<!--QuoteBegin-Savithri+Dec 24 2008, 04:03 PM-->QUOTE(Savithri @ Dec 24 2008, 04:03 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->contd..
Thus, if India has to decide to have or not to have good relations with Israel, Pakistan, Iran or US, it cannot be on the basis how it will impact on Indiaâs Muslims and Christians, but on what Indiaâs national interests require. If India has to dispatch troops to Afghanistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka or Nepal to combat terrorism, that policy too has to be decided on what is good for India, and not what any religious or linguistic group identifies as itâs interest.[right][snapback]92173[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I am lost. What does this have to do with any Hindutva in particular? This is rather the normal behaviour for any truly secular country instead: that of not pandering to any religion (or other subcommunity).
<b>So a "Hindu" has to argue for <i>regular secularism</i> under the title "Hindutva"?</b> Is that what our side has been reduced to: for the nationalist side to have to <i>bargain</i> for the most basic conditions that are considered self-evident by the governments of every other democratic country? Does no one else find this ridiculous?
What about making demands for Hindus and Hindu Dharma, such as a Get Lost to missionaries? Where is this "Virat Brihad Hindutva" that the title promises?
Thus, if India has to decide to have or not to have good relations with Israel, Pakistan, Iran or US, it cannot be on the basis how it will impact on Indiaâs Muslims and Christians, but on what Indiaâs national interests require. If India has to dispatch troops to Afghanistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka or Nepal to combat terrorism, that policy too has to be decided on what is good for India, and not what any religious or linguistic group identifies as itâs interest.[right][snapback]92173[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I am lost. What does this have to do with any Hindutva in particular? This is rather the normal behaviour for any truly secular country instead: that of not pandering to any religion (or other subcommunity).
<b>So a "Hindu" has to argue for <i>regular secularism</i> under the title "Hindutva"?</b> Is that what our side has been reduced to: for the nationalist side to have to <i>bargain</i> for the most basic conditions that are considered self-evident by the governments of every other democratic country? Does no one else find this ridiculous?
What about making demands for Hindus and Hindu Dharma, such as a Get Lost to missionaries? Where is this "Virat Brihad Hindutva" that the title promises?