[Grenader]

Pviyer,

Why? Why should a European be a true Christian? Who is this guru to tell anyone to be what someone should be. It is this arrogance that I am pointing out. Or maybe it is ignorance?

Beneath our skin, all humanity is the same. If someone has come to india, curious or interested in its traditions, the right answer, I think, is to welcome them, familiarize them to what is the best of us, and hopefully quench the seeker’s search for Indian truths.

I realize that the guru has a very sticky wicket here trying to explain and justify caste. Even kannadasan, in his ‘arthumulla hindu madham’ stumbled. The ever distinct kaviyarasu, mumbled trying to justify the basic intolerance of casteism, particularly the station it had for the dalits.

Would it not be easier, to confess, that caste was an aberration of our scriptures? There are enough aberrations in the volumes of our texts, including many juicy ones from manu. Why should we accept the baggage of inequality, when we ourselves go to Europe, and scream for our ‘rights’. Can we not show the same rights for our fellow Indians, and when someone questions the disparity, accept it as something wrong.

No sir, I think the European has as much right to come here, study our texts, and adopt it, if it behooves him to fulfullment. Our smarts lie in spreading out all our wares, let him chose what is applicable to him, and adopt it, as would suit him. Not to tell to go back to Europe and be a good Christian.

Atleast I think so