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 Article: How Hindu is the Other Hindu-Stan
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An article from a disgruntled writer. He implies Nepalese Hindus are less Hindus than others. A poor article, against Nepalese Hinduism, trying to justify itself with the bolster of current movement against the system.

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The hill-based ethnic communities are increasingly reacting to the imposition of the narrowing definition of Hinduism, by arguing that this brand of Hinduism is foreign to them. Some have gone as far as to reject Hinduism altogether, by pointedly refusing to celebrate the Dashain festival.

Even as the Nepali 'Establishment' goes in for what it considers 'pure' Hinduism, the trend towards asserting their own types of 'pure' religion is also seen among Nepali Buddhists and Muslims. For example, many among the Newar Buddhist, who developed the practice of Vajrayana over the centuries, are now turning to imported Theravada from Sri Lanka and Thailand, supposedly because it is the more authentic form of Buddhism. Similarly, while the religious observances of Nepali Muslims have contained substantial Sufi elements, they are increasingly turning towards puritanical Islam such as Wahabism (made possible through the influx of petrodollars). Sufism is being disowned as un- Islamic.

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http://www.south-asia.com/himal/May/howhindu.htm
 


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