[lbo-talk] Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" )

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jul 15 11:04:21 PDT 2005


uvj at vsnl.com wrote:


>There is no conflict between _Hindus and Muslims_in India. The
>conflict is between secular Indians (Hindus + Muslims + Sikhs +
>Christians + Jains + Budhhists) and non secular/fascist Indians
>(Hindus + Muslims etc.).

I met a hedge fund dude a couple of weeks ago who's of Indian origin. He referred to "Bombay." I asked, "you don't say Mumbai?" He emphatically said "no!" Is that language part of that secular-religious conflict? How much does class fit into it?

Doug



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