Indian mindset.20160731
An Indian may be a god or a devil, but he is definitely not a plain human being. Well, what makes him tick?
The Indian is said to be the most spiritual man on earth. This is worse than clotted nonsense. We have propagated the myth because we need something to boast about. why should we not have a quality that the West is supposed not to possess? Our inferiority in many domain has compelled us to credit ourselves with wings.
The fact is, and it had better be started without beating about the bush, we are the most materialistic people in the world. Matter and spirit may or may not be indivisible (let thinkers dispute about this), but our Indian knows that matter takes precedence over spirit.
An American lady, wishing to come over to India during the lean days of 1950, enquired of American officials as to what she should take with her to alleviate in some measure that the miseries of the people. "Shall I take rice," she asked, "or what, or canned foods, or medicines?"
The man in charge listened to her patiently, grinned and said; "Lady what Indians need most is CASH."
Cash! That certainly is what we Indian welcome most, I am afraid we are, have been, and will long remain worshippers of what D.H.Lawrence rudely called the Bitch-Goddess. for Indians she is a shining deity. [will continue]
Sunder T
https://sunderblogger.blogspot.com
sunderkt@gmail.com
An Indian may be a god or a devil, but he is definitely not a plain human being. Well, what makes him tick?
The Indian is said to be the most spiritual man on earth. This is worse than clotted nonsense. We have propagated the myth because we need something to boast about. why should we not have a quality that the West is supposed not to possess? Our inferiority in many domain has compelled us to credit ourselves with wings.
The fact is, and it had better be started without beating about the bush, we are the most materialistic people in the world. Matter and spirit may or may not be indivisible (let thinkers dispute about this), but our Indian knows that matter takes precedence over spirit.
An American lady, wishing to come over to India during the lean days of 1950, enquired of American officials as to what she should take with her to alleviate in some measure that the miseries of the people. "Shall I take rice," she asked, "or what, or canned foods, or medicines?"
The man in charge listened to her patiently, grinned and said; "Lady what Indians need most is CASH."
Cash! That certainly is what we Indian welcome most, I am afraid we are, have been, and will long remain worshippers of what D.H.Lawrence rudely called the Bitch-Goddess. for Indians she is a shining deity. [will continue]
Sunder T
https://sunderblogger.blogspot.com
sunderkt@gmail.com
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