Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: For once Santosh and Vijay Prashad are on the same wavelength. Marshall is giving you bogus information as usual. Vijay Prashad's wavelength is on the extreme left fringe of the invisible spectrum. I trust only those who are

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-25 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Marlon Menezes: It is interesting to note that during the Marshall-Santosh dialogue, Nasci launched a despicable vituperative on hinduism, Marshall chose not to repudiate himself from Nasci's outrageous comments. This was a clear signal to me, that Marshall is either communal by nature, or so

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-25 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh Helekar: Why are there misguided people and organizations in this world?Why do we have left-wing and right-wing fringe political activists and organizations in India and the U.S.?Why do criminals infest all political parties and organizations?Cheers,Santosh Response: It comes as a

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-24 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: Ignoring all the vituperative, vitriolic and bucolic bile excreted by Santosh which has by now become standard and normal fare for him, I would like to go back to the topic of discussion. I am relieved that no conditional

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-24 Thread marlon menezes
It is interesting to note that during the Marshall-Santosh dialogue, Nasci launched a despicable vituperative on hinduism, Marshall chose not to repudiate himself from Nasci's outrageous comments. This was a clear signal to me, that Marshall is either communal by nature, or so desperate for

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-23 Thread Mario Goveia
--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote: young Indian Americans suffer from cultural bigotry, and that this experience sends them in search of an identity fix ? either to benign or not so benign organisations. The VHPA and its Yankee Hindutva parivar know this

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-23 Thread chimbelcho
--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I don't think anyone on Goanet, including the Hindus, has defended the excesses of Hindutva.  What they object to are suggestions Hindutva applies to all Hindus or when they believe your facts or interpretations are faulty.

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-23 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh Helekar: Please note above the brazen admission that reference was indeed being made to the Hindu community rather than the extremists. Response: One must grant Santosh the credit for maliciously and mischievously twisting and interpreting a sentence taken out of context and giving it a

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-23 Thread Santosh Helekar
Marshall Mendonza had offered me a fake conditional apology a few days ago because of the abusive behavior he was engaged in. True to form he has now had a relapse of that condition. The reason for this latest bout of abuse against me is because I exposed the fact that he gratuitously

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-22 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh: The post appended below reveals an obsession with one-sided political activism centered around other people's religion. Response: Does Santosh believe and want us to believe that Hindutva (ideology) and Hinduism (religion) are synonymous? Does Santosh suggest the Hindutva represents

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
Hi Selma, I will get you the numbers if available. But here is what I know. The total Asian Indian population in America is 2.5 millions. From actual surveys it appears that about 1.5 million of these are Hindus. The remaining must belong to other religions, or be non-religious. I estimate

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-22 Thread Carvalho
to be region-specific, such as Punjabi, etc. take care, Selma --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-22 Thread Marshall Mendonza
Santosh Helekar: I hope you agree that the following misleading quote is derisively targeted towards the Hindu community in America:young Indian Americans suffer from cultural bigotry, and that this experience sends them in search of an identity fix – either to benign or not so benign

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-22 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario wrote: Why wasn't this posted by one of the vaunted defenders in India of everything Christian. Did Marshall not see this? Where is Fr. Ivo? Where is Jason Keith? Don't any of our Indian Goans read the Times of India? I'd like to know what they have to say for themselves. Date:

[Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
The post appended below as well as another entitled [Goanet] Nuns treated like servants by priests reveals an obsession with one-sided political activism centered around other people's religion. This is evident from the misleading generalization in the quote below. It conveniently ignores the

Re: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion

2009-03-21 Thread Carvalho
chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Subject: [Goanet] Obsession with other people's religion To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 9:10 AM The post appended below as well as another entitled