[Assam] Is the ?Clash of Civilizations? a Myth?

[Chan Mahanta]

O' Deka:

Eh, nokob aaru! Once a jokaisukiya, always a jokaisukiya. Saanhtwte 
baghtw dekha porkititw xohoje eruabo nwari nohoy, nejane-neki he' 
aapuni?


>This is the first article I read from this author. So I don't know 
>if he has an >agenda.


*** And I rest my case !

I won't even get into the gems of wisdom in the text, unless you 
force me to :-).


O'm





At 6:59 PM -0800 3/16/06, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>O'Mahanta,
>Are you seeing ghosts where there probably is none? I think the 
>author blamed extremists of all religions for the ills.
>He said, "Only barbaric forces are aggressive and absolutist. 
>Liberals from both the Islamic world and the Christian West must 
>assert so. And Hinduism, as a Vedantic way of life, can be of 
>immense help, but not Hindutva as an aggressive political concept. 
>This is so because Vedanta propounds the theory of internationalism, 
>though as an ideal. Even its practice is possible, but only when one 
>understands, like Wafa Sultan, the "clash" as between primitive 
>minds who are determined not to progress. A clash against the 
>''clash'' is what we perhaps need."
>
>I don't know if these are the author's words or quoted from someone 
>else. He says Vedanta can help but he has his doubts about it.
>
>This is the first article I read from this author. So I don't know 
>if he has an agenda. I felt he presented his viewpoint very well. Do 
>you think every journalist writes with his/her agenda in the 
>background? I know Krugman and Dowd do. Does everyone? I have seen 
>Friedman change his tune depending on the subject.
>
>Cheers,
>O'Deka
>
>
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