04-13-2007, 07:51 AM
Welcome to SV and all others.
As I c it, BR is BR and IF is IF. Both have their roles, and let us make the best of each. For instance, there is little point in bashing Pakistanis here on IF, though Piyengar claims to have visited here.
Equally, there are some things that are better left off BRF. No problem.
It is part of Hindu tradition anyway, to accept these differences. To each its own "dharma".
While I certainly see (oh, brother! do I see!) the flood of messages on the threats to Hinduism, and all the campaigns of various entities, and the media dorkiness, my suggestion to ppl is to avoid falling into the trap of becoming "Aom"s (Angry old men). There is simply no point in that. Meanwhile, there are lots of very creative, constructive things being done to investigate our roots and past, and to sympathetically interpret our "puranas" to extract the scientific facts from there.
At the same time, there is a growing amount of claptrap being passed off as "Hindu science", and I am not in favor of blindly tolerating that, since it is very destructive to our interests. And I am stronlgy against giving blind, blanket endorsements to organizations that may have done good work for India and Hindus.
I am still struggling to figure out what SV means by "Hindu narrative".
As I c it, BR is BR and IF is IF. Both have their roles, and let us make the best of each. For instance, there is little point in bashing Pakistanis here on IF, though Piyengar claims to have visited here.
Equally, there are some things that are better left off BRF. No problem.
It is part of Hindu tradition anyway, to accept these differences. To each its own "dharma".
While I certainly see (oh, brother! do I see!) the flood of messages on the threats to Hinduism, and all the campaigns of various entities, and the media dorkiness, my suggestion to ppl is to avoid falling into the trap of becoming "Aom"s (Angry old men). There is simply no point in that. Meanwhile, there are lots of very creative, constructive things being done to investigate our roots and past, and to sympathetically interpret our "puranas" to extract the scientific facts from there.
At the same time, there is a growing amount of claptrap being passed off as "Hindu science", and I am not in favor of blindly tolerating that, since it is very destructive to our interests. And I am stronlgy against giving blind, blanket endorsements to organizations that may have done good work for India and Hindus.
I am still struggling to figure out what SV means by "Hindu narrative".