04-13-2007, 10:40 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ashyam+Apr 13 2007, 10:26 AM-->QUOTE(ashyam @ Apr 13 2007, 10:26 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Do people think that a Hindu narrative (whatever it is) will be accepted by christians and muslims?
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No Hindu need give sh1t whether anyone else accepts it or not.
Do YOU accept the narrative that Islam is a religion of peace.
As a way of life that touches at least 20 percent of the people in the world Hinduism is an unknown entity.
If you live anywhere outside India and say "Christmas" people know what you are talking about
Same about Ramzan
But you say "Dussera" and people don;t know what the hel you are referring to.
"Hindu" means many armed Gods, caste and a wholelot of other negative connotations.
This is a result of the Hindu story, a Hindu worldview - teh Hindu narrative being unknown. The Hindu narratove has been ddefined by all sorts of jokers.
How about ordinary people doing it? People have to do it. Nobody else can.
Go back to your parents/grandparents (if you are young enough) and say how Ganesh chaturthi was celebrated at home.
Did you learn any slokas as a child? What are they? Have you taught your kids? What do they mean. Why is food served in aparticular order in Hindu meals?
These are all parts of the Hindu narrative.
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No Hindu need give sh1t whether anyone else accepts it or not.
Do YOU accept the narrative that Islam is a religion of peace.
As a way of life that touches at least 20 percent of the people in the world Hinduism is an unknown entity.
If you live anywhere outside India and say "Christmas" people know what you are talking about
Same about Ramzan
But you say "Dussera" and people don;t know what the hel you are referring to.
"Hindu" means many armed Gods, caste and a wholelot of other negative connotations.
This is a result of the Hindu story, a Hindu worldview - teh Hindu narrative being unknown. The Hindu narratove has been ddefined by all sorts of jokers.
How about ordinary people doing it? People have to do it. Nobody else can.
Go back to your parents/grandparents (if you are young enough) and say how Ganesh chaturthi was celebrated at home.
Did you learn any slokas as a child? What are they? Have you taught your kids? What do they mean. Why is food served in aparticular order in Hindu meals?
These are all parts of the Hindu narrative.