Word: hindus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sikhs and Hindus engage in frenzied clashes
...Today they seem solely the latter, as they are preparing for what may be the battle of their lives. Their increased demands for political and religious autonomy in the Punjab and their use of violence to enforce those demands have made them virtual enemies of the government and the Hindus who once lived peacefully in their midst. The Sikhs have become a grave concern for Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Says a senior Indian official: "It is the greatest, most volatile crisis this government has faced since the days of partition...
...returned to Banaras, a traditional city on the Ganges River, for research on her dissertation "It's one of the oldest cities in the world, probably 3000 years old or more and a very sacred one for Hindus," she says...
After returning several times to Banaras, Eck finished her dissertation, a study of its history, mythology and sacred signification for the Hindus. "It's written in a way that is somewhat an introduction to Indian religious culture, its temples Hindu--all 330 million of them," she quips...
Much more notable is Rushdie's skill at making historical facts and sheer inventiveness seem equally true and equally preposterous. On the eve of India's independence, the owner of a moviehouse in Delhi tries to appease both Hindus and Muslims by showing a double feature. One is a vegetarian epic "about a lone, masked hero who roamed the Indo-Gangetic plain liberating herds of beef cattle from their keepers," the other a Randolph Scott western of the genre "in which cows got massacred and the good guys feasted on steaks." Nobody comes, and then the theater...