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[vsdoc]

It is. They were an embattled lot. Nilgiri, if he is counted as Indian. We can ask the others.

Nilgiri used to be a soft Sanghi. Couched as "purely economics" support of the regime. Macroeconomics with a dash of sociocultural offshore nationalism.

I read some of his writings on the hub recently.

Either he's changed. Seen the light.

Or Modi and gang have hurt his bottom line with their ineptitude.

EIther way, he's neither Congress nor Sanghi. He's Canadian.

CHeers, Doc

 

[Joe Shearer]

Joe, I always wanted to ask you this thing since now you have seen enough of this world and India. I know our Muslims friends will NEVER publically agree to it but what really is this religion thing. I believe it is a rebranding of politics in nice stories with a dash of nativism and egotistic nature that is the basis of many people.

Are we all essentially kids in adult bodies playing the same game we use to play in grade schools -- supporting our "superheros" and hating on those who have different ones? What has changed fundamentally from that state? Just the consequences? From not talking to not marrying and so on?

I know some folks will call me naive and immature, but lets face it ... fundamentally what makes scriptures (any religion) different from comics we used to read back then? And lets not forget there are religions like Scientology which literally talk about space aliens.

I personally think it emerged from the fear of primitive humans of natural forces. I am doing a presentation on the prehistory of the Indo-European speaking people, LONG before they came down to the BMAC (for the Indo-Iranians only), and what emerged side by side was the Indo-European gods and goddesses.

That was then.

That was also one stream. Another stream, quite distinct in terms of identities of their pantheon, were the Semitic religions, and, of course, the Egyptian one.

Now, after the Scientific Revolution, although there are fundamentalist Christians and Hindus hanging around preaching wholly unscientific things, most of the rest have congealed into positions that show that they regard religion as an identity marker, like you suggested. Effectively, it is that now. The young women who held out bravely against Sanghi pressure in Karnataka were not entirely driven by religion; they were also staking a claim to their identity as Muslim women and saying that they would define who they were, and not an anonymous school administration that was the puppet of a Sanghi government.

So does religion mean nothing else? Anything more we should discuss elsewhere. I will write to you separately, outside Doc's thread.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Nilgiri 7sed to be a soft Sanghi. Couched as "purely economics" support of the regime.

I read some of his writings on the hub recently.

Either he's changed. Seen the light.

Or Modi and gang have hurt his bottom line with their ineptitude.

EIther way, he's neither Congress nor Sanghi. He's Canadian.

CHeers, Doc

True, he was a Bangladeshi basher. He's changed hugely.

 

[Sharma Ji]

It means,"Thus let it be."
You should have someone saying,"Let the Sangh collectively drop dead", and if you want to give that wish your blessings, you say,"Tathastu", like that let it happen.
Use it properly, please, Sharma Ji.

no, honestly

TATHASTU !

as the Taus say.. jo honda hoga, hoga !

 

[Joe Shearer]

no, honestly

TATHASTU !

as the Taus say.. jo honda hoga, hoga !

LOL.

No, it means, effectively, let your wishes come true. NOT jab jab jo jo hona hai, tab tab so so hota hai. That is quite different.

You are a bad Brahmin and need to go back to school.

 

[Sharma Ji]

yup

so be it

I said as much

 

[Joe Shearer]

yup

so be it

I said as much

LOL.
So be it.

 

[vsdoc]

Parsi and Hindutva thread 19 pages

Congress and Rahul thread 14 pages

Admit it.

Doc is the fire starter.

Good night gents.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Sharma Ji]

also, am I really the only one seeing more than a zero sum game ?

surely not

adapt karne ka

 

[Joe Shearer]

Parsi and Hindutva thread 19 pages

Congress and Rahul thread 14 pages

Admit it.

Doc is the fire starter.

Good night gents.

Cheers, Doc

He is.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Parsi and Hindutva thread 19 pages

Congress and Rahul thread 14 pages

Admit it.

Doc is the fire starter.

Good night gents.

Cheers, Doc

layla tov, shubh ratri, Doctor sahab.

 

[Sharma Ji]

neither Congress nor Sanghi. He's Canadian.

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh

HSS

Cheers, Sharma !

 

[Vox Non Dei]

You should compare the size of his Passport to dear leader's.

Cheers, Doc

When? Before 2014 or after 2014?

Remember, history did not start at 2014.

 

[onlinpunit]

Actually, Doc, you and @Versus Christi should do a joint thread on the RSS and the Sangh Parivar, for the knowledge and edification of our non-Indian friends.

Just make sure that he does not run to Mods after every third post.!

 

[Joe Shearer]

Just make sure that he does not run to Mods after every third post.!

He might, if there is an infraction.
Why should it bother you, unless you are in the habit of committing infractions?
Please don't waste time, trolling like this.