10-02-2006, 11:32 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-vishwas+Oct 2 2006, 09:07 AM-->QUOTE(vishwas @ Oct 2 2006, 09:07 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ravish,
I don't know if anyone is saying Hindu Rashtra is not achievable. All I am saying is that, with the current lot of Hindus:
1. Either Hindu Rashtra is not achievable in the near future, OR
2. Even if achieved, it will be an empty slogan, a travesty. Hinduism will not be helped by it.
Fundamentally, the Hindu Rashtra is a political superstructure, built on the foundation of the <b>lay Hindu's faith</b>. If the faith and the love of religion and the Gods are lacking, <b>in sufficient numbers</b>, nothing built above it will endure.
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Over 80% of the population of India being Hindus, it is a Hindu Rashtra already-- only it can never bet a <i>theocratic</i> state.
Everything may turn out for the best if the Hindus--whatever be their way of life--get the same rights as the rest of the population, the so-called minorities.
I don't know if anyone is saying Hindu Rashtra is not achievable. All I am saying is that, with the current lot of Hindus:
1. Either Hindu Rashtra is not achievable in the near future, OR
2. Even if achieved, it will be an empty slogan, a travesty. Hinduism will not be helped by it.
Fundamentally, the Hindu Rashtra is a political superstructure, built on the foundation of the <b>lay Hindu's faith</b>. If the faith and the love of religion and the Gods are lacking, <b>in sufficient numbers</b>, nothing built above it will endure.
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Over 80% of the population of India being Hindus, it is a Hindu Rashtra already-- only it can never bet a <i>theocratic</i> state.
Everything may turn out for the best if the Hindus--whatever be their way of life--get the same rights as the rest of the population, the so-called minorities.