But, of course... I am also hoping that BJP makes gains, our fate in the West is inseparably tied to the Hindus in India.
A lot of Westerners are either unaware or willfully ignorant of this because of myopic religious bias. It is you my friend that I have to thank for some of my enlightenment on the topic just as Krishna did with Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita.
The honor and pleasure is mine! Actually I’ve been planning to start a Hindu Caucus - Gengis Khan asked me a long time ago (I don’t think he’s around any more) but I’d rather call it Sat Dharma caucus, as Hindu is a word made up by Muslim invaders anyway.
I have lots of articles, quotes and essays I can post (and I can always write up more, and search for stuff here and there), and I’m sure others would have stuff to contribute. There are a lot of misconceptions about the ancient Vedic religion and philosophy and there is nothing I’d like better than to sit down and discuss such things.
Making it a “Caucus” in the Religion Forum means people can’t disrupt with fanatic fact-free or sectarian criticism.
PS - A great teacher in the last century said that the West - I think he said specifically the USA - and India need to team up. India could be the eyes - with spiritual vision - and the West the legs, with their money and power. The legs go in the wrong direction without the eyes. And they certainly are going in the wrong direction.