Posted by: knt May 18, 2006
DOG is the new national animal
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Relax bro, relax. We don't have to get all paranoid because of this new declaration--that Nepal is no more a Hindu state. It is definitely a good move. Supposedly Nepal has >90% Hindus. I find this figure a bit suspect, because my gut instinct tells me that were many of these people given the leeway to practice whatever religion they want to practice, many of them will revert to Shamanism, or Buddhism. I think Hinduism has been unfairly imposed on too many indigenous folks of Nepal, and this bias needs to be corrected. Hinduism has way too many quirks and idiosyncracies. It is Hinduism that is responsible for creating the caste-system--there is no escape from this notion whether we like it or not. I see people insinuating that the caste system is a societal problem, not religious--but I don't buy this sort of thought process. This is definitely a good move.
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