Promote Indian Culture

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<!--QuoteBegin-k.ram+Jan 16 2004, 10:47 PM-->QUOTE(k.ram @ Jan 16 2004, 10:47 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-kautilaya+Jan 16 2004, 05:49 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kautilaya @ Jan 16 2004, 05:49 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-k.ram+Jan 16 2004, 12:23 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(k.ram @ Jan 16 2004, 12:23 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> While some people promote indian culture, there are others like kripal, courtwright, doniger etc etc, and now this.

Ganja Ganesh

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=...232&cat=8907491

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maybe I am looking at the wrong poster, or maybe because the size of the text is too small to read for me, or maybe I am just plain dumb. But what exactly is wrong with this poster? Just curious.
P.S. All I saw was some flowers with some text on them that I can't read... <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Go to this site and click on hinduism and look for "Ganja Ganesh" poster. There are no flowers behind ganesha, it is mary and jane. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
eh? mary and jane, i just see some leaves

but i can see the cigreet and the hooka <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

But i have seen a bronze statue of reclaining ganesha somkeing a hooka at one scuplters place(there were other bronzr icons of ganesh as well, like, ganesha using a PC, using a mobile phone, walking wearing a suit with a briefcase etc Graduate ), i asked the scuplter, how come they scuplted ganesh in these contemporary pose's, while shiva, parvati or krishna are not and

his reply was

"we are making fun of him, won't u make fun of a person with a elephants head. Imagine a child with a elephants head, won't you laugh(lovingly) at him at his state " <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I was pleased with his answer, i mean they think ganesh as thier friend and not some big god or somthing. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Oh all this happend in swamimalai near tanjore, where you get the finest south indian bronzes. Graduate