With a 80% hindu majority population, and taking into account the rich hindu heritage of 5000 years and the humanity and patience that hinduism teaches, would'nt we all be proud ?
2007-02-01 20:02:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It will make India more peaceful socially..Since ever known times, Hinduism is the most tolerant religion(perhaps the only) religion in the world..
Hindu rulers pardoned arabic robbers like Alluddin khilgi 13 times before he could win..we welcomed with open arms Vascodi gama and British who were in India to sell clothes..
This tolerance is misused by everybody and every other religion tries to take advantage of this tolerance no matter what..
After seven centuries of oppression, Hindus are realizing this and they are fighting only the "oppression"..no Hindu will ever consider of trying to convert others to Hinduism..
Declaring India, the Hindu nation will give the majority Hindus, the very needed secure feeling and also sends a strong message to muslims in India who have been "enjoying" India for generations but tries to be loyal to Pakistan or other foreign nations..
At the same time, any minority people sh old not be concerned bcz if its not for the tolerance of Hindus,other religions in India would've been long vanished..
2007-02-04 06:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by anser_quest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't mind India becoming a Hindu Nation. If 80% are Hindu then it probably is a Hindu Nation. But the what will be the consequence? The religion will interfere with politics. The pundits and pujaris (Hindu priests) will become rulers. There will be moral policing like they do in Iran. Human Rights would be violated by those very priests who would become politicians.
Its better to be a secular country than to have a state religion. In the end people will loose freedom. And, women will suffer the most. By being secular no harm is done to any religion.
2007-02-02 04:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by Naazneen D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the word Hindu itself is a misnomer. Actually it was not any sectarian ism or religion that was practiced in India(Bharata) in the ancient Bharatavarsa. The Sanatana Dharma is the proper one not only just for India, but for the whole world.
Please see the following conversation in1971, at Soviet Union, betwwen Prabhupada and Professor Grigoriy Kotovsky, head of the India Department at the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Indian studies department at the University of Moscow.
Prabhupada: Hinduism is a very complex topic.
Prof. Kotovsky: Oh, yes. Really, to my understanding, it is not a religion, from the European point of view; it is a way of life—religion, philosophy, a way of life, whatever you want.
Prabhupada: This word Hindu is not a Sanskrit word. It was given by the Muhammadans. You know that there is a river, Indus, which in Sanskrit is called Sindhu. The Muhammadans pronounce s as h. Instead of Sindhu, they made it Hindu. So Hindu is a term that is not found in the Sanskrit dictionary, but it has come into use.
But the real cultural institution is called varnasrama. There are four varnas (social divisions)—brahmana, kshatriya, vaisya, and shudra
—and four ashamas (spiritual divisions)—brahmacarya, grihastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. According to the Vedic concept of life, unless people take to this system or institution of four varns and four ashramas, actually they do not become civilized human beings. One has to take this process of four divisions of social orders and four divisions of spiritual orders; that is called varnasrama. India's culture is based on this age-old Vedic system.
Prof. Kotovsky: varnasrama.
Prabhupada: varnasrama. And in the Bhagavad-gita—perhaps you have read the Bhagavad-gita?
Prof. Kotovsky: Yes.
Prabhupada: There, in the Bhagavad-gita (4.13), is the statement catur-varnyam maya srstam: this system was created by Viishnu [God]. So since varnasrama is a creation of the Supreme, it cannot be changed. It is prevalent everywhere. It is like the sun. The sun is a creation of the Supreme. The sunshine is there in America, in Russia, and in India—everywhere. Similarly, this varnasrama system is prevalent everywhere in some form or another. Take, for example, the brahmanas, the most intelligent class of men. They are the brains of the society. The kshatriyas are the administrative class; then the vaisyas are the productive class, and the shuras are the worker class. These four classes of men are prevalent everywhere under different names. Because it is created by the original creator, so it is prevalent everywhere, varnasrama-dharma.
2007-02-02 04:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if it becomes one, those of other religions need not have any apprehension.Because peace loving Hindus will do no harm to anyone and they will respect other religions..
2007-02-02 09:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by karikalan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it will creat a contravercy in indian people who r not hindu. india is a very big nation and many people of many religions live here. so it will affects the other people's mind.
2007-02-02 05:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by SANJAY 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I think it's a great idea.
Kali Ma Shakti De,
Lazarus
2007-02-02 04:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by The Man Comes Around 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you and this is what is required. This will make it clear for Muslims about their place in the country and they can decide how to live or leave.
2007-02-02 11:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by liketoaskq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO - AND WHAT IS UP WITH THESE HUGE BOOKS THAT PEOPLE WRITE?
2007-02-02 05:12:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋