Afan Abdul Ansari dies and companion Nasir Hussain battles for his life after attack by cow vigilantes in Maharashtra.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As an american-born Indian (Hindu background), the Hindu nationalism truly saddens me.

    There are many religions that are good until they get aggressive and radicalized, shinto-buddhism comes to mind, or Christianity and Judaism for that matter, and it’s a shame to see a religion meant to be based on peace and self-enlightenment turn into just another “I’m better than you because my parents were better than yours, ad infinitum!”

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      1 year ago

      If you turn your sadness to curiousity and ask the question “who benefits?”, “who benefits from RSS-BJP’s Hindu supremacism?”, “who has been benefiting from 2014?” , your sadness will turn to anger.

      The RSS-BJP is a Brahmin-Bania combine, they won’t do a thing without seeing personal benefit in it.

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        Yeah, I thought about it.

        The banias and other moneylender castes really did get out of control, they’re using Hindu nationalism to enslave the people again.

        This is absolutely tragic.