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From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com

Vishwa Adluri: 'We have become so used to Hindu self-
effacement that we now view Hindus as being assertive'

OPEN Magazine, openthemagazine.com
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Excerpts:

We must appreciate Hinduism first and foremost as an
intellectual architecture. Despite centuries of Islamic
rule and, later, colonisation, it retained its vitality
well into the last century. Hinduism is thus important
for not only India but also the world.

[...]

It takes time to decolonise. The Indian state today is
the legal and political successor to British India, and
the British themselves inherited systems of revenue and
administration from the Mughal Empire. It is utopian to
think a radical new beginning can be made. But projects
are underway.

[...]

Continues at:

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/open-conversation/vishwa-adluri-we-have-become-so-used-to-hindu-self-effacement-that-we-now-view-hindus-as-being

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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