tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post879032443606556648..comments2016-08-24T04:22:09.542-07:00Comments on Grey Matter: What's So Wrong With Modi Calling Himself a Hindu Nationalist?Vanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516938133737228360noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-57517243306879269912013-07-16T02:27:17.473-07:002013-07-16T02:27:17.473-07:00Nothing is Good or Bad but thinking makes it so. S...Nothing is Good or Bad but thinking makes it so. Similarly, no act is good or bad but the intention makes it so. In the War when I ( as a soldier ) kill an enemy, I am rewarded but in peace if I kill some one I will be sent to Gallows though the act is the same that I have taken the life of another individual. Hence, let's not split hairs in defining HINDU NATIONALIST OR A NATIONALIST HINDU. Let the Politicians make statements and explain themselves as to what they mean as no one else can read their mind. Hindu is not a religion but a way of life. India has accepted all settlers and given them full rights. Please educate me as to which sect / group of settlers etc had not attained the high positions in the Govt / Business or Public Life. My humble request is to unite the country at this difficult time as "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL". Please use your good talent in showing the countrymen the good virtues we have to feel proud to be an Indian. Col ShivrajCol Shivrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815825428483389678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-11819294981767767652013-07-15T02:53:59.570-07:002013-07-15T02:53:59.570-07:00I would urge you to'patiently' read my art...I would urge you to'patiently' read my article first. I am not talking about Hinduism at all, I am talking about a particular brand of nationalism. Vanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516938133737228360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-24246545709022235522013-07-14T23:40:01.805-07:002013-07-14T23:40:01.805-07:00FRIVOLOUS, that is how best your article can be de...FRIVOLOUS, that is how best your article can be described. <br /><br />You do not know the “H” of Hinduism and have started writing blogs about a tradition and religion which is 10000 years old.<br />Let me help you with a speech which may throw some light to you on what Hinduism is because you are too young to be doubted about your intentions.<br /><br />It is the speech given by Swami Vivekananda at the parliament of religion at Chicago. <br />Read it patiently, it is a drop in the ocean of Hinduism but hopefully should be enough to enlighten you.<br /><br />http://www.viveksamity.org/user/doc/CHICAGO-SPEECH.pdfPSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-37250134483053254922013-07-14T06:49:12.041-07:002013-07-14T06:49:12.041-07:00I think this is exactly right - but I'm afraid...I think this is exactly right - but I'm afraid that I don't know how to convince Meenakshi Lekhi that she is wrong.<br /><br />I think that the valid point that you are making turns on a<br />grammatical ambiguity. In the expression "Hindu nationalist", the term Hindu functions both as a noun and an adjective. As the latter, it qualifies the kind of "nation" you are a nationalist of. But Meenakshi slimes out of that by saying that "Hindu" is only present there as a noun. Nonsense - or nounsense!Alok Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-32758336622175274302013-07-14T06:39:54.172-07:002013-07-14T06:39:54.172-07:00Its very well argued- rational but not shrill and ...Its very well argued- rational but not shrill and that is its strength.<br />Love<br />Shabana Masinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-59335777917269981442013-07-14T00:19:28.410-07:002013-07-14T00:19:28.410-07:00All Hindus don't force people to follow their ...All Hindus don't force people to follow their religion. But neither do all Muslims. Hindu nationalists do. That is the very definition of Hindu nationalism. I would urge you to read Savarkar and Golwalkar - the two ideologues of Hindu nationalism. This is their ideology and it was formulated way before any UPA came into power :). <br /><br />Please also read my blog again - i made a clear distinction between Hindus and Hindu nationalists. And I would make the same distinction between Muslims and Muslim nationalists. Muslim nationalists and Hindu nationalists are remarkably similar in their thinking. <br /><br />One can be proud of India and of Indian culture and even of Hindu culture (which I AM) and still not be a Hindu nationalist. <br /> Vanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516938133737228360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-50563819239743365712013-07-14T00:12:10.036-07:002013-07-14T00:12:10.036-07:00Hindus don't "force" other religions...Hindus don't "force" other religions to follow their beliefs, or tax them for following their own. If anything, the process of ethnic cleansing or jaziah taxes are symbolic of either Pakistan or Islamic rule over not only India, but any other kingdom in the past. The beauty behind being Hindu, is that we don't impose our beliefs on others. <br /><br />Thus, the now fashionable trend of the dramatized description of a "Hindu Nationalist" seems to pander to a UPA-media propagated idea of shaming those who love their country and are proud of their Hindu heritage by equating us to fundamentalists. Therein lies the real danger. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-4892441899407261502013-07-13T23:16:33.725-07:002013-07-13T23:16:33.725-07:00I am glad you have differentiated and drawn the ob...I am glad you have differentiated and drawn the obvious distinction between a hindu nationalist , and a nationalist Hindu. What appears like semantics and an academic exercise, has an insidious way of reaching areas of prejudice and re-enforcing them, leading often to unfortunate and violent consequences.<br /><br />You must write an article for a mainstream newspaper expanding this concept.Aruna Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-48192976402386379312013-07-13T23:15:23.139-07:002013-07-13T23:15:23.139-07:00It reads really well! Your style is straight, and ...It reads really well! Your style is straight, and your writing lucid and well-informed.<br />I am sure you get hate mail though:)<br />Nilofer Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-88655239889034008502013-07-13T23:14:31.342-07:002013-07-13T23:14:31.342-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nilofer Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484188395508703899.post-76299743270720379492013-07-13T22:20:11.352-07:002013-07-13T22:20:11.352-07:00 This piece was so beautifully argued. This piece was so beautifully argued. Shaunna Rodrigueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316002298678457768noreply@blogger.com