09-25-2006, 10:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is it possible to have such a situation in present day India without making the country a pure Hindu Nations?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ravish,
The answer is Yes. India doesn't need to be a pure Hindu nation. A religious Hindu simply has to learn to separate his personal life from his work life. All I am asking is that Hindus don't invite Muslims and Christians to their homes, and not treat them as personal friends of the family. This is not too difficult.
What is the trade-off here? One may not be able to use a Muslim or Christian's connections to get a better job or a better salary. Is that so terrible? If we value Hinduism and care for our children's future in this world and the next, that is not a very big sacrifice.
About my living in CA, USA: My post concerns how a Hindu living in India should conduct himself. That is my focus, my obsession. Which is why I am leaving for india very soon. However, everything I say is applicable to the Hindu in the US, as well.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Will it not produce fundamentalists among the Hindus of the younger generation?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, some will heed the fundamentals of their religion more. I don't see why that is a problem, though. There are more fundamentalists, of all stripes, in the US than anywhere else. Last I heard, the US has been doing very well for itself.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In such a situation, will the India of today with its multi cultural and multi religious population remain intact as a nation?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you are talking about the current Indian nation-state with its constitution and its form of government, then let me ask you a question:
<b>what are you willing to sacrifice to keep the Indian nation-state intact? Are you willing to sacrifice your traditions? your religion, the Sanatana Dharma? your language, and oral traditions?</b> I think it depends on what you value most.
Ravish,
The answer is Yes. India doesn't need to be a pure Hindu nation. A religious Hindu simply has to learn to separate his personal life from his work life. All I am asking is that Hindus don't invite Muslims and Christians to their homes, and not treat them as personal friends of the family. This is not too difficult.
What is the trade-off here? One may not be able to use a Muslim or Christian's connections to get a better job or a better salary. Is that so terrible? If we value Hinduism and care for our children's future in this world and the next, that is not a very big sacrifice.
About my living in CA, USA: My post concerns how a Hindu living in India should conduct himself. That is my focus, my obsession. Which is why I am leaving for india very soon. However, everything I say is applicable to the Hindu in the US, as well.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Will it not produce fundamentalists among the Hindus of the younger generation?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, some will heed the fundamentals of their religion more. I don't see why that is a problem, though. There are more fundamentalists, of all stripes, in the US than anywhere else. Last I heard, the US has been doing very well for itself.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In such a situation, will the India of today with its multi cultural and multi religious population remain intact as a nation?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you are talking about the current Indian nation-state with its constitution and its form of government, then let me ask you a question:
<b>what are you willing to sacrifice to keep the Indian nation-state intact? Are you willing to sacrifice your traditions? your religion, the Sanatana Dharma? your language, and oral traditions?</b> I think it depends on what you value most.