07-25-2006, 11:48 PM
Initially I had posted in some other political thread, but then I realised that there must be a whole bunch of hindu 'evil' practices that must have been BANNED by the Colonial power continuing to this day. In effect the present government seems to be a continuation of the colonial govt we got 'independence' from.
In any case, the point of this thread is to
(1) List the 'evil' hindu practices that GoI has banned.
(2) If possible post the process followed by the then govt to BAN the 'evil' practice. Dirks has some things listed but I cant find his book.
(3) List 'evil' practices of other religions that have been BANNED (if any).
Hopefully a good amount of material will be collected that will give us some insight and guidance on how to take this forward.
In any case, the point of this thread is to
(1) List the 'evil' hindu practices that GoI has banned.
(2) If possible post the process followed by the then govt to BAN the 'evil' practice. Dirks has some things listed but I cant find his book.
(3) List 'evil' practices of other religions that have been BANNED (if any).
Hopefully a good amount of material will be collected that will give us some insight and guidance on how to take this forward.