On 07-Sep-06, at 7:10 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote:
Just to add to Shiv here - saying "Hindu dominated" is not
necessarily the
same as saying "India is a Hindu country". I think, as a factual
matter,
that India is indeed Hindu dominated. I do NOT think India is a "Hindu
country", because that implies there is some kind of state
preference for
Hinduism, and other religions are (in some way) second class.
Let's get down to the bottom of this:
1. Define "Hindu".
2. Where did you learn this definition of Hindu from? Was it
introduced by the educational system?
2a. If educational system, is the definition similar to those
introduced by other educational systems?
3. What percentage of the country do you believe agrees with you on
your definition of Hindu?
A phrase like "Hindu dominated India" makes no sense unless one first
defines what "Hindu" is and what the nature of the domination is. I
believe we are in agreement that "India" refers to the political
entity of the Republic of India and as far as this discussion is
concerned, does not have an opinion on itself since that raises the
divergent issue of which specific individuals authorised that opinion.
--
Kiran Jonnalagadda
http://jace.seacrow.com/
