On Monday 10 Dec 2007 9:27 am, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > I am not a practicing hindu, in private or in public. And I am quite open > about calling certain hindu godmen (including one silk dressed hippie with > a few rape cases against him, a US embassy advisory that doesn't quite name > him, etc etc) frauds. Which doesn't particularly endear me to some of my > relatives who have huge portraits of the guy that they worship.
Sai Baba in other words. The silk draped hippie with rape cases against him who produces Rolex watches out of thin air. Well anyway you don't own up to being Hindu, but you probably are not a practising Christian or Muslim, Buddhist, Jew, Jain or Sikh. You may be atheist or agnostic. In fact many educated Hindus chose this route to avoid being asked to answer uncomfortable questions about Hinduism. Wearing Hindu symbols like a large "tilak" on one's forehead or admitting to openly practicing Hindu ritual is quite often an invitation to being clubbed with "Right wing Hindus". And that description "Right Wing Hindu" has been defined in the last few posts of this thread. Nobody wants that tag, so better to opt out. shiv
