Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] 'behaving more like a Christian'

[Amita Kanekar]

Dear Sharmila,
I had imagined (when I read it) that 'behaving more like a Christian', especially in the Indian context, would mean behaving more 'westernised', i.e. speaking English, wearing European dress, ignoring orthodox Hindu caste/pollution rules (like not eating beef), etc.
Regards,
Amita

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Sharmila Rao <sharmi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all

First and foremost that you Jerry this observation of yours is great. I used to think it was a very Hindu attitude to behave oneself at the church and gossip and the temple.

Thanks a lot for the input

regards

sharmila

http://kitabikida.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/for-you-my-friend/

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Jeronimo Pinto <jeroni...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,
Just weighing in.
When Scholberg says that the Hindu behaved more Christian than the Christian, it is possible he meant she was more respectful when dealing with the gods of another. This is how most Indians are. I know I am more likely to be silent in a temple than the Hindu friends who have taken me there. I also know that a Hindu at church is much quieter than his Christian brothers who answer their cellphones or read their messages in the middle of the service.

And my sister and I are reading the Bible, two chapters every day. I have read the Mahabharata (in Kamala Subramaniam's translation), the Ramayana (in C Rajagopalachari's) and the principal Upanishads (although no one is quite sure how many they are and there are variant figures given by different authorities.) I had learnt Urdu to read the Koran and now have been told I must learn Arabic. But I have a translation that I have read. Is there some reason for asking?

Jerry Pinto

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[Frederick Noronha]

@Jerry and @Sharmila: I think familiarity breeds contempt. We're just more noisy at places where we are more at home! For instance, I am better behaved in a foreign country (apart from hanging on to my passport for dear life). Next best behaviour is reserved for other States of India.

@Amita: Talking of which, I had quite a laugh when seeing a photo in one of the local papers after a book release (I think Aquino Braganca's). It had a skirt-and-blouse clad Amita Kanekar, and another lady wearing a salwar-khameez but with a Christian sounding name. Obviously, the sub-editor or photographer or whoever was so shocked by this counter-stereotype, that s/he had simply switched names below the photo! The lady in the salwar was "Amita Kanekar" and you were given a new name :-) Did you notice that? 

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[C Fernandes]

 "A happy person needs no religion; a happy person needs no temple, no church —
because for a happy person the whole universe is a temple, the whole existence
is a church. The happy person has nothing like religious activity because his
whole life is religious." ~ Osho
 

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Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 13:19:57 +0530
Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] 'behaving more like a Christian'
From: amitak...@gmail.com
To: goa-bo...@googlegroups.com

[Luis Vas]

Since it is well known that Dr. Carmo Azavedo was, to put it mildly,
rude, arrogant, insulting to almost everybody in person, with or
without provocation, as well as in his column Ao Bico Da Pena which
he used to write in O Heraldo (this can be verified by going through
the old issues of the paper), and probably exhibited all these
'unchristian' traits to Dr. Sholberg, small wonder that the latter
found Dr. Archana Kakodkar behaving more like a Christian than he. I
believe this to be the true interpretation of the assertion.

Luis

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 6:18 PM, C Fernandes <goa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  "A happy person needs no religion; a happy person needs no temple, no
> church —
> because for a happy person the whole universe is a temple, the whole
> existence
> is a church. The happy person has nothing like religious activity because
> his
> whole life is religious." ~ Osho
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 13:19:57 +0530

> Subject: Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] 'behaving more like a Christian'
> From: amitak...@gmail.com
> To: goa-bo...@googlegroups.com