Re: Shocking!

["Ram Narayanan" <ramn@adelphia.net>]

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Rakesh wrote:

> As far as a policy debate is concerned the only relevant issue is whether
> religious freedom and human rights are guaranteed. They should be.
>
> All Indians should be allowed to convert to Shintoism tomorrow and to
> Rastafari the day after, if they so desired and . Its nobody else's
> business.
>

There is no question of any Indian being prevented from changing his or her
religion of his or her volition. The question is does any one have the right
to to indulge in fraudulent methods to convert the poor, the illiterate and
the tribals and in the process destroy their cultural roots? That's
everybody's business!

Ram Narayanan



----- Original Message -----
From: rajunwk <mail@raju.net>
To: <debate@indiapolicy.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Shocking!


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> Please help make the Manifesto better, or accept it, and propagate it!
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> As far as a policy debate is concerned the only relevant issue is whether
> religious freedom and human rights are guaranteed. They should be.
>
> All Indians should be allowed to convert to Shintoism tomorrow and to
> Rastafari the day after, if they so desired and . Its nobody else's
> business.
>
> No brainer.
>
> cheers,
> -Rakesh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bhartiya" <llamba@siemens-hearing.com>
> To: <debate@indiapolicy.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 7:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Shocking!
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> > Yes Hinduism survived 200 years of Europeans and 1000 years of Muslim
rule
> > but at what price :
> >
> > *    50 Percent of original Bharat Varsha is now is Muslim where you
can't
> > stand with tilak on
> >       your forehead without getting beheaded, Now look at north east
> Bharat
> > , Hindus have become
> >       minorities and now we are commanded not to celebrate our festivals
> > else face the music.
> >
> > *   Hindus are being pushed for "Dharma Yudh", some feel time has come ,
> for
> > others feeling is we
> >      will survive. yes we will survive, there is a difference between
> > surviving and living. Time and time
> >      again during the course of Bharat's Itihas we where forced to pick
> the
> > weapons to resist the onslaught,
> >      those where our own people not just neighbors but our brothers and
> > sisters. Lets stop for a while and
> >      do some introspection before we find ourselves in much bigger and
out
> > of control situation.
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/lavlesh/books/books.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Npsingh123@aol.com>
> > To: <debate@indiapolicy.org>
> > Sent: Monday, 16 October, 2000 3:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: Shocking!
> >
> >
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> > > Please help make the Manifesto better, or accept it, and propagate it!
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> > > Hinduism survived 200 years of European rule and 1000 years of Muslim
> > rule.
> > > So there is no need to be paranoid today. Let us get on with something
> > more
> > > important.
> > >
> > >
> >
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