The four great wars of N.Ram on 'Hindu' soil

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:this is what is known as குடுமிப்பிடி சண்டை ("kudumi-pidi chaNdai"), i.e. fighting by holding on to and pulling each others' tufts. pretty pathetic to read about, but my own sympathies lie with the faction that opposes n.ram who is too left, too autocratic, and probably too old and senile. time to go.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i don't know any hindu hating tambrahms. i know many atheists, and the atheists based on their behavior and self acknowledgment are culturally hindu. the lefty tambrahms were probably all educated in delhi university or JNU.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:here's a nice article by ramachandra guha on n.ram's hypocrisy on china that's well worth a read:

[url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1000908/editoria.htm#head3

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:where did you get that? most of them are NOT atheists. i said many not most. most tambrahms are very religious and very much ritual adhering down to the current generation (in their 20s).

kinnera wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:where did you get that? most of them are NOT atheists. i said many not most. most tambrahms are very religious and very much ritual adhering down to the current generation (in their 20s).

...u are, caru (not a tambram, but a brahmin) is, blab is, kris is. Some outrightly reject it. The other side of the coin is, there are many tambrams who are more into the intellectual aspect of Hinduism, studying the Upanishads, Adi Sankaracharya's works, geetha (all kinds...bhagavad gita, ashtavakra, ribu gita, etc) and trying to make sense/find meaning to the rituals that they were handed down. I find that (in my circle) only a minority are into following rituals blindly, as a cultural thing that was handed over to them thru generations.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:here's a nice article by ramachandra guha on n.ram's hypocrisy on china that's well worth a read:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1000908/editoria.htm#head3

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:here's a nice article by ramachandra guha on n.ram's hypocrisy on china that's well worth a read:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1000908/editoria.htm#head3

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Or the NRI liberty-lover who is all for independence to the Tibetans and lines up to wave 'Free Tibet' banners in the US, but balks at the question of conducting a plebiscite in Kashmir over its future.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:here's a nice article by ramachandra guha on n.ram's hypocrisy on china that's well worth a read:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1000908/editoria.htm#head3

kinnera wrote:Do their current leanings stem from the (subconcious) guilt complex for what their ancestors did or is it a pseudointellectual thing or is it coz of an inferiority complex abt every thing hindu?

charvaka wrote:

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Or the NRI liberty-lover who is all for independence to the Tibetans and lines up to wave 'Free Tibet' banners in the US, but balks at the question of conducting a plebiscite in Kashmir over its future.

Aww, is that a dig at me? I am asking for a plebiscite neither in Tibet nor in Kashmir. I am asking for elections and the freedoms of speech and political organization in Tibet

Merlot Daruwala wrote:Ah ok, I was mistaken about the extent of your fervor. Easy mistake, IMO, given that your banner screamed: Free Tibet. Like the Chinese, I really thought you're advocating "splittism".

But if it's only elections and the freedom of speech that you seek, why single out only the Tibetans for this favor? Why not the Uighurs who face persecution as well? Or the rest of the Chinese citizenry who in fact enjoy fewer rights than those in the Tibetan Autonomous Region? Aren't they human beings too, worthy of the most important freedom of speech and other inalienable rights granted to them by their creator?

Merlot Daruwala wrote:My recollection of the event is based purely on what you told us at the time.

Huzefa Kapasi wrote:I am very much enjoying these passive-aggressive pokes of agent.

charvaka wrote:

Merlot Daruwala wrote:My recollection of the event is based purely on what you told us at the time.

That was a response to our dear friend Sandilya who worries about the monkey in his closet that will convert him to atheism. I posted the same picture on Sulekha the day after the protest in San Francisco.