03-25-2006, 11:28 PM
I have not fully read all your postings. I am planning to read soon.
I think this posting of mine will be found interessting.
It is a small piece about how some people tried to kill Sivakasi Crackers industry and about the attempts of S. Gurumurthy to save it.
Swami
Truth Alone Triumphs
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The country burst into joyous crackle of sounds and lights. The younger folks were wading into the fire crackers. The elders sat and watched in content amusement.
The district which produced these crackers exported them throughout the world.
There had been a conspiracy to gradually snuff out this booming business. These simple people were not prepared for the cut-throat tactics of the candle lobby. The candlewallahs joined hands with Christian Missionaries who wanted to take the sparkle out of this colourful Hindu festival. What resulted was Jesuitry. Devious arguments ostensibly for the good of the people â terms like noise pollution, child labor and so on, were bandied about.
Hindus were known for their mildness. âMild Hinduâ was a common name called. Their manufacturers who did business with honesty as their capital more than their money, couldnât hit back. Hindus are known for trusting their enemies more perhaps than their brethren. The cracker merchants were just following the practice the entire county did. They used to engage the so-called child labourers. When the country was down with internal strife and the subsequent foreign exploitation, their youngsters had no option but to start making money at as early an age as possible. But as times changed this district changed too. The cracker companies built schools and other facilities for the children. But the enemy attacks continued.
Then a journalist came, good people joined forces and just by sheer force of goodness the country was back to a burst of joyous sounds and lights.
Children of the district for whom hungry crocodiles shed tears, escaped the crocodilesâ jaws and smiled happily.
Truth alone triumphs; not untruth.
Swami Sampurnananda, 25 October 2003.
I think this posting of mine will be found interessting.
It is a small piece about how some people tried to kill Sivakasi Crackers industry and about the attempts of S. Gurumurthy to save it.
Swami
Truth Alone Triumphs
[B]
The country burst into joyous crackle of sounds and lights. The younger folks were wading into the fire crackers. The elders sat and watched in content amusement.
The district which produced these crackers exported them throughout the world.
There had been a conspiracy to gradually snuff out this booming business. These simple people were not prepared for the cut-throat tactics of the candle lobby. The candlewallahs joined hands with Christian Missionaries who wanted to take the sparkle out of this colourful Hindu festival. What resulted was Jesuitry. Devious arguments ostensibly for the good of the people â terms like noise pollution, child labor and so on, were bandied about.
Hindus were known for their mildness. âMild Hinduâ was a common name called. Their manufacturers who did business with honesty as their capital more than their money, couldnât hit back. Hindus are known for trusting their enemies more perhaps than their brethren. The cracker merchants were just following the practice the entire county did. They used to engage the so-called child labourers. When the country was down with internal strife and the subsequent foreign exploitation, their youngsters had no option but to start making money at as early an age as possible. But as times changed this district changed too. The cracker companies built schools and other facilities for the children. But the enemy attacks continued.
Then a journalist came, good people joined forces and just by sheer force of goodness the country was back to a burst of joyous sounds and lights.
Children of the district for whom hungry crocodiles shed tears, escaped the crocodilesâ jaws and smiled happily.
Truth alone triumphs; not untruth.
Swami Sampurnananda, 25 October 2003.