SV: [Y-Indology] an appeal to scholars

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INDOLOGY, "L. Suresh Kumar-LSK" <tolsk@h...> wrote:

> I have been reading these phrase "hindu fanatics", "hindu

> fundamentalists", "hindu zealots", "hindu fascists", "hindu

> bigots" et al in so many forums, in the Indian english media and

> also in the western news media. And in Indology and other forums

> as well. So its usage is not by just one person alone in only one

> forum.

 

There are important reasons for this misunderstanding.

 

1. What may have happened in the west was, as an apology to nazism,

fascism, colonialism and imperialism, people have now gone to other

extreme - "a one world society" where nationalism is a dirty word.

Today Bush-the-executioner-of-McVeigh had to face a Europe which

detests death penalty, as if death was something unheard of! The

reality is, we still have a long way to go.

 

2. This idealistic view of world is ofcourse strategically limited to

NATO but rest of the the world should continue to suffer from

terrorism, poverty etc. All necessary kindling sticks will be offered

as needed (heat seeking missiles given to Let that landed in Kargil

etc).

 

3. Even within NATO, the old euqations are still alive. Just wait

till you heard the last word on freetrade or euro. I wish everybody

all the best but the iniqualities will only grow. There are many

sililarities between 1920s and 1990s at least as far as European

economies are concerned, but the rest of the world had undergone a

sea change.

 

4. In the democratic west of last 200-300 years everybody is a

capitalist with some minor variations : republican, democratic,

labor, conservative, moderate etc. Whereas in east (e.g. India) there

is a wide spectrum of official political parties ranging from extreme

right to extreme left. There is no proof that the western system of

abolishing anything other than the narrow 2 or 3 party system is any

better than the multi-party system of east. The western system only

pushes the extreme right and left under the carper until it is too

late; whereas the Indian system confronts them in daily life. This

daily confrontation is strange to the west, which is the reason why

even a normal expression of Hindu rightist expression becomes

fanatic. The Indian left is silent on this board, but active on other

boards, and their opinions are no less fanatic, one-sided and they

proved they have no-ears-but-mouth. They are silent here because they

found some friends. Well, I do admit some of the rightist posts were

quite illogical to the extent they go against their own cause; but

the initial reactions to them were also interesting. There was a

proverb in Telugu that when asked who stole the pumpkin, somebody

said "Not me" while touching his own shoulders.

 

Regards

Bhadraiah