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From: ams@briar.UUCP (Ali Shaik)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Some comments on "news"
Message-ID: <408@briar.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-Oct-86 16:43:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  3 16:43:44 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Oct-86 05:57:52 EDT
Reply-To: ams@briar.UUCP (Ali Shaik)
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Cross posting from net.nlang..
In article <122@sbstaff2.UUCP>, sanjiva@sbstaff2.UUCP (Sanjiva Parsad) writes:

> that the lamp-lighting ceremony was communal since it was part of the Hindu
> religion ? I've heard this c**p from several leftist friends, and have been
> 
> (My q: Is it a Hindu religious ritual or part of our greater cultural 
> identities and ethos as Indians ? )

It's not a part of *my* cultural identity, and I suspect not part of many
other Indians'. Note that I subscribe to this view, while being neither
leftist nor religious. Lamp lighting would serve to alienate some Indians,
and it has nothing to do with activities like launching satellites,etc.

Ali Shaik  ihnp4!philabs!ams