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https://medium.com/@induv/a-letter-to-concerned-hindu-indian-american-parents-497289f60c7a?source=twitterShare-6d923447b735-1582989824

Your children may have learned from you what it meant to be a Hindu in America. But if the vision of Sanatana Dharma you offered them at home did not explicitly extend to your adopted nation (their birth nation), then they did not learn from you what it means to be a virtuous (and not just successful) Hindu American citizen.

When Hindu Indian American children go off to college, and end up despising their Hindu roots and making accusations at their parents, it is probably not just because their heads have suddenly been filled with half-truths. Ironically, it is also because they have a deep longing to be good people, to be virtuous members of society. You may critique constructions of “wokeness” until you are blue in the face (and you are probably correct), but it still holds that the motivation to be woke is the longing to be a good member of society. If their conceptualization of Sanatana Dharma is that it only means standing up for and preserving Hinduism and not that it also means doing what is right in (American) society for all people, they will naturally question it. If they don’t understand how it fits into (and doesn’t fit into) anti-oppressive theories and activism in the United States, they will likely end up gravitating towards organizations like Sadhana. These organizations seem like a response to their longing, but simply give Sanskrit names to Western critical theories and turn that gaze back on to Hindu society. (This is not to say that Hindu society does not need a thorough critical self-examination. More on that later.)

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Her solution to her imaginary problem is even funnier.

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  • Being a critical media consumer isn’t black and white. Be open to nuanced views about Western news sources that are demonstrably anti-Hindu when it comes to other issues. For instance, your children may have learned that The New York Times and The Washington Post were instrumental in publishing The Pentagon Papers and revealing the false premise behind the Vietnam War. If you dismiss those journals outright, your children will read you in a certain way.
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  • Be willing to engage vulnerably in uncomfortable conversations about Hindu society. Stating that “colonizers did it to us” or “it wasn’t always this way” doesn’t make the problems go away. You may not have the answers but showing an open commitment to acknowledging the problems and envisioning and taking action towards solving them matters.
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1 minute ago, TrollBait said:

I have a much better solution. Don't fcuking talk politics with your kids. simple.

and move back to India. haha..

answer nekey telisinappudu why thread TP.gif

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8 minutes ago, TrollBait said:

https://medium.com/@induv/a-letter-to-concerned-hindu-indian-american-parents-497289f60c7a?source=twitterShare-6d923447b735-1582989824

Your children may have learned from you what it meant to be a Hindu in America. But if the vision of Sanatana Dharma you offered them at home did not explicitly extend to your adopted nation (their birth nation), then they did not learn from you what it means to be a virtuous (and not just successful) Hindu American citizen.

When Hindu Indian American children go off to college, and end up despising their Hindu roots and making accusations at their parents, it is probably not just because their heads have suddenly been filled with half-truths. Ironically, it is also because they have a deep longing to be good people, to be virtuous members of society. You may critique constructions of “wokeness” until you are blue in the face (and you are probably correct), but it still holds that the motivation to be woke is the longing to be a good member of society. If their conceptualization of Sanatana Dharma is that it only means standing up for and preserving Hinduism and not that it also means doing what is right in (American) society for all people, they will naturally question it. If they don’t understand how it fits into (and doesn’t fit into) anti-oppressive theories and activism in the United States, they will likely end up gravitating towards organizations like Sadhana. These organizations seem like a response to their longing, but simply give Sanskrit names to Western critical theories and turn that gaze back on to Hindu society. (This is not to say that Hindu society does not need a thorough critical self-examination. More on that later.)

Manodu bucket thannesadu anta

"Riyaz Naikoo — dreaded militant who ‘looted farmers and brought new ruthlessness to Hizbul’

Any comments

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6 minutes ago, kidney said:

Manodu bucket thannesadu anta

"Riyaz Naikoo — dreaded militant who ‘looted farmers and brought new ruthlessness to Hizbul’

Any comments

the usual. NRI hindus are a crazy bunch. lol. 

online stalking losers :)

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12 minutes ago, TrollBait said:

entha mandhi rechipotaaru ani count cheddam ani.

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2 minutes ago, TrollBait said:

the usual. NRI hindus are a crazy bunch. lol. 

online stalking losers :)

mari NRI thuraks emantunnaru

r they Winners??

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4 minutes ago, kidney said:

mari NRI thuraks emantunnaru

r they Winners??

who cares. They are not the ones who bother me in this db. lol.

meanwhile NRI hindus think I'm a muslim and stalk me like fcuking fools. pathetic creatures. emantaav.

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3 minutes ago, TrollBait said:

who cares. They are not the ones who bother me in this db. lol.

meanwhile NRI hindus think I'm a muslim and stalk me like fcuking fools. pathetic creatures. emantaav.

who cares - mari already paki lo mariginavu.. ikkada endhuku vaa hindhu antu yedusthunnav..

poyi akkada saavochu gaa @3$%

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