File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2002/postcolonial.0204, message 335


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

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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
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>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.
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