{"id":1530,"date":"2016-09-22T20:47:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T20:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoboctn.com\/2016\/09\/22\/hindutavas-nationalism-ignores-the-rationalist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:59:46","slug":"hindutavas-nationalism-ignores-the-rationalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somniantes.com\/?p=1530","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Hindutava&rsquo;s nationalism ignores the rationalist traditions of India, a country in which some of the earliest steps in algebra, geometry, and astronomy were taken, where the decimal system emerged, where early philosophy \u2014 secular as well as religious \u2014 achieved exceptional sophistication, where people invented games like chess, pioneered sex education, and began the first systematic study of political economy. The Hindu militant chooses instead to present India \u2014 explicitly or implicitly \u2014 as a country of unquestioning idolaters, delirious fanatics, belligerent devotees, and religious murderers<br \/>\n&hellip; \u0e25\u0e37\u0e21\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e27\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e34\u0e19\u0e40\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e15\u0e38\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e1c\u0e25, \u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1a\u0e38\u0e01\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e34\u0e01 \u0e1e\u0e35\u0e0a\u0e04\u0e13\u0e34\u0e15, \u0e15\u0e23\u0e35\u0e42\u0e01\u0e13\u0e21\u0e34\u0e15\u0e34, \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e14\u0e32\u0e23\u0e32\u0e28\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e15\u0e23\u0e4c, \u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e01\u0e33\u0e40\u0e19\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e25\u0e02\u0e10\u0e32\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e1a \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e0a\u0e0d\u0e32 &#8211; 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