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Posted on: Sep 18, '08

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!

Subject: Re: FW: Karan Thapar's article in Hindustan times

(To our friends abroad - ORRISA is burning - Priests/Nuns have been raped
> and burnt to death - thousands of Christians have been killed, hundreds of
> homes/churches/christian institutions/orphanages have been destroyed and
> burnt to the ground. The remaining christians have fled and are hiding in
> the forests - All this destruction and persecution by the Hindus (VHP) who
> are against conversions. The same people who killed Graham Stains & sons in
> Orrisa)
>
>
>
> Karan Thapar's article in Hindustan times....worth reading.... Spread the
> word
>
>
> Karan Thapar , Hindustan Times
> August 30, 2008
> Who's the real Hindu?
>
> Does the VHP have the right to speak for you or I? Do they reflect our
> views? Do we endorse their behaviour? They call themselves the Vishwa Hindu
> Parishad, but who says they represent all of us? This Sunday morning, I want
> to draw a clear line of distinction between them and everyone else. My hunch
> is many of you will agree.
>
> Let me start with the question of conversion - an issue that greatly
> exercises the VHP. I imagine there are hundreds of millions of Hindus who
> are peaceful, tolerant, devoted to their faith, but above all, happy to live
> alongside Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Jews. If any one
> of us were to change our faith how does it affect the next man or woman? And
> even if that happens with inducements, it can only prove that the forsaken
> faith had a tenuous and shallow hold. So why do the VHP and its unruly storm
> troopers, the Bajrang Dal, froth at the mouth if you, I or our neighbours
> convert? What is it to do with them?
>
> Let me put it bluntly, even crudely. If I want to sell my soul - and trade
> in my present gods for a new lot - why shouldn't I? Even if the act
> diminishes me in your eyes, it's my right to do so. So if thousands or even
> millions of Dalits, who have been despised and ostracised for generations,
> choose to become Christian, Buddhist or Muslim, either to escape the
> discrimination of their Hindu faith or because some other has lured them
> with food and cash, it's their right.
>
> Arguably you may believe you should ask them to reconsider, although I would
> call that interference, but you certainly have no duty or right to stop
> them. In fact, I doubt if you are morally correct in even seeking to place
> obstacles in their way. The so-called Freedom of Religion Acts, which aim to
> do just that, are, in fact, tantamount to obstruction of conversion laws and
> therefore, at the very least, questionable.
>
> However, what's even worse is how the VHP responds to this matter.
> Periodically they resort to violence including outright murder. What
> happened to Graham Staines in Orissa was not unique. Last week it happened
> again. Apart from the utter and contemptible criminality of such behaviour,
> is this how we Hindus wish to behave? Is this how we want our faith
> defended? Is this how we want to be seen? I have no doubt the answer is no.
> An unequivocal, unchanging and ever-lasting NO!
>
> The only problem is it can't be heard. And it needs to be. I therefore
> believe the time has come for the silent majority of Hindus - both those who
> ardently practice their faith as well as those who were born into it but may
> not be overtly religious or devout - to speak out. We cannot accept the
> desecration of churches, the burning to death of innocent caretakers of
> orphanages, the storming of Christian and Muslim hamlets even if these acts
> are allegedly done in defence of our faith. Indeed, they do not defend but
> shame Hinduism. That's my central point.
>
> I'm sorry but when I read that the VHP has ransacked and killed I'm not just
> embarrassed, I feel ashamed. Never of being hindu but of what some Hindus do
> in our shared faith's name.
>
> This is why its incumbent on Naveen Patnaik, Orissa's Chief Minister, to
> take tough, unremitting action against the VHP and its junior wing, the
> Bajrang Dal. This is a test not just of his governance, but of his
> character. And I know and accept this could affect his political survival.
> But when it's a struggle between your commitment to your principles and your
> political convenience is there room for choice? For ordinary politicians,
> possibly, but for the Naveen I know, very definitely not.
>
> So let me end by saying: I'm waiting, Naveen. In fact, I want to say I'm not
> alone. There are hundreds of millions of Hindus, like you and me, waiting
> silently - but increasingly impatiently. Please act for all of us.

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jvr_2008 said:
first of all we are hymanbeeings, every one should be in his limits, then we are all be happy

November 16, '08

HETAL35 said:
INTRESTING........WOW !!!

September 19, '08

Ledzep said:
transparency,

aapke aarguments bahut practiced hein ...bachpan mein is tareh se issues ko uljhaana sirf leftists jaanthe the!

how come none of the virtues you ascribe to hindus are reflected in the actions of those who cloak their criminality by claiming to defend 'hindu' sentiment?

your call to rid hindu samaj of its ills is appreciated but out of tune with the world we live in. there is only one samaj we all are part of unless YOU belong to some other nation owing alleigiance to some other constitution.

selfstyled representatives of multiple samajs are political creations ...the media needs them to sell primetime big 'fights'. you dont want to sit in a drawing room sipping chai, watching THAT :-))

September 19, '08

punit-soni said:

September 19, '08

sokhibs_65 said:
this is only a political stunt want people to fight with each other and there chair remain safe

September 19, '08

AKASH9472 said:
THINK ALWAYS WE ARE THE HUMAN BEINGS ...NO MATTER FOR RELIGION...
SARE JAHAN SE ACHA HINDUSTAN HAMARA,
HINDI HAI HAM WATAN HAI,
HINDUSTAN HAMARA......

September 19, '08

Raju3029CAP said:
How intresting

September 19, '08

BindasCorner said:
Can't u see this is a copy paste thingy?.....
She did not even bothered to format it...and we...silly souls fighting over it.... think is is worth it?

September 19, '08

BindasCorner said:
I can talk a lot about it...after living in Koraput, Bolangir, Jaipur, Sambalpur, and many more.....
let me know if u r ready with the facts and my first hand .....

September 18, '08

aspashish said:

September 18, '08

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