This is part of a very dangerous trend that has been going on for some time now - the riducluing, denigration and complete sidelining of anything "hindu" in national life and culture. These things are a question of belief, just as the Immaculate Conception is to Christians. It is terrifying that the government can take a stand like this today, and what is worse is that they will get away with it, since Hindus, as usual, do not have a voice and a body/organisation to represent them. We need a national organisation/body to represent our views. For those of you who think I am over-reacting, please consider what the reactions would have been if the goverment had dared to do something similar with Muslims or Christians?
Hindus, stand up for yourselves, because no one else will.
