Maybe some gentle Rajan Zed influences shaped this piece? On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Aadisht Khanna <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Supriya Nair <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on > > explicitly stated or were aware of its implications of Hinduism (for the > > value of Hinduism assumed by the writer). Surely (electronic) cremation > is > > gaining popularity because it's less of a bother on several levels than > > burial? And vegetarianism - which is so dubiously a 'Hindu' requirement, > > anyway - is being pushed by activism and/or the health foods industry? > You > > can't attribute these to any religious sentiments. > > > > Ah yes, was trying to find words for this. The article seems to run on > > : Hindus are vegetarian, believe in reincarnation, cremate themselves, etc > : Americans are becoming vegetarian, start believing in reincarnation, > cremate themselves, etc > : Therefore, Americans are Hindu > > It's a neat trick. Perhaps a magazine writer here can take it up to show > that the rice growing in Punjab is evidence of Tamizh or Bengali > colonisation of the Indus plain. > > -- > Aadisht Khanna > Address for mailing lists: [email protected] > Personal address: [email protected] > -- roswitha.tumblr.com
