Without a common symbols to solidify our identity there is no question of us being a nation. We don't want to be a cultureless and identyless society that is floating without family values like in the West.

To think that religion and progress are exclusive and opposed is not based on any concrete evidence. There are many countries that have integrated both. Man cannot avoid worship. Every culture worships something, whether that be materialism (corporate brands) or Britanny Spears. I say, let's keep our Hindu identity.