tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post1504736731567004348..comments2024-02-22T03:17:33.594-05:00Comments on The White Hindu: Being a Hindu is a PrivledgeAmbaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17928793933638999583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post-1924714219140756172012-09-08T19:02:14.139-04:002012-09-08T19:02:14.139-04:00You know, they probably are. I will say that I get...You know, they probably are. I will say that I get it more on the Internet than in real life. I think in real life people are able to see the sincerity of my belief.Ambaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928793933638999583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post-15224471975316928512012-09-07T21:15:46.687-04:002012-09-07T21:15:46.687-04:00I always get confused with such posts. because it ...I always get confused with such posts. because it doesn't make much sense. Nor does it match what I've seen (attitude of Hindu-by-birth towards Hindu-by-choice)<br /><br />I truly hope such reactions you speak of are mere exceptions. Curioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269186730071775646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post-78127733820396232262012-09-05T11:33:50.378-04:002012-09-05T11:33:50.378-04:00I think you're very right that labels are more...I think you're very right that labels are more something that others attach to us.<br /><br />I can see the danger is taking too much pride in one's label. It can be used to divide rather than to unite. And I'm all about unity!Ambaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928793933638999583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post-15773536078564739872012-09-05T11:30:21.999-04:002012-09-05T11:30:21.999-04:00Thank you for putting to words something I've ...Thank you for putting to words something I've felt for a while now but couldn't express. Thank you! Namaste. _/\_<br />Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783054520364496353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post-36946105041871629902012-09-04T22:22:06.341-04:002012-09-04T22:22:06.341-04:00This is a really good post. I like the way you put...This is a really good post. I like the way you put it into perspective. There has been talk lately in the pardesi community as to who can and can't call themselves Hindu and why. I like the way you express it. This holds true with any religion and ultimately no one has the right to judge others, their position, their choices or their rights. I think your post sums that up quite well. APPIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968673569274372047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960293404576749034.post-10534643015048315092012-09-04T13:09:52.996-04:002012-09-04T13:09:52.996-04:00The longer I live in this world, the less I see re...The longer I live in this world, the less I see religious labels as a 'privilege' and more an 'identifier' - and yes, they have good and bad connotations both. <br /><br />I have many thoughts on this subject that I am a bit hesitant to share online, but it all boils down to the fact that our identifiers do not define us for ourselves, but they define us for other people. They are to alert people as to how to interact with us. This is true in all societies; the merits of it can be argued over a drink of your choice ;)<br /><br />Think about it. Who calls themselves a hipster? Hardly anyone. Other people call them that. But hipsters just are hipsters. They do hipster things. They ride fixies, grow neckbeards, wear vintage clothing, and listen to obscure music not because they are hipsters, but because they like those things and their friends also do the same thing. But the label 'hipster' is given to them by others. They would probably vehemently deny being hipsters if asked :)<br /><br />Same thing with Hindu. I don't see that it is necessarily a mark of pride or privilege to call or be called Hindu. It can be, I suppose, in certain situations but it always comes in opposition to something else - Muslim? Christian? Culture-less American? Using labels in such a fashion I think tends toward an undeserved pride and has served to cause all kinds of communal tensions and violence over the centuries... Andrea M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03298212147072535367noreply@blogger.com