While Barelvis never stressed on labelling local customs as 'Hinduwana', Deobandis focused on a puritanical version of Islam. Both aim to dominate a new 'Islamic' polity.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
A sane voice. Afaik, Hindus are by nature secular and can and do tolerate and respect other religions. But having been provoked since long by their own and others, this extremist streak has crept into them which is inevitable. This is not desirable, and not the character of the religion.
Author’s intensio intension is good. But she should remember how much a call ” Jai Shriram” created uproar? Remember the position taken by Mamata didi and her followers ? And everybody knows how Islam and politics are intertwined!
A sane voice. Afaik, Hindus are by nature secular and can and do tolerate and respect other religions. But having been provoked since long by their own and others, this extremist streak has crept into them which is inevitable. This is not desirable, and not the character of the religion.
Author’s intensio intension is good. But she should remember how much a call ” Jai Shriram” created uproar? Remember the position taken by Mamata didi and her followers ? And everybody knows how Islam and politics are intertwined!