Re: [nukkad] some similarities of Religions

["Dr.M.C. Gupta" <>]

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Ref: Not sure why the British didnt touch the 4 wives-rule though. I am sure
they had good reasons.

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They had two good reasons--

1. They wanted to continue to drive a wedge between the two segments of
Indian population by preferring the one over the other in the name of
minority, knowing fully well that then the so called minority will love the
British. And, that is what happened. How many muslims one can name who gave
their lives for the nation before we gained independence? Did not Jinnah
play the muslim card to get the partition and the title of KaideAzam?

2. They knew that while Hindus quietly accepted the anti-sati legislation,
mainly through the efforts of modern thinking Hindus like Raja Ram Mohan
Roy, the backward looking and thinking muslims would never accept anything
they perceived as tinkering with their muslim personal law and quoran. That
situation has not changed even today. [Latest: even the otherwise
irreligious CPM has issued statements that Dr. Taslima, MBBS,  should be
made to leave India because they want to please the muslims in WB, for
reasons of vote bank politics]. The British were smart enough to know that
it was futile to tell the muslims where they were wrong. All the
wrong-pointing was for Hindus. Why, even the great champion of democracy,
human rights and women's liberation dare not raise a finger against SA, the
biggest supplier of oil. [And, this time,these are not my views but those in
an editorial in TOI dated 21 November 2007].

M C Gupta

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On 11/22/07, Kishore Menon  wrote:
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> Nivraaj Consultants  wrote:    There is an animal in all of us.
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> No doubt about this at all.
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> 1) burning naked young Iraqui male POW's private parts
> by smiling 21 years old Miss England, a US marine, in
> Abu Graib prison not janavar like?
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> It is janwar like, but This seems to arise out of
> individual perversion, caused by too much of Marine
> training and seeing too many S&M Sex videos.
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> Hatred is a very strong emotion; stronger than love.
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> 3) is burning young widows in the name of sati
> human-like?
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> Dr., this was specifically meant to prevent the young
> widows whose husbands were killed in wars, to fall
> into wrong hands,
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> Fall into wrong hands means what?  Are these women "property" that was
> once owned by an individual, and on his expiry belongs to his family who can
> dispose of their flesh in a burning pyre?
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> since the husband was
> killed in war, then what will the young wife do? So
> another man would marry her out of compassion, when he
> already had a wife.
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> Marrying out of "compassion"?
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> In Hindu's case, British
> compulsorily stopped it, and hence we all stopped, I
> am not sure what we Hindus would have done had Biriths
> not stopped this practice. Not sure why the British
> didnt touch the 4 wives-rule though. I am sure they
> had good reasons.
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> Yes, I also wonder.
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> Cheers
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> KM
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> Advocate & Health and Medico-legal Consultant
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