Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 people not to yield to any such religious ignorance. Signatories included Nagesh, P. Puttaiah, D.S. Nagabhushana, Savitha Nagabhushana, D.S. Shivakumar, M. Raju, M.B. Nataraj, Nagaraj, T.S. Ponnammal, H. Halappa, N. Puttaswamy, Prof Srikantha Koodige, Manjunath, Avinash, M. Gurumurthy, Sringesh, Sunilkumar, George Saldana, V.G. Jagadish and T. Manjunath.http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20060421042153&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0> Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 In a usual display of selective judgement, this group of 'Progressive Thinkers' forgot to think the whole thing through. A large portion of Indian Government 'Public Money' is based on donations collected at Religious Institutions. Not just any religious institutions but only at Hindu Temples are pilgrims donations collected by the government. Therefore a minimal use of government funds to give back to the spiritual yearnings of the community is only just. The Indian government is the only country in the world to subsidize Islamic Pilgrimages to Mecca. This practice was banned as Un-Islamic in Indonesia, yet India still uses public funds to send its Muslim citizens to Saudi Arabia. A huge industry has been set up in India with Haj Pilgrims having exclusive service, designated areas and specialized treatment distinct from the rest of India's citizens. In fact Hindus are regularly massacred at Temples. Thus the Indian Government has been forced to establish intensive security screening procedures at many major Hindu holy places. The group below represents another form of assault on the sensitivities and dignity of the Hindu community. -- In vediculture, Vrndavan Parker <vrnparker wrote: > > Note how media refers to the group against Ramayan festivities as 'Progressive Thinkers.' > > > Mutt function draws flak from progressive thinkers > Friday April 21 2006 14:43 IST SHIMOGA: While the Ramayan Mahasatra going on in Ramachandrapur mutt, Hosanagar taluk, has been attracting thousands of people from all over the country, it has also drawn flak from a group of progressive thinkeRs > > Clarifying that they are not opposed to any religious practice, they said they wanted to question the propriety of this programme as the Ramayan Mahastra was organised using public money. > > Wondering whether the programme is really scientific, they felt it was an effort to reinstate the mono-culture of the Vedic system. They called upon the people not to yield to any such religious ignorance. > > Signatories included Nagesh, P. Puttaiah, D.S. Nagabhushana, Savitha Nagabhushana, D.S. Shivakumar, M. Raju, M.B. Nataraj, Nagaraj, T.S. Ponnammal, H. Halappa, N. Puttaswamy, Prof Srikantha Koodige, Manjunath, Avinash, M. Gurumurthy, Sringesh, Sunilkumar, George Saldana, V.G. Jagadish and T. Manjunath. > http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20060421042153&Page=K&Title=South\ ern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0> > > > > > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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