[Advaita-l] The 'Snake-and-ladder' game - The Spiritual path

[Murali k]

Namaste Jaldharji,

And, Speaking of Cultural Appropriation, we have this :

https://mahaperiyavaa.blog/2018/08/07/shame-on-all-you-singers/#comment-54246

Very unfortunate.  My apologies if my post is off-topic.

Best,
Murali



On 7 August 2018 at 11:49, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jul 2018, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> Copied and pasted from FB page of Ajay Khemka
>> <https://www.facebook.com/ajay.khemka.75?fref=mentions>
>>
>> The British (intentionally to break our rich culture & education
>> system) later named it Snakes and Ladders instead of the original Moksha
>> Patam.
>>
>
>
> When I was growing up in England we went on a school trip to the Museum of
> Childhood (part of the Victoria and Albert Museum) in London.  They had an
> exhibition of childrens games through the ages and it was there I first
> learned about the Indian origins of Snakes and Ladders.  The early
> victorian versions clearly acknowledged the games Indian origin.  (I
> remember one was subtitled "The Hindoo Game of Virtue and Vice.") They were
> decorated in Indian motifs (albeit stereotypical ones such as elephants and
> snake charmers.) Yes they altered it to fit Christian morality but the idea
> that it was some sinister plot is pure paranoia. Such overwrought reactions
> are actually counter-productive because then no one will take the real
> cases of cultural appropriation  seriously.
>
> Unfortunately, they do not seem to have made images from their collection
> available on the net but this link:
>
> https://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/collections/snakes-and-ladders/
>
> gives a short introduction.  As you can see the Hindu origins are not at
> all obscured.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
>
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