We communicate, discuss and debate in words and sentences. This can be meaningful if and only if the speaker and the listener understands the same thing from the words and sentences used in the discussion. This is possible only if the words used are well defined and mean the same thing to the speaker and the listener.
You say that if anyone says he is a Hindu he is a Hindu. If so why debate on Hindus and Hinduism. Any debate using the word Hindu or Hinduism can be meaningful only if these words are defined to universal satisfaction. But even the supreme court of India has failed in defining the word Hindu and Hinduism in spite of many attempts. Now I think there is a 7-member bench of judges which has been constituted which is expected to define the word Hindu as well as to cosider Sabarimala and other points of contention. However I do not think that they can define the word Hindu to any degree of accuracy.
"The legends of Kerala" by Kottarathil Sankunni gives an insight into life in Kerala 100-200 years ago. Similarly our Malayalam daily has a snippet on news 100 years ago. There are also other literary works dating back to the 19th century or early 20th century. These works do not use the word Hindu when referring to a man or woman. Instead they use terms like Nair, Ezhava, Paryan, Pulayan, Namboodiri and othe caste names only. So the word Hindu had no significance politically or demographically. Instead caste was what mattered among the people of India who were caalled Hindus by the Persians and others since they lived beyond the Sidhu. - Xavier William
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 02:14, Bodhi Dhanapala bodhi_dhana@yahoo..com [TheBecoming] <TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
If a person sincerely SAYS that he is a Hindu, then he is a Hindu.He may understand being a Hindu in a particular way; and maynot be practicing every aspect of it even in the way he defines it. But that is norma.
You may have an ideal and you may not be able to achieve it.On Sun May 10 2020 05:56:27 GMT-0500 (EST), savarkar vinayak savarkar_vinayak@yahoo.co.uk [TheBecoming] <thebecoming@yahoogroups.com> wrote:So, what is your problem. You can go and live in RFome if that feels you better. Vedas have been honoured by all the faiths Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs etc.
You have a problem with this. So go out.On Sunday, 10 May 2020, 02:28:52 BST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:The Vedas were rejected by Budha, Mahaveera, The Charvakas, the Sikhs, The Dalits ... by the majority of Hindus and Indians and now Sanghis are trying to sneak the Vedas into India through the backdoor as Hinduism.On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 16:12, savarkar vinayak savarkar_vinayak@yahoo.co.uk [TheBecoming] <TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com> wrote:But why do you get fire in your back side.. Hindu is Hindu, what is problem. Do not have sleepless nights. It is Hindoo Rashtra.On Saturday, 9 May 2020, 11:20:38 BST, Xavier William varekatx@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup] <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Even the supreme court finds it difficult to define who is a Hindu and what is a Hindu. But we have these cowdugees boasting all the time about Hindu and Hindutva. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 15:04, Deva Sarran Samaroo devasamaroo@hotmail.com [TheBecoming] <TheBecoming@yahoogroups.com> wrote:मेरा देश बदल रहा है,हिन्दू राष्ट्र हो रहा है।Dear Hindu nitroDo not worry about India becoming a HINDU NATIONMARCH ON MARCH ON CHARAHI VEDI CHARAHI VEDI CHARAHI VEDIPLEASE GIVE ME COURAGE 🙏🙏 AND STRENGTH TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 THUS I PRAY 🙏🙏
--The greatest knowledge is the knowledge that there is so much more to know and the greatest discovery is the discovery that there is so much more to discover"All new ideas good or bad, great or small start with a one-man minority" - anonymousA man without god is a man. A God without man is nothing!!
--The greatest knowledge is the knowledge that there is so much more to know and the greatest discovery is the discovery that there is so much more to discover"All new ideas good or bad, great or small start with a one-man minority" - anonymousA man without god is a man. A God without man is nothing!!
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"All new ideas good or bad, great or small start with a one-man minority" - anonymous
A man without god is a man. A God without man is nothing!!
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