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Such reductionist headlines tend to equate religion with the quest for "moksha"

Religion is not merely a spiritual quest. There is a communal / social dimension to it that is very much worldly and also political
So we can make the rather snobbish and admittedly correct observation that -

Hey....so many of these Ram Janmabhoomi enthusiasts are not spiritually inclined...

Sure. Many of them may not be. But that doesn't invalidate their movement
Personal religiosity varies by individual

But the debate over public culture preoccupies many whose personal adherence to religious practice may be minimal
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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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It's amazing how people exclaim in opposite ways to the same number

E.g - Food habits

~30% of Indians abstain strictly from meat
Another ~15-20% eat occasionally

My reaction: Vegetarianism is v widespread in India

Liberal reaction:India is a predominantly non veg country
I'd like to think my reaction is more legitimate

Because the default for homo-sapiens is meat eating in most parts of the world

For most of human race, eating meat every day / every other day is norm

Strict vegetarianism < 5% in nearly all countries
So when you see ~30%, that's what should catch your attention

It should not lead you to exclaim how India is no different from the rest of the world in food habits

Yet the liberal reaction is one of trying to undermine / gloss over Indian exceptionalism in this regard
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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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There are errors of omission here

Indian Muslims may rank low on many parameters. But who among them?

There are Muslim elites, exactly as there are Hindu elites. Heterogeneity in outcomes among Indian muslims is massive - far greater than heterogeneity of outcomes among SCs/STs
The only reason the muslim "numbers" may look worse is because a significant chunk of their elite moved to Pakistan in 1947

The size of the elite as a % of muslim population that remained in India is somewhat small, particularly in North India

Not the case in Kerala/Hyd though
The other point to note is -

Among the 201 MM Muslims in India, approximately 60-65MM live in the two poorest Indian states - Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

That's like 30-35% of the Muslim population

In contrast the % of Hindus living in these two states is a tad over 20%
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Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya
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"Professionalism" is one of those late 20th century "modern" words that conveys the spirit of our age

Basically it means

Don't get angry when you feel like getting angry
Don't be unpleasant when you feel like being unpleasant

Don't get too close to people. Nor seem too remote
I am not sure if the word "professionalism" was used in say 18th / 19th century

I doubt

That was an age when virtue was discussed and debated not in anti-septic terms
Discourse back then was never divorced from a religious understanding of a "good life"

E.g. Speak the truth. Be patient. Exhibit forbearance etc

These virtues were championed as they were regarded as inherently "good" as opposed to expedient traits that enable us to "get along"
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