dear sarang,
re your post #24
thank you for your explanations. i respect your views and appreciate your comments.
the only reason i address you, is because, we do not like innuendos. when one writes, and when one reads, especially subjects which are pointedly accusing, we might wonder as to whom it is addressed. that is a forum courtesy i believe, and i think, as a responsible member, it would do good for all of us, to observe the courtesies.
if i see innuendo posts, i would if applicable and feel like, would respond as if they were addressed to me. it could be. could be not. that is immaterial. minimal courtesies need to be observed, in the broader interests of the forum.
again, i wish to reiterate i have no quarrel with you, and even now i am not certain whether your diatribe and wishing to kick out folks were meant to me. i took it up, because, i feel, no one even should be given a sleight of hand indication, that he or she is not welcome.
after all we welcomed you. you have no right to be here, any more than any of us. to put it otherwise, you have every right to be here, as much as any of us. you might now want to disclaim or in my opinion try to deflect what i understood, but the onus of that statement and how it sounded, is very much your responsibility.
i do apologize for causing you any hurt, as it is not my intention to inflict any pain, mildly or otherwise. we are after all writing in a language, which has been understood so differently in the various parts of the world where it is being practised.
re the treatment of widows 50 years before and such, i congratulate your family and village for being so enlightened even at that time. unfortunately my family and those of my palghat villages were not. these are the only ones that i know.
without even our realizing, we have all reformed or changed. if our great grandfather, suddenly makes his presence to our household today, i do not, how many things he would identify or identify with. for starter, the presence of the refrigerator and its direct contradiction to the concept of paththu.
or the presence of lavatories inside the house.
my approach to all aspects of a tambram life is from the point of ever changing world. mostly these are observations. as all observations, these are probably flawed, but this is how i see them. thank you again, for explaining your pov.
i would only caution against intolerance. it is said that as one progresses along the path of knowledge, one understands more and accepts more. in this instance, i think, by your elaboration of addressing us as kula drohis, does not vibe or be in sync with the erudtion of the gita that you have quoted. gita is not about exclusion, afaik.
wishing you well.
re your post #24
thank you for your explanations. i respect your views and appreciate your comments.
the only reason i address you, is because, we do not like innuendos. when one writes, and when one reads, especially subjects which are pointedly accusing, we might wonder as to whom it is addressed. that is a forum courtesy i believe, and i think, as a responsible member, it would do good for all of us, to observe the courtesies.
if i see innuendo posts, i would if applicable and feel like, would respond as if they were addressed to me. it could be. could be not. that is immaterial. minimal courtesies need to be observed, in the broader interests of the forum.
again, i wish to reiterate i have no quarrel with you, and even now i am not certain whether your diatribe and wishing to kick out folks were meant to me. i took it up, because, i feel, no one even should be given a sleight of hand indication, that he or she is not welcome.
after all we welcomed you. you have no right to be here, any more than any of us. to put it otherwise, you have every right to be here, as much as any of us. you might now want to disclaim or in my opinion try to deflect what i understood, but the onus of that statement and how it sounded, is very much your responsibility.
i do apologize for causing you any hurt, as it is not my intention to inflict any pain, mildly or otherwise. we are after all writing in a language, which has been understood so differently in the various parts of the world where it is being practised.
re the treatment of widows 50 years before and such, i congratulate your family and village for being so enlightened even at that time. unfortunately my family and those of my palghat villages were not. these are the only ones that i know.
without even our realizing, we have all reformed or changed. if our great grandfather, suddenly makes his presence to our household today, i do not, how many things he would identify or identify with. for starter, the presence of the refrigerator and its direct contradiction to the concept of paththu.
or the presence of lavatories inside the house.
my approach to all aspects of a tambram life is from the point of ever changing world. mostly these are observations. as all observations, these are probably flawed, but this is how i see them. thank you again, for explaining your pov.
i would only caution against intolerance. it is said that as one progresses along the path of knowledge, one understands more and accepts more. in this instance, i think, by your elaboration of addressing us as kula drohis, does not vibe or be in sync with the erudtion of the gita that you have quoted. gita is not about exclusion, afaik.
wishing you well.
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