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Read a Review at: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-December/066558.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Rajan, Thanks for your detailed explanation about Hindu deities. Miguel Braganza is merely inventing facts so that he can spin them the way he wants.His arguments about hindu deities is patently bogus. Like you have said Shiva is a dravidian import..Of course the theory that aryans imported hinduism is a bogus one to begin with. It is the creation of know racists like max mueller and others faithfully propagated by marxist lemings from the JNU. In fact Miguel is not breaking new ground here. faced with a pan hindu resurgence , marxists have been spreading this theory of hindus being different from dalits and adivasis. You will see a lot of such analysis in the recently concluded gujarat polls. Apologists for the Inquisition belabor on a few "facts" ad infinitum..One being that it was directed only towards neo converts.The second that Francis xavier had nothing to do with because the inquisition started sometime after his death. Though the inquisition did target neo-converts , the majority of these neo converts were hindus to begin with. Secondly even though francis xavier died before the inquisition was formally established he was the one who asked for it. His own record of communal tolerance is best described by reading his own letters. yet those who revile Manu (and rightly so) do not utter a word against Francis xavier. The other line of defence is parroting every possible permutation and combination of oppression. Just because some caste brahmins oppressed the so called lower caste,doesnt make the inquisition any less horrible. Also even if manu did legitimise caste oppression how many hindus today rever Manu as a saint? are fairs held in his honor? how many hindus have actually read the manu smriti? maybe some rajah did massacre buddhists but are ordinary hindus today eulogising that bigot? If only christians neo or otherwise were the targets , why were most hindu temples demolished in all the old conquests? goanet archives have some interesting reasons..that they were demolished by the hindus themselves once they became christians or that no temples were demolished... We need to spread this information among children so that they grow up with the correct knowledge about history.. when is hindu janjagruti going to held an exhibition about this????? b ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spread the Christmas Cheer, even when you're not here! Send classic greetings to your loved ones in Goa. EXPRESSIONS - 2007 Christmas Hamper Visit http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ Or e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------