04-14-2007, 06:33 AM
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Then what about people in Srilanka, Bali, Nepal and so on, we need to get away from these geographical definitions, also why insist that someone is Hindu when they don't want to be called Hindu but exclude self declared Hindus just because they are not Indian.
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People in Srilanka, Bali, Nepal are Hindus. And I said people with ancestral relations with India - that includes all Hindus who are not Indians.
The reason for a geopolitical definition is that the 'other side' is going to consider them Hindus. This includes Sikh, Jain, Budhhists. The fact that Sikhs, Jains and Budhhists (with ancestral/current Indian links) do not consider themselves Hindus is for them to ponder. Their narrative is also part of the Hindu narrative - are you going to exclude the great struggles of the Sikh Gurus from the Hindu narrative?
Then what about people in Srilanka, Bali, Nepal and so on, we need to get away from these geographical definitions, also why insist that someone is Hindu when they don't want to be called Hindu but exclude self declared Hindus just because they are not Indian.
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People in Srilanka, Bali, Nepal are Hindus. And I said people with ancestral relations with India - that includes all Hindus who are not Indians.
The reason for a geopolitical definition is that the 'other side' is going to consider them Hindus. This includes Sikh, Jain, Budhhists. The fact that Sikhs, Jains and Budhhists (with ancestral/current Indian links) do not consider themselves Hindus is for them to ponder. Their narrative is also part of the Hindu narrative - are you going to exclude the great struggles of the Sikh Gurus from the Hindu narrative?