To what extent do you think it is correct to refer to this phenomenon as "nationalism?" Pardon my ignorance, but isn't "Hindu nationalism" something like "Catholic nationalism," an oxymoron?
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>Subject: [lbo-talk] Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and `Vedic science'
>Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 07:17:41 +0500
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>Fronline
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>Volume 20 -Issue 26
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>December 20, 2003 - January 02, 2004
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>ESSAY
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>Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and `Vedic science'
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>MEERA NANDA
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>The mixing up of the mythos of the Vedas with the logos of science
>must be of great concern not just to the scientific community, but also to
>the religious people, for it is a distortion of both science and
>spirituality
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>Part I
>http://www.flonnet.com/fl2026/stories/20040102000607800.htm
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>Frontline
>Volume 21 - Issue 01
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>January 03 - 16, 2004
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>Part II
>http://www.flonnet.com/fl2101/stories/20040116001408700.htm
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