see, minorities suffer. whether its hindu or muslim or sikh or christian, i think its minority of the locality that suffer. insecured raise more voice, its my opinion. i said, i can see autorikshaws fitting extra horns to survive the heavy vehicles but creates nuisance to pedestrians. we forget this sect: pedestrians.
same suffereres of development. On 7/7/08, satchidanandan k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have grown up with Muslim friends and have lived near mosques whose azan > never was a disturbance.And my attitude in these matters is no secret. No > one is speaking against belief systems here, but only about the general > quiet that we expect in any civilized society It is not the azan, nor the > ordinary prayers in temples or churches that is the point of discussion, but > the sound levels. My problem in Delhi is the Hindu jagarans that go on > throughout the night while the microphone is kept at the highest decibels so > that those nearby cannot read or sleep, it affects the students also very > badly.There are clear rules about the sound levels, but the police is in > collusion with those who run these jagarans, often the VHP people. > And talking of tolerance, I feel it unfortunate that tolerance is now seen > as something between one religion and another. The space for secular people > is getting reified day by day. Real tolerance should also include the > non-believers and the believers who try to think above religion in public > matters.But it seems the believer will never tolerate the secular person or > the non-believer. A real believer should accept that the atheists and the > secular persons are also God's creatures and God does not abandon even men > who abandon Him.Not tolerating the secular people is also an instance of > intolerance.And that has much to do with the intolerant fundamentalism on > the rise. > > *Look at things from below. > * > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:08:57 +0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [email protected] > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: sound pollution > > *In the age of the stockmarket, only the one who shouts the loudest gets > the attention > * > The adhan (bank/ call to prayer) is not some thing that have been the > custom in mosques for centuries... This "shouting" is not a prayer to Allah, > but the invitation of the Muslims for prayer, which is mandatory in every > mosque according to a muslim's belief... > > In the age of stock market, what is new is the intolerance towards such > "incompatible" belief systems, that are "inferior" to more rational > modernity... > > This is not suggest that muslims can't minimize the noise level in these > calls.. Such things can be suggested in tolerant ways, rather than this > secular rhetorics.. > > Hail those "*meditate in silence*"... There are so many impressed in such > cultured ways of attaining god... > > Regards > Afthab > * > * > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:27 PM, S sanjeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have a request. > before you lodge a complaint against those poor mullahs please read Ernst > Kirchner Karel's doctoral dissertation "Kerala Sound Electricals:Amplified > Sound and Cultural Meaning in South India". (Chicago univ,2003) > PS; i wish i too had a beautiful reply just like satchidanandan's with all > those birds,trees and wonderful silences. > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 6/7/08, Subid K.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Subid K.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] sound pollution > To: "Green Youth Movement" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, 6 July, 2008, 4:50 PM > > > > Friends, > > Is there any group/people fighting against sound pollution? If yes, please > reply. http://www.keralapcb.org/statutes/noise_rule.htm#nr3 this is the > link that i got from net. It says we can complaint to authorities if the > noise level exceeds the ambient noise standards by 10 dB(A) or more given in > the table given last. I am worried more about the horns of certain vehicles > and the early morning "prayers". Like banks from mosques, why can't they > limit to one bank instead of giving it from six or seven nearby ones!? > (talking from Valanchery town) > > Subid. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Not happy with your email address? > Get the one you really want <http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html> - > millions of new email addresses available now at > Yahoo! > <http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html> > > > > > > > -- >>>>> THANKS & REGARDS >>>>> http://www.freewebs.com/subidks/ Darkness is equally beautiful. Go beyond languages. Help yourself serve you better. Deny food and sex to undeserved. Listen Your Self. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
