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

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

To ne fair the other side.
https://thewire.in/communalism/in-tamil-nadu-non-hindu-carnatic-musicians-are-being-othered

Bismilla Khan is the Asthana Vidwan of Kashi Viswanath Temple.
Nadaswara vidvan Shiek China Moula was a great devoteeof Lord Ranganatha of
Srirangam.
Abraham Pandithar wrote a voluminous book on Carnatic music
K.J.Jesudas is devotee of Guruvayur Appan.
regards,
Sarma.


On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 12:23 PM Murali k via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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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