Some people just refuse to change
Link1 :- 5 HIV+ students shown door from a school .
When will people change ? I feel very bad reading this report.. The stigma associated with HIV casting its shadow upon kids less than 11 years old.. And that too the ostracization coming from educated people from a state supposed to be among the most literate
ones in India...
Link 2:- Guruvayoor Purification
You can play the devotional songs of Yesudas in a temple.. but you cannot allow him inside the temple.. If a child's grand-mother happens to be a Christian, the temple should be purified after the Child's entry to the temple...These are some of the 'rules' @ Guruvayoor. Disgusting to hear such news really.. Though I'm no communist in a classical sense, I'm a great admirer of A.K Gopalan and K . Kelappan for their struggle to throw open the temple gates to people from all stratas of society... Thats something which was left in between.. In this 21st century, its high time that Hinduism throws open the gates of temples to all religions..
Inspite of having a population acutely conscious of their rights and forgetful of their duties,
incidents like this are very common in Kerala..
Two questions to the non-keralite readers..
1) How much is the intra and inter-religious intolerance in your state ? Is it because of the fact that media is very much active in Kerala that these incidents are reported more from Kerala than from outside ?
2) And have you come across any such incidents mentioned in Link 1 ( HIV story ) .. ?
Ajith
Link1 :- 5 HIV+ students shown door from a school .
When will people change ? I feel very bad reading this report.. The stigma associated with HIV casting its shadow upon kids less than 11 years old.. And that too the ostracization coming from educated people from a state supposed to be among the most literate
ones in India...
Link 2:- Guruvayoor Purification
You can play the devotional songs of Yesudas in a temple.. but you cannot allow him inside the temple.. If a child's grand-mother happens to be a Christian, the temple should be purified after the Child's entry to the temple...These are some of the 'rules' @ Guruvayoor. Disgusting to hear such news really.. Though I'm no communist in a classical sense, I'm a great admirer of A.K Gopalan and K . Kelappan for their struggle to throw open the temple gates to people from all stratas of society... Thats something which was left in between.. In this 21st century, its high time that Hinduism throws open the gates of temples to all religions..
Inspite of having a population acutely conscious of their rights and forgetful of their duties,
incidents like this are very common in Kerala..
Two questions to the non-keralite readers..
1) How much is the intra and inter-religious intolerance in your state ? Is it because of the fact that media is very much active in Kerala that these incidents are reported more from Kerala than from outside ?
2) And have you come across any such incidents mentioned in Link 1 ( HIV story ) .. ?
Ajith
Comments
second link:i am not going to comment on what goes on at guruvayoor as that might hurt some sentiments-but its definitely not IN favour of!
Who will spew light on them?
Coming to the temple issue well I would like to see the temple being open to everyone independent of their religion. It is high time the authorities give a proper judgement.
Reason given was we don;t have any specialist who deals with AIDS..
the true reason was the fear of scaring the rest of the patients away..
I guess a decade and half later.. nothing has changed..
@ bullshee -- Yes man..too shocking.. More links on those have come up in NDTV , BBC etc .
@crescent -- Yeah..Media isnt effective sometimes in such cases.
@anna -- Most ppl know HIV can't be spread thru sitting next to each other...But then, putting theory into practice, thats were they resist..Especially when children are involved.
@Sarah -- Yeah, Society is more or less the same.. :)
as for guruvayur -- i dont think it should be open to all religions. maybe u could say 'believers'(which i agree is a thin line)... at the end of the day you dont want it to become a tourist spot or sthing.
In Kerala itself - in the varkala temple , non hindus are allowed.
Generally I found kerala's temple rules stricter than those in TN esp dress code and all.
The state can get more cash inflows from tourism if it opens the temple doors to non hindus too.
2. It is hard to change some attitudes.And in India it is harder coz we are still hypocritical when it comes to issues like aids, divorce, widow remarriage etc.
On Guruvayoor, my personal take is that , if people of other religions conduct themselves in a manner that is expected when you are in a place of worship , then , I don't see why they should not be allowed.
sad, but true nevertheless.
@vineet -- yeah man.. stories like that come every now and then..
Guruvayoor , I agree with ur view on non-commercialising the temple..But closing it to non-Hindus for that..tough to agree :)
@serendipity -- Yeah, temple rules are stricter here.. Generating tourism through temples..well, I don't quite agree with that..I've seen temples in Andhra where they demand payment just for the entry..
I hope none of the temples in Kerala go that way.. :)
U r spot on over ur view on society on subjects like aids, divorce, widow remarriage.. More openness have to come to Indian society..
@kandy -- " From what I have seen, Kerala is the best example of religious tolerance in the country " -- I really doubt man.. Anyway, lets hope things will turn out better in the future
@velu Nair -- Yeah thats also there..Benson and Bensy ..Those were just 5 yr old kids..
@kalyan -- yeah man..In certain aspects , Bengal is better I believe.
And as for the HIV case, it is a pity that sex education is nt started at the right age and hence a taboo agnst such topics is fostered in the society! This is why such things happen and ppl dont voice thr opinion against such issues!
About sex education, this is not the problem becoz of lack of knowledge..Most parents know that aids doesnt spread by sitting next to each other..this is just the unwillingness to put theory into practice.
Link 2 - The less said about these fanatics, so much the better. Reminded me of an article I read sometime back (it was by KM Roy , I think)
The Palayam mosque at Trivandrum is right next door to a temple. One morning, the pujari finds chappals flying from the mosque towards the "Sreekovil". He kept his cool and hid it behind some bushes. As soon as the morning pujas got over he rushed across to the mosque only to find the mullah coming towards him hurriedly. Actually it was the work of a mentally deranged person. Just beacuse of the pujari's cool headedness and absolute trust in his neighbour a major riot was avoided.
If only we had more of such spiritual leaders...
Swami Vivekananda said it right ....
Cheers !!!!!
2nd link states abt a religious thing.Evry religion has thr own custom nd hindus r vry much liberal for that.Its a property by family nd that temple thy follow traditions.Thr r mosque here in middle east non Islams cant enter.Thr r lot of things around world that u dont aware nd cursing ur own place posing a comment saying its devil own people,hw much it damage our reputation....Pls dont write any comment which is damage a communities good will with out proper knowledge