tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post559456486146784287..comments2024-03-21T00:42:18.535-07:00Comments on Koenraad Elst: A diversity of “White saviours”Koenraad Elsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503713923882807510noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-4653350553807993532017-06-24T09:45:15.100-07:002017-06-24T09:45:15.100-07:00Koenraad Elst starts off very well debunking the p...Koenraad Elst starts off very well debunking the popular myths about the White imperialist conspiracy to control India.But eventually he arrives at the same place where the conspiracy theorists zero in their attacks.A coterie of Westerners, particularly Americans, who happen to be Whites simply because it is the Whites who take to the study of humanities, are hostile to Hinduism and Hindus and are playing mischief against India.They are not part of any imperial design to dominate India but they share the same concept of barbaric India with the old colonialism.They are not Christians either though the Christian missions in America benefit from them and perhaps there is some connection with the Church.So isn't it back to square one?They are basically do gooders or at least they believe themselves to be do gooders, and that is what Koenraad Elst says.But Koenraad Elst does not explain the inveterate anti-Hinduism of this coterie of do gooders.Why doesn't this coterie of India watchers concern themselves with the barbarism in other countries, namely in Pakistan, Bangladesh,China etc? More importantly,why is this group fervently pro-Muslim as it is anti-Hindu?Why is Sheldon Pollock vehemently denying the Muslim atrocities while emphasising the Hindu evil? Recently, this line of thinking new height when Audrey Truschke came out with two books denying the evil deeds of Aurangzeb.And yet Koenraad doesn't bother to go deep into this attitude.Truth Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135681599096415883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-72106935612431746502017-05-28T15:15:11.095-07:002017-05-28T15:15:11.095-07:00Pattanaik is a product of the educational system t...Pattanaik is a product of the educational system that feeds the corporate production line. So his head is naturally in that box that it was in for years in that small class room where that coconut was washed with solution to fit today's world, just like everyone else ha ha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-22390597338399644432017-04-29T08:27:12.760-07:002017-04-29T08:27:12.760-07:00Friends of Dharm Yudh, i.e. Dharmistics (eternal b...Friends of Dharm Yudh, i.e. Dharmistics (eternal battle between Truth and Untruth) shall always be regarded as dear friends by me.<br />Dharma Manifesto is interesting book.<br />India really is an institution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-6183850879186215252017-04-21T03:40:26.911-07:002017-04-21T03:40:26.911-07:00Sir,
It is true that all intelligent students in i...Sir,<br />It is true that all intelligent students in india opt for science, engg or commerce. Hindhu groups of unwittingly ignored humanities. <br />Present central govt is no good either. Though they are trying to gag the sickular brigade in the J.N univ and Delhi univ. , no action in enticing nationalists into this field. <br />Good thing that rajiv malhothra has taken the initiative thro his infinity foundation to creat e scholars, but he also warns of 'poaching' by other pro hindhu groups. I wonder why !<br /><br />As far you, i am confidant that you would have bagged a nobel prize if you had selected science or engg. !! Karthikrajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171891264654103091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-47237315550550211002017-04-06T03:38:27.879-07:002017-04-06T03:38:27.879-07:00Read Todaynews18.com J & K की यात्रा होगी आसान...Read Todaynews18.com J & K की यात्रा होगी आसान, PM Modi करेंगे देश की सबसे लंबी सुरंग का उदघाटन https://goo.gl/Zw56O0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069367330304512983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-72366062166676536552017-03-08T05:42:14.882-08:002017-03-08T05:42:14.882-08:00Long live Dr Koenraad Elst...........................Long live Dr Koenraad Elst..........................................THIRDEYE108https://www.blogger.com/profile/08334074323734032536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-63913389891547980512017-03-04T14:20:22.873-08:002017-03-04T14:20:22.873-08:00@Arun
Be careful about trusting anything the U.S....@Arun<br /><br />Be careful about trusting anything the U.S. Establishment media writes about Trump and his circle. There is an unholy alliance between the Left and the U.S. Deep State to smear Trump Administration:<br /><br />http://mida.org.il/2017/02/21/media-fabricated-bannon-evola-connection/<br /><br />LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250134167270126842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-48635540003842901532017-03-04T14:18:59.450-08:002017-03-04T14:18:59.450-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250134167270126842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-2160550612855160092017-03-03T11:51:03.961-08:002017-03-03T11:51:03.961-08:00Pattanaik QUOTE: "Why do many Indians need Wh...Pattanaik QUOTE: "Why do many Indians need White saviours?"<br /><br />If they cannot find saviors within own ranks, they will look elsewhere. When facing difficult questions, people want authorities to clarify things for them. In another sense, more appropriate to the idea of 'saving', people need someone to show them a way out of the materialistic condition and its miseries.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "Macaulay already thought in terms of Indians being independent equals with Britons."<br /> <br />That would be very hard to believe. If I had to guess, I'd say that Macaulay only approved of those Indians who completely assimilated what he viewed as 'the desirable Briton way'.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "Decolonization” implies the belated phasing out of English..."<br /><br />Decolonization is merely the withdrawal of colonialist forces from the colonized territory. What remains are the results of their activities throughout the years and likely also a continued presence in the form of neo-colonialism and in this case, Commonwealth.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "I can testify that very few outsiders care one way or the other. Indians only flatter themselves by imagining India to be the target of a hostile conspiracy."<br /> <br />That would depend on whom you ask and somehow i doubt you were in a position to ask the western elite about their intentions regarding India, although this shouldn't be too difficult to predict, namely: social engineering (the left) and exploitation (the right), already visible regarding their attitude towards their own citizens, if not worse.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "Indians are responsible, not colonizers or other foreigners."<br /><br />Obviously, every party involved in an event is influencing the outcome of the event, thus picking out one or the other as sole causes of the event is erroneous. <br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "They still think that India has to be lifted out of its own barbarism. They give themselves a civilizing mission"<br /><br />Civilization to them means being shaped into their own image. Some may become close-to-equal if they sell their soul to the globalist ideologies. The rest are supposed to remain 2nd rate citizens of the globalized world, consumers and servants to neocolonialist powers.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "Elst, by contrast, insists that he is not a Hindu, for he is well aware that no one can be ‘converted’ to Hinduism, that it is linked to birth, and that Hinduism is deeply linked to geography.” "<br /><br />Elst is taking the narrow, geographical, materialistic view, whereas Hinduism is about the Hindu kind of spirituality or religious belonging, that goes much deeper towards the Heart of things. The term conversion is somewhat inappropriate, as the process is about rediscovering one's (spiritual) Self (i.e. abandoning any false conversions).<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "In spite of all that, I myself have never converted to Hinduism, though I have received initiations from several acknowledged Gurus."<br /><br />So close, yet so far away... It might be a subconscious fear of embracing something Elst feels attracted to, he cannot let go of his current position, habits in life or image of himself.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "After the Ayodhya debate was concluded and the pre-existence of a temple at the site proven and officially accepted, I have left that debate behind me. I let go of it."<br /><br />It was meant in a wider sense: 'to let go' of your work in the materialistic world, or at least to lessen your attachment to it. <br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "Myth cannot really throw new light upon it."<br /><br />It can throw new interpretations on it, which serve as this 'new light'. However, without a proper spiritual level, the new light will remain dim and confusing.<br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "abandoning a project you have worked for before seeing it through is not particularly virtuous." <br /><br />That depends: if the reason for letting go is more essential/relevant/fundamental, then letting go is actually that which is virtuous. <br /><br /><br />KE QUOTE: "It is not always time to “let go”."<br /><br />I agree. When you become ready to let go, you will.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949490141510944230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-63093287328844131802017-03-03T08:28:37.016-08:002017-03-03T08:28:37.016-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065935005276435849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-52332015706746484042017-02-23T15:01:49.532-08:002017-02-23T15:01:49.532-08:00I have seen on occasion writers playing to what th...I have seen on occasion writers playing to what they hope are racial or jingoistic prejudices or inclinations among potential customers. It is a certain type of salesmanship that looks to inspire customers to buy from them rather than those outside the "community" of whatever type in the spirit of patriotic commerce, e.g., in this case swadeshi as a casus belli used for diminishing the competition in hopes of swinging support to themselves from those customers interested in hearing from writers on some Hindu related topic or some sort of "Hinduism" Writers on Hinduism who have been criticized by the more orthodox Hindu believers or scholars because their style and substance maybe lacks something substantial or scholarly in their eyes, or maybe they are seen to lack a certain connection with an established or traditional sector or viewpoint, have on occasion been seen by me to resort to patriotism of some sort or another (even racial or ethnic patriotism) in order to sell their product (themselves). Samuel Johnson famously wrote ""Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." Johnson wasn't speaking to patriotism in general, but rather to people who use patriotism for ulterior motives.Vrajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535159097241083544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-79665533138219799982017-02-23T12:49:44.469-08:002017-02-23T12:49:44.469-08:00Respected Sir,
Greetings from India.
I have read...Respected Sir, <br />Greetings from India. <br />I have read some of your work and I am really inspired by all of it. I would like to be in touch with you. I myself want to be a Writer and write on topics that greatly deal with Hinduism, Other dharmic religious and the influence of conversion on Hindus. If you ever get time I would like to get a reply from you or if its possible to meet you if you ever come to India. <br />Thank you<br />Regards<br />Parth Sharma <br />(Gmail ID- parthsharma.bala@gmail.com) Parth Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235912073797093264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-69835972004582320462017-02-23T05:45:08.607-08:002017-02-23T05:45:08.607-08:00On a different topic, the influence of Julius Evol...On a different topic, the influence of Julius Evola's writings on Steve Bannon, US President Trump's top adviser, is in the news. Can you comment on some of Evola's writings like<br /><a href="http://www.juliusevola.net/excerpts/Bhagavad-Gita_-_the_Hero_as_Divine_Manifestation_%26_Sacrality_of_War_as_Highest_Tradition.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.juliusevola.net/excerpts/Bhagavad-Gita_-_the_Hero_as_Divine_Manifestation_%26_Sacrality_of_War_as_Highest_Tradition.html</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href="http://www.juliusevola.net/excerpts/American_%22Civilization%22.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.juliusevola.net/excerpts/American_%22Civilization%22.html</a>?<br /><br />Where is this interpretation of Indic material coming from?<br />Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138082354348831474.post-84820996780759067132017-02-22T08:02:12.678-08:002017-02-22T08:02:12.678-08:00The circular argument of authority is an important...The circular argument of authority is an important concept!<br /><br />Ananth SethuramanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678701811313775661noreply@blogger.com