shiv wrote: The locals inlcude a pecentage of Muslims. The children from Muslim families are often brought dressed up as "Krishna" or a Brahmin for fancy dress competitions for kids and the kids have no problem singing the Sanskrit shlokas that are taught along with other prayers and rhymes. The parents raise no objection to this.
There's perhaps no local fatwa machine.
Try that in UP, Bihar and Hyderabad, and there will be an instant dumptruckload of fatwas heaped on them and you, and calls of jihad based on 'Islam in danger' alarmist calls raised.
Why do people not notice the evangelists?
Because they don't come knocking on A/C bungalows.
They go to tribal villages and underdeveloped shanty-towns, where neither the Hyundai/Fiat/Peugeot/Opel driving elites, or the Tehelka media care to go.
Why does the government do nothing?
The government does its job, on paper.
Confucius once stated, "What's the use of Law ? Good people don't need it, and bad people won't follow it."
He forgot the most important one,- "corrupt and nincompoop civic authorities won't enforce it."
A few moons ago, I mentioned "evangelical tourism" as a new ploy being exploited by a lot of evanjihadis from the land of the free.
Many of these 'tourist' visa-holders circumvent the laws of registration and destination, and engage in illegal acts with the help of corrupt officials.
Is Hinduism under threat, or are sanity and rationality under threat? What are the real threats to Hinduism?
The real threat to Hinduism is the one you and I locked horns on: the LACK of an incentive to understand the
depth of Hinduism, and the sublime marrow behind the dry bones of 'mumbo jumbo' ritual.
It is a
long-term threat.