ARE WE HINDUS ANYMORE ?

ARE WE HINDUS ANYMORE ?

Are we Hindus when we are so ignorant of the precepts and principles of our own religion even as we take pride in a like ignorance of Islam and Christianity in irrationally attacking them? It is the same pitfall into which bigoted Christians and Islamists fall that we are lending ourselves to fall into as well. Is this the way forward? Ramakrishna-Vivekananda do not think so, although they have references in their sayings and writings (in the case of Swami Vivekananda) that Hindus must manifest strength enough to deluge the world with spirituality but never so in the perverse political way we see today that has utterly vitiated social discourse. 

Written by Sugata Bose