11-09-2007, 02:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Computers replacing bahi-khata at Diwali puja </b>
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Neelam Pandey | New Delhi
With the changing times, technology has entered into the realms of faith too. <b>Computers have replaced the voluminous traditional bahi-khata (account books) to the extent that traders in the Capital have started offering puja to electronic gadgets. Interestingly, this time around, mobile phones will also be jostling for space along with the deities in Diwali puja conducted by thousands of traders in their business premises.</b>
Earlier, traders used to perform puja using their account books. Of late, as most of them store their business data digitally, computers are used instead of account books. "Our parents used to perform puja using the traditional bahi-khata. However, they were soon replaced by ledger cashbooks and now all our trade-related information -- placement of orders, invoices, letters, etc. are stored in computers. So we will offer puja to computers," said Narendra Madan, general secretary, All-India Traders Confederation. Madan, who is also the president of Kashmere Gate Automobile Merchants Association said that almost 50 per cent of traders are likely to pay their obeisance to these gadgets along with deities.
According to an estimate, there are about two lakh traders in the Capital and almost all of them use mobile phones. Mobile phones have become an integral part of their profession. As far as computers are concerned, nearly 35 to 40 per cent traders use this technology.
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This I call flexibility, adaptability of Hinduism according to time and era. That is why Hinduism will never fade.
Pioneer.com
Neelam Pandey | New Delhi
With the changing times, technology has entered into the realms of faith too. <b>Computers have replaced the voluminous traditional bahi-khata (account books) to the extent that traders in the Capital have started offering puja to electronic gadgets. Interestingly, this time around, mobile phones will also be jostling for space along with the deities in Diwali puja conducted by thousands of traders in their business premises.</b>
Earlier, traders used to perform puja using their account books. Of late, as most of them store their business data digitally, computers are used instead of account books. "Our parents used to perform puja using the traditional bahi-khata. However, they were soon replaced by ledger cashbooks and now all our trade-related information -- placement of orders, invoices, letters, etc. are stored in computers. So we will offer puja to computers," said Narendra Madan, general secretary, All-India Traders Confederation. Madan, who is also the president of Kashmere Gate Automobile Merchants Association said that almost 50 per cent of traders are likely to pay their obeisance to these gadgets along with deities.
According to an estimate, there are about two lakh traders in the Capital and almost all of them use mobile phones. Mobile phones have become an integral part of their profession. As far as computers are concerned, nearly 35 to 40 per cent traders use this technology.
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This I call flexibility, adaptability of Hinduism according to time and era. That is why Hinduism will never fade.