The Hindu Identity
Who is a Hindu?
‘Hindu’ was a term first used by Persians to denote the people living in the sub-continental peninsula, bordered by the river Sindhu (whose distortion gave rise to the term ‘Hindu’), the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean. The term ‘Hindu-ism’ was introduced by the British to identify the cultural practices native to the people of India. In that sense, Hinduism is an umbrella term. The Hindu culture ...