INDIA, April 8, 2019 (Indic Tales): Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa is a writer, philosopher and thinker. He is a recipient of Saraswati Sanman, Padma Shri, and Central and Karnataka Sahitya Academy Awards. He was asked “why is it that in India a section of educated and intellectual group opposes everything related to Hinduism, be it its scriptures, customs, practices and beliefs? Is this behavior unique to India and if so, why?” Dr. Bhyrappa replied, “Yes, I have traveled in almost all the countries of the world and I have also studied their cultural background. Now if you take Singapore, the Chinese are in majority. I don’t know exactly what percentage, but they are in the full majority, great majority. But though there are Hindus and also there are Christians, there is absolute no discrimination between one religion and another religion. There are Hindu temples, and people you know, Indians are following their religion and it is respected, highly respected. In fact, see Dussehra and Deepawali is more glorious to see in Singapore than in any Indian Indian city. So, so many Singapore Indians follow their religion and Christians follow their religion and Chinese of course, they follow their religion. And there is absolutely harmony among them.”
“Here in India, people were divided on the basis of caste. They were divided by the British. And they were divided by the British historians and the British sociologists and British economists. And when we got Independence, we had the same University, University syllabus and all that. And Congress government adopted it and then they continued the same thing. They did not allow Indian to develop into a country respecting all religions.”
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