WHAT YOU SAY IS RIGHT, QUITE BROADMINDED UNTILL YOU SAY "ODIYA PEOPLE ". THAT WAS TO NARROWMINDED.WE HAVE SOME HINDU TEMPLES IN GUJARAT WHERE EVERYBODY GOES, EVEN NON-HINDUS.
FRANKLY LET US KEEPASIDE PROVINCIALISM ETC. LET US WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THE WRONG TRADITIONS WITHIN US. WE MUST DISCUSS OPENLY EVEN IF MUSLIMS JUMP IN TO SARCASTICALLY INSULT US. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE ANY AMENDS IN THEIR HEGEMONICAL TRADITIONS, BUT WE HAVE AND LET US DO IT.
ONE THING WE CAN DO IS THE VIP TREATMENT AT SOME TEMPLES. I CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THE GREAT TEMPLE OF TIRUPATI IS FOLLWING THIS. IN GODS EYE,EVERYBODY IS SAME. EVEN THE HEAD-SWAMI SPENDS A DAY WITH GOD IN A POOR VILLAGE WITH DALITS ETC, THEN WHY CANT THEY DO AWAY WITH SUCH A SYSTEM.
JUST DISREGARD WHO WANT TO HAPPILY DENOUNCE US FOR NARROW REASONS. WE KEEP FAIR DICUSSIONS ALIVE BCOZ. ALL NEGATIVES CONSIDERED INDIA IS STILL A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN THAN SO MANY SUNRROUNDING COUNTRIES.
JUST LET US REQUES AND IF POSSIBLE COMPELL SOME OF OUR GURUS WHO WANT TO STICK TO WRONG TRADITIONS.