Guest guest Posted November 26, 1999 Report Share Posted November 26, 1999 > At 7:06 -0800 11/25/99, COM: Basu Ghosh (das) ACBSP (Baroda - IN) wrote: > > > >While I thank you for the complimentary para here [wow! That's a first, > >eh? :-)], I must point out, again, that "alcoholism, domestic violence > >and STDs" are not "aspects of Indian culture"... but are a contravention > >of Indian culture. > > > >What do you think? Am I wrong here? > > Well, it depends on how you define "Indian culture". It may not be a part > of "vedic culture" or "original Indian culture" or "Indian culture during > Prabhupada's days", but given the prevalence today, it's definitely a part > of the Indian landscape today, whatever you want to call that. > > But I feel like this may be a less useful path to go down. I just wanted > to note that India and its inhabitants do not necessarily live ideal lives > these days and that if we're going to take them as role models, we'd > better define carefully *which* parts and not engage in > over-generalizations about either the country or its people. > > Maybe it would be more useful to simply describe the behaviors and > concepts that we want to follow, rather than saying we want to be like > "Indians". "Indian's" today is a very mixed bag. And I don't have to have > met Prabhupada personally to know that he would not be pleased by the > behaviors that I have read about or observed during my visits. > > Do you have any problems with that? > > Ys, > Madhusudani dasi The only problem I have with this is that we could go on arguing endlessly in this way. Hopefully we'll both agree that the aspects of Indian culture that are intact from ancient vedic culture are desirable to imbibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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