[UlceskLialels]

dear shri kunjuppu,

i am sorry if i had struck a belligerent impression of my attitude/thoughts in the minds of seniors like you, in this forum.

while that is not the intention, words sometimes fail to obey my command...! at times like that, i thank you for being patient with the outcome...

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while i have commented somewhat clinically to your post, i am also troubled by sometimes that we as tamil brahmins, hold ourselves to higher standards of morals and behaviours, especially among the critiques in this forum, including myself.

i fail to understand this; do you intend to say that, while endorsing in paper, we hardly practise in reality?

please be assured, the last thing that i want is a self destruction of our community - especially the best of our culture - ie the erudition, simplicity and above all a passion for knowledge. that would require brahmins to really accept and understand the vedas. now that a particular section is well off, there has to be a gradual change from the materialistic to the spiritual callling - that for which we are born.

unfortunately, my own experiences, have been brunted by the worst of brahminism, and though i have to acknowledge that over the years i have come to view it in the light of overall life experience, at the time when these occurred, they presented to me the worst of brahminism. this happens to everyone; but why should we restrict ourselves only to what we see.

best sleeping dogs sleep. and deep at that one too. tread softly and do not wake them up. who know which dogs of war they will unleash? while i agree with you partly, i would say that different acts cannot be compared per se.

regards,