Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday criticised some individuals for dealing with Hinduism as “mine is the only way” and minimizing it to “something like the team identity of the British football hooligan” that turns to physical violence versus those that do not sustain them.
“They sort of reduce it to something like the team identity of the British football hooligan. And they say, you don’t support my team, I’m going to hit you on the head. Don’t say, Jai Shri Ram, I’m going to flog you. That’s not Hinduism. That has nothing to do with Hinduism,” Tharoor stated.
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#WATCH|At Jaipur Literature Festival, writer & Congress MP Shashi Tharoor states, “…There are four ways in which you can be a good Hindu, Right? So there’s Gyana Yoga, which is through reading and knowledge, you find out about these spiritual ideas, as I’ve tried to do. There’s… pic.twitter.com/gl66cNxMLm .– RECTUM (@ANI) February 2, 2025
During theJaipur Literature Festival, the writer andCongress leader articulatedSwami Vivekananda’s quote and stated,”The Hindu will never light the fires of inquisition” . .
The Thiruvananthapuram MP even more included that there are 4 means to be a great Hindu consisting of Gyana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga andKarma Yoga
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“So there’s Gyana Yoga, which is through reading and knowledge, you find out about these spiritual ideas, as I’ve tried to do. There’s Bhakti Yoga, which is what most people do. Then there is Raja Yoga, which is interiority, meditation, looking for the truth within yourself… and finally, don’t forget Mahatma Gandhi was a great practitioner of this is Karma Yoga, which is to actually worship God through serving humanity through serving your fellow man and woman,” he included.
