jayasim@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (01/29/86)
In the base note Ramamohan Paturi asks, "Which Indian does not know what Hinduism really is ?" It is difficult to point out those Indians but a quantative guess can be easily made : many, many, many, many, many, many, ... -- D N Jayasimha, U of Illinois, C-U
paturi@harvard.UUCP (Ramamohan Paturi) (01/31/86)
In article <141700067@uiucdcsb>, jayasim@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: > > In the base note Ramamohan Paturi asks, "Which Indian does not know > what Hinduism really is ?" > > It is difficult to point out those Indians but a quantative guess > can be easily made : > > many, > many, many, > many, many, many, ... Sure. Even many Hindus do not know several things regarding Hindu philosophy and other such things. Also many (even educated) Indians do not know their history, but for some myths. Perhaps, I will put my rhetorical question in proper context so that the intended meaning will be clearer: The topic is social problems in Indian society. The defensive responses tried to give a glorified picture of Hinduism to correct the image. Then the (perhaps, sarcastic) question is: Which Indian does not know what Hinduism "really" is? (You can only fool foreigners at best.) -Ramamohan paturi@harvard