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By Mark I. Pinsky With the help of [the magazine] Hinduism Today, I informally surveyed attitudes toward "The Simpsons." What I found was that Indian ...


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Fred Stella, an actor and yoga instructor from Michigan who identifies himself as an Italian-American adherent to Hinduism. “But more than making fun of Hinduism, the writers tend to mock people’s perception of Hinduism. They do the same with Christianity.”I agree with this.

I actually like Apu. Hehe, poor guy ... he has a PhD from Cal Tech (Calcutta Institute of Technology), but has to work in a convenient store selling slurpies :D. But he's proud of his Hindu heritage, and displays his Ganesha icon in his store.

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