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Citations needed!! Citations needed!! 1. What is Hindu culture? Answer: A very ancient inclusive and compassionate culture. Even the name hindu was given by P

Citations needed!! Citations needed!! 1. What is Hindu culture? Answer: A very ancient inclusive and compassionate culture. Even the name hindu was given by Persians/Arabs. 2. Why is the slogan being given by a Hindu Nationalist party? The slogan was given to unify the nation and recognise the rich culture and heritage. 3. Why does the slogan involve similar tones and reach as, "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer"? Stop with the nonsense please. I have even seen people draw equivalence like, Swastika-Nazi, Swastika-Hindu, Hindu-Nazi. 4. Why are the Indian cities names given by Muslim rulers being changed on lines of Hindu religious basis? Why should a culture of thousands of years not roll back to the actual names for places which were changed by invaders? What has religion got to do with it? Should we also praise the queen? 5. Try going to North East India without a special entry pass. Having booked hotel tickets all over north east for my parent's visits, I would say please stop with your propaganda. 6. You cannot buy real estate in certain Indian states, like Himachal Pradesh. Unless you have been living there for some time. In Kashmir people who have been living for more than even 50 years didn't have voting and property rights. 7. They are Hindu Nationalists because they are using Hindu religion to consolidate majority, and are carrying out actions that they have wanted since independence. Hindu Nationalists killed Gandhi and were outlawed afterwards. I am a Hindu and I am a nationalist. I don't want to kill people or put them under oppressive regimes like sharia. Being a hindu makes people evil? Is that your deciding criterion? 8. Let's not paint whole nation or its government as tolerant. In recent history, India has supported several terrorist movements in other nations. Are you confusing India with Pakistan?

iamshs 7y ago
>A very ancient inclusive and compassionate culture. Even the name hindu was given by Persians/Arabs. What a complete bullshit of a definition. What are you even describing with that statement? >The slogan was given to unify the nation and recognise the rich culture and heritage. Why does the nation need unity? Why cannot rich culture and heritage not be recognized without a slogan? >Stop with the nonsense please. I have even seen people draw equivalence like, Swastika-Nazi, Swastika-Hindu, Hindu-Nazi. So you have no answer. Swastika is a Hindu symbol unofrtunately appropriated by Nazis. >Why should a culture of thousands of years not roll back to the actual names for places which were changed by invaders? What has religion got to do with it? Should we also praise the queen? Akbar was not invader, he was a third generation Indian. You are addressing him with 'invader' moniker because he was a Muslim. Simple. Well, ample number of Indians praise the queen. Punjab premier, Amarinder Singh, in fact has a portrait of his grandfather attending Queen Elizabeth's coronation ceremony which he displays out in the front. >Having booked hotel tickets all over north east for my parent's visits, I would say please stop with your propaganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Line_Permit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Line_Permit - You cannot visit Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh without ILP. So better arrange them for your parents. I have ample experience in North East. >Unless you have been living there for some time. In Kashmir people who have been living for more than even 50 years didn't have voting and property rights. You cannot buy real estate in Himachal Pradesh as an outsider. Period. It doesn't matter how many years you have been living there. Ample experience there. >I am a Hindu and I am a nationalist. I don't want to kill people or put them under oppressive regimes like sharia. Being a hindu makes people evil? Is that your deciding criterion? Mis-direction. Consolidation majority under name of religion is religious nationalism. >Are you confusing India with Pakistan? Search up Mukti Bahini in Bangladesh, LTTE in Sri Lanka, Balochistan/TTP militancy in Pakistan. Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
selimthegrim 7y ago
How many years does it take before you get to quit calling them invaders? 250? 500? Do you see people in England calling people with French names invaders?
- qazpot 7y ago
  Did French destroyed cultural monuments in England. Did they enforced religious conversions in England.
  - selimthegrim 7y ago
    My dear qazpot, they enforced religious conversions in France, let alone England. Ever heard of the Huguenots?
dang 7y ago
You broke the site guidelines badly and more than once in this thread. That's not ok. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here? And please do not do nationalistic flamewar, or any flamewar, on HN. It is not the way to counter wrongness—it just excites rage and intensifies opposition.

iamshs 7y ago

>A very ancient inclusive and compassionate culture. Even the name hindu was given by Persians/Arabs. What a complete bullshit of a definition. What are you even describing with that statement? >The slogan was given to unify the nation and recognise the rich culture and heritage. Why does the nation need unity? Why cannot rich culture and heritage not be recognized without a slogan? >Stop with the nonsense please. I have even seen people draw equivalence like, Swastika-Nazi, Swastika-Hindu, Hindu-Nazi. So you have no answer. Swastika is a Hindu symbol unofrtunately appropriated by Nazis. >Why should a culture of thousands of years not roll back to the actual names for places which were changed by invaders? What has religion got to do with it? Should we also praise the queen? Akbar was not invader, he was a third generation Indian. You are addressing him with 'invader' moniker because he was a Muslim. Simple. Well, ample number of Indians praise the queen. Punjab premier, Amarinder Singh, in fact has a portrait of his grandfather attending Queen Elizabeth's coronation ceremony which he displays out in the front. >Having booked hotel tickets all over north east for my parent's visits, I would say please stop with your propaganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Line_Permit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Line_Permit - You cannot visit Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh without ILP. So better arrange them for your parents. I have ample experience in North East. >Unless you have been living there for some time. In Kashmir people who have been living for more than even 50 years didn't have voting and property rights. You cannot buy real estate in Himachal Pradesh as an outsider. Period. It doesn't matter how many years you have been living there. Ample experience there. >I am a Hindu and I am a nationalist. I don't want to kill people or put them under oppressive regimes like sharia. Being a hindu makes people evil? Is that your deciding criterion? Mis-direction. Consolidation majority under name of religion is religious nationalism. >Are you confusing India with Pakistan? Search up Mukti Bahini in Bangladesh, LTTE in Sri Lanka, Balochistan/TTP militancy in Pakistan. Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.

selimthegrim 7y ago

How many years does it take before you get to quit calling them invaders? 250? 500? Do you see people in England calling people with French names invaders?

qazpot 7y ago
Did French destroyed cultural monuments in England. Did they enforced religious conversions in England.
- selimthegrim 7y ago
  My dear qazpot, they enforced religious conversions in France, let alone England. Ever heard of the Huguenots?

dang 7y ago

You broke the site guidelines badly and more than once in this thread. That's not ok. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here? And please do not do nationalistic flamewar, or any flamewar, on HN. It is not the way to counter wrongness—it just excites rage and intensifies opposition.