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[Guest guest]

This morning on National Public Radio, they had a

well-produced interview with the Guru and devotees of

a temple in Brindavan, talking about Krishna and some

basic notions of Hindu theology.

 

Although well presented and very nice, it was typical

that know-nothing Westerners chose to play this piece

TODAY, November 1st, 2005, when it is the celebration

of Divali in all Hindu communities! But that would

entail familiarizing themselves with the Hindu

calendar, or actually KNOWING Hindus...

 

Imagine an Indian radio program about Easter, and

playing it on the air on December 25th, without any

mention anywhere on the station that day about the

celebration of Christmas.

 

I am embarrassed for the ignorance of my country and

people.

 

-- Len

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

As Len has noted, NPR featured a good program sharing information

about Krishna and Hinduism. Thank you for posting about it, Len.

 

For anyone who is interested, if you go to http://www.npr.org and

select Archives, you will see the story and have the opportunity to

listen to it. Here's a direct link, but they rarely seem to work on

the SS message board, I've noticed:

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/rundown_archive_hub.php

[Guest guest]

Origin of Deepavali:

 

http://www.funmunch.com/events/diwali/history_and_origin_diwali.shtml

 

Generally, in Southern India, it is Krishna's victory over Narakasura

and in the Northern part, it is the return of Rama (and Sita) from

exile.

 

G