Saturday, February 7, 2009

"Well , How Cud She Say That "

In one of these saturday's there came a lady at home.

She was from " ISKON " - The Krishna Movement. My wife cared to listen to her with regard as she was well dressed and had impressive communication may be She came in a high-end car with a driver driving and knocked the gate also added to the extra care and courtesy my wife extended.......

She proposed my wife to buy " Simple and Beautifully Illustrated Krishna Books".While we were enjoying the rama-krishna bhajans my wife shared her dscussions with the lady, "You should not think so much - books are knowledge and this wud stay with your kids for life - these are very simply illustrated books, moreover a muslim family I visited last also bought these books", she said.

I enjoyed the bhajans........

" Muslim Family did not take that long to buy these books " - kept banging my head though.I found it cheap for a religious movement to use that kind of a gimick........... that is not good at all.

And it was not even sounding good '''''Blaaa blaaa blaaa -- how can a muslim family buy Krishan Books ............"""""

NO....No...no...... that is not possible ....
How can it be...
But she said...... and quite convincingly.....
And I was trying to prove myself that she was laying........
And it was only a sales gimick .. If a muslim can buy The Krishna Books Why Can't You ??

" But I Might Be Wrong "

May be she was right and the muslim family actually bought the ISKON - The Krishna Books.

If that was true - I reasonned and I appreciated the muslim family that they bought the books - " but books are books,why and what is it that I am appreciating".

I asked my self a question ::: If a muslim scholar walks to me with Simple, Easily Understandable Easily Illustrated Books about Muslim Teachings - Wud I buy those books for my kids....... Even if a Muslim Woman walks my home with those books even my wife wud not - Honestly - I Wud Also Not.

Wud You ???

And

If U are a Muslim Friend - Wud You Buy " The ISKON - Krishna Movement Books "

Honestly !!!

But that proves that we are all nuts - Two good friends are friends not because they agree on every thing... they are good friends because they undersatnd each others point of view.... may be they love each other for the difference of opinion they carry ... they appreciate the faith and belief their friend has in his thought process.

May be they love each other .... "Shahrukhan weds Gauri" or " Sunil Dutt weds Nargis "

Why my education system or for that matter at the professional education selection process or at least job selection process does not have a mandatory " Know Thy Beliefs " - Because it has nothing to do with religious harmony - it rather promotes compelling a thought process of finding a positive in others, finding a strength in others and that creates a culture, a country a world.

I Promise To Buy My Kids the Books.If any one of you can guide.. i will appreciate.