[Assam] From Hindustantimes :: How Racist we can be

[Chan Mahanta]

>Did someone say that the kind of Hinduism practised at Puri is what 
>Assam >should practise to be part of India?

*** But Ram did not make a distinction either. We all know how 
Hinduism is rife with this kind of abomination. Ram actually tried to 
do damage control by suggesting ALL religions have problems like that 
and that Assam Hindus may not be any different.

>Lighten up.

*** Actually my initial response  was in jest too.( See: *** And why 
not :-)? ) It is YOU who missed it :-)


>Now on the incident at Puri - Change is bound to happen if the 
>educated and >liberated Hindus in India stop visiting or donating to 
>the temple. Temples need >money to run. Absence of money will cause 
>a quick change in the thought process >of the priests and the board 
>of trustees.

*** Question is WHAT is holding them back ?






At 10:05 AM -0800 3/2/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>Ramgopal succeded in sending you off on a tangent by taunting you on 
>a subject so dear to you. Lighten up.
>
>You said, " *** And I asked WHY NOT? If the kind of Hinduism the 
>custodians of one of its holiest seats are practising, is cited as a 
>reason for Assam to NOT seek independence, then SHOULD Assam ought 
>to buy such reasoning from those who seek continued control over 
>Assam by India?"
>Did someone say that the kind of Hinduism practised at Puri is what 
>Assam should practise to be part of India? Ramgopal has not. The 
>incident at Puri definitely can't be a reason for Assam to secede 
>from India. That will be no better than what the priests did when a 
>non-Hindu (polluter in the eyes of the priests) entered the temple, 
>in fact it is the same kind of reaction - rejection.
>
>Now on the incident at Puri - Change is bound to happen if the 
>educated and liberated Hindus in India stop visiting or donating to 
>the temple. Temples need money to run. Absence of money will cause a 
>quick change in the thought process of the priests and the board of 
>trustees.
>
>Dilip
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>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>At 9:19 AM -0800 3/2/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>
>>PLEASE READ THIS AGAIN FROM YOUR OWN EMAIL -  " *** And why not 
>>:-)?  It does underscore, once again, the hollowness of the 
>>Hinduism that SOME proponents of Indian servitude for Assam wave as 
>>a reason." and THINK WHY I WROTE THE WAY I DID.
>>
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>*** Yes, I read that. And comprehended it too. And I remember the context too:
>Ram's taunt of
>
>  >I hope people don't jump up and down, and use this as a show case 
>to show why >Assam should gets its independence
>
>
>*** And I asked WHY NOT? If the kind of Hinduism the custodians of 
>one of its holiest seats are practising, is cited as a reason for 
>Assam to NOT seek independence, then SHOULD Assam ought to buy such 
>reasoning from those who seek continued control over Assam by India?
>
>You tell us if it is a reasonable argument. Or if such an argument 
>should be given any respectability?
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