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Today's Topics:
1. Is Handshake un-Indian? (peekayar)
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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 01:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [Sanskrit] Is Handshake un-Indian?
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The following news item appeared in the TOI Bangalore Edition of July 2, page 6.
�While someone greeting an acquaintance with a handshake doesn�t amuse modern day
society, RESI (Regional Institute of English
South India) found the picture of boys shaking hands in Class V English Textbook as
�misleading�.
I recollect that many years ago Morarji Desai
the then Deputy Prime Minister of India while giving a talk in Dehra Dun mentioned
that shaking hands is a western custom and Indians should greet each other only with a
�namaste�. This was reported in the press.
I then wrote to him that what he said was wrong. I quoted the following from Valmiki
Ramayana. When Rama and Lakshmana were searching for Sita they came into contact
with Sugriva. Here is what Sugriva told Rama.
Kishkindha Kandam Chapter 5 Slokas - 11/12
yatvamichcHasi souhardam vaanarena mayaa saha /
rochate yadi vaa sakhyam baahuresha prasaritah /
grihyataam paaninaa paanih maryaadaa badhyataam dhruvaa //
If you desire friendship with this monkey, or if
you desire alliance with me, this hand is
extended. Let us hold hand with hand and let
us enter into an agreement.
Morarji Desai acknowledged my letter, but he
said that what was reported was not what he
meant. But he did not clarify what he really
meant.
This shows that hand shake was customary in India between equals.
PKRamakrishnan
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