response: "Wrath Over a Hindu God" (Washington Post)

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>Gaurang Desai <grd_home

>manthan (Manthan)

>Manthan <manthan

>[Manthan] Re: ARTICLE: "Wrath Over a Hindu God" (Washington Post)

>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:58:35 -0700 (PDT)

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>--- Priyadarshi Rajiv <rajiv wrote:

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> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A334-2004Apr9.html

> >

> > Wrath Over a Hindu God

> >

> > U.S. Scholars' Writings Draw Threats From Faithful

> >

> > By Shankar Vedantam

> > Washington Post Staff Writer

> > The Washington Post

> > Saturday, April 10, 2004; Page A01

> >

> > Folklore has it that elephants never forget, and Paul

> > Courtright has reason to believe it. A professor of

> > religion at Emory University, he immersed himself in the

> > story of Ganesh, the beloved Hindu god with the head of

> > an elephant. Detecting provocative Oedipal overtones in

> > Ganesh's story -- and phallic symbolism in his trunk --

> > he wrote a book setting out his theories in 1985.

> >

> Here is the response to this article I wrote last week.

>

>Gaurang

>

>Dear Editor,

>

>It was unfortunate to read Shankar Vedantam’s defense of Paul

>Courtright's absurd and blasphemous book on Hindu God Ganesh.

>Courtright’s work is not scholar’s work, but a maniacs’. There has

>not been a single piece of evidence in all the work that has been

>done on Ganesh in last few millenniums to suggest what he has said.

>

>For Hindus, constant attack on Hindu Gods appears to be a concerted

>effort. In last few years, Ganesh has been blasphemously attacked

>by putting his image on toilet seat, beer, poster titled “Ganja

>Ganesh”, and gay festival in Australia labeling one of the sex acts

>as “Gaynesh”. These are but few examples of attack on Hindus and

>Hindu religious symbols and images.

>

>If Vedantam and Courtright can justify this nonsense, I am sure,

>they can also justify my calling Virgin Mary as an adulterous woman

>having sex outside marriage. I am sure, this will not go well

>amongst Christians around the world. Forget Christians, sane Hindus

>like me will be outraged at statements like this against Christian

>faith. The point I am making is, no one can justify these types of

>attacks.

>

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>Gaurang Desai

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