Comments on: How Hindus are bled by a 1000 cuts

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:13:15 +0000

@Somitra,
“From the start i know that this is futile endeavour, ..” – yes, we know how you feel. That is how we feel about our rants when the “secular” government goes to shake the hands of the enemies.
“In your diagram I see all those groups who have actually been at receiving end of the violence perpetrated by a rising hindutva nationalism” – Really!!! I did not know that Pakistani ISI or English Media is at the receiving end of the Hindutva violence. Enlighten us, please!!!
“….Well it is not temple revenues but taxpayer’s money and it is equally diverted towards maintenance of hindu pilgrimage sites as well….” – Give us a justification on how something one offers to God is taxpayer’s money. How the money offered to Hindu temple only can be considered to be taxable? What are the temples or Hindu pilgrimage sites that are maintained by tax payer’s money? Why would a “secular” government invest tax payer money to maintain any religious site?
“I unfortunately can differentiate Hinduism and hindutva nationalism” – Unfortunate indeed!! And hilarious. So why is nationalism so bad? Are you familiar with term “Ummah”? Any comments on how it is good or bad? Do you also “unfortunately” differentiate between “Ummah” and a “minority” religion? How?
“If there’s a danger then it is for the whole country to face it, why only hindus.” – Really? Missionaries are not converting Indians to Europeans, they are trying to convert Hindus to Christians. Not by free will, with money and booze. Try any tribal area, if you want to know.
Finally, “am also a hindu,…” – That is the tragedy. What is your opinion about brain washing thing again?

By: somitra

somitra — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:42:32 +0000

From the start i know that this is futile endeavour, but i’ll attempt it anyway. First of all I don’t like the way you put it, that “hindus are being bled by a thousand cuts”. I am also a hindu, I don’t feel that way(you are about to call me a brainwashed secularist who doesn’t have an opinion of his own, but sorry, I have). If there’s a danger then it is for the whole country to face it, why only hindus. In your diagram I see all those groups who have actually been at receiving end of the violence perpetrated by a rising hindutva nationalism(I unfortunately can differentiate Hinduism and hindutva nationalism). One particular part of your diagram shows temple revenues being diverted to Haj subsidies. Well it is not temple revenues but taxpayer’s money and it is equally diverted towards maintenance of hindu pilgrimage sites as well.

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:45:19 +0000

Raghavendra,

A similar thing happened before. Try to read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calcutta_Quran_Petition

By: Sudheep Menon

Sudheep Menon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:06:16 +0000

This site is frequented by a bunch of whiney losers.
Seriously, stop cribbing constantly about what is actually a pretty robust state of affairs for Hindus in India and do something productive for a change

By: Dharmvir

Dharmvir — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:14:13 +0000

I think TOI is doing good here by publicizing the Name of book. At least some of the secular people will have curiosity to read this book

Simple goggling brings soft copy on following page

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.usa.congress/browse_thread/thread/df62ffe7a2d1fa21

By: Raghavendra

Raghavendra — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:33:21 +0000

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Free-to-criticize-religions-but-not-with-hate-Court/articleshow/5418062.cms

TOI claims it as landmark judgment, how silly. Heading of the article is very misleading, nowadays courts are also getting infested with secular virus.

By: larissa

larissa — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:20:47 +0000

You should find a way to add the big “red” threat–Maoists–
It is perhaps the worst “immediate” threat. Nepal is already a Maoist haven–. I have always believed Pakistan to have linked the Maoists to the Islamic insurgents,–someone should do research as to where the funding of Maoists comes from–for it must be a large sum coming their way which allows them to be a big threat, just as Arabs from far away support their muslim brethren from afar in Kashmir and try to turn Kashmir into Saudi Arabia. Without foreign money pouring into Kashmir via Pakistan, the area would not be the hell hole it has turned into today. Where are Maoists getting their money from? A question to ponder for everyone.

By: larissa

larissa — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:01:59 +0000

You should find a way to add the big “red” threat–Maoists–
Nepal is already a Maoist haven. I have always believed Pakistan to have linked by Maoists to the Islamic insurgents–someone should do a research as to where the funding of Maoists come from–for it must be a large sum coming their way which allows them to be a threat, just as Arabs from far away try to turn Kashmir into Saudi Arabia . Where are Maoists getting their money from? A good question to ponder for everyone.

By: OverTheHill

OverTheHill — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:55:39 +0000

Someone posted a similar graph about the incestuous relationships between media and politics in India which seemed to hint at a scale-free small-worlds property.

BTW all the criss-crossing links in your graph make it difficult to visualize the byzantine world that you are talking about.
The following classic may be of interest, it has lots of pointers on creating complex displays -

Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. 2nd ed. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, 2001.

By: Raghavendra

Raghavendra — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:29:10 +0000

Sandeep,

Maoists are deprived of their rightful place in this holy mission. Maoists are not just intellectuals and missionaries, they carry gun too, BLOOD without RED is little unfair