[Goanet] The name of Sant Sohirobanath

2014-08-29 Thread augusto pinto
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=7598boxid=165458140uid=dat=8/28/2014 Amita Kanekar writes, Not only do most of our schools, colleges and universities fall far short of the touted ideals of education, many already excel at pandering to Hindu religious beliefs, with the organization of

Re: [Goanet] The name of Sant Sohirobanath

2014-08-29 Thread Venantius J Pinto
AP: I think she was quite kind in not naming other reilgions who do more or less the same thing except that they replace the Brahminical icons with those of the Christian or some other religion. vjp: Consider that thrust of Ms Kanekar's article was specifically rooted in her community (a rare

[Goanet] The name of Sant Sohirobanath

2014-08-28 Thread Amita Kanekar
*The Name of Sant Sohirobanath* Amita Kanekar The recent renaming of the Government College of Pernem, as the Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye College of Art and Commerce, throws up several issues. Jason Keith Fernandes discussed some a few days ago ('Sant Sohirobanath and the Secular Death'),