Bandit Saints of Java: How Java's eccentric saints are challenging fundamentalist Islam in modern Indonesia. Author: George Quinn A famous message asserts that Sukarno's father was an avid reader of the Hindu scripture, Mahabaratha. He was so fascinated with the character Karna that he named his son after his hero. Karna was a good man in the father's eyes but on the wrong side of the war. So, the father added the prefix 'Su' to his son's name. Su in Sanskrit, it seems, indicated goodness. Hence, his son was named Sukarno -the good Karna. Sukarno went on to name his daughter Sukarnoputri - daughter of the good Karna. This shows the extent of the influence Hinduism had on the psyche of people in Indonesia. After all, the name 'Indonesia' in all its glory would imply the land of Hindus. Despite boasting of being the country with the largest Muslim population on the planet, I do not think they are in any hurry to change their country's name anytime soo...
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