On Thursday 27 Mar 2008 9:05:26 pm Charles Haynes wrote: > Really? I thought it was a Westernism inherited from the Victorian > sexual mores of the Raj and the Arabic sexual mores of the Mughals. My > impression of original Hindu sexual attitudes was that they were > originally much more open and tolerant. Krishna and the Gopis, Arjuna > and Draupadi, erotic temple decorations and so on. I've learned of > some from you - temple pillars with men gazing lustfully. > > So is not prudery an alien intrusion into otherwise tolerant Hinduism?
Yes Yes - but the Mughals and Victorians who brought in those alien sexual mores are still sitting here aren't they? Atithi devo bhava demands that we tolerate and internalize those Victorian and Arab sexual mores to keep them comfortable Sending them all "back" would not be tolerant would it? We would then have an alter ego of Majumdar having a mirror image rant about intolerance of people who want to cover themselves up. shiv
