12-15-2013, 06:27 AM
I'm sure you've all heard of it by now, but basically the supremem court of India reinstated the Colonial homosexuality law that banned gay sex.
for some reason I apparently follow like 10 Indian news websites on facebook... and you see a lot of comments that appear to be homophobia rooted in culture and customs, specifically referencing Hinduism
But today I read this: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/...m=referral
I always suspected that many of the formerly colonial world's apparently conservative and intolerant views actually stem from Colonial impositions and epistemic violence; the only knowledge of Hinduism I have pretty much comes from reading A Passage to India and the God of Small Things at school and that's pretty much just that Hinduism is very much fluid and undefinable, so I'm no expert on it, but I do now think that the homophobic attitudes that permeate India, and other post-colonial countries may possibly come predominantly from a negative by[rpocudt of globalisation and westernisation, where cultures become confused.
The article also gives insight on sex and religion.
for some reason I apparently follow like 10 Indian news websites on facebook... and you see a lot of comments that appear to be homophobia rooted in culture and customs, specifically referencing Hinduism
But today I read this: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/...m=referral
I always suspected that many of the formerly colonial world's apparently conservative and intolerant views actually stem from Colonial impositions and epistemic violence; the only knowledge of Hinduism I have pretty much comes from reading A Passage to India and the God of Small Things at school and that's pretty much just that Hinduism is very much fluid and undefinable, so I'm no expert on it, but I do now think that the homophobic attitudes that permeate India, and other post-colonial countries may possibly come predominantly from a negative by[rpocudt of globalisation and westernisation, where cultures become confused.
The article also gives insight on sex and religion.