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who writesI met Rajeev through our mutual friend
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In today’s episode, Rajeev and I have a wide-ranging conversation that I really enjoyed, so I hope you’ll join us:
Introduction
Growing up 2nd Generation South Indian
Family dynamics
Indian caste system and culture
Development of the caste system
The Brahmin priest class; Indian astrology
Indian Matchmaking dating show
Arranged relationships vis a vis contemporary Western dating culture
“Love marriages” in India
Discussing Brendan McNamara’s “THE COUNTER-SEXUAL REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED”
The natural predisposition and positives to dating within your own culture/ethnicity
The Brahmin lifestyle
The social conditioning element of reality television
Compatibility of temperament and culture in relationships
Rajeev relating the topic to his own upbringing
The difficulty people of higher intellect can have in integrating hard circumstances in upbringing and life
Rajeev’s ancestral blood memories of navigating pluralism
Ethnic resentments
The Anglo v. Indian question
Not hating white people as an Indian and the importance of a culturally integrated society
Human biodiversity is pro-human
Eisenhower ze Deutscher
I have to quell Rajeev’s bloodlust
Role of religion in Rajeev’s upbringing
Nature of Hinduism
Christianity has a target on its back today
Public displays of faith
The worldwide revival of all faith traditions
Rajeev’s RW Mormon friends
Rajeev’s experience being a regular visitor at a church in Dixieland
The implosion of the Methodist denomination
Solution to liberalizing tendency is strong male leaders
Rajeev’s pastor is conservative but has been a real exemplar of Christ’s love
Egalitarianism v. Male leadership
The architecture of grace as explained by Rajeev’s pastor
Divisions in the Church; Blackballing of Doug Wilson & Canon Press
The LinkedIn Right dialogue by
Turns out Rajeev is actually an infiltrator sent by the globohomo NWO…
Rajeev’s hot take on the Right wing as a liberal centrist
Civil Rights Regime’s toll on freedom
The striver with a prole soul
Rajeev’s defense of the South and Southerners
Silly boomers
The development of generational wealth among Indian immigrants
Rajeev’s spiritual journey and experiences learning about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Church
How Rajeev ended up in Dixie from Silicon Valley
Rajeev discusses Brennan Manning’s book on grace
Rajeev’s hope to be able to explain Christianity to other Indian immigrants
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