This blog post is going to discuss my budding research project and the work I have done on it so far. There is a lot to consider when someone tells you to ask a question and then answer it. There is actually quite literally everything to consider.
When your task is to ask a question, the best way to at least narrow down what kind of question you want to ask by . . . asking more questions. What kind of question do I want to ask? What kind of answers do I want to have. Do I even want answers? I'm going to forgo all of that because I already know what I want to research. The question I have is “What is Hinduism.” I like this question for a couple reasons. A large part of my family lives in India where the main religion is Hinduism. Therefore, there are a lot of people I know who practice this religion daily. The other reason that I like this question is because of music. I really enjoy music with middle eastern and Asian influences. Listening to more and more music of this kind has made me interested in the faith. Lastly, I also do not know a lot about the religion so this will be a learning experience. I haven’t done any formal research yet so I’m just going to outline my plan here. This way it is also in writing. The first part of it is the research. I think that I need to get sources from everywhere. Ever since the Beatles associated themselves with Hinduism in the late 60s, there has been a lot of western input in the discussion. I think that it is useful because it offers a much different perspective than what I would get if I only researched historical options. I think that a lot of my focus however should go into researching the values and the why behind the traditions. I think it is definitely useful to know that people who practice Hinduism worship cows, but not knowing why is like reading every other word in a book. The next part of the research would be to look into the daily practices of it. I will try to reach out to my extended family in India for this. I think hearing it from someone who lives it will probably be the most helpful in the way of understanding the faith. If that is not possible though, I think that there are plenty of online sources to help me find what I am looking for. The writing part of this project will definitely be ruminated on later. I think that once I get more research together, the direction of the project will look clearer, and I will begin the writing process then. The me of tomorrow will likely be understandably disappointed.
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Nadia
4/8/2019 01:02:05 pm
I like your question. I do know nothing about Hinduism and it will be very interesting for me to read your work. However, may be it will be better to switch from history and daily practice to how Hinduism shape lives of people, how daily life and believes can be different from Catholic ones.
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Sabatino
4/9/2019 02:23:01 pm
This sounds like an intriguing project. How does this topic relate to themes in the films we watched?
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