From: rkrithiv@pima.intel.com (Ramamurthy Krithivas)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: An article by Prof.Jeyaraman
Date: 22 Jan 1993 00:22:55 GMT
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From: ssankara@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sornam Sankara)
Subject: An article by Prof.Jeyaraman

> The following very long article was posted in SCI.  Since it is very 
> long, please dont try to skip.  It is an excellent article which 
> describes the corruption of intellectualism in every walk of Indian 
> life.  If you are a Khuram's follower, you may find it very embarassing.  
> We cant help it.
> S. Sankarapandi
  < Long articles of deleted> 

  And how peculiar it is that the articles of Mr. Kamath and few other
  journalists, which  viewed  the  Ayodhya  incident  from a different
  perspective  never  made  its  way  to  this newsgroup. Where as the 
  article that was  so heavily critical of BJP/RSS/et al promptly made 
  its  presence  here. There  was an  article  on Negationism in India,
  which had its own spectacular analysis of US[Indians].

  Those articles  would not have embarassed anyone, it would have ALSO 
  been enlightening and would have much balanced the scales. 

  If well being  of the nation be ones objective, it is critical that
  one does not get hijacked by a totally one sided view. On the other 
  hand, if that article was INTENDED to REINFORCE the prevalent view, 
  w.r.t Tamizh Nadu, the evil Aryan/Hinduvata/Brahminical  forces out 
  on a eternal  battle with the Dravidians, Irrelevance of Vedaas etc.
  etc. The posted  article contained enough sprinklings of some. Well 
  actions conveys the message. 

  That aside: 

  Beating upon the Hinduvata forces/concept is not going to help solve
  the problem.  Dubbing BJP/RSS  as fascicsts  and evil-mongers too is 
  not going to solve the problem. It is  only going to make  them more 
  resolute, more  fanatic  and more  fascisct, according to how people 
  define it. 

  It is  not intellectual bankruptcy/corruption  that is  the  bane of 
  India, it is the  lack of a  healthy political system  and a healthy 
  democracy. The Judiciary, Legislative and the  Executive branches of 
  the Government, were  the first one to loose the  confidence  of the 
  masses. This cancer is  slowly  spreading to other  branches as they 
  too have been made tools of political objectives. 

  Swami Vivekananda  while commenting  about the  influence of Islamic 
  forces in India, says  that  it  has  conserved  and  developed, too 
  gentle a race, the ideals of organized struggle and resistance. 

  The days has come  when  Hindus as a political entity have gathered, 
  and this spells death knell for the Congress. As  history  has shown 
  it shall go  to any level  to survive. All the fear  pschycosis that 
  has been  unleashed  in the article, with  its small  quota of truth,
  belongs to this strategy. 

Krithi. 

PostScript: 
  Though the  article posted convey the message that Hinduvata and the
  spirit of scientific enquiry cannot  coexist. Yes fundamentalism and 
  scientific enquiry might not go hand in hand.It does not convey what
  caused Hinduvata to arise at all??. That  was one thing Indian about 
  it: Do not see  the underlying problem, but  create a fear pshycosis
  so that the problem does not manifest itself.Consider problem solved. 
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