tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post4966286269187948259..comments2024-03-26T19:37:00.949+05:30Comments on Life is Like This: Heritage under threatC Sureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-78082377698813595272014-05-08T12:11:54.698+05:302014-05-08T12:11:54.698+05:30I think we are too busy running around looking at ...I think we are too busy running around looking at the beauties of other countries that we fail to safeguard our own.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-59608520345577865012014-05-08T12:03:19.964+05:302014-05-08T12:03:19.964+05:30Am happy to have discovered this post of yours. I ...Am happy to have discovered this post of yours. I respect and agree with your sentiments/thoughts here completely. Such apathy, such indifference and lack of respect toward our heritage and history - it is something I can never understand. I keep asking myself -what is wrong with us?<br /><br /><a href="http://letbeautybeyourconstantideal.blogspot.in/" rel="nofollow">Beauty Interprets, Expresses,Beloo Mehrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514874213623046284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-2520150143688556732014-03-12T15:42:58.182+05:302014-03-12T15:42:58.182+05:30I think we have regressed a long way - the first t...I think we have regressed a long way - the first thing we need to do is to reverse directionsC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-2110408021261263612014-03-12T14:40:24.123+05:302014-03-12T14:40:24.123+05:30I completely agree with you Suresh. Without an inh...I completely agree with you Suresh. Without an inherent feeling of respect, people will not learn how to appreciate culture and heritage. We Indians as a race have a long way to go. Seetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04194083543016188498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-44707163738515027812013-09-01T15:46:54.455+05:302013-09-01T15:46:54.455+05:30That's a chicken and egg argument, Amit. We do...That's a chicken and egg argument, Amit. We do not respect ourselves as a people - so we seek some sense of importance for ourselves by an exercise of what we think is 'power' or by accumulating wealth at any cost. So, we do not respect the living - That is also one possible argument.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-67423071450710212472013-09-01T15:20:56.082+05:302013-09-01T15:20:56.082+05:30I do not believe that a country that does not resp...I do not believe that a country that does not respect the living will respect its heritage and culture. We have already destroyed so many relics and ancient temples that we should have preserved. amithttp://mashedmusings.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-46778108175937407792013-08-29T10:53:32.073+05:302013-08-29T10:53:32.073+05:30The day we stop paying mere lip service and start ...The day we stop paying mere lip service and start actively feeling proud of India is the day we will start really respecting ourselves.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-51369269531539078982013-08-29T10:50:29.957+05:302013-08-29T10:50:29.957+05:30What a shame! We have reached a stage where we can...What a shame! We have reached a stage where we cannot 'think' beyond our myopic interests! At the same time when confronted with the western progress, we'll shamelessly harp back on our "ages old civilization, heritage and value system". All I can see around me is rotting of all that we ever had.ilaksheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988877396944840266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-31630337491548340572013-08-28T11:01:29.678+05:302013-08-28T11:01:29.678+05:30Do not also excuse the silent majority who can be ...Do not also excuse the silent majority who can be more vocal about onions than about heritage.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-6602164351297044702013-08-28T11:00:50.930+05:302013-08-28T11:00:50.930+05:30Perhaps the great Indian cupidity on one hand and ...Perhaps the great Indian cupidity on one hand and the great Indian apathy on the otherC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-70747857733715040432013-08-28T10:55:36.523+05:302013-08-28T10:55:36.523+05:30Shameful indeed and it adds insult to the injury w...Shameful indeed and it adds insult to the injury when you learn that all this happens in connivance of a greedy few in authority!Rahul Bhatiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690287853990880735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-26077600110591995452013-08-28T10:41:49.847+05:302013-08-28T10:41:49.847+05:30This is so very sad. Is it all a result of the gre...This is so very sad. Is it all a result of the great Indian apathy?Rachnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275266551382931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-86692893072147027292013-08-28T09:12:33.965+05:302013-08-28T09:12:33.965+05:30That is a crying shame, DS!That is a crying shame, DS!C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-26893458936068384682013-08-28T07:33:46.773+05:302013-08-28T07:33:46.773+05:30We are probably the worst people in the world when...We are probably the worst people in the world when it comes to preserving our national heritage sites. There are so many lying in deplorable conditions, we have turned a blind eye to them.DShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589400949070601861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-34162227463251574462013-08-28T01:01:22.996+05:302013-08-28T01:01:22.996+05:30What can one say Sudha when something temporary, t...What can one say Sudha when something temporary, though important, like the price of onions takes center-stage and something like this which is irreversible hardly seems worth noticing?C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-11354608347576494762013-08-28T00:21:45.981+05:302013-08-28T00:21:45.981+05:30The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments have...The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments have been very charitable indeed in destroying priceless heritage. And it will be these very people who will soon be saying that the youth have no value for heritage. <br /><br />While I can understand why Muslim invaders and European colonisers would want to destroy something like this, it escapes me why would "our own" do it? Why?<br /><brSudhageehttp://thatandthisinmumbai.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-79123094348338812002013-08-28T00:12:58.387+05:302013-08-28T00:12:58.387+05:30A lot of such temples around in TN where ASI is no...A lot of such temples around in TN where ASI is not involved. I think mostly cos these are temples in active worship but not sure about that - could be as simple a thing as lack of budget.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-46603928475359805842013-08-28T00:01:36.760+05:302013-08-28T00:01:36.760+05:30Oh dear! Why is the ASI not involved? Is this outs...Oh dear! Why is the ASI not involved? Is this outside their ambit?<br />I am afraid none of the links opened for me. Maybe because I am reading this on my mobile? Will read the report in The Hindu tomorrow.Rickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218141712437311308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-84771354321079675722013-08-27T19:21:05.413+05:302013-08-27T19:21:05.413+05:30It is depressing, Purba, and seems symptomatic of ...It is depressing, Purba, and seems symptomatic of a sort of contempt we seem to have for our own ancestors and their achievements.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-37788315810133945822013-08-27T19:17:18.911+05:302013-08-27T19:17:18.911+05:30Isn't it ironic that as a country so rich in h...Isn't it ironic that as a country so rich in heritage, we treat our relics with such scant respect!Purbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345755953291104000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-84771135411351494482013-08-27T16:47:17.109+05:302013-08-27T16:47:17.109+05:30And that is one of the things that leave Khap Panc...And that is one of the things that leave Khap Panchayats and the like free to define culture and turn it into a cuss-wordC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-44774035413142555182013-08-27T16:25:25.331+05:302013-08-27T16:25:25.331+05:30You have said it in the above comment. Apart from ...You have said it in the above comment. Apart from wealth and power we care little for values, morals, traditions, history and culture.Alka Gurhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050387590729571321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-66523199391747703422013-08-27T14:41:43.714+05:302013-08-27T14:41:43.714+05:30We leave ourselves nothing to respect ourselves an...We leave ourselves nothing to respect ourselves and have started respecting our wealth to the exclusion of everything else - including history, morals and humanity.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-83912641651117399672013-08-27T14:40:40.540+05:302013-08-27T14:40:40.540+05:30The rumors about the use and misuse of temple prop...The rumors about the use and misuse of temple property is even more horrifying - hope at least they are not true.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-71515060729430038982013-08-27T14:05:27.076+05:302013-08-27T14:05:27.076+05:30The naked dance of Home Indians Indians. No wonder...The naked dance of <i>Home Indians Indians.</i> No wonder we are all upset.umashankarhttp://uspandey.comnoreply@blogger.com