Hindutva

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God Delusion at Work:
My Indian Travel Diary
Meera Nanda
One cannot fight the faith-based
politics of Hindu nationalists and
the similarly inspired initiatives
of the Indian state unless one
questions the very foundations of
the beliefs and rituals of popular
Hinduism itself. One cannot go
on “respecting” people’s faith,
but then turn around and start
questioning them when they
actually act upon that faith under
the banner of Hindutva.

I have heard them proclaim with all seriousness
that “Hinduism has nothing to do
with Hindu nationalism.” Why is that,
pray? Hinduism, they say, is a matter of
“faith” (and therefore good) while Hindu
nationalism is a “political ideology” (and
therefore bad).
[right][snapback]89498[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->The christocommunist in its desperations has tried to commandeer the natural and pagan answer (Roman, Hindu) to the terrorist mindviruses of christoislamicommunazism. But it doesn't work on us, I fear (should people here tell her not to waste her time, because her inevitable look of stupefaction on failing miserably promises to be more entertaining than even her current desperations. So I plead with IF not to tell her just yet...)
Any simpleton will immediately notice that her arguments first apply to christianism, islamism and communism - whether or not they delude themselves into thinking it may apply to Hinduism as well.

I'm so glad that Nanda, Margaret 'Arundhati' Roy (who apparently slept her way to her Booker Prize <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> - well it's more than most crypto christians accomplish, so don't discourage), Amartya Sen, D.N. Jha et al tend to be all the 'intellectuals' the terrorists have. That in itself promises a profoundly amusing implosion, without any efforts on our part. However, since I'm generous by nature :cough, I always say Play the catalyst in their self-directed scientific experiment: Give a little push to help them combust better/faster.