On Thursday 15 May 2008 10:06:42 pm Thaths wrote: > This is not fundamental to Indians alone. And I don't think it has > anything to do with preserving dharma - real or imagined. I have seen > first-hand, and I am sure ashok has also witnessed, such summary mob > justice being meted out to pick pockets, glue sniffing street kids and > many other n'er do wells in Kenya.
Dharma in India is a set of rules that are not unique to India. Respect for elders, teachers, the exhortation that one must be honest, and that one must be humble are all rules that have been put under the ambit of "dharma" in India, but are common to any civilization on earth. But in India when a man gets beaten for transgressing these rules, the justification is that he is breaking dharma and must therefore be punished. That is the connection between Indian dharma, Kenyan mob fury and Islamic fatwas. shiv
