Hello Yamuna, I appreciate your frank and genuine views expressed in this mail. I fully agree with your views. I myself never use spoon and such other things except while eating things like icecream. I have visited about nine countries, but I did not make any changes in my eating just because I was outside India.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:29 PM Yamuna Jivana Dasa <[email protected]> wrote: > People, > > This is just my opinion and how I live my life. You don’t have to agree. > > > > As much as I cannot avoid being blind, I prefer living my life being > comfortable with what works for me, and this includes dining. > > > > Mostly I use my fingers to eat. Whatever context I find myself in, I am > even ready to announce: I eat best with my fingers, and it’s an art. I pick > up rice with my finger-tips without dropping, which is something many who > are used to knife and fork cannot do. (At this point I might chuckle > slightly as I gracefully remove the knife or fork or even spoon from my > plate.) So thanks for the invitation to dine with the team! Then I dig into > that meal, with dignity and pride to eat with my fingers, smiling with > confidence all the way, and not hesitating to contribute to the > light-hearted dinner table discussions or perhaps business meetings that > might occur. > > > > To those who think I am below their so-called dignity, you like me, you > don’t like me, because may be I look strange eating differently, then hey > let that be your problem, but I’ll be cheerful all the way through. > High-minded people will appreciate me for who I am. I’ve learnt through my > life to be confident about who I am, and in the beginning people might > resist me, gradually tolerate me, and eventually even love me for who I am. > At least, those will be the people who matter to me. > > > > Let me share my story at the bank where I worked. > > I used to work for First National Bank in South Africa. I never hid my > identity as a Hare Krishna devotee, nor was I shy about my blindness. These > were both abnormalities in the predominantly African country where I lived. > > Gradually people would notice me walking the corrordoors during my lunch > breaks, or after work while waiting for my transport, softly mouthing the > Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Eventually it became normal for them. Eventually > some began asking questions about my belief systems, and even took books to > read about it. When I was retrenched due to a decision from head-office > which forced 5 blind people and 1 deaf person at back offices from around > the country to lose our jobs, there were many who visibly displayed > unhappiness at my leaving, with some of the ladies even crying when I > walked out. I had to cheer them up with assurances that I will be fine and > that I have God’s protection with me. > > > > Point being for me at least which worked: Be who you are, be comfortable > in your skin, so comfortable in fact that others will not help loving your > confidence in your differences from them. > > Yes you’ll get the occasional scoff, snide remark, or statements of lack > of confidence regarding your visible challenges. Take those with a grain of > salt, and look past them. Those will not make you, so not worth your > contemplation anyway. > > > > Do you know, eating with your fingers is the best method for digestion? > It’s the most natural way, and we were created to do that. As your fingers > touch the food, it promotes your salivation in your mouth: the touch > stimulates by the temperature, texture and contemplation of picking up the > food to eat by the finger tips. It also promotes digestion activity in the > stomach in preparation for receiving the food. It is part of natural > digestion to eat with our fingers. It is recommended by Ayurveda. It is our > culture, and yes, the cream of the crop: it is comfortable for blind people > too! > > > > Regards, > > Yamuna Jivana Dasa > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Nishant Rana > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2024 1:38 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AI] Learning effective Dining etiquette’s, specifically > eating independently, with folk, spoon and chopstick > > > > Hello, > > Should you or your friend find someone who is actually able to impart > those skills, I would be very glad to hop on the bandwagon as it were, as I > tend to dread formal occasions because I know that I have terrible terrible > dinner/ table etiquette, and am bound to create a mess. > > > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 at 22:54, turab chimthanawala <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > A blind person in Mumbai wants to learn effective dining etiquette. 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