These Indian givers!
December 9, 2014
An “Indian Giver,” as we all know, is one who gives something and then tries to take it back, a conduct most cultures would look at unfavourably. Common decency dictates a certain finality in an act of giving. All religions tell us that once given there is no taking back. Claims to the gift are extinguished and attachments severed, when given. Even in the law, a gift is irrevocable, save in a few exceptional circumstances. If noble is the giver, so ignoble is the Indian giver.
Athuraliye Rathana TheroIf one wanted confirmation of the moral degeneration of our society in recent times, there was no sadder confirmation than the pictures in the newspapers of a mob besieging a Buddhist temple somewhere in Borella. According to the reports, this is the temple where the political activist Ven. Athuraliye Rathana resides. Borella is in the heart of a capital city which could be considered, if one goes by the number of uniformed personnel on the streets, one of the most over-guarded cities in the world.
