Mirza Ghalib wrote:
> On Jul 19, 9:29 am, Wanderer <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> fanabba <fana...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> If India is declared a Hindu state, other religions would still be
>>> accepted as equally valid. That is the idea at the very core of
>>> Hinduism. That idea is not at the core of religions like Christianity
>>> and Islam.
>> If all religions were to be accepted as equally valid in India, what is
>> the need to seek to declare it a Hindu state? The RSS and VHP argue
that
>> there is no officially Hindu state in the world, whereas there are
>> Christian, Muslim and Buddhist states. Firstly, Nepal is officially
>> Hindu. Secondly, the argument is similar to saying, ""my neighbors keep
>> slaves, so it's time I did too". Religion is a personal affair, and we
>> should strive to remove "official" religions the world over, not go in
>> the opposite direction. The UK is officially a Protestant Christian
>> nation, and yet other religions find greater accomodation than is found
>> in, say, Tripura or Nagaland or Gujarat. The UK is slowly but
inexorably
>> moving toward official secularism.
>
> You have not been reading papers. Nepal ceased to be a Hindu
> state.
And a good thing too. It will likely be a secular state, given that all
the problems stemmed from the treatment of the undercastes in an
officially Hindu state.
http://www.ahrchk.net/pr/mainfile.php/2008mr/522/
http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/30011212/Nepal8217s-challenging-jour.html
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