04-19-2005, 07:17 PM
Congratulations Pathama. I don't think there's any one here on this forum that will criticize the work towards uplifting a certain section of the community. In fact you might find support too for doing so.
The issue seems to be your condescending attitude towards some Indians and Hindus in particular.
For example what exactly is "<i>It was fun tosee a batch of orthodox vegetarian ladies standing next to a basket of fresh catch fish and the "avarna" fisherman</i>"
and is there a published Vedic occupation list that you all are going by to say that <i>"Fishing" is not a Vedic Hindu occupation"</i> - from what little I know about Hinduism there are plenty references of fishermen in Mahabharata and Ramayana too.
You might be doing good work but you'll find a lot more support if your drop the standard missionary propoganda. My unsolicited advise, you are free to take it or leave it. Please do post all your success and even more, try to give some credit to who have been doing this for a lot longer than you guys. Such posts are always welcome; save the anti-India and anti-Hindu tirade for forums and yahoogroups other than this.
The issue seems to be your condescending attitude towards some Indians and Hindus in particular.
For example what exactly is "<i>It was fun tosee a batch of orthodox vegetarian ladies standing next to a basket of fresh catch fish and the "avarna" fisherman</i>"
and is there a published Vedic occupation list that you all are going by to say that <i>"Fishing" is not a Vedic Hindu occupation"</i> - from what little I know about Hinduism there are plenty references of fishermen in Mahabharata and Ramayana too.
You might be doing good work but you'll find a lot more support if your drop the standard missionary propoganda. My unsolicited advise, you are free to take it or leave it. Please do post all your success and even more, try to give some credit to who have been doing this for a lot longer than you guys. Such posts are always welcome; save the anti-India and anti-Hindu tirade for forums and yahoogroups other than this.