Re: [silk] Hindu dominated India?

[ashok]

i think you have a valid point...at
least on the basis of this email ;-)
i dont know if its fair / or unfair....we
all have such stereotypes about other cultures......

part of the problem lies with steretypical
perceptions of the subcontinent.  I for one believe movies 
like "Gandhi" did more damage
than good in reenforcing many such stereotypes....

(they show it at least once a month
on satellite tv.... - what a horrible film.....i dont have 
anything against Gandhi...in fact i
quite like him....but the movie, in my opinion is utter rubbish - ben kingsley
rightfully deserved to die... )

sastry wrote on 09/07/2006 07:13:25 PM:

> Why would the announcer want to say "Hindu dominated India"
rather than 
> "India"? Surely there must be some meaning in there? Do
you suppose the 
> people who wrote the script of the news item "Pakistan and India
have been to 
> war three times over the status of Kashmir, which is the only Muslimmajority

> state in Hindu dominated India" were wrestling with questions
like "What is 
> Hindu" and "What does domination mean"?
> 
> I doubt it. I am sure the scriptwriters had one meaning in mind -

> and that was 
> the meaning they thought they were conveying. The India that fights
with 
> Pakistan is not just India, but it is Hindu dominated India. They
were not 
> splitting hairs about whether a Jain feels Hindu or not. They have
no such 
> confusion. To them the answer to the question "How would you
characterize 
> India?" is simply "A Hindu dominated nation"
> 
> Is that what it is then? What is your view? Does it make you uncomfortable?
 
> Do you see any unfairness in it at all? If so why?
> 
> shiv