Deepak, Your points are good. They are the reasons why Hindus feel hurt. Chopra and Jindal are both kicking the ladder on which they came up. I have seen this amongst many overseas Indians, ALL from a Hindu background doing this. In S'pore too ambitious Indians, will stop identifying themselveds as Hindus, keep away from religious functions and so on. Some of them will lecture Hindus on how to "forget their religion and culture to blend in with the majority Chinese culture". In other words, they go over-board. They think that only that way, non-Hindus would appreciate them. Ambition for power, position and money blinds Hindus more than any other religious group. It is sad, because Hinduism teaches in detail how a human can balance materialism, social-welfare and personal spiritual development, resulting in a strong personality. In that sense, someone like Dr.Abdul Kalam, is more of a Hindu, than many born Hindus. Chopra has not absorbed the very words and conepts he used to lecture others. His understanding of Hinduism was employed to make money - as a doctor would use medical knowledge to charge fees for his services. In this connection I find Hindus in the rural areas, who do not talk much, but in fact, understand and practise Hinduism better than us - the "educated", english-speaking crowd, living mostly in Metros. Their "sraddha", "bhakti" and grasp of "karthavya" is true Hinduism, even if they cannot lecture others like Chopra.
