Dear Ravi Sir Challu

If your IIT admission form bears "None" entry against Religion then I am indeed very impressed. Your letter is not clear on this. So did you write "None" even in the admission form you filled up for IIT?

Wrong question, Sir. for to conclude anything based on IITK is wrong. As the great semantician Korzybski and adherents could argue, AK and AK-25 are not the same people!

  Dear Dak Sir kumar

  "Religion: None"

   Allow me to disagree on a different ground entirely, so much so that I see the justification in amendment that allows only natural born citizen to become the president of this nation. Being called a Hindu IS different precisely because it allows you to believe in pink elephants, physics etc as your religion. What is called human rights here, and Hindu rights in India are exactly the same thing. When Bajrang etc do stupid things and attempt to call them Hindu, it is language abuse which must be fought hard enough. There are many racists here who abuse christianity, sharon abuses judaism, hitler abused sawastikas (my mother still draws them in every havan) etc. Linguistic abuse condemns the abuser, not the concept.What Taliban are doing is more than political vendetta against Hindus, they are trampling on Human rights themselves

Given that there are so many abuses, and only one of me with limited resources, it follows I have to focus on sheer realism grounds, and ANY conclusions drawn from not paying attention to some issues are stupid, except that the impression one gets from not doing anything effective is that I don't care. Identical to problems in chasing many women in parallel. My solution is simple too - automate the response process. So much so that the day I can handle 5 women at once, I will take on the VAMPIRE Lawyers and sue the wretched morons of Massivenuts for a billion dollars earmarked for IIT Kanpur.

Afgan Hindus represent a concept that I would be honored to help and I want some one to take the leadership role, balance the issues, recognize my limitations and boil down everything into effective actions. For anti-trust reasons, I want automatic 3 opinions. That is what political parties are supposed to do. Let there be substantive debate on any issue. In other words, McNeil-Lehrer-PBS, excellent watching/learning over treadmill.

   Dear Ravi Sir Challu

 For your information, for quite some time now, our family enmasse, has believed in and will continue to believe in Shirdi Sai baba, who is equally revered by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.

Wrongly revered I am afraid. Forunately many life sacrifices have bought us enough time to debate the issue rationally. There is a simple cantfake test of my design derived from the successes of American meds etc even when I don't think much of the practicioners - note down interesting things for a week, stop your belief for next week also recording, compare what happened between the two weeks. Do this test whenever with just one proviso - always the week of beliefs first.

   Dear Dak Sir kumar

Why should the Janasanghi assume the burden of speaking for the Hindu? 

Who exactly are these Janasanghi? How come they are still around? What sustains them?

  We all try and think of what we can do to stop the sort of madness that has now taken hold of Afghanistan. 

THE unfortunate impression you convey is that is not what you are doing. what is the effective thing you are doing? or is it just vaporware? As computer scientists at Bell labs, we had horrendous names for executives AND mathematicians. They were called executives and mathematicians. Are you a mathematician?

Regarding our reaction, would it be the same if  Taliban hd destoryed ancient statues of christ, forced Jews to wear yellow, and incensed Bush enough to bomb Kabul? Or like ALL lawyers I know, they don't indulge in hypotheticals?

  Dear Vijay Sir Gupta

You (as well as Joey and Prakash) have given a lot of thought to what Hindus should NOT do whenever their rights or freedoms are trampled upon. Have you also given some thought to some CONCRETE things they should/could do that would be effective in protecting their rights?

THIS unfortunate impression you get is not the reality. The problem is ineffectiveness of response to Taliban.. What should one do? Why should one think about it?

 And this indifference is probably a good reason why many ordinary Hindus vote for parties like BJP.

Statistically insignificant I am afraid. As a pollster I would not ask my BJP clients to be worried.

Let me reiterate one of my previous comments. Fundamentally, this battle is NOT about religion as we normally understand religion to be. It is about protecting our freedoms and our way of life, e.g., the right to dress without purdah, the right to abortion, and the right to be an atheist without being labeled a kafir/heathen etc.

Very well put.

  Dear Dak Sir Kumar

On two separate occasions, over the last two years, when you have discussed Kashmir on this forum, you have come out hammer and tongs about the atrocities being committed on Kahmiri Muslims. I have however never heard a word of commiseration from you, on your own initiative, regarding what happened to displaced Kashmiri Pandits who became refugees in their own country. You are bound to be misunderstood in such situations.

I see you as somebody who appears to be vociferously opposed to Hindus expressing themselves as Hindus when every major ethnic group around
them is busy stressing their ethnicity and not hesitating to exploit that aspect. However now that Hindus as a community have started to exercise themselves like the Congress and the Surjit Singhs of India you are incensed and are ready to do a Maa behen ki to the Jan Sanghis and the Hindus.

In somebody who is known to be very rational and an atheist this comes up as a contradiction not easy to understand. Once again you are bound to be misunderstood. Under the current circumstances hindus have been left with very little choice but to start expressing and stressing their ethnicity. And there is no use saying "Oh I am against all communities misusing or terrorising on the basis of their religion or their ethinicity". That is not the reality.

And do not throw Gita and Ram Charit Manas at me. Even Ram had to go fight over Sita. Kekayi happened. And Krishna had to advise Pandavas to fight for their rights. Remember Krishna telling the Panadavs "Laaton key Bhoot Baaton se nahi maantey".

The lesson in both cases is that you have to stand up and fight for your rights. And also remember that British had an equal contribution in making of the legend called Gandhi. Nazis, like the Afghans, would have shot the blighter on the first day. For pacifism to work you require a civilised adversary who understands the rules of the game. It will not work with someone who will stick a bomb up your backside and light a slow fuse everytime. You cannot afford to forget that my dear friend.

The day Gaiea has happened, I shall also be singing Bhajans and hugging and kissing my neighbours and if pacifism by then has caught strong enough roots, even his comely wife. But till then buddy I intend to cover and protect my ass. And if BJP (Ugh! What Brutes) are the ones who offer to help me in that well so be it.

Ravi Sir Challu