Simile is Narayanasamy ; you are afraid of him; not me; he is worse; and you don't know who is narayanasamy who is Yajnavalkya and who is who; I am least worried about your efficacy; but I call a spade a spade I said even yajnavalkya was insulted ; then Narayanasamy who insult are yajnavalkya and not Narayanasamy which you are unable to read and understand. If he is learnt he should have for his age teach us treatises on at least in depth krishna yajurveda ; but he knows nothing; in the past 2 days he is writing 10 lines of verses he profess as if a great bedic words ; what we say in prayer is not Veda and No Guru is necessary today. You tube teaches well better than Narayanasamy anabuser of the first order. Your rapport cannot bind me. He is a useless goonk. KR IRS 18324
On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 18:44, gopala krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Mr Rajaram? > > Reg QA 1, Why do you bring Mr *Narayanaswamy* in this response? It is > irrelevant. > > Further you have brought *Yagnavalkya in comparison.* > > So indirectly Mr Narayanaswamy becomes equal to YagnaValkya originator of > Suklya Yajurveda. > > Also finally uncle Vaisampayana reconciled with Yagnavalkya and > marriage of Yagnavalkya with his daughter was conducted. > > Happy to read another cop Samaritan incident relating to your daughter. > > Thank you for the response. > > Gopalakrishnan > > On Monday, 18 March, 2024 at 12:54:02 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > CULTURAL QA 03-2024-17A > > Q1 How to be respected without saying a word? > > G 1. Want respect without uttering a word? Pay attention, because I'm > about to tell you how. 2. First, dress to impress. 3. Next, move with > purpose. 4. Hold your gaze. 5. Speak only when necessary. 6. Carry yourself > with dignity. 7. These are the keys to earning respect without words. > > KR These are all stated in the pep up books of modern days which > will serve respect only as long as you are tagged to that post. Immature > and irrelevant aspects to fetch respects. Narayabnasamys will never respect > any one as their minds are bogged down with rust. Yagnavalkya was ragged; > Kamban was insulted; Krishna was abused; and so, respect is never taken by > force; but grows into ones’ s mind whose mind has to be cultured. Only > self-respected knows how to respect others. Hence only a rishawala says > “PAY RESPECT AND TAKE RESPECT”. > > Respect is well taught in Vedic scriptures and Tirukkural. > > ““They are brothers, of whom no one is the elder, no one the younger, but > who grew up together for their mutual prosperity; may their father, Rudra, > ever youthful, the doer of good deeds, and Pṛṣṇi, (their mother), easy to > be milked, grant favourable days for (the sake of) the Maruts.” > > अज्येष्ठासः । अकनिष्ठासः । एते । सम् । भ्रातरः । ववृधुः । सौभगाय । युवा । > पिता । स्वपा । रुद्रः । एषाम् । सुदुघा । पृश्निः । सुदिना । मरुत्भ्यः ॥ > > ajyeṣṭhāsaḥ | akaniṣṭhāsaḥ | ete | sam | bhrātaraḥ | vavṛdhuḥ | > saubhagāya | yuvā | pitā | svapā | rudraḥ | eṣām | su-dughā | pṛśniḥ | > su-dinā | marut-bhyaḥ.” — Rig Veda V.60.5 > > ------------------------------------- > > “Mantra 3 > > tvaṃ strī tvaṃ pumān asi tvaṃ kumāra uta vā kumārī / > > tvaṃ jīrṇo daṇḍena vañcasi tvaṃ jāto bhavasi viśvatomukhaḥ // 4.3 // > > You are feminine, you are masculine; you are a bachelor and a spinster > too. You as an old man totter along with the help of a stick; it is you > alone appear in the cosmic form and have faces in all directions. > > The entire universe is the Lord’s manifestation alone. There is no limit > to His expression; there is no limitation to the form in which the Formless > incarnates. The Formless appearing in a multitude of forms from moment to > moment is His great play, Lila as in the case of His appearances before > Gopis or His Visvarupa Darshana before Arjuna and Yashoda. > > Atharva Veda (10.8.27) says: “Lord! You are within men; you are within > women; you are within the young; you are within the old; you live within > all of us, and you exist everywhere”.— Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:3 {KR > when one sees as all equal then he had seen the paramatma in all B G) > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > “यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मन्येवानुपश्यति । > > सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते ॥ ६ ॥ > > yastu sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmanyevānupaśyati | > > sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ tato na vijugupsate || 6 || > > 6. Who sees everything in his Atman and his Atman in everything, by that > he feels no revulsion.” — Ishavasyopanishad 1.6 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > “सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । > > ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शन: ॥ २९ ॥6 29 > > sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani > > īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ > > A true yogī observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in Me. > Indeed, the self-realized person sees Me, the same Supreme Lord, > everywhere..” — Bhagavad Gita 6.29 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > “यथा सोम्य मधु मधुकृतो निस्तिष्ठन्ति नानात्ययानां > वृक्षाणांरसान्समवहारमेकतांरसं गमयन्ति ॥ ६.९.१ ॥ > > yathā somya madhu madhukṛto nistiṣṭhanti nānātyayānāṃ > vṛkṣāṇāṃrasānsamavahāramekatāṃrasaṃ gamayanti || 6.9.1 || > > 1. O Somya, as bees produce honey by collecting the juice from various > trees and mixing them together to make one juice—” > > ते यथा तत्र न विवेकं लभन्तेऽमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य रसोऽस्म्यमुष्याहं वृक्षस्य > रसोऽस्मीत्येवमेव खलु सोम्येमाः सर्वाः प्रजाः सति सम्पद्य न विदुः सति > सम्पद्यामह इति ॥ ६.९.२ ॥ > > te yathā tatra na vivekaṃ labhante'muṣyāhaṃ vṛkṣasya raso'smyamuṣyāhaṃ > vṛkṣasya raso'smītyevameva khalu somyemāḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ sati sampadya na > viduḥ sati sampadyāmaha iti || 6.9.2 || > > 2.—O Somya, and just as those juices now are no longer conscious of their > separate identities, thinking, ‘I am the juice from such-and-such tree,’ > and ‘I am the juice from such-and-such tree’; similarly, when all these > beings attain unity in the Self, they are not conscious of it. They do not > think, ‘We [were once separate, but] now we are all one with the Self’. > > त इह व्यघ्रो वा सिंहो वा वृको वा वराहो वा कीटो वा पतङ्गो वा दंशो वा मशको > वा यद्यद्भवन्ति तदाभवन्ति ॥ ६.९.३ ॥ > > ta iha vyaghro vā siṃho vā vṛko vā varāho vā kīṭo vā pataṅgo vā daṃśo vā > maśako vā yadyadbhavanti tadābhavanti || 6.9.3 || > > 3. Whatever they were before in this world—whether a tiger or lion or > leopard or boar or bug or insect or flea or mosquito—they are born again. > [They never know that they came from Sat]. > > स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदं सर्वं तत्सत्यं स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति > भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच ॥ ६.९.४ ॥ > > ॥ इति नवमः खण्डः ॥ > > sa ya eṣo'ṇimaitadātmyamidaṃ sarvaṃ tatsatyaṃ sa ātmā tattvamasi śvetaketo > iti bhūya eva mā bhagavānvijñāpayatviti tathā somyeti hovāca || 6.9.4 || > > 4. ‘That which is the subtlest of all is the Self of all this. It is the > Truth. It is the Self. That thou art, O Śvetaketu.’ [Śvetaketu then said,] > ‘Sir, please explain this to me again.’ ‘Yes, Somya, I will explain it > again,’ replied his father. > > — Chandogya Upanishad 6.9.1-4 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > SO ONLY WHEN ONE KNOWS THIS MIND REACTS IN GOOD MANNER OR ELSE GANDHI DID > NOT DRESS BUT WAS RESPECTED; AND ALL OTHER ACTIONS MAY NOT GET THAT DESIRED > WITHOUT A BALANCE OF MIND. K RAJARAM 17324 > > Q2 What is the news item- Not everyone is racist or a bad cop.” > > KR Such things are happening daily; when I wrote some time back how > the cops took me all the way to AMMA restaurant in NY this did not strike > you and all the way from Montana on American has to come; recently my > daughter in law was stopped; she never had in the past 21 years any ticket; > so was a little worried; but she the Afro-American cop said the right door > is not properly closed; and advised to check; no ticket was given; and all > the time she had the sound bleep; but did not attend as she was brisk in > reaching grandson school. So Bad cops are only due to bad thinkers and bad > drivers. Racism and bad cops by Guna karma vibaga is all over the earth > including India. > > Q3 What is the most interesting fact that you know and I don't, but I > should? > > KR Makum was Hukum. > > Q4 Why did Lord Krishna never meet Yashoda again? > > A4 Gokul Renjith, Lives in India (1999–present)1h > > Lord Krishna even after he went to Mathura did meet Yashoda and Nanda on 3 > separate occasions. > > After defeating Hansa and Dimbhaka, Lord Krishna rested at Govardhana > mountain. Hearing this Nanda, Yashoda and the Gopas came to visit him - > > G Chapter 130, Bhavishya Parva, Harivamsa. > > KR: Chapter 130 - Krishna Finds Aniruddhat: Book 2 - Vishnu Parva > > Harivansha supposed to be like annexure to Mahabhartham have onlty 3 > books; adi parva has 55 chap; Vishnu parva 132 chap ; Bhavishya parva 49 > chapters. > > G 3. Finally, After Killing Dantavakra, Lord Krishna visited > Vrindavana and met Nanda and Yashoda again. He also gave salvation to them > and to all the gopas and gopis and send them to Vaikhunta -Here, hearing > that Śiśupāla was killed, Dantavakra came to Mathurā to fight with Kṛṣṇa. > Hearing that, Kṛṣṇa got into a chariot and came with him to Mathurā. Then > he killed him, and having crossed Yamunā, and having gone to Nanda’s abode, > he saluted his parents and consoled them. He was embraced by them. He > embraced all the old cowherds, consoled them, and pleased all living there > by (giving them) many garments and ornaments. On the charming sand-bank of > Kālindī (i.e. Yamunā), crowded with auspicious trees, he, day and night > enjoying sports with the cowherdesses, lived for three nights. In that > region, all people like the cowherd Nanda, with their sons and wives, so > also beasts, birds and animals, having divine forms, got into an aeroplane > and reached the highest place—Vaikuṇṭha. And Śrīkṛṣṇa, having given all the > residents of Nanda’s cow-pen his own infallible place, and being praised by > hosts of gods, entered the glorious Dvārāvatī. > > Chapter 76, Patala Khanda, Padma Purana. > > KR: Chapter 76 - The Greatness of Kṛṣṇa Padma purana Section 5 - > Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World) > > The lord said:1-3. Here, hearing that Śiśupāla was killed, Dantavakra came > to Mathurā to fight with Kṛṣṇa. Hearing that Kṛṣṇa got into a chariot and > came with him to Mathurā. Then he killed him, and having crossed Yamunā, > and having gone to Nanda’s abode, he saluted his parents and consoled them. > He was embraced by them. He embraced all the old cowherds, consoled them, > and pleased all living there by (giving them) many garments and ornaments. > > 4-6. On the charming sand-bank of Kālindī (i.e. Yamunā), crowded with > auspicious trees, he, day and night enjoying sports with the cowherdesses, > lived for three nights. In that region, all people like the cowherd Nanda, > with their sons and wives, so also beasts, birds and animals, having divine > forms, got into an aeroplane and reached the highest place—Vaikuṇṭha. And > Śrīkṛṣṇa, having given all the residents of Nanda’s cow-pen his own > infallible place, and being praised by hosts of gods, entered the glorious > Dvārāvatī. > > 7-9. There he was everyday worshipped by Vāsudeva, Ugrasena, Saṃkarṣaṇa, > Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Akrūra etc. He of an omnipresent form, enjoyed on > very soft beds, strewn with flowers of the divine trees in the divine, > jewelled bowers of creepers, with his queens numbering sixteen thousand and > eight. Thus, for the welfare of the gods, for destroying the entire burden > of the earth, he descended in the Yadu family, and having destroyed all the > demons (and thus) having destroyed the great burden on the earth, having > released the immobile and mobile living in Nanda’s abode and at Dvārikā > from the bondage of the worldly existence, he established them in his > great, eternal, charming abode meditated upon by the meditating saints. > Being always waited upon by divine queens etc. Vāsudeva said to all: > “Brahman was unseparated like (the particles of) hail and ghee. Freed from > the constituents (of the Primordial Matter), he, living in the Prakṛti (the > Primordial Matter), melted and went to heaven.” {KR: Literally may be > but never said specifically met Yasodha} > > Thus except one there is no other citations sink Even the one citation is > not directly evidenced. > > K RAJARAM IRS 17324 > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *'gopala krishnan' via iyer123* <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 08:26 > Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 03-2024-17A > To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer < > [email protected]>, Iyer <[email protected]> > > > CULTURAL QA 03-2024-17A > > All the below QA are from QUORA DIGEST to me on 17-03-2024. > > Selected Quora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still > they need not be 100% correct answers. Good jokes are also included. > > I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on > 17-3-2024 > > Q1 How to be respected without saying a word:? > > A1 Chauhan Babu nath, Mar 2 > > 1. Want respect without uttering a word? Pay attention, because I'm about > to tell you how. > > 2. First, dress to impress. You're appearance talks before you do. So wear > the kind of clothes that say 'I'm successful and I know it'. > > 3. Next, move with purpose. Your walk should scream confidence. Strut like > you've got it all - because you do. > > 4. Hold your gaze. Eye contact speaks volumes. Don't break it first. It’s > a silent duel of dominance. Be the victor. > > 5. Speak only when necessary. People listen more to those who talk less. > Let your actions shout for you. > > 6. Carry yourself with dignity. Self-respect attracts respect. If you > don’t respect yourself, no one else will. > > 7. These are the keys to earning respect without words. Confidence and > power are silent. Cultivate them and watch the world bow to you. > > Q2 What is the news item- Not everyone is racist or a bad cop.” > > A2 Matthew Brooks,6mo > > “So this happened in Montana. I'm on my way to go to my interview this > morning when I get pulled over by a police officer. > > I am native American and my friend that was with me is black. Just saying. > > Both brake lights decided to go out this time. > > As he walked to the car and I was pulling out my stuff, he quickly said, > > "Don't worry about pulling anything out. I just want you to know that your > brake lights are out." > > So I'm immediately upset, because I just got them replaced like last month. > > So I explained to him how Firestone wants to charge me $600 just to run a > test on the wiring of the car. > > He looked at me like 😨 and told me to pop the trunk. > > He checked the lights in the trunk and tapped them, but they didn't come > on. > > So he told me to pop the hood to check the relay box then asked me to get > out to check the other one. > > Then worked on the wiring under the dash. > > He could've easily given me a ticket, but Officer Jenkins stepped out of > the officer role, and into the mechanic role, and human role to make sure I > was straight. > > By the way, HE FIXED THEM. Not everyone is racist or a bad cop.” > > Q3 What is the most interesting fact that you know and I don't, but > I should? > > A3 Saptarshi Indu, Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra > (2016–present)Updated 3y > > I will tell you a short story about my hometown. > > the tiny town of MAKUM which is located in far north east in the > beautiful state of Assam. > > Makum has a population which is little over 15,000.Its a small town with > its own history which is in fact very interesting. > > So what makes Makum so interesting ?? > > Well, Makum once had a thriving community of Chinese. > > In the 19th century, a small Chinese community was brought to India by > the British to work as labourers in Assam’s tea gardens. Several more who > were poor and in need of work joined them subsequently over the years. As > time passed by, a small village in upper Assam came to have the highest > concentration of the community. It was called Makum, the Chinese word for > “meeting point”.area in the 1830s. > > Soon, labourers from other parts of INDIA were also brought in, in the > same manner. A similar fate and shared tragedy brought the communities > close. They soon surmounted the language barrier and started intermingling. > Many > of the Chinese married local women and established a new society in Assam. > A series of voluntary migrations of Chinese from China followed. This > broadened the space of the newly established society and made it more > multi-cultural and multi-ethnic as the migrants married local girls and > settled down. Their physical features changed; the descendents forgot the > Chinese language. Through sheer hard work and perseverance, the > dislocated Chinese made a new life for themselves and prospered. > > There was a Chinese Club, a Chinese school, Chinese restaurants and shoe > shops. The population lived in relative peace and comfort. They wouldn’t > have imagined what fate had in store for them. > > But then the 1962 Indo-China war happened and what followed was tragedy. > > The war unleashed a chain of events that compelled the Chinese society > living in Assam to come face-to-face with an unfortunate situation. > > The authorities arrested those they thought or believed to be Chinese. In > that process, families were separated, hard-earned property was seized as > enemy property and later auctioned.They were arrested and brought to the > police station and put in jails. They were then asked to board a closed > train, which took them to the Deoli internment in Rajasthan. > > After some time the Government of India decided to deport the interned > back to China in a few batches. In this process, the already divided > families were divided again as the government selected the names randomly. > The majority of them were deported to China. Many Indian wives also > accompanied their husbands to China with their children. The interned > people who were allowed to return to their places after a couple of years > again faced a difficult situation. The property of most of the people had > been auctioned as enemy property. There was no society and no government > to support them. They were compelled to live in sheer misery and isolation. > Most of them did not get to meet their deported family members ever again. > > After the war ended ,many got deported and others decided to stay back. > Those who stayed back decided to leave the tears of war behind and move > forward in life. The Chinese community of Makum who proudly call > themselves Assamese Chinese continued to contribute to the local business > and helped the town grow.They assimilated well into our society and over > the years have been living a very respectful life though only a handful of > the community survives in Makum > > The former Chinatown which once had a thriving Chinese population is now > called “Chinapatty”. > > The Chinese medium school has been renamed to the “Makum hindi Vidyalaya” > soon after the war ended > > Makum still boosts a small but thriving Chinese community. I have my very > close friends who are Chinese.The famous Hong Kong Restaurant at Tinsukia > is owned by the family of my friends and they serve really great food.A > must try if you are en route to Digboi,Dhola Sadiya Bridge or to Anunachal > Pradesh. > > Footnotes:The Assamese Chinese story > > > https://scroll.in/roving/727385/photos-the-tragedy-of-assams-makum-chinese-community > > Q4 Why did Lord Krishna never meet Yashoda again? > > A4 Gokul Renjith, Lives in India (1999–present)1h > > Lord Krishna even after he went to Mathura did meet Yashoda and Nanda on > 3 seperate occassions. > > After defeating Hansa and Dimbhaka, Lord Krishna rested at Govardhana > mountain. Hearing this Nanda, Yashoda and the Gopas came to visit him - > > (O Janamejaya!) Hearing that Vasudeva (Krishna) has arrived at govardhana > along with his elder brother (balarama), Yashoda and Nandagopa, eagerly > longing to see Krishna took fresh butter, thick sour milk, food made with > rice and sugar, a dish made of sesamum and grain and wild flowers, O great > king, (Janamejaya! Vaishampayana continued) and also bracelets made of > peacock feathers, accompanied by cowherds and cowherd-women, O king > (Janamejaya! Vaishampayana continued), highly pleased, immediately went to > govardhana. They saw Krishna, Vasudeva, having great arms, having eyes as > wide as the deer's eyes, along with his elder brother (Balarama) sitting > below a tree, leaning on it. Seeing Krishna and Balarama, they became > highly pleased. The powerful Krishna and Balarama bowed to them. Then they > offered the food made with rice and sugar and other items to the devas. > (Krishna said) O father! O mother! Are your wealth of cattle at vraja well > or not? O father! Are the cows giving you good milk or not? Are the calves > and the bulls well or not? Is the milk good or not? Are the cows auspicious > or not? Are the calves drinking their mother's milk or not? Are you not > keeping lots of ropes and posts? O father! Is there good grass available in > plenty? Are there carts with fragrance? Have the cowherd women given birth > to children? O mother! Are there lots of pots in vraja which are unbroken? > O father! Are the cows giving you plenty of milk? Are you not getting good > milk, butter and sour milk? Are all the cattle wealth without any disease? > Nanda said: O the best among Yadavas (Krishna)! All the cattle wealth are > without any disease, O lord! O keshava (Krishna)! All the cattle wealth are > well. O the Lord of gods (Krishna)! Because of your protection, we are > always well. O keshava (Krishna)! The cattle wealth along with the calves > are without any disease. We always have only one sorrow: O keshava > (Krishna)! We are unable to see you. This only one sorrow is always > breaking our minds. Vaishampayana said: (O janamejaya!) keshava (Krishna) > said to nanda who was lamenting thus: Do not lament. Go home. Then he told > yashoda: “Mother! Go home. All those who recite your names shall go to > heaven. Those bowing to you will always be most dear to me. Hari (Krishna) > continued: They will always be my devotees. Go home.” The eternal lord > Vasudeva (Krishna) told thus to the parents. Embracing the parents tightly, > keshava (Krishna) made them happy and then bid farewell to them. > Afterwards, nandagopa and yashoda went home. > > Chapter 130, Bhavishya Parva, Harivamsa. > > 2. Krishna them met Nanda and Yashoda again during the time of a solar > eclipse at Syamantakapanchaka - > > Learning that Yādavas of whom Kṛṣṇa is prominent, have arrived there, > Nanda accompanied with Gopas and carts loaded with milk-products, came > there with a desire to see them. Seeing Nanda all the Yādavas were > overjoyed and rose up to receive him, as the bodies do after the return of > vital breath. Being extremely anxious to see him for a long time, they > embraced him closely. Vasudeva was especially pleased. Being overwhelmed > with affection, he embraced him fast, remembering how Kaṃsa subjected him > to harrowing persecutions and how he had to entrust his son to Nanda’s care > at his Gokula. Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma embraced and bowed to their > (foster) parents. But due to overwhelming affection, and the throat being > choked with emotions (lit. tears of joy) they could not utter a word, O > best of Kurus. The highly blessed Yaśodā placed both the sons on her seat > (on her lap) and clasping them together in her arms in close embrace, > forgot her (long-felt) distress (of separation from them). Remembering > their close friendship with Yaśodā, both Rohiṇī and Devakī embraced her. > With their voice choked with emotions (tears), they exclaimed in faltering > tones. > > Chapter 82, 10th Skandha, Srimad Bhagavatam. > > 3. Finally, After Killing Dantavakra, Lord Krishna visited Vrindavana and > met Nanda and Yashoda again. He also gave salvation to them and to all the > gopas and gopis and send them to Vaikhunta - > > Here, hearing that Śiśupāla was killed, Dantavakra came to Mathurā to > fight with Kṛṣṇa. Hearing that, Kṛṣṇa got into a chariot and came with > him to Mathurā. Then he killed him, and having crossed Yamunā, and having > gone to Nanda’s abode, he saluted his parents and consoled them. He was > embraced by them. He embraced all the old cowherds, consoled them, and > pleased all living there by (giving them) many garments and ornaments. On > the charming sand-bank of Kālindī (i.e. Yamunā), crowded with auspicious > trees, he, day and night enjoying sports with the cowherdesses, lived for > three nights. In that region, all people like the cowherd Nanda, with their > sons and wives, so also beasts, birds and animals, having divine forms, got > into an aeroplane and reached the highest place—Vaikuṇṭha. And Śrīkṛṣṇa, > having given all the residents of Nanda’s cow-pen his own infallible place, > and being praised by hosts of gods, entered the glorious Dvārāvatī. > > Chapter 76, Patala Khanda, Padma Purana. > > Q5 What was your most badass moment in high school? > > A5 Vijaya Lakshmi,Have experience in life for 68 years.Updated 6y > > In the 1960′s, I was in the ninth or tenth standard and was studying at a > boarding school. > > There we had ‘study hours’ in the evening before dinner. > > Girls were supposed to sit in a big hall and either had to do their > homework or study any subject. > > Sister (nun) would sit there to monitor if everybody was studying or not. > > In the holidays, my father gifted me a book.The book was a Telugu > translation of “Swami and friends” written by R.K.Narayan. > > There was not much homework that day. After finishing the homework, I took > out the book from my bag and started reading it. > > Since the sister didn’t know Telugu script, I thought she would never find > out that I was reading a novel. (She was from some Western country.) > > After reading for a few pages, I could not control my smile. > > Lucky for me sister did not notice. But this smile continued after every > five minutes. > > Sister did notice! > > “Why are you laughing while studying? Show me the book!” She shouted.My > heart started to beat loudly. > > I handed over the book to her with trembling hands. She scanned the book > and immediately found out that it was not a text book. > > “So you are reading this! See these pictures! (Illustrations by R.K > Laksman of the characters of the novel) Seems to be a very bad book. I > will report to the mother (principal) and write a letter to your parents” > > “Sister, I am sorry for reading it in study hours but it is not a bad > book. It is a good book. It is for children,” I said gathering some > courage. > > “Shut up! Don’t teach me. From the pictures I can make out what type of > book it is!” > > She kept the book to show to the principal the next day. > > As soon as the study hours were over, all the girls gathered around me. > > They started to advise me. “See Vijaya, it is a grave mistake. There are > chances that you may get expelled from the school. Tomorrow apologize to > the principal and tell her you will never read such books in future.” > > “Yes, reading that book in study hours is wrong on my part, but > accepting that book as bad one and promising that I will not read such book > in future is not acceptable to me. That will be a false promise.” > > They got angry at me and stopped giving me advice. > > Next day I was called into principal’s room. Our principal was also not > an Indian lady. She was also from some Western country. > > She repeated every thing the sister said the previous day and said: > > “Promise me you will not read such books in future. I will leave you > without any punishment.” > > “Mother I am sorry for reading this book in the study hours, but it is > indeed a good book. I am sorry I cannot promise” I said. > > She was indeed a sweet nun. Though she was angry for few minutes, she > eventually calmed. > > She called our Telugu teacher and told her to read that book and inform > her within two days what type of book it was. > > After two days (after reading the book) our Telugu teacher called me. > > “It’s awesome! Did you read the book completely?” > > “Yes madam, three or four times.” > > “This is indeed a good book. Worth keeping in our library. I will tell > mother,” she said. > > I was saved. 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