I actually looked up the KVRF and
[color="#0000FF"]I was utterly WRONG.[/color] Again. What else is new.
(But most happy to be wrong.)
- It's not at all about teaching "only women" the Vedas (let alone in some "liberating them from hinduism's patriarchy" sense), they are busy teaching *every* Hindu the Vedam.
(They merely have a separate Hindu women's programme to teach all women together.)
http://hindu-uplift.blogspot.com/
Though I didn't read every thing on the Hindu-Uplift page, the bit I did read said they want to return the Vedic life to all the Hindoos. Sounds in line with the MBh where Yuddhisthira said the Vedam is seen in all the 4 Varnas (i.e. all of Hindu/Vedic society).
- And it's not about some invisible monogawd at all, it actually mentions Saraswati in a yagnya for Ambaa. And it has a picture of her (her moorti in metal) at the bottom of the page, so it's not at all ignoring her in order to speak only of "knowledge", but equivalences Ambaa with knowledge:
http://saraswathi-kvrf.blogspot.com/
- And it doesn't seem like it's set up to antagonise traditional Hindu society in the region at all. Because all the Hindus attending look like traditional Hindus of the region - from the children, to the old women and men, to the ones carrying out the rites. Can see it in the pictures above.
Well done to Rajesh/Sujesh from whatever (northern?) part of India they come from. They're helping local Hindu religion, not trying to "break their tradition". That news piece was deliberately misleading, but it was by the TOI, I see.
The only thing that then remains is:
As they're not doing this to "protest" against Hindu religion for being some alleged "patriarchy" - as was insinuated by the TOI - but doing it to strengthen Hindu religion. Motivation sounds perfectly good to me.
Still don't like the naming of it as "Research Foundation", but considering that I thought the entire matter was a worry, this was the least of the worrisome aspects. Plus it may have a different/more sensible name in the local languages.
[color="#0000FF"]I was utterly WRONG.[/color] Again. What else is new.
(But most happy to be wrong.)
- It's not at all about teaching "only women" the Vedas (let alone in some "liberating them from hinduism's patriarchy" sense), they are busy teaching *every* Hindu the Vedam.
(They merely have a separate Hindu women's programme to teach all women together.)
http://hindu-uplift.blogspot.com/
Though I didn't read every thing on the Hindu-Uplift page, the bit I did read said they want to return the Vedic life to all the Hindoos. Sounds in line with the MBh where Yuddhisthira said the Vedam is seen in all the 4 Varnas (i.e. all of Hindu/Vedic society).
- And it's not about some invisible monogawd at all, it actually mentions Saraswati in a yagnya for Ambaa. And it has a picture of her (her moorti in metal) at the bottom of the page, so it's not at all ignoring her in order to speak only of "knowledge", but equivalences Ambaa with knowledge:
http://saraswathi-kvrf.blogspot.com/
- And it doesn't seem like it's set up to antagonise traditional Hindu society in the region at all. Because all the Hindus attending look like traditional Hindus of the region - from the children, to the old women and men, to the ones carrying out the rites. Can see it in the pictures above.
Well done to Rajesh/Sujesh from whatever (northern?) part of India they come from. They're helping local Hindu religion, not trying to "break their tradition". That news piece was deliberately misleading, but it was by the TOI, I see.
The only thing that then remains is:
Quote:women also impart vedic lessons.
As they're not doing this to "protest" against Hindu religion for being some alleged "patriarchy" - as was insinuated by the TOI - but doing it to strengthen Hindu religion. Motivation sounds perfectly good to me.
Still don't like the naming of it as "Research Foundation", but considering that I thought the entire matter was a worry, this was the least of the worrisome aspects. Plus it may have a different/more sensible name in the local languages.
Death to traitors.