinduism. Please read the article below and see for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/GoanetCorrection1 The article calls the Hindus to whom it refers Hindu extremists, which is the correct thing to do, because they resorted to violence in the name of their religion in these communal riots. Cheers, Santosh --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Response: > >I went through the above article. I did not find any criticism of >Hinduism as >claimed by Santosh. In fact the article is merely a reporting >of the violence >against christians in Kandhamal,Orissa in 2008 by >hindutva forces. > > IMHO hindutva is an ideology of comparative recent origin, > early 20th > century (propounded by Savarkar, Hegdewar & others) > whereas Hinduism is a > religion of over 2000 years old. The two are quite > different and should not > be considered synonymous although adherents, sympathisers > and apologists of > hindutva would like all others to believe so in order to > gain acceptance and > respectability. > > Regards, > > Marshall >
