Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
For many years, I was mystified by the fact that Hindutvawadis could hold these two beliefs simultaneously:Hinduism is really awesome Hinduism is under grave, horrible threat and must be preserved at all costs from any combination of: Sickular Media CONgis Love Jihad Vatican Missionaries The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty Ramachandra Guha Twitter Secret Santa
Are you sure you're writing about Hinduism? Sound a whole lot like the conservative vs. liberal Christians I'm surrounded by. (And yes, the
Pugchristians are worried about Twitter Secret Santa's too.) I think what both cases demonstrate is the inclusive/exclusive divide in how people approach most anything. Some are interested in "purity" by some standard, others in effectiveness. Indeed I see the US Congress caught in this dichotomy at present as well. It's easy for those of us on the liberal end of these debates to assign each side to opposite sides of average intelligence. Easy, but not accurate. I think it's more a matter of whether an individual needs certainty or truth. The choice of one or the other seems obvious to members of both sides, which is why conversation is unproductive. I think that in the long run, the smart money is on the mongrels. Dogs and faith. And for now, the mutts seem to be having more fun. Cheers, Bruce
