Terrible crimes lie behind all great civilizations.. but the question of why so many modern Western academics opt to treat Hinduism in ways they don't treat Islam or Buddhism is interesting.. (my guess is, partly to do w Westernized Leftish INDIAN acceptance of this) https://twitter.com/TrueIndology/status/987362796688912384 …
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I would argue that you, and a few others who straddle Western learning and Hindu piety, remain the exception rather than the rule. Many in this new generation have little knowledge and plenty of rage. And they are not liberal by any yardstick.
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If that were so, why would my books sell in big numbers, including in Indian languages? I would argue that most young Indians are instinctively liberal & proud. They want to hear liberal modern messages. But from our own Indic and rooted voices. The won't tolerate Elite put-downs
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I can’t answer that. But surely you don’t believe that everyone who reads your books is deeply knowledgeable about Hinduism, and conducts their arguments with tolerance, civility and good spelling. :)
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As the person who wrote the first book on Hinduism to win the Wilbur Award in America - a book written in English - I would still not say that knowledge of English spellings is a criterion. The moment that becomes a filter already a lot of indigenous knowledge is being bypassed.
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@authoramish that across more than a 100 lectures in India and America now, even today I am lecturing at the University of U-Champaign, I have found my readers and listeners to be open, liberal but also irritated by decades of being sniggered at. -
I don't deny that sometimes anger and lack of articulation leads to problems but it is a two-way street issue. In most cases if people are listened to and spoken to with respect, they are open-minded, liberal, and ready to embrace supple POVs.
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You mean you don’t dismiss individuals and reject arguments based on poor spellings? Shocking.
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:D Good ol' Rajeev. I only object to finding the internet in the Mahabharata, ha, ha :D
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@RutgersU#SackAudreyTruschke she distorts history.... She's a cheatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This is a great sign that many new age rishis empowered with deep knowledge are blossoming to make Bharat VishwaGuru.
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You mention " liberal" as if it's a http://virtue.It 's http://not.It 's is just another philosophy. Ancient India was NOT liberal.Hindus are conservative and that's why conserved ancient traditions & knowledge.This conservatism is what nourished Dharma.
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I am stunned that such racial and cultural slurs done by Audrey is not taken note by Twitter whereas we have seen a word against Islam and you are being suspended !!
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there are 10s of 1000s of tweets on audrey trushke and her latest instances of hinduphoba and anti-hindu bigotry. wonder if the media will cover this or only cover the fact 2 weeks later AT complains shes getting too many responses she doesnt agree with,,,,
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Deliberate lies. Yes. Ignorance definitely. In Ms
@AudreyTruschke 's case it's a fatal combination of both, today's liberal Hindus are not going to take such craps lying down just because it comes from a white - supremacist agenda-driven mind.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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True. But lots of brainwashed indians who think science is at odds with spirituity. And Lots of hindus who think visiting temples is spirituality.
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There’s something about these so called academics who cant take the fact that the world can have such a liberal religion as Hinduism.
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There’s something about these academics who cant live to the fact that the world can have such a liberal religion as hinduism
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).. Western writers more likely to learn from INDIAN friends than vice versa