Mangos are fruit! So they are OK to eat for you too! Provided they are eaten in moderation!
And certain stuff has to be slurped around, but that can be done in a dignified and neat manner! Preeti Monga – Chief Executive Officer <http://www.silver-linings.org/> Inspiring INCLUSION! Fostering DIGNITY! Mobile : 91 9871701646 E-mail : [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Website : www.silver-linings.org <http://www.silver-linings.org/> Our Services: Trainings- Unique Motivation Programmes, Diversity & Inclusion, POSH. Your Choice to partner with us contributes towards quality Education & Empowerment of Visually Impaired Girls, and providing them with secure Hostel facility at SHIKSHA (A CSR Initiative of Silver Linings) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana Dasa Sent: 22 July 2024 17:33 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [AI] Learning effective Dining etiquette’s, specifically eating independently, with folk, spoon and chopstick Dear Preeti-Ji, Your points are well taken. If someone prefers to eat with cutlery that’s certainly their welcome choice too, provided the implication is not that the alternative of eating by hand is less classy or shameful, as our modern-day culture will have us believe. I’m sure it goes without saying that the behaviours such as licking the bowl, making constant slurping sounds and eating noisily are unrefined and improper human behaviors over-all. When I eat mangos however particularly when they are nice and juicy, you’re going to hear the odd slight slurping sounds from me, but of course in fair moderation. Now you have the right to scold me for eating mangos since you know I’m diabetic! J Yamuna Jivana Dasa From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Preeti Monga Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2024 11:02 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [AI] Learning effective Dining etiquette’s, specifically eating independently, with folk, spoon and chopstick Certainly I agree with you! However, eating with hand / fingers can be refined and if eaten neately without soiling your full hand, then it is great! When in Germany, I used to get people around the table to cut up my food, that is if it so required, and then eat with a fork or my fingers, which ever was more comfortable! And, there were many Germans who followed me and thanked me to have shown them the wonderful way to eat comfortably and they reported that they enjoyed their food that way much more! The idea is to know certain things about eating neately and remembering not to put the knife into your mouth! That is all it requires. Also eating with your mouth over full, eating with your mouth open, eating with funny sounds of slurping and other sounds, or picking up the plate and licking from it or putting your tongue into the bowl and licking it in public may not be not welcomed by others on the table, may it be family or business partners or colleague’s! Just a few thoughts and sharings. Warmly Preeti Preeti Monga – Chief Executive Officer <http://www.silver-linings.org/> Inspiring INCLUSION! Fostering DIGNITY! Mobile : 91 9871701646 E-mail : [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Website : www.silver-linings.org <http://www.silver-linings.org/> Our Services: Trainings- Unique Motivation Programmes, Diversity & Inclusion, POSH. Your Choice to partner with us contributes towards quality Education & Empowerment of Visually Impaired Girls, and providing them with secure Hostel facility at SHIKSHA (A CSR Initiative of Silver Linings) From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana Dasa Sent: 19 July 2024 22:29 To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [AI] Learning effective Dining etiquette’s, specifically eating independently, with folk, spoon and chopstick 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]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nishant Rana Sent: Friday, July 19, 2024 1:38 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi all, A blind person in Mumbai wants to learn effective dining etiquette. He would prefer one-on-one sessions with a trainer or a person experience in this. 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