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Post by jagannathtech » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 5:57 PM UTC

john4532452 wrote: post #137

slevin063 wrote: post #109

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Not discounting the negative effects of the nationalism, but I don't think caste system is behind the current rise of nationalism. The prime minister himself is from the lower caste.

> The prime minister himself is from the lower caste. This does not change anything. Modi is just a pawn. He does not have any original ideology, he is there for power. Look at the number of brahmins and non-brahmins in the key position in the BJP. Look at the analysis here https://theprint.in/politics/ambedkar-on-its-agenda-but-bjp-... If you are still not convinced, look at what "Subramanian swamy" had to say when…

Subramanian Swamy always denounced birth based caste system and always said anyone with 3 qualities - knowledge, sacrifice, courage should be considered as a brahmin and he has also said in many places that as per this Dr.Ambedkar is a brahmin and Nehru is not.

Don't just rely on Indian fake news media.

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by jagannathtech » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 5:57 PM UTC

arjun1296 wrote: post #151

john4532452 wrote: post #137

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> The prime minister himself is from the lower caste. This does not change anything. Modi is just a pawn. He does not have any original ideology, he is there for power. Look at the number of brahmins and non-brahmins in the key position in the BJP. Look at the analysis here https://theprint.in/politics/ambedkar-on-its-agenda-but-bjp-... If you are still not convinced, look at what "Subramanian swamy" had to say when…

Subramanya Swamy is 81 yrs old. A person who has remnants and values of old-school of casteist thought. I don't expect him to be post-modernists egalitarian. However at the same it doesn't mean he can't say his casteist comments openly. ;) After all, its better if people say it openly so that they can be criticized for their casteist comment. The likes of him is politically insignificant as he is NOT competing in ele…

See my reply comment to him

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by jagannathtech » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 5:59 PM UTC

known wrote: post #184

malware7 wrote: post #106

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Any source on the motives of Indian nationalism for the "strict implementation" of varna system?

50% Ministers in Modi regime are Brahmin; And Brahmin are just 3% in India; https://www.quora.com/Which-caste-is-looting-India/answers/2...

That is a baseless claim. Completely false.

Re: Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal

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Post by jagannathtech » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:10 PM UTC

shadowprofile77 wrote: post #84

Is it just my skewed perception of more or less recent reporting about India's politics or is the supposed largest democracy on Earth slowly turning into an authoritarian nationalist state to a degree it hasn't seen in many years. Honestly curious, not a rhetorical question, in case anyone can clarify this with better information or first-hand understanding.

A fake narrative being built against India. To be honest everything boils down to religious issues. The dominant two world religions see India as an unfinished conquest. But this is not politically correct view so all other weasel issues are created/spread. Always follow the funding.

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Post by naruvimama » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 8:39 AM UTC

kbenson wrote: post #310

naruvimama wrote: post #304

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Islam as with Christianity was a one man, one book affair from the relatively recent time. The older traditions much of which do not exist thanks to the two above religions, were timeless and pluralistic. Hinduism has no known history and is assumed to be evolved through the ages, like food or music - Hinduism is unbounded and untethered. Islam in Pakistan or Kashmir specifically has ethnically cleansed almost all no…

No, Islam is an evolutionary offshoot of Christianity. Christianity is an evolutionary offshoot of Judaism. Judaism in incorporated many aspects of Zoroastrianism. If you're going to make some claim that Hinduism has no discernible stages that can be tracked anthropologically over history that we can look to, that would make it unique among human inventions and beliefs. Such an extraordinary claim needs strong eviden…

Hinduism is a jungle anything can grow on its own merit.

Christianity is a strawberry farm with a farmer for whom anything that is not strawberry is weed.

Islam is a corn farm with a corn farmer.

Both farmers want to slash and burn the jungle to expand their farm. And just because the charred remains of the jungle add nutrition to the soil does not mean it is being "incorporated".

There are very few Zorastrians in Iran, the greatest numbers live in India.

Not may Christians left in west asia.