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To: Stitch who wrote (1124)	1/18/1998 10:42:00 PM
From: Rational	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Stitch: You are right. I was careful to not bring religions into the picture when I was stating about the Indian tradition in SE Asia. It is very interesting to note that even within India (e.g., Goa), Brahmins who converted into Christianity maintain their "superior" identity, calling themselves as Saraswat Christians, though the term "Saraswat" actually refers to a Hindu Brahmin. Saraswat Christians are usually well-placed world-wide; one of them even became a senior White House official in the US. They want matrimonial relationships with other Saraswat Christians and not any other Christians; the girls even wear bindi and some worship Hindu Gods alongwith Jesus. You may know that in 1891 Swamy Vivekananda at the World Congress of religions (where his initially alotted time of 17 minutes was extended to 17 days) portrayed Hinuism as a religion of religions. IMO, Hinduism is more of a set of traditions blended with the "secular spirituality"; the secular spirituality is easily accepted by people of all faith as one can notice from the popularity of many spiritual missions in US and Europe among all religious groups, especially, Christians. I am thus not surprised that Muslims in SE Asia maintain their Indian traditions. Sankar