Your feelings are true. I don’t object. But rather than the ignorance of hinduism by the western world, I am much worried and feel angry on the ignorance on Tamil language, dravidian contribution to science and literature within India. Always the Tamil contributions are ignored and not even mentioned. Even the contribution of Tamils to Hinduism is large than sanksrit (but I am not having strong enough points to argue this but I can prove it to you shortly).

Probably as you born and brought up in US, your mind focused on this. But for me, the major thing we should first make the Arrogant aryans to accept Tamil and Dravidian scientific contribution.

For instance, in your article you said hindus are more tolerant. Rather than that I will say Tamils are more tolerant. Here anybody can speak abuse of hindus and spirtuals. But this is absolutely impossible in North India. They are highly intolerant. There are many more examples from the post independence periods. But if you watched during all those times, South India especially Tamilnadu had been peaceful without any such major communal violence.

My views doesn’t mean that I was not in support of your article. My view is anything about India and Hinduism without proper including contribution of Tamils is half baked. I can show you many instances. Even here in Oncophyta, I found an INSA publication entitled, ‘Indian contribution to Science’. In this they said only about aryan contributions even about muslim rulers but not even a word about Tamils.

So from my point of view first make the intolerant, arrogant Aryans to accept the contribution of Tamils. Later we can move to western people to popularize and to realize the hinduism.

But one fact is sure it is billion times tougher and difficult to achieve my target rather than yours.

Note: At present I am not able to present you more evidences for my views. Anyhow shortly I will present you the data and reality.