O' Deka:
Eh, nokob aaru! Once a jokaisukiya, always a jokaisukiya.
Saanhtwte baghtw dekha porkititw xohoje eruabo nwari nohoy,
nejane-neki he' aapuni?
>This is the first article I read from this author. So I don't
know if he has an >agenda.
*** And I rest my case !
I won't even get into the gems of wisdom in the text, unless you
force me to :-).
O'm
At 6:59 PM -0800 3/16/06, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
O'Mahanta,
Are you seeing ghosts where there probably is none? I think the author blamed extremists of all religions for the ills.
He said, "Only barbaric forces are aggressive and absolutist. Liberals from both the Islamic world and the Christian West must assert so. And Hinduism, as a Vedantic way of life, can be of immense help, but not Hindutva as an aggressive political concept. This is so because Vedanta propounds the theory of internationalism, though as an ideal. Even its practice is possible, but only when one understands, like Wafa Sultan, the "clash" as between primitive minds who are determined not to progress. A clash against the ''clash'' is what we perhaps need."
I don't know if these are the author's words or quoted from someone else. He says Vedanta can help but he has his doubts about it.
This is the first article I read from this author. So I don't know if he has an agenda. I felt he presented his viewpoint very well. Do you think every journalist writes with his/her agenda in the background? I know Krugman and Dowd do. Does everyone? I have seen Friedman change his tune depending on the subject.
Cheers,
O'Deka
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