Nadodikattu VIII: Our Warped Sense of Cleanliness

All of us are unique; all of us are different and all of us are quirky when it comes to certain issues and so is this ordinary guy.

His heightened sense mechanisms tell him that America is a clean country on the outside; clean roads, clean offices, clean restrooms and that got him thinking……

Back home in India, he finds that we have different perceptions of cleanliness……………

Most of us (ordinary people) can live in a clean house even if the neighborhood is dirty.
For a Hindu priest in the temple, impure might mean touching somebody while he is doing puja.
For a nun, impure might mean having thoughts of fornication.
For a young child, impure might mean being spotless clean.
For many people, impure might mean going to a temple without a bath even if they have to wade through murky drain water to get there.
For many Hindus, impure might mean eating beef.
For many Muslims, impure might mean eating pork.
For a devote Jain, impure might mean having onions and potato.
For “Raj Tactless”, impure might mean speaking in Bhojpuri.
For a Tamil Patriot, impure might mean speaking in Hindi.
For a cat, impure might mean not licking itself a thousand times a day.
For a dog, impure might mean getting wet.
For a devoted blogger, impure might mean not posting articles for some time.
This list of endless…………..

We all have our own definitions of cleanliness but when are we going to concentrate on the basic and important ones???
Ain’t Cleanliness next to Godliness???
PS:
Ladies and gentlemen, for this ordinary guy, impure means “having clean shoes”……
He has given his shoes the works, but they never get dirty.
He has worn them to office daily; jogged with it; played cricket and they still remain (almost) as clean as they originally were!!!!
The damn shoes seems to be getting the better of him…. Have to teach them a lesson when he gets back to India!!

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