[Reader-list] Are Hindus ‘others’?

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Well, Pawan,
there is no ambiguity as far as hindu is concerned, as being hindu is being
humane, and it is a way of life, with known , recorded history of over 5000
years, if compared to any other ways of life of followers of any faith,
particularly Abrahamic, starting from Judaism, to christianity to islam, all
have atmost, the recorded history of about 2400 years.!
Even as a society, hindu and followers of hindu way of life are a divided
lot thanks to the invasions, not aggressions that you can talk about, as
hindu way of life and the kingdoms never aggressed by violence, but
established their rule of kingdom by letting loose a horse, decorated with
insignia of kingdom, and the ritual was known as Ashwamedha, the kings
recognised this, chose to be under the rule of the stronger kingdom, by
agreeing the rule of that kingdom, and the king, then known as
Chakravarthy,but with influx of other followers of different faiths, gradual
conversion in society started to be close to rulers, thus the hindu way of
life accepted other faiths, the ways of life, adopted the good of those
faiths, thus life of all became peaceful and harmonious, but later the
democratic rule where the rulers started the society on language, region,
religion and faith, those who did not have faith, atheists had a rallying
point in Karl marx.
Secular did not mean any thing more than respect to all faiths, to the
followers of all faith, in governnce, but in practice it became a tool to
divide the hindu segment in to castes, dominent castes labelling themselves
as Other Backward castes, who were in fact the rulers and ruling class in
the kingdoms.!
Thus democracy only made further divisions of HINDU segment of the society,
weak, weaker than the most minor followers of any other faith.!
Regards,
Rajen.

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

> I share a subject line as it is from a respectable newspaper.
>
> And the fact about the subject can be ascertained not shouted down.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:28 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Really ridiculous. on one hand, you want send mails after mails demanding
> > punishment for Sajjan Kumar and Tytler for killing sikhs, while you post
> > ridiculous issue about religion with a subject line: "are hindu others".
> can
> > you stop this divisive political agendas here?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Iftedah he Sicokular Ishq mein ..Sari raat jaage ....Allah jaane Kya
> Hoga
>  >> Aage ....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.dailypioneer.com/249530/Are-Hindus-‘others’.html<
> >>
> http://www.dailypioneer.com/249530/Are-Hindus-%E2%80%98others%E2%80%99.html
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> *Are Hindus ‘others’?*
> >>
> >> *Abhishek Anshu | New Delhi*
> >>
> >> *GGSIPU admission form raises eyebrows*
> >>
> >> In an apparent error of omission on the part of authorities, Guru Gobind
> >> Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has asked all applicants to
> mention
> >> their religion in the admission form by marking the appropriate option,
> >> but
> >> failed to provide that of ‘Hindu’ even though all minority faiths are
> >> listed
> >> specifically.
> >>
> >> Those belonging to the Hindu religion are, therefore, left with no
> choice
> >> but to indicate their faith by ticking the ‘Others’ column on the list.
> >>
> >> While such a format has sparked widespread confusion and panic among
> >> students and applicants, IP University Vice-Chancellor Prof DK
> >> Bandyo-padhyay has said by way of clarification that the “column
> contains
> >> minority religions and Hindu falls in the category of ‘Others’”.
> >>
> >> “This is nothing unusual as it is known to all that Hindus are the
> >> majority.
> >> The ‘religion’ column has minorities in it and the Hindu students should
> >> fill out the ‘Others’ option given in the religion column of the form,”
> >> said
> >> Bandyopadhyay.
> >>
> >> The V-C added that in the form, SC/ST/OBC and ‘Others’ are separate
> >> options.
> >> “In the form, we have the options of Minorities, SC/ST/OBC and ‘Others’.
> >> Hindus, being the majority, should fill up ‘Others’,” he said. All
> >> explanations notwithstanding, students are still perplexed about how to
> >> fill
> >> the admission forms and some of them are even in a state of panic.
> >>
> >> “I filled up the application form but when I got to the religion column,
> I
> >> got confused as ‘Hindu’ was nowhere on the page. I have filled forms of
> >> various universities but this is for the first time I have seen
> something
> >> like this,” Aarushi, an applicant, said.
> >>
> >> She added she had to reread the admission brochure to confirm there were
> >> no
> >> printing errors. “I was scared there was a printing error. After going
> >> through the brochure, I learnt that the option was simply not
> mentioned,”
> >> she said. IP University was hit by controversy recently when over 1,000
> >> fake
> >> admission forms were submitted by applicants.
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-- 
Rajen.