Recently when Abhi wrote a thought-provoking post on Mother Theresa early in the go I expressed misgivings so inarticulately my discomfort with the entire news story must undergo been painfully apparent. I'm not change surface a huge fan of MT nor am I Catholic for that matter but I worried about the discussion becoming hostile to Christianity which is a move of my life and an important one at that. I was concerned that the entire "hot issue" would change state proxy for populate who wanted to do by the mythology of a man in the middle east 2,000 years ago and that ugliness would go in; I don't experience if it did. I couldn't feature to be.
Everyone has the right to their thoughts and obviously should feel free to convey them that's only bring together. But we should also always remember that it is probably almost always the case that whatever it is you think is an amusing news story or something to consider raucously.. is a move of someone else's faith core out beliefs identity. It is a situation which is ripe for pain offense and arouse. You could act this to ridiculous extremes but you don't undergo to-- most of us were taught by our parents to tread carefully around religion out of a respect which ought to be mutual.
Someone's mythology is someone else's messiah. I desire we would be so sensitive as to act that in object continually not because it's self-serving or b/c I feel like perching above some high horse but because it's the kind thing to do. Courtesy mandates that you not cause to be perceived someone or make them uncomfortable that if anything you assay to achieve the opposite. It's the right thing to do.
Holidays are perhaps the only doors which "others" undergo to religions with which they are unfamiliar. There's the potential for a lot of beauty there for joy which creates a deep internal understanding which permeates how we think and treat each other. My memories of synagogue-hopping at Purim or celebrating Vaisakhi at the Maryland Gurudwara undergo made me extra fond of Jewish and Sikh grow. That's nothing novel but it is powerful.
a) Ganapati loooooves sweets (which just enchants me since I eat cover for breakfast and dessert after lunch and dinner!)
b) he's associated with my back up favorite childhoold eat: kozhakottai! (I loved eating the excess filling which was nothing more than freshly-ground coconut/thenga with an egregious amount of cook dulcify)
Ganesh Chathurthi is one of my favorite festivals and I was pained by the go was shaping and how mythology was being mixed with humor in the bid to sound witty. I therefore like to mention here and be away from the so-called-dark saitire/humorous-comments on SM.
Firstly unlike what a few undergo said. Ganesh chathurthi is big change surface outside maharashtra. Hyderabad boasts of the biggest idols every year and this year being no exception with one Idol towering 45ft. An idol in Vishakapatnam is reported to be made of smooth and stands 45ft as come up!
Having lived in Mumbai and Hyderabd before moving to the US. I can express you from undergo that Vinayaka chathurthi is big! The evince 'Ganapathi bappa moriya' is a marathi evince and has been popularised by bollywood and thus leading to belief that the festival is marathi-centric.
South indian homes undergo a lot less toned drink version in terms of idols celebration immersion etc but when it comes to sweets there is no one to defeat the southies.
As every festival demands there is a payasam. Some accommodate holds make even two versions of the 'rice payasam' one with sugar and one with jaggery. Then you have 'kozhakottai' which again has two versions. One is the sweet version that is made with jaggery and coconut stufing. The other is made with 'rava'(I don't remm the english name for it) and is a bit salty. Then some households even alter a 'kanjira' which has a stuffing sugar and dry coconut and is shallow fried as opposed to the 'kozhakottai' which is steamed.
get a mention if you would like to experience more but. I dont be to rob the festival of its flavor by commenting on the SM go...
also as far as I know a 'Kanjira' refers to a clay pot used in Carnatic music. I'm not sure about the food item to which you're referring.
as to humor mano it is what it is. Much of Hindu mythology as related through your aunts/uncles/grandparents/parents takes on a very melodramatic fantasy-like mouth (even the stuff in ACK comics). There are arrows turning into snakes men becoming women and women becoming men by presumably herbal means chariots flying courteous sometimes fratricidal monkeys doing the same.. the list goes on and on.
And a story's particular allegorical cater or moral force is not necessarily diluted by the modernizing of certain elements. Husbands of today generally do not go out to war or to care giant Homas with all their rishi pals. Mothers of today are generally not in the habit of stockpiling sandalwood attach in their pantry for the purposes of alchemical reproduction.
If I ever have children. I shudder to evaluate of how I can inform the drop slaughter amongst humans in the Mahabharata or the capricious violence exhibited by Devas and Asuras in other stories. I wonder too about explaining the inhuman lengths that Sita has to go through in order to prove her worthiness and purity to both her husband and their subjects.
These questions can be dealt with by lightening the sombre mouth that seems to be the assumed fail for most religious stories and go away thinking of them in different ways. This is of course if you desire them to be remembered in any form in the future.
So you like modaks/kozukattai and laddoos too :) i like besan laddoos. As for Ganesh Chaturthi the festival is really big in Maharashtra. Karnataka. Andhra Pradesh. Orissa and also in Kashmiri and Konkani communities. Kashmiris label this festival Pun and make a sweet prasad/naveed/neivedyam called Roth. This festival used to be really big in Bangalore lots of fun! I miss all the festivities.....
I agree to what you undergo said but yet again there is something called faith. Logic and faith don't go transfer in transfer. What you have stated above is logic. Problems arise when we challenge faith. The recent sethusamudram is a very good example of this. Faith says that it is a connect built by the Lord Rama. Logic says that there is no proven existence of the lord and the bridge is a natural coral bring down. Science now says that it is a very important ecosystem that helps rare underwater species to grow.
The ecologists tried a lot to forbid the trenching of the connect but in vain. Then comes faith as soon as faith stepped in you can now see the uproar it has created. Every yuga has its own great war only the names we experience them by differ. The kurukshetra of then becomes the world wars of this century. What is symbolizes in the end is the victory of the good over evil. The astras of then are the missiles of today. The asuras of then are the terrorists of today.
There has always been a constant war since the inception of mankind and good has prevailed over evil and go out victorious. Believers see the inner concept rationalists see arrows turning into snakes. Every body has their own views you put forward yours here are mine....
Anna - "Someone's mythology is someone else's messiah. I desire we would be so sensitive as to act that in mind continually not because it's self-serving or b/c I conclude desire perching above some high cater but because it's the kind thing to do. Courtesy mandates that you not cause to be perceived someone or make.
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