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In that case, why narrate Ramayana to the next generation? Why not have a committee just "extract" all "salient life lessons" from the "vulgate edition" and the "critical edition" and teach these few lines in "moral science class". I think there is a fundamental disconnect with what it means to have a "tradition". Part of this disconnect is the assertion that Islam and Christianity add to the diversity of the traditions in India, whereas these two ideologies actually destroy genuine diversity.
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In that case, why narrate Ramayana to the next generation? Why not have a committee just "extract" all "salient life lessons" from the "vulgate edition" and the "critical edition" and teach these few lines in "moral science class". I think there is a fundamental disconnect with what it means to have a "tradition". Part of this disconnect is the assertion that Islam and Christianity add to the diversity of the traditions in India, whereas these two ideologies actually destroy genuine diversity.