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Invented tradition and the religion of the ancients (BBC)
Mods: This article is more about "tradition" and misunderstandings between cultures than religion, so posting here instead of Religion.
If ever there were a physical manifestation of the romanticisation of the east which Westerners are so often accused of then here it was before my eyes.
"You can see how Orientalism got under way", I thought. "It probably started right here."
I wrote it all up. The festival provided exactly the sort of colour I need to brighten up what might otherwise have been a rather dry report on the politics of the constituency. I sent it off to London.
My editor - a man who knows India well having lived there for many years - sent me an e-mail.
"A touch of the 'Bharat darshan'," he chided gently, "look it up."
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27049295
