Roy on Big Dams
Roy on Maoists
Roy on RSS
Roy on Taliban
Roy on Capitalism
In so many ways I’ve been reading the various back-and-forths on the various conflicts of the world.
What has dawned on me that most opinions on society
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=757798050941853&fref=nf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqY–1wYR8
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bws9j_maulana-tariq-jameel-gets-emotional-on-blasphemy-case-registered-against-junaid-jamshed_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bnggt_maulana-tariq-jameel-response-on-junaid-jamshed-s-controversial-remarks-on-bibi-aisha-r-a_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bk2gz_junaid-jamshed-apologizes-for-his-remarks-about-hazrat-ayesha_webcam
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bo3yc_dr-aamir-liaquat-fahash-remarks-against-junaid-jamshed-s-mother_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2book9_amir-liaquat-after-junaid-jamshed-telephoned-him-and-explained-his-position-on-controversial-remarks_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bogbg_junaid-jamshed-ko-galiya-denay-walay-amir-liaquat-ka-asli-chehra-daikhay_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2boa9h_mufti-naeem-s-statement-and-clarification-in-favour-of-junaid-jamshaid_news
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bohvk_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B8%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B3%DB%92-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%BA-%DA%A9%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%86%DB%81-%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%91-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqpCZ3cgxvc (the original hadith)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2btf95_another-controversial-statement-by-junaid-jamshed_news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqpCZ3cgxvc (17 minute point, ahmed raza)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21i5p2_tableeghi-tariq-jameel-ka-latest-kufr-2014_shortfilms
As everyone knows by now, the French magazine Charlie Hebdo was been attacked by Jihadist terrorists this morning. 12 people are dead. As of the time of writing, the terrorists are still at large (which tells you a lot about the difficulties even a well-prepared city faces in tackling such attacks. The French are hardly amateurs at counter-terrorism). My friend Abbas Reza, chief editor at 3quarksdaily, wrote
http://www.dawn.com/news/1155650
We’re all hypocrites, after all hypocrisy is the thin line between our reality and ideals except that some of us are more hypocritical than others.
Thankfully the Establishment dislikes Russell Brand more than it does Nigel Farage. I don’t find either to have any leadership qualities, thankfully in our Constitutional Monarchy the Crown remains
Islam comes into it just as british are brought into it to explain harmful effects of colonialism to understand the relative under development. Europe succeeded because of 3 things, science, printing and freedom to criticize, India was the pre eminent place for new math and astronomy, it allowed freedom to criticize, atheists existed in India till the coming of Islam. Ramanuja , was the second greatest theologian in last 1500 yrs possibly and he stood against caste discrimination and so did many others in past 1000 years. Without Islam to worry about, people would have possibly be worried about these issues instead. Atheists existed in India for longer period than entire history of christianity thus far or the entire peak period of greeko roman civilization. To understand the influence of Islam, one only needs to wonder, what would have happened to western civilization had it been occupied, its universities destroyed, oxford and Cambridge being replaced with taj mahal and qutb minar. It was knowledge that changed the west and it would have been knowledge that would have changed India too, and knowledge production under Islam in India was bad.
Ambedkar himself admired ramanuja , advaita . He said in his annhilation of caste ” no foreign ideology is necessary…” . So, no, he didnt see Hinduism as without hope. As for moral development in India is concerned, Coming of Islam was a big factor in all round under development altogether. There are many more people in Hinduism who stood up on issues of caste and they were allowed to criticise religion in its entirety. Ambedkar was made chairman of constitution by Gandhi and congress whom he criticised a lot. He visited and praised rss in its service as well. One cant say that of Islam. Islam kills its critics. so, no, I dont hold the same degree of hope for thee. As for borg, that is more apt for christianity and islam. It is not Hinduism that seeks converts.
We can divide the different belief structures by three traits, openness to exploration of ideas, attitudes to internal differences, attitude towards external entities . And we can trace the evolution of different belief structures and how they influenced the world and have been influenced by the world.
