06-02-2009, 07:41 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Swamy G+Jun 2 2009, 06:11 AM-->QUOTE(Swamy G @ Jun 2 2009, 06:11 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is problematic to take a Western concept - liberal - and associate with another non-Indic concept - Hindu.
A Hindu can have both the Western Liberal and Conservative streams of thoughts. Let us not get trapped into the Western framework of defining and identifying everything as being ONLY liberal or ONLY conservative.
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Hence the thread, Swamy. G.
Who are these liberal hindus in India that every talking head in India keeps pointing at in attributing to Hindutva's failure. It is also possible that "liberal hindus" segment in India is getting (or being engineered to be) more responsive to western (non indic) sensibilities and sensitivities at the cost of our very survival.
Even here in the west, there is a sizable segment of population that is NOT just conservative or liberal - social liberals/economic conservatives, libertarians, etc etc do not fall into those categories.
A Hindu can have both the Western Liberal and Conservative streams of thoughts. Let us not get trapped into the Western framework of defining and identifying everything as being ONLY liberal or ONLY conservative.
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Hence the thread, Swamy. G.
Who are these liberal hindus in India that every talking head in India keeps pointing at in attributing to Hindutva's failure. It is also possible that "liberal hindus" segment in India is getting (or being engineered to be) more responsive to western (non indic) sensibilities and sensitivities at the cost of our very survival.
Even here in the west, there is a sizable segment of population that is NOT just conservative or liberal - social liberals/economic conservatives, libertarians, etc etc do not fall into those categories.