Now return to the Census man at your door step. Suppose you are a Marxist? Now these words may be very confusing? You may ask what the difference between a Communist and a Marxist is. Never mind that distinction at this juncture. Just take a note of the fact that some people do not like to call them self a Communist but take adequate pride in saying that I am a Marxist. So where does that Census man put me, the Marxist, when I was born in a Hindu family, and that too in a Braahman family, and my name may sound something like Raam Sharan implying one who has taken shelter in Bhagavaan Shri Raam? Then think of a guy who does not want to call him a Communist, a Marxist but boldly announces himself to be a Leftist and simultaneously claims he is not a Hindu though he carries a family name that is of a Hindu Braahman (when I give this example I have a renowned author in mind). Where will the census man put all these types of people in his list ~ among Hindus or Muslims or Christians or Paarsis or Sikhs or Jains or what? Then come to a guy who claims himself to be an Atheist (who does not believe in God) or an Agnostic (who believes that nothing is known about God or can be known about God) or of some such other brand. Now none of these brands can be categorized as a Hindu. What will a Census man do? Has he been given a proper category for these characters? Do they get classified as Hindu if they were born in a Hindu family or of an atheist family with Hindu ancestry? I would assume that you know the answer. And, that should tell you why I said initially a Hindu is not necessarily a Hindu. So the point is that the 80 per cent population of this country is that of Hindus can be a very deceptive impression. My first lesson in Statistics was that there are three kind of lies: (1) lies, (2) damn lies, and (3) statistics. Now of course, North Americans have expanded this by stating: there are four kinds of lies: (1) lies, (2) damn lies, (3) statistics, and (4) mens resumes! Before I heard this on the Air I had already seen ample of evidence of this. The first thing that you are told in Canada when you land there and start looking for a job is that go to a professional resume writer. I adamantly refused to do so but in time I did find out how the professionals work at it. They tell you what to suppress and what to blow up. Please do not remain under the mistaken belief that we are still in vast majority something like 80 percent. First of all, we are not 80 per cent, and we simply do not know, what the true percentage of true Hindus is. To me true Hindus are those who feel in their heart that they are Hindu, and who can say with pride that we are Hindu, and who do not feel the need to put on the mask and begin to look like a secular. When I say secular I refer to that deceptive word which is termed as Secular by the media of our country.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:22:43 +0000