Search for 'sati' on Wikipedia for details..Ironically it also an entry also mentions: Hindu scholars such as Prabhat Varun have tried to show [28] that Sati was not part of Hindu doctrine at all, but a practice of voluntary immolation by Hindu women as a means to avoid the humiliation and stigma associated with rape. The argument is that the practice came into effect during the Islamic invasion of India, to protect their honor from Muslims who were known to commit mass rape on the women of cities that they could capture successfully. It is argued that the prevalence of sati has been exaggerated by Europeans and Muslims as a canard against Hinduism.
01/06/2007 1:12:22 PM PST
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to An_Indian; low_caste_indian
I have dealt with this organization in my engineering days. I was running against one of the ABVP guys in college elections.
Yes they were loosely linked to BJP but extremely crude, obscene, violent and power hungry. Gave BJP a bad name.
If there is proof, go ahead and report to the INS as well as to the local law enforcement authorities. If true, ensure that he gets jail time here before he is extradited to India.
It was infuriating to hear PBS insist on calling the carnage 'political killings'. When the same 'political killers' are tortured, it is called 'atrocities'.