09-20-2006, 08:03 PM
Never heard of this character, but from what I read here, seems to be another mediocre Indian christian wanting to make it in the US and hopes, with his rants against hinduism and Indian hindus and lavish praises on christianity, that he will make himself more socially acceptable in a white christian society, and that the white christian will eventually overlook his brownness.
Curiously, it seems that most Indian christians in the west resort to cheap tricks of maligning and denouncing hinduism and Indian hindus in order to climb up the professional ladder. Is it possible that the indian christian in the west, unlike his hindu counterpart or Indians of other faiths, is unable to distinguish himself with hard work, intellience and creativity, and dedication, and has to resort to some devious strategy such as maligning hinduism and Indian hindus, in order to make his mark?
This Raju, with his poor shoddy academic work, seems a perfect example of this tribe. His adulation and adoration for the white christian, and condemnation of hinduism and Indian hindus, knows no limit. His writings remind me of the 'famous' <!--emo&
leepy--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sleepysmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sleepysmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo--> last words of another Indian christian, Dinesh D'souza, who flaunted his christian identity generously in pursuit of fame and glory:
"Washington's argument is that slavery proved to be the transmission belt that nevertheless brought Africans into the orbit of modern civilization and Western freedom, so that future generations of black Americans would be far more free and prosperous than their former kinsmen in Africa. Washington's conclusion seems hard to deny: Slavery was an institution that was terrible to endure for slaves, but it left the descendants of slaves better off in America. For this, the American Founders are owed a measure of respect and gratitude." Amen and... <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Curiously, it seems that most Indian christians in the west resort to cheap tricks of maligning and denouncing hinduism and Indian hindus in order to climb up the professional ladder. Is it possible that the indian christian in the west, unlike his hindu counterpart or Indians of other faiths, is unable to distinguish himself with hard work, intellience and creativity, and dedication, and has to resort to some devious strategy such as maligning hinduism and Indian hindus, in order to make his mark?
This Raju, with his poor shoddy academic work, seems a perfect example of this tribe. His adulation and adoration for the white christian, and condemnation of hinduism and Indian hindus, knows no limit. His writings remind me of the 'famous' <!--emo&
leepy--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sleepysmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sleepysmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo--> last words of another Indian christian, Dinesh D'souza, who flaunted his christian identity generously in pursuit of fame and glory: "Washington's argument is that slavery proved to be the transmission belt that nevertheless brought Africans into the orbit of modern civilization and Western freedom, so that future generations of black Americans would be far more free and prosperous than their former kinsmen in Africa. Washington's conclusion seems hard to deny: Slavery was an institution that was terrible to endure for slaves, but it left the descendants of slaves better off in America. For this, the American Founders are owed a measure of respect and gratitude." Amen and... <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->