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The basic ethos of the Shri Rama Janmabhoomi
movement is to rejuvenate the Hindu samaj and culture, and not just an
issue of bricks and mortar. This has been very well expressed by Vidiadhar
S Naipaul, when he said: "What is happening in India is a new historical
awakening....Indian intellectuals, who want to be secure in their liberal
beliefs, may not understand what is going on. But every other Indian knows
precisely what is happening: deep down he knows that a larger response
is emerging even if at times this response appears in his eyes to be threatening."
Given the response received from the masses
in India and other places in the world for the Shri Rama Janmabhoomi movement,
Shri Rama is clearly at the heart of our civilisation and a major unifying
force. There is no section, nor any region, of the Hindu samaj that does
not exhibit a deep attachment to Shri Rama. This empathy is also strongly
exhibited not only in other lands where Hindus have settled, but also
where the indigenous people accepted the Hindu culture, as in Indonesia.
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