Karnataka 2013
- Location
- Das Böse ist immer und überall
- Pronouns
- he/him
"move up into the hindi belt next", they said
Most of India is Hindu - Mountbatten made sure of that.Read that as the "Hindu Belt" and went "They missed an obvious opportunity to name it the Veda Belt or the Baghavad Gita Belt?" but, no it turns out to be about language, not religion.
Most of India is Hindu - Mountbatten made sure of that.
Ask ten Hindus what "being particularly doctrinaire" means and you'll get ten different answers. I think communal conflicts (for some reason India uses the word "communal" rather than "sectarian") are common all over, but @rmanoj would probably know better than me.Yes, I know that, but my initial thought was that this was a region that was known for being particularly doctrinaire.
Doesn't 'sectarian' generally imply conflict between groups who belong to the same broader religion? 'Communal' in India usually refers to inter-religious conflict. Hindus are commonly referred to as 'the majority community' and Muslims as 'the minority community' (reversed when you talk about Kashmir, Pakistan or Bangladesh).Ask ten Hindus what "being particularly doctrinaire" means and you'll get ten different answers. I think communal conflicts (for some reason India uses the word "communal" rather than "sectarian") are common all over, but @rmanoj would probably know better than me.
I suppose it ties in with it being a traditional folk religion rather than an evangelising one. The only other one I can think of that still exists today is Shinto, and that's similar in nature AIUI.Most Hindus aren't members of organised sects―they practice what I would call general village Hinduism, based on the traditions of their family, village, caste etc and don't make much of a fuss about theology.
It turned out to be slightly (slightly) more interesting than that - I would imagine mainly because Modi wasn't a CM candidate the last time around. Gujarat seems to be a swing state except when he's around, because the BJP won crushing majorities throughout his leadership and then every single Lok Sabha seat in 2014.Next up is Gujarat, just to really grind the orange shades down.
The Rann of Kutch now makes me want to imagine an alternate election map of Lincolnshire with similar non-voting areas because the fens were never drained in TTL. @MumbyIt turned out to be slightly (slightly) more interesting than that - I would imagine mainly because Modi wasn't a CM candidate the last time around. Gujarat seems to be a swing state except when he's around, because the BJP won crushing majorities throughout his leadership and then every single Lok Sabha seat in 2014.
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The Rann of Kutch now makes me want to imagine an alternate election map of Lincolnshire with similar non-voting areas because the fens were never drained in TTL. @Mumby