tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post1319619020947447200..comments2024-01-05T08:23:27.097+05:30Comments on Musings: Musings on a Tuesday Morninganilkurup59http://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-91672364015904148952014-04-24T14:20:58.044+05:302014-04-24T14:20:58.044+05:30Missed this post.. and hence got a chance to read ...Missed this post.. and hence got a chance to read your brilliant response too..<br /><br />Wish India could shake away the mantle of religious fervour that seems to be shrouding it rather than freeing it!Happy Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406399936808407736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-79644281133507518592014-04-12T19:10:11.606+05:302014-04-12T19:10:11.606+05:30I wish more people can get access to your brillian...I wish more people can get access to your brilliant analysis of religious-politics. Thank you Mr.Anil Kurup! KGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523429148249800487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-66539161946130935542014-04-09T14:41:40.493+05:302014-04-09T14:41:40.493+05:30Politics is a dirty game.Politics is a dirty game.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682758228934966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-70968435920230385432014-03-28T08:45:40.289+05:302014-03-28T08:45:40.289+05:30@ BK.Chowla,
“We seem to find saffron beating an ...@ BK.Chowla,<br /><br />“We seem to find saffron beating an easy way out to prove oneself "Secular”. Fact is--nowhere in the world can you separate religion from politics.”<br />The first part about “saffron beating” is an unnecessary and misplaced paranoia here – and unfortunately, that is often the case when even a dispassionate and apolitical person like me expresses the opinion mentioned in this post.<br />Saffron beating is certainly a worthwhile strategy that has been practiced by all shades of politicians to fool the saffronised. In fact the opposite happens on the other side too.<br />I have only mentioned dispassionately and in all sincerity, but with sense of outrage that the so called Hindutva core and fringe groups have almost usurped a way of life that has never dictated to any one like other didactic and skewed religions .But now under the guise of protecting their “Hindu culture and dharma”, these people are trampling upon the rights of the individual. Hindu culture and dharma is the freedom to practice Hinduism. Hinduism has never been and cannot be thrust upon by the sword or coercion. Both Christianity and Islam grew by the aid of the sword and gunpowder.<br />Why must Hinduism plummet to the pathetic level of other faiths? Hindus do not need a messiah or a prophet to resurrect. Because we never (Hinduism) lost its sheen; because hindusim is not a faith borne out revelation to some sorcerers holed up in some inaccessible mountains.<br />Religion has to be your personal matter and not the subject of one-upmanship and breast beating like gorillas. India certainly can be a place for a tolerant (I’m not using the word secular as that seems to of annoy you) and a free society that respects an individual’s right to think, and live freely.<br />In the rainbow culture that is in India and in today’s open world that is a mere village, refusing to cast away skewed , egregious and anachronistic notions that the Hndutva and the groups of minority faiths have is like endorsing kamikaze. <br />Religion is not a state subject and a matter in elections in many countries .It is not in all of Europe, the USA , Canada, Australia, and may other places. Well exceptions are the fanatic and obscurant countries in the Muslim world. <br />Certainly religion in India is not about God or supplicating to him- either be it with Muslims, Christians or Hindus. It is politics and vote bank politics. We will see salvation the day we realize that.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-3048940738618364462014-03-28T08:44:08.215+05:302014-03-28T08:44:08.215+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-4276104130690086612014-03-28T08:42:33.395+05:302014-03-28T08:42:33.395+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314240044112275262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-16180232283244667772014-03-27T23:17:09.814+05:302014-03-27T23:17:09.814+05:30It is the politics that pave path for the fanatics...It is the politics that pave path for the fanatics.In comparison with other religions,Hinduism holds less number of fanatics,though they are there sure.<br /><br />Saffron,white and green all play their part well in promoting intolerance here.<br /><br />In some countries people can't watch movies,listen to music and have no entertainments.<br /><br />In India some people hinder all the social activities,as if they are sent from heaven as the masters of all the people.<br /><br />Here the aim is only vote-bank.So they play any satanic game to please the fanatics.<br /><br />Magnificent work,but poor people like me need a dictionary by the side.Nicely narrated. <br /><br /><br /><br /> rudraprayagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775039913655864157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-69760479620747921782014-03-27T22:19:24.055+05:302014-03-27T22:19:24.055+05:30I admit that I have never had any success with The...I admit that I have never had any success with The Satanic Verses despite having tried several times in the past. A little older and hopefully a lot wiser now I may well gave the book another try or would you suggest I give another of his books a try?Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-79067714687203705932014-03-27T18:57:45.381+05:302014-03-27T18:57:45.381+05:30I hate both politics and religion. Both these fiel...I hate both politics and religion. Both these fields have become very corrupt. There are neither any good spiritual leader, nor any good politician in our country.Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-15367184243534960042014-03-27T11:49:21.745+05:302014-03-27T11:49:21.745+05:30We seem to find saffron beating an easy way out to...We seem to find saffron beating an easy way out to prove oneself "Secular"..Fact is--no where in the world can you seperate relgion from politics.BK Chowla,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03869011550287421537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-21198515084317445152014-03-25T21:48:27.548+05:302014-03-25T21:48:27.548+05:30I have often been accused of being a "pseudo ...I have often been accused of being a "pseudo secularist" -whatever that means..!! I find it is the usual retort of these right wing saffron brigade guys. Intolerance to art and literature is on the rise. It is not just in the Muslim countries. The Bajrang dal does it quite often here. REmember what they did to Hussain's painting? I think we are headed the same way as some of these Islamic countries that we criticise. It is frightening! Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.com