On Saturday 19 May 2007 7:44 pm, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > It is not clear to me why you would get that impression.
I re read the article. I still find some odious references. It still hurts to see the skilful use of sentences to put some statements next to each other to connect them in ways that I believe are dubious. Martha Nussbaum is a skillful writer and has written a beautifully worded article that has built in defences against criticism. It will take me time, and probably a lot of research - but I will get down to pointing out what I find hurtful. there are some facts that i need to get my hands on. For example Martha Nussbaum has put a reference to the popular TV serial Ramayana in her critique of the RSS. I need to find out whether the RS funded or created that serial before I can comment honestly. It appears that a Hindu cannot enjoy a serial about stories he has heard about as a child without thinking of people "ripped out fetuses from pregnant womens' bellies". That is another thing I want to check out - because allegations of ripping out fetuses from pregnant bellies form part of narratives all violent incidents starting from the Bible. Having followed the Godhra issue in some detail I am curious to find out how this little factoid was ignored by the same media that Martha Nussbaum praises in her article. No such references can be found on in serious newsmedia after a cursory Google search. I am referring to the following statement: The organization also makes clever use of modern media: A nationally televised serial version of the classic epic Ramayana in the late 1980s fascinated viewers all over India with its concocted tale of a unitary Hinduism dedicated to the single-minded worship of the god Rama. In 1992 Hindu mobs, with the evident connivance of the modern political wing of the RSS, the party known as the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party, or National People's Party), destroyed a mosque in the city of Ayodhya that they say covers the remains of a Hindu temple marking Rama's birthplace." shiv
