Comments on: Indian Election Results: Bring on the links [Updated] http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janaka http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239877 Janaka Tue, 19 May 2009 21:45:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239877 <p>mahatma gandhi hypocrite???</p> mahatma gandhi hypocrite???

]]> By: Madam Blavatsky http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239876 Madam Blavatsky Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239876 <blockquote>Why do Hindus who luv India and dharma abandon India and choose to live in Christian societies? Why is difficult for them to acknowledge that money is more important than their professed love of their culture?</blockquote> <p>Which "christian societies" do you speak of? If you include the USA in that, you would be wrong. Many different religions are thriving in the USA. Atheists are also thriving here.</p> <p>The United States is NOT a "christian theocracy" at all.</p> <p>Even the holiday called "christmas" is stripped of its religious meaning in the mainstream and is all about consumerism.</p> <p>The overarching ethos of American mainstream is secular consumerism. This makes it a great place to practice whatever religion you choose because no other religion will be forced on you or "in your face".</p> <p>It also opens up a great free-market for all religions to tout their products/ideals. Why do you think Buddhism has become so popular here if USA is such a "christian society"?</p> Why do Hindus who luv India and dharma abandon India and choose to live in Christian societies? Why is difficult for them to acknowledge that money is more important than their professed love of their culture?

Which “christian societies” do you speak of? If you include the USA in that, you would be wrong. Many different religions are thriving in the USA. Atheists are also thriving here.

The United States is NOT a “christian theocracy” at all.

Even the holiday called “christmas” is stripped of its religious meaning in the mainstream and is all about consumerism.

The overarching ethos of American mainstream is secular consumerism. This makes it a great place to practice whatever religion you choose because no other religion will be forced on you or “in your face”.

It also opens up a great free-market for all religions to tout their products/ideals. Why do you think Buddhism has become so popular here if USA is such a “christian society”?

]]> By: Lupus Solitarius http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239875 Lupus Solitarius Tue, 19 May 2009 21:21:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239875 <p>Oops The actual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel">#2</a></p> Oops The actual #2

]]> By: Lupus Solitarius http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239874 Lupus Solitarius Tue, 19 May 2009 21:04:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239874 <p>Dear tired, Chill out, relax, have a rooh afza. Then go through this short and a very incomplete list of some Indians who spent many years of their lives abroad, learning, analysing and refining their thoughts. The leaders I mention differ widely in their political leanings, but were nationalists nevertheless.<br /> You can be a deracinated wannabe living in your own country, and you can discover the beauty of your civilisation living in a foreign country. There are many motives for people who choose to live/work/study abroad. Thinking of money as the sole motive actually says something about you. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi">1</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi">2.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru">3</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar">4.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar">5</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai">6</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_J._Bhabha">7</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai">8</a></p> Dear tired, Chill out, relax, have a rooh afza. Then go through this short and a very incomplete list of some Indians who spent many years of their lives abroad, learning, analysing and refining their thoughts. The leaders I mention differ widely in their political leanings, but were nationalists nevertheless.
You can be a deracinated wannabe living in your own country, and you can discover the beauty of your civilisation living in a foreign country. There are many motives for people who choose to live/work/study abroad. Thinking of money as the sole motive actually says something about you. 1 2. 3 4. 5 6 7 8

]]> By: Yoga Fire http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239872 Yoga Fire Tue, 19 May 2009 20:34:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239872 <blockquote> Why do Hindus who luv India and dharma abandon India and choose to live in Christian societies? Why is difficult for them to acknowledge that money is more important than their professed love of their culture?</blockquote> <p>Because the second largest party in India is entirely supported by NRIs. Clearly.</p> <p>It couldn't possibly be that a blog geared towards Indo-Americans might draw a lot of Indo-Americans no?</p> Why do Hindus who luv India and dharma abandon India and choose to live in Christian societies? Why is difficult for them to acknowledge that money is more important than their professed love of their culture?

Because the second largest party in India is entirely supported by NRIs. Clearly.

It couldn’t possibly be that a blog geared towards Indo-Americans might draw a lot of Indo-Americans no?

]]> By: Tired of the cant of hypocrites http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239871 Tired of the cant of hypocrites Tue, 19 May 2009 20:13:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239871 <p>Yeah, I know she has surrounded herself with a Christian coterie intent on converting the heathens, but that's not important. just look at the Christian record in heathen societies. They're saving souls and spreading love.</p> <p>Why do Hindus who luv India and dharma abandon India and choose to live in Christian societies? Why is difficult for them to acknowledge that money is more important than their professed love of their culture?</p> Yeah, I know she has surrounded herself with a Christian coterie intent on converting the heathens, but that’s not important. just look at the Christian record in heathen societies. They’re saving souls and spreading love.

Why do Hindus who luv India and dharma abandon India and choose to live in Christian societies? Why is difficult for them to acknowledge that money is more important than their professed love of their culture?

]]> By: TTCUSM http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239867 TTCUSM Tue, 19 May 2009 19:04:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239867 <blockquote>just look at the Christian record in heathen societies. They're saving souls and spreading love.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas">Oh yeah,</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa">I can just feel the love.</a></p> just look at the Christian record in heathen societies. They’re saving souls and spreading love.

Oh yeah, I can just feel the love.

]]> By: RC http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239863 RC Tue, 19 May 2009 18:46:05 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239863 <blockquote>Nobody is saying IMF was going to give money in 1991 without some serious fundamental shift in Indian economic policy at that time. It is also possible he is now soft peddling IMF conditions that were perhaps put forth at that time.</blockquote> <p>Kush, Agree with you there. India was no "emerging power" in 1990. It was no emerging-anything and was a push-over state. IMF conditions are exactly what <u>forced</u> the government to take the action on economic front.</p> Nobody is saying IMF was going to give money in 1991 without some serious fundamental shift in Indian economic policy at that time. It is also possible he is now soft peddling IMF conditions that were perhaps put forth at that time.

Kush, Agree with you there. India was no “emerging power” in 1990. It was no emerging-anything and was a push-over state. IMF conditions are exactly what forced the government to take the action on economic front.

]]> By: Janaka http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239861 Janaka Tue, 19 May 2009 18:34:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239861 <blockquote>Barack Obama was born in the United States and has lived here all of his adult life. He is an educated constitutional law professor who had prior political experience before becoming leader of his party and President of the United States. Sonia Gandhi is a native born Italian and lived in Europe until she married Rajiv Gandhi.</blockquote> <p>Yaar, these are trivial points. Who did the Chinese invite to the Olympics? Sonia Gandhi or the Indian PM Manmohan?? Since they invited Sonia Gandhi, obviously she is must be a Indian. Yeah, I know she has surrounded herself with a Christian coterie intent on converting the heathens, but that's not important. just look at the Christian record in heathen societies. They're saving souls and spreading love.</p> Barack Obama was born in the United States and has lived here all of his adult life. He is an educated constitutional law professor who had prior political experience before becoming leader of his party and President of the United States. Sonia Gandhi is a native born Italian and lived in Europe until she married Rajiv Gandhi.

Yaar, these are trivial points. Who did the Chinese invite to the Olympics? Sonia Gandhi or the Indian PM Manmohan?? Since they invited Sonia Gandhi, obviously she is must be a Indian. Yeah, I know she has surrounded herself with a Christian coterie intent on converting the heathens, but that’s not important. just look at the Christian record in heathen societies. They’re saving souls and spreading love.

]]> By: amaun http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/05/16/indian_election_1/comment-page-4/#comment-239858 amaun Tue, 19 May 2009 17:46:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5774#comment-239858 <p><i> In fact, the Congress spun any discussion on the 1984 murders as supporting Sikh separatism.</i></p> <p>Much like any discussion of Guantanamo, torture, Cheney's motivation is spun by a lot of Republicans and talk-show folks as support for the terrorists from 9/11.</p> In fact, the Congress spun any discussion on the 1984 murders as supporting Sikh separatism.

Much like any discussion of Guantanamo, torture, Cheney’s motivation is spun by a lot of Republicans and talk-show folks as support for the terrorists from 9/11.

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