Also the author can organize an another exhibition on how on the concepts of sati, hindhus killed the women, tortured the heads and also how on the name of god, upper castes discriminated lower castes..
RE:how hindhus killed one another
by Ashwin Iyer on Feb 16, 2007 03:46 PM Permalink
Dear Karthik,
Do you think such exhibitions dont exist. They do exist and even certain things are taught in school books. Look at history in a more matured manner.
Why do you think Traditional Penalty Lays and Laws of Society and Royalty are extinct today? Not because someone else ruled this country for so many years. It is because this religion evolves and is dynamic enough to change when required. Look at history and accept it. There is nothing wrong.
RE:how hindhus killed one another
by Koushik Rudra on Feb 16, 2007 04:24 PM Permalink
My dear Karthik, as a Hindu I know all these facts and feel ashamed about this. Thats why Raja Rammohan Roy, Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and Vivekananda are visionary. The Hindus accpet very well some parts of the dark periods. The thing is that let the majority Muslims also accept the dark periods of Muslim rule in India. Why are you talking un-necessary things?
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by SENGATHIR SELVAN on Feb 16, 2007 04:50 PM Permalink
As long as some ill hearted muslims did not try to glorify dark periods of Muslim rule in India, It is Ok..
What we are yet to see that reformative leader in Muslims as Hindus did have...
Muslims shall make up their mind to encourge those stars to shine...
RE:how hindhus killed one another
by Vinayak Patil on Feb 16, 2007 05:08 PM Permalink
Well Hindus accept that sati system was wrong and follow their stand in modern times. Show me how many muslims at-least accept that they have wrong attitude towards women in their religion and will do everything to modern women.
RE:how hindhus killed one another
by on Feb 16, 2007 05:20 PM Permalink
hi karthik, enjoyed ur post.1,sati came into vogue during the medieval wartimes (read rajput fighting muslim invaders) in rajasthan, when rajput soldiers had to fight till death. no rajput soldier wanted dishonour to his wife and female children after he and his sons have died in the battlefields. and it is obvious that sati was not a practice before the medieval times as none of the epics or any scripture composed before 13th century cite of at least one incidence of sati, leave alone it being a mass social practice. 2, well, i assume umeant "tonsuring" the head, or shaving the hair off the head of a widow, after the death of her man. this came into vogue, where the woman had to sustain her life after the death of her husband for the sake of her children, when she is in no position to commit sati. till now, i dont know any other castes following that ritual apart from the tamil brahmins who practiced that till the early 20th century. but every religion in the world, apart from sikhism, buddhism and jainism, had been oppressive against their own womenfolk. and now, we know what is the condition of womenfolk in countries with a strict islamic law, hindus dont need to feel bad at all. 3, caste DISCRIMINATION had been there in india since four millenia, but upper castes OPPRESSING lower castes was grossly a fragment of imagination of christian missionaries who had come in the 16th century to spread their faith. come on, u tell me, india still has 80% hindus, of whom 20% are dalits, and sice 11th century till 18th, various sultans used threats, fines and torture co convert hindus to muslims. to be continued.
RE:how hindhus killed one another
by Rohith on Feb 16, 2007 03:58 PM Permalink
Dear karthik. Do you know the reason for practising satti in those days.Please have a look at history, there you will find that it was made in order to prevent muslim leaders from raping/ converting women, when their husband died in a battle. Offcourse, it was later misused by men. It's no where linked to hinduism...we had given all the liberty and freedom for women..just by closing your eyes dosen't make the whole world blind...investigate before commenting...people like you having a shallow knowledge about your own religion,will become scape goat to missionaries( christian hypocrats).
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by on Feb 16, 2007 05:07 PM Permalink
help me man, this mod has gone nuts n tryin to delete my post no matter how many times i send it, but totally illogical and fanatic posts are not deleted.
RE:how hindhus killed one another
by VP on Feb 16, 2007 03:55 PM Permalink
The wrong things upper caste hindus did is no justification for what aurangzeb did. this piece dealt with aurangzeb and not the atrocities of upper caste hindus. hindus have never forcibly converted people of other religions. religions of indian origin are generally tolerant and open to interpretation and debate. no one will kill me if i say that maybe Ramayana is a great epic and not factual history. the same cant be said if i dispute anything written in the Quran!!
