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HOW DO THEY DO IT? CONTROVERSIES IN HINDU HISTORY M.M.Ninan Association of America, New Republic India, Californian Dalit Sikh temples such as the Guru Ravi Dass Gurdwara. the Coalition against Communalism (CAC), the Federation of Tamil Sangams in North America, NRI-SAHI|Non Resident Indians for a Secular and Harmonious India, the Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment, and the Indian American Public Education Advisory Council (IPAC). Friends of South Asia (FOSA), California points out the salient reasons: 59
HOW DO THEY DO IT? CONTROVERSIES IN HINDU HISTORY M.M.Ninan • Recasting Hinduism as a monotheistic religion in a vain attempt to force it into a “Semitic mold,” contrary to the way it has been practiced for centuries. • Claiming that the Aryans were indigenous to India, based on questionable and fraudulent research, in an attempt to blur the distinction between Aryans and the Indus-Valley Civilization. • White-washing the legacy of caste and gender to the point that it bears little or no resemblance to either history or to contemporary realities. The VF even claims that the caste system is a thing of the past rather than acknowledge the ongoing human rights violations against individuals of the lower castes. • The term Dalit, which identifies 160 million Indians who were previously called ‘untouchables,’ has been edited out on the specious ground that the Indian Constitution guarantees right to equality. 60
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