---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 6:55 PM Subject: Re: Fwd - Painful to read but is true and it hurts, will we wake up atleast now? To: Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]> Cc: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. < [email protected]>, Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>, Rama (Iyer 123 Group) < [email protected]>, Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]>, Mani APS <[email protected]>, N Sekar <[email protected]>
Thanks but she did not say that we blame them for the change in the customs of our women. She says, implicitly, that we blame them for so many things but are they responsible for change in the customs of Hindu women? That's all. Whether one likes it or not, what she says has some truth. We are trying to defend because deep inside we feel guilty but can't show it openly. How many of our children know the Ramayana, Mahzbharatha, B G etc and if we speak Tamizh how many of our children know Aathichudi, Thirrukural etc. Forget it, many children can't even read and write Tsmizh though some may speak Tamizh. We are straying, no doubt. Freedom to do is granted to us but how and where we use that freedom is debatable Many of us are hypocrites, we feel one thing but say another in public, so that we can keep our secular image. N Sekar On Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 4:55 PM Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]> wrote: > Misleading article. Whoever said that they are at fault for the change in > the customs of Hindu women? Any way they want to enjoy freedom which the > muslim women will never get. > > On Saturday, 26 April 2025 at 03:24:42 pm IST, N Sekar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > *A Muslim woman writer has delivered a powerful slap on the cheeks of > Hindu society — Just take a look:* > > {01} > Your married women have not only stopped covering their heads with their > saree pallus, they’ve even stopped wearing sarees altogether… even the > dupatta has disappeared. > Who stopped them? > We didn’t lead you to this decline… We Muslims are not responsible for it. > > {02} > The tilak and bindi used to be your identity, right? > You used to consider a bare forehead as inauspicious, a sign of sorrow or > misfortune. > Now, not only have you stopped applying tilak before leaving home, your > women — in pursuit of modernity and fashion, trying to look more "forward" > — have even abandoned the bindi. > Where are Muslims at fault here? > > {03} > You replaced traditional clothing in sacred ceremonies like marriages and > engagements with indecent pre-wedding rituals... > You turned birthdays and anniversaries into Western-style celebrations. > Is this our fault? > > {04} > In our homes, when a child starts walking, he learns to hold his father's > finger and go to the mosque for prayer, and continues that practice as a > duty throughout life. > But your people have stopped going to temples. > Even if you go, it's only for 5–10 minutes, and that too only to ask for > something or seek relief from troubles. > So if your children grow up not knowing why they should go to temples, > what they should do there, or that worshipping God is their duty — > how are we responsible for that? > > {05} > When your convent-educated children recite English poems, you feel proud. > But truly, you should have felt proud if your children recited the Navkar > Mantra, Gayatri Mantra, or some respectful shlokas. > On the contrary, when they cannot recite anything from your traditions, > you don’t even feel regret or guilt! > In our homes, a father's head bows in shame if his child can’t recite a > simple prayer in front of relatives. > We teach our children to greet elders with "Salaam" as soon as they learn > to speak. > You’ve replaced "Pranam" and "Namaste" with "Hello" and "Hi." > Are we to blame for that? > > {06} > A boy from our religion, even after studying in a convent, learns Urdu and > Arabic and reads our holy scriptures. > But your child neither goes to a Hindu pathshala nor learns Sanskrit — and > even proper Hindi is difficult for him. They cannot even count in Hindi. > Is that our fault too? > > {07} > You had everything — culture, history, traditions! > But you gave them up in a blind race for so-called modernity. > We didn’t. That’s the only difference. > You yourselves have abandoned your roots! > We didn’t leave ours in the past, and we’re not willing to leave them now > either. > > {08} > The awareness to protect one’s identity should naturally exist in every > living community. > But in your case, you have to *tell* YOUR people to stay awake. > > {09} > Just think how tragic this is! > Also consider — from where does this fear of losing your culture arise? > What’s the real cause of your insecurity? > Are *we* that cause? > > {10} > Your problem is: you want your society to awaken — > but in doing so, you yourself don’t set an example through your own > behavior. > You remain as you are… > People don’t see you as being truly connected to your roots — and that’s > why, not only in your society but even in your own family, no one listens > to your religious thoughts. > In the same way, others in your society also behave just like you — with > the same double standards and hypocrisy. > That’s why no one listens to anyone in your society. > Is that *our* fault? > > *Please reflect deeply on this. 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