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To: Worswick who wrote (158)	4/14/1998 11:42:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

<<This, precisely, is what I said would happen Mohan when (not if) the BJP got elected Mohan. India is going the way Pakistan went a generation ago...that is, towards the politics of religion-based, ultra nationalist, chest beating political-posturing... that will lead to other things quite unintended by Mr. Fernandes. >> Worswick: As a disinterested party, I want to submit the following comment on your presentation of facts as you perceive them. 1: Indian constitution guarantees religious freedom and practice, unlike the brother-state on its border. 2: Mr.Fernandes is not a chest beating Hindu. He is of a different religious persuasion. If Mr. Fernandes a nonHindu speaks, he speaks for India and Indians and not for Hindus. 3: The father of India's Missile programme is not a Hindu but actually a Muslim. India does not consider him in terms of religion, but in terms of Indianess. 4: Your characterization of India falling into the hands of Hindu nationalists is far-fetched and an oxymoron, considering that nonHindus are in Govt and industry. Respectfully submitted JP

To: Worswick who wrote (158)	4/14/1998 4:05:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

To go nuclear or not to go nuclear,to CTBT or not to CTBT,to NPT or not to NPT and other issues. Worswick: For one thing India can not have a strong democracy without a strong military and a strong economy. A strong military is justified if only as a deterrent besides the neighbors are not all that friendly and have attacked the country in the past. To suggest India stand by while Pakistan and China are amassing weapons of mass destruction is naive and not practical. CTBT and NTP: India's contention is that she would sign such treatise if and when all countries of the world relinquishes nuclear weapons. India is all for nuclear disarmament in the true sense of the word and not in some half-ass debatable manner.Why would India sign any such treatise while some nations are allowed to keep them??? It doesn't make any sense to any intelligent and reasonable people. Going Nuclear: For all I know India may already have nuclear weapons and now the debate is whether to declare the nation nuclear or not.It seems to me all this noise is about mere semantics. Hindu Nationalism: To me all Indians are Hindus underneath whether one is a Muslim,Sikh,Jain,Buddhist,Christian,Atheist or Agnostic as Hinduism is the very fabric of our lives,whether the connotation of the word Hinduism is a cultural one or religious one or both. Historically we were all first Hindus before becoming whatever else either by choice,or by force,or by persuasion or deception or whatever.So Hindu Nationalism is nothing more than plain nationalism,and as long as it is not isolationist,retrogressive,prejudicial,parochial and limiting I for one have no problem with it.