01-10-2007, 09:40 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->One of the tailors my mother visits for her blouse pieces when in Chennai is a Hindu man. He got married to a woman he thought was Hindu, on account of her name and clothing (pottu, saree). He explained to my mother that he was very saddened when his wife insulted his pictures of Hindu Gods and how she and her brother told him to get rid of them. Later they kept asking him, then bothering him to convert. Since he thought it would ensure peace in the family and prevent the divorce she was threatening with if he didn't convert, he converted to the terrorist religion. He is now a 'christian' at home and a Hindu in his heart. My mother said he was rather depressed about it, but hopes that once his wife's brother is married and moves away, he might be able to convince his wife to let him bring his images back and not be so rude about his beliefs. Sadly, I don't think he has any luck. He will never get a divorce, because he is one of the vast number of good, simple, Hindu, traditional people.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I can't understand why so many religious Hindus have this weak mentality, what is the point of going to mandir everyday and chanting your prayers if you can't stand up when dharma is insulted, these are what I would classify as "Gandhian Hindus", very religious like Gandhi was but very weak when it comes to defending their beliefs.
What is even worse is this guy is a man and usually in India the woman has to adjust to the husband's household not the otherway around, I certainly heard of no Hindu woman who married outside the community who managed to convert her spouse, it's usually she who gets converted or even if not converted, the kids are raised according to the fathers beliefs.
But I heard of so many Hindu men who were converted by Muslim and Christian woman, if that ain't shameful I don't know what is.
This is the prime reason why I don't like these naive Gandhian types, I would rather have a Varsha Bhosle any day over these types even though she is an agnostic according to herself.
I can't understand why so many religious Hindus have this weak mentality, what is the point of going to mandir everyday and chanting your prayers if you can't stand up when dharma is insulted, these are what I would classify as "Gandhian Hindus", very religious like Gandhi was but very weak when it comes to defending their beliefs.
What is even worse is this guy is a man and usually in India the woman has to adjust to the husband's household not the otherway around, I certainly heard of no Hindu woman who married outside the community who managed to convert her spouse, it's usually she who gets converted or even if not converted, the kids are raised according to the fathers beliefs.
But I heard of so many Hindu men who were converted by Muslim and Christian woman, if that ain't shameful I don't know what is.
This is the prime reason why I don't like these naive Gandhian types, I would rather have a Varsha Bhosle any day over these types even though she is an agnostic according to herself.