From: S.Guhathakurta-AT-indal.co.in Subject: Re: Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:17:56 +0530 Salil, If things are not scary, I would request Malini to let us know about the activities of these councils. Is it the structured reading of Vedas and Upanishads? Is it re-discovering the esoteric beauty of Sanskrit ?Is it indulging in the subtleties of Indian philosophy? Or, is it rituals,pujas,networking and Pakistan(muslim)bashing. Soumya. Salil Tripathi <salil61-AT-hotmail.com>-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu on 29/04/2002 20:40:59 Please respond to postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Sent by: owner-postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu cc: Subject: Re: Dharmini I used the word "scary" in describing the financial support the VHP is getting from the British Government, through the National Lottery. And the fact that it is one of the groups consulted in designing the course curriculum for religious education as part of school education in the UK. Given the VHP's performance in Gujarat and beyond in India, such support and recognition for the VHP is a scary prospect -- for young students in Britain, and, I daresay, for the many Hindus who do not believe that the VHP represents them. As for the Hindu Students' Councils in universities -- I suppose they're fine, so long as it is not a state-funded activity, and so long as the state/university does not fund activities of other religions either. Salil Salil >From: Dharmini Patel <dharmini73-AT-hotmail.com> >Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu >To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:21:14 -0500 > >Can someone please explain to me what is so "scary" about having a Hindu >Student Council in universities? I hope I am mistaken and that this >reference is something that I missed in an earlier posting. > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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