He He You are right Ram-da, *** On the flip side, its probably good for the poor farmer, he might make make some money out of this, and the child will not at least be cast aside like a leper by the family and community because of the abnormality. it is surprising that even in the US technology experts believe/or try hard to disbelieve - in astrology calculations to get married etc
Umesh Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is this story of a child born with two faces. In India she is now being worshipped as a reincarnation. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/baby.heads.ap/index.html As soon as the story broke out the other day, I knew this is where it would lead to. This is extending faith to an extreme, an illogical extreme, and then there are opportunists all around. The poor child is, of course, suffering from a birth defect, the child's face is grotesque, but there are zealots and opportunists who apparently see yet another way to make a fast buck. I seriously doubt if the country and community will come together and get the child some medical treatment. I have nothing against people professing or having faith, but this sort of thing, IMHO, is going to the extremes. On the flip side, its probably good for the poor farmer, he might make make some money out of this, and the child will not at least be cast aside like a leper by the family and community because of the abnormality. This kind of thing is a tiny window through which one can see yet another facet of India. The country is a dichotomy of sorts. While there are vast advancements in many areas in urban India, the same is not true in rural and also in states that are obviously not in the Center's radar screen. "Thinking" in India is what needs changing. The 'present-day thinking' is it seems burdened with centuries of unecessary baggage, mingled & confused with an unhealthy mixture of some of the worst 'thinking from the West'. Just my 2 cents. --Ram _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good helps you make a difference _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
