On Monday 24 Nov 2008 12:22:33 pm Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > > What we are getting is an arrogant, grabbing Hindu. No less intelligent > > maybe - and India's predicted great power status will be achieved by > > these people. Brahminism's virtues were never designed for leading a > > nation into those areas. > > I think China has had a head start on the arrogant grabbing bit. I've > feared for a while the civilization that the liberated China has been > creating and now India goes the same way. It is true that in both > cases a large heretofore mute deprived population has found utterance, > perhaps this is for the best? Or perhaps materialism is like the fire > water that destroyed the (other) Indians.
Interesting that you should mention China. I believe the cultural revolution wiped out a lot of culture, leaving behind boorishness. I am making the inflammatory allegation here that the targeting of brahminism is going to lead to an increase in boorishness. shiv
