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Problems of the Term Hindu

Saturday, 31 January 2009 19:44
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It is often assumed that everybody understands the term Hindu.  This in fact is not the case when it comes to understanding the politics of Glossary Link Dalit oppression.  Ambedkar himself had written about the problem of defining a Hindu in his essay The Riddles in Hinduism.

In this video Prof Rachel McDermott of Harvard discusses the relationship between the colonial construct and the politics of the term Hindu.

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Rquotes

Questioning Theological Pollution Taboo

Pandit, look in your heart for knowledge. Tell me where untouchability  came from, since you believe in it.


Criticising the claimed permanent eternal truth:

 

Pandit, do some search and let me know how to destroy transiency.

Kabir in The Bijak of Kabir by Linda Hess and Sukhdev Singh, MLBD New Delhi, 1986.

Picture by V&A