04-03-2004, 08:28 AM
Prof. Godbole,The fact that one wants to be more inclusive does not mean one is not already inclusive. My understanding of Hindutva is obviously different from yours. Instead of disagreeing on slogans, let us both agree that being inclusive is good and that we are both subscribers of such a philosophy . The point is not that India and Hindus are not inclusive, but that other creeds do not subscribe to such a inclusive philosophy. In fact all the semitic religions are explicitly exclusive.
To summarize, the separation between a secularist Hindu and a SP, wehn it comes to degree of inclusiveness, is far less than the distance between a Hindu and members of other creeds
I see also that you agree that a die Hard sangh parivari like the DPM believes that inclusiveness is a good thing. Incidentally i consider the PM to be a die hard Sangh parivari also. He has been a card carrying member of the RSS for over 50 years. These are merely examples that in general die hard SP are far more inclusive than their counterparts in other creeds.
To summarize, the separation between a secularist Hindu and a SP, wehn it comes to degree of inclusiveness, is far less than the distance between a Hindu and members of other creeds
I see also that you agree that a die Hard sangh parivari like the DPM believes that inclusiveness is a good thing. Incidentally i consider the PM to be a die hard Sangh parivari also. He has been a card carrying member of the RSS for over 50 years. These are merely examples that in general die hard SP are far more inclusive than their counterparts in other creeds.