User talk:Arun K Sivanandan

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Infidel
Greetings, I am curious, does the word "Malechh" actually mean "infidel"? 20:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Arun K Sivanandan 21:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC) .. malechh actually referred to a tribe from a country neighbouring India..(somewhere around Nepal if i remember correctly) - who did not follow the 'sanatan dharm' (old name of Hinduism) The came to be used for non-hindus (and non-sikhs)... though not necessarily as a derogatory term.

It however does crop up in the litterature of Hindu Right Wing Sangh Parivar as generic term for Non-Hindus. And of course, you will also find in anti-indian anti-hindu sites too :)

--- google for more proof

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