tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post115230575513234371..comments2024-03-25T20:45:09.957+05:30Comments on On The Ganga Mail: GodBishwanath Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499834715638337891noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1153807943467488522006-07-25T11:42:00.000+05:302006-07-25T11:42:00.000+05:30Anon: Thanks for your generous comments. When -- a...Anon: Thanks for your generous comments. When -- and where -- did you work for Express?Bishwanath Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499834715638337891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1153805841330099402006-07-25T11:07:00.000+05:302006-07-25T11:07:00.000+05:30I guess the reason people visit temples is that th...I guess the reason people visit temples is that they feel a sort of "inner peace", though I don't understand how one can be peaceful with the unbearable crowds around. I personally belive that God is within us and living life consciously is worth more than any temple visit.But a close friend disagrees; he says temples are constructed to bring you positive vibrations, on the lines of vaasthu or feng shui principles.<BR/><BR/>On a different note, your writing is exceptionally good. I've been a long-time admirer of your articles in the Indian Express. Worked for Express briefly myself. Good job on the blog too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1152644295859695992006-07-12T00:28:00.000+05:302006-07-12T00:28:00.000+05:30Ardra: Thanks for your comments.Deepa: I really li...Ardra: Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Deepa: I really like your point of view!<BR/><BR/>Anon: Yes, this was my first post when I started the blog. At the time no one read my blog, but that's not why I am reproducing it now. I had intended to write a piece on women not being allowed to Sabarimala and Christians not being allowed to certain Hindu temples. In that piece, I had wanted to give a link to this post. But that piece, sadly, got deleted and in great frustration I reproduced my first-ever blog post.<BR/><BR/>Wildflower: Please do think it all over again :)<BR/><BR/>Anu: Yes, I do. I work for it.Bishwanath Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499834715638337891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1152625957920237162006-07-11T19:22:00.000+05:302006-07-11T19:22:00.000+05:30Do you write for the Indian Express?Do you write for the Indian Express?Anu Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188985230919452535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1152536389930744032006-07-10T18:29:00.000+05:302006-07-10T18:29:00.000+05:30where god is concerned,i dont entertaian questions...where god is concerned,i dont entertaian questions...because if i do so...my legs go weak,but then after i read this,may be i l think it all over again...btw i almost wait for your columns in the express...wildflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058577354878441243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1152510369713141892006-07-10T11:16:00.000+05:302006-07-10T11:16:00.000+05:30I remember reading this article before as well. Is...I remember reading this article before as well. Is it correct or am i just hallucinating? Monday blues, i guess.<BR/>Anyway, a nice second reading! :-)<BR/><BR/>And as for faith - I think faith is a great tranquilizer; it helps you in sleeping over difficult questions. So let it be...<BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1152348682062229642006-07-08T14:21:00.000+05:302006-07-08T14:21:00.000+05:30good questions, I agree. But I have always believe...good questions, I agree. But I have always believed that faith is believing in that which you know is not true. when you really need someone and there is no one when you strtch your hand, that force helps.Deepa Bhasthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189562311583907803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17929252.post-1152335415470179452006-07-08T10:40:00.000+05:302006-07-08T10:40:00.000+05:30These questions have haunted me too- and I keep se...These questions have haunted me too- and I keep searching- and deep inside, I think I know the answer- but at moments when one is pushed into a corner- then the handing over the entire responsibility on a Supreme Force is so stress relieving- and often that sense of complete surrender helps in its own way- I guess...<BR/><BR/>recently i read this blog- http://mabui.blogspot.com/2006/07/hinduism-and-thatha.html<BR/><BR/>and liked what i read...Ardrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005169454353807178noreply@blogger.com