Paripogum Palagaram

I vividly remember during Deepavali preparation many years ago, the adhirasam is one 'tough cookie' to make and keep safe. My late grandmother insist on using the 'ural & ulakkai' traditional mortar to smash the rice to make the flour. If you have used it before, you'll know how tough it is. Then she will make the caramel from thick brown sugar and check the consistency by dropping small dots into cold water. After the laborious preps, the dough for adhirasam is made by hand and kept at high place for a day or 2 till it hardens. Then she and my mother will fry the sweet, succulent adhirasam ... and keep it under lock and key till Deepavali!!! According to my granny, it must not be eaten until the Deepavali morning prayers and 'padayal' offerings are completed. It remains the only item that is kept, not tasted till the day, 'etchal padamal irukanum'. The adhirasam she makes, will keep for at least 2 months without spoiling nor hardening.

So the adhirasam remains an elusive snack throughout the year, until Deepavali comes. It all changes when ready-made mix for adhirasam was available, we can make it and savor at anytime of the year. But yet, it remained in our houses, occasionally can be found in restaurants or muruku shops.

Now, adhirasam and many of our traditional snacks and sweets are available in almost everywhere, unfortunately not made and sold by our people. Take a short walk along Jalan Masjid India, you'll witness many Indons making our Masalvadai and selling it as Masalodeh!! In Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, a stall makes and sells our Adhirasam in large quantities as Denderam!!

I did a few image search to see the number of results pops out for some famous items, see yourself:

maruku 156,000
muruku 60,200

kuih ros 161,000
achu muruku 2,200

adhirasam 91,600
kuih telinga hindu 7,850
denderam 5,010
kuih telinga keling 4,890

idiyappam 44,300
putu mayam 29,700

 
Our palagarams are being commercialized by others, while we make and keep them in cupboards (now you know why the intro above). Why aren't we confident in our own traditional delicacies? We only make them in small quantities and sell in our own shops or stalls, without bigger vision for making them in commercial mode. Very few entrepreneurs who dared to venture into this business, but they only look at (small) Indian market, unlike the others who have learned our recipes and making it big in all nooks and crannies of the country.

The worst part is, allowing the names of our delicacies to be changed (corrupted). WTF is masalodeh? maruku? denderam? papadom? bariyani? putu mayam? I don't know what is so mayam (mythical) about the putu here.

While opportunities are aplenty in this field, we also face challenges when our people make and sell them. The belilah tanpa was-was issue dances in front of our traders, even though these items are pure vegetarian. So the others are taking advantage of our reluctance and diffidence.

In short time, Indon troops on bikes will be hawking their invention putu mayam everywhere, while we duduk melopong.

Inconsistent funeral rites - முரண்பாடான ஈமச்சடங்கு

[Ennapa ni, kaalaiyileh yelevu patthi yeluthureh? - expected reactions, but I see some disturbing trends in funerals nowadays]

In the cycle of life, we can't possibly ignore the fact that we will be dead on one fine day. Funeral rites are part and parcel of our Hindu custom. Of late, whenever I have to visit/attend any funeral of a friend or relative, I find that every funeral is being 'uniquely confusing', or its better to say inconsistently performed. 

Before we go into the rites and customs, lets start from the mourners and visitors. I wonder if many are ignorant on the traditional color of mourning a Hindu's death is white, where one who attend a funeral/cremation should be dressed in simple white clothes. Unfortunately, we can see maximum 'chinggu cha chinggu cha' colorful dressings, some even with elaborate jewelries like they are heading for a kaathu kutthu function. Adeh kaalam poreh pokkil, vellei sattei engge naan poyi tedi potu vareh? Summa jeans, tshirt patthathaa? Yeah, even when going to temple we can see all kind of inappropriate dressings, let alone funerals.

If not everyone, at least some majority can start this 'uniformity'

Next comes the rites and rituals. I've personally witnessed all sort of 'performance' by the undertakers (not WWE related). There are many types of undertakers, some trained, some self taught, some fast & furious, some slow and steady, some with hours of chanting, some with minutes of mumbling, some with exorbitant expenses, some simple bin sempoi, some are structured, some are ambiguous, some sober, some are even drunk!

There don't seem to be any fixed rituals performed, everyone has their own way. Worse case when, family members, friends, foes, munaavathu veedu mama, turatthu sontham, teriyatha bantham starts give comments, suggestions, objections, threats and teachings to the poor undertakers. Everything gets messed up, some people gets fed up. Why don't the 'wholesale authority' of Hinduism in the country, come up with clear guidelines on funeral rites/rituals and conduct trainings on that? Something like Kursus/Program Pengurusan Jenazah conducted by state Islamic bodies? Athu kastham tambi, ellarum course pogeh mudiyathuleh. Then don't get into the funeral business lah!

The Chinese community has formal training program/facility for undertakers.

Recently there's another trend mushrooming around our community, musical funerals. Nothing wrong with it, but if the lead singers are female, and they sing and drum their way till they're heard in another village, something is not right. I witnessed a troupe which 'entertained' the dead, of which I was so afraid the dead will get up and slap them hard. They were so loud, coarse and plain irritating. Athu athuku oru murainu irukuleh? Summa kaatu katthu katthi, nambe mandeiku mani adikathingehlah! There seems to be acute shortage of Hindus to perform these musicals, as a result you may have come accross many Chinese singing funeral & Sivan songs so precisely and passionately at Hindu funerals.

As long don't end up like this, OK lah.

Finally, after all the ooh and aahs completed with oppari paadal CD launching (occasionally interluded by fist fights and kette kette varthaigal), the body of the dead is brought to the pyre in a crematorium. Here more shocking scenes are seen. Traditionally NO female family members or relatives are allowed to set foot in a crematorium, in addition to that women are not allowed to participate in certain rituals and funeral ceremonies, they are not even allowed to visit the cremation grounds. But now the curious ladies, some with young children are allowed right near the burning pyre, be it electric or open cremation!! Ennayah nadakathu inggeh? Yaruku labam, piragu unggel pillaiku peyi ottum poli samiyargalukuthaan. The sad part is, elderly people are not attempting to stop this nonsense from continuing, even if they do I don't think these maangga mandeh manusis will listen anyway. Again, guidelines are needed.

Post-funeral customs are also modified to suit the fast-paced lives of 'ultra-busy, multimillionaire' family members and relatives. The norm is, anyone who've performed the final rites for the dead, are to follow a strict vegetarian diet and abstaining from attending any temple function/prayer, feast or auspicious occasions for at least 16 days as the mark of respect to the departed soul and in accordance to the generic Hindu custom. Some undertakers are very strict on this matter, some says only 10 days enough, some goes on to 7 days, while there's a few who gave mega sale discounts to just 3 days of vege diet!

If we can't even follow this simple sacrifice of abstinence from food and entertainment, don't bother to cry out loud and pull the coffin walls apart in the process, to show intense 'mourning'! Stay home, watch Astro, eat idlis with meen curry.

Nallathaa irunthalum, yelevaa irunthalum, seiyurathai olungga seiyanum, seiya teriyatti kehttu terinjikanum!

Some useful links:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_proper_Hindu_funeral_etiquette
http://www.funerals-and-flowers.com/hindu-funerals.html

Malaysia Hindu Sangam or Tamil Sangam?

வணக்கம் வாழ்க வழமுடன்.

The Malaysian Hindu Sangam (should be spelled Sanggam) is known to be the de facto, wholesale, singular authority of Hindu religion in Malaysia. Established in April 1963, since then they have been referred to as the society that speaks for and protects the Hindus in the country.

Much have been said on the successes and failures of MHS in Malaysia by many, over the years. In some cases MHS were swift in taking (often reactive) action towards issues affecting Hindus, while in many cases they often take delayed calculated measures in reacting to highly sensitive issues, pertaining to Hindus. Interlok novel, Zakir Naik's public condemnation and unilateral conversion of Hindus are some of the burning issues to name.

Hindus in Malaysia have been impacted by many issues, both internally and from external entities and people. Internally, there are many caste based, culture based, language based organizations splitting the Hindus into smaller groups, which are easily swayed and controlled by its committee. Externally, inefficient 'defense' mechanisms by MHS against barrage from other-than-Hindus, often leaves us to question their very existence. OK, that's generally the feeling of any Hindus you may ask about the roles and responsibilities of MHS.
 

Now to the issue of how MHS communicates to Hindus, I've never seen MHS 'speaks' other than English or Tamil in all their communications.  Since Hindus can be from many other ethnicity like Telugus, Malayalees, Gujaratis, Bengalis in Malaysia, how can they understand all MHS communications published predominantly in Tamil? What are the measures taken to spread the communications from MHS to other than Tamils? Being the voice of Hinduism, we'd expect their communications are reaching everyone who professes Hindu religion.

Its time for MHS to relook at their communication approach. If MHS want more (Hindu) people to listen or support them, they need to reach out beyond the Tamil community in this country. Every Hindus, regardless of the ethnicity should feel MHS is their representative.

Note: I'm not anti Tamil, I'm a Tamil too.

KL Crime - snatch theft attempt

Whoever dares to tell us that, the rising crime rate in KL city is:

• Just a perception; or
• Being hyped by media; or
• Used for gaining political mileage; or
• Being seriously taken by the authorities …

either must be crazy or have not fell victim, yet.

Last Sunday, I experienced a snatch theft attempt first hand. On the busy Jln. Tun Razak road, I was riding my good old bike after making some purchases are Berjaya Times Square. As I rode along the Indonesian Embassy, I sensed another bike approaching fast on my right and felt a tug on the back of my neck. Somehow, in a quick reflex I held my gold chain and held it hard. The chain snapped and remained in my grip; I looked up and saw a lone local man, speeding away on his bike. A few meters away, he turned around and looked at me, probably getting a good look at the intended victim of his failed attempt for the day. I managed to note his registration number, and etched it hard in my memory.

I put the chain in my pocket and tried to give chase, however my 15 year old bike is no match for his. I continue to ride until GH, to see if he’s around. Then, I made a turn back to Jln. Tun Razak police station to make a police report on the incident. I related the incident in detail and gave them the registration number used, which turned out to be a false number. At the end of the report, the officer at the desk asked me : “what’s the purpose of this report?”, I was puzzled with such a question. He asked again, to which I answered : “maybe for your statistics?”. I got the copy of the report and headed home, after posting the incident on social media.

While riding home, I was reflecting:

• When was the last time I remember of any police road blocks near my place? – more than 3 years ago!
• Do I see any police presence doing beat patrol duty on bike in places where many crimes have been reported? – not many! A hawker at market related that, every week there’s a snatch theft along the roads, but no action.
• The culprits are daring, they don’t target ladies only.
• The culprit must have been doing this often, and left uncaught.
• Why the authorities don’t increase their presence, improve their intelligence, have more local knowledge and know what’s happening around them?
• There were increased number of police recruits, but I don’t see them around. Do you?
• Some politicians are making statements on how safe our cities are, but do they dare walk/ride alone like us?
• What if the culprit kicked my bike when he grabbed the chain? – I’d be writing this on the hospital bed, if I’m fortunately alive!

There were many friends called or messaged me to ask about the incident, and some of them have either fell victim to or witnessed snatch theft recently. Every time a survey or findings on our city’s crime rate is published, the authorities and politicians are quick to rebut those claims, but normal people like us feel those numbers are not going down. I wonder how many more people will have to become victims of snatch theft, worse if there’s injury or even death. What will they say / do then?

Until conditions improve (fingers crossed), take care of yourself and belongings. If you witness any such crime, take note of the details of the culprits. If can make a citizen’s arrest (only if it’s safe). 

Where are our kids / siblings now?

Ithu oru pothunala arivipu!

Off late we have seen many reports and news about school going children have been found involved in many illegal/criminal activities. Gangsterism, extortion, drugs, booze, sex, smoking habits have been steadily increasing among our youth, particularly in our community.

(Girls are not afraid of ponteng anymore)

All these is happening everyday, mostly when the parents are away at work. The delinquent children often leave home, in the pretext of going to school, then the divert to some area where they are away from home, change their clothes and start their 'extra curricular' activities. The rest is, up to your imagination.

(Patthaleh patthaleh soodu patthaleh?)

As our community blinks, the youths seems to drift away in their own world, which often leads to have bad company, probably leading them to bigger criminal activities in the future.

So friends, watch your kids/siblings and their company/activities.

Vittil oru kutravali uruvagum mun kaapom!

Beaten in detention? Beat the detention!

There have been many blog articles, news reports, police reports, coffee talks, kovil kathai, whatapps chats on death of (Malaysian) Indians while in police detention. There are also, mega numbers of theories, accusations, condemnations and finger pointing by various quarters on this matter. I’m not going to post pictures of dead Indians in this article, you can find them on other sites a lot.

We can’t deny the fact that, statistics shows at least one death in detention is recorded every month in Malaysia.  This statistic is alarming, more so when it involves so many of our Indian community. In this piece, I’m not going to write about who is right or wrong, who is better off dead or alive, who is the victim or perpetrators. I’m going to say something that is beyond all the distortion about one particular community is targeted and ending up dead in detention.

The question is again answered by statistics: how many criminals or suspects are arrested every month by the police, from that total how many of them are Indians? From that list of Indians how many are dead in detention, and how many are actually INNOCENTS (as claimed by their family)? Very unlikely (however, not impossible), we find an innocent Indian is picked-up by police for questioning and he/she returns home in a coffin. There must be some preconditions that allowed these ‘suspects’ to be detained, right? So why are there so many Indians having suspicious track records? The enticement of crime, ‘gang fame’ and easy money?

Just look around us, part of our community is engrossed with gang related activities. They can be from school kids to matured adults; everyone wants to be part of these gangs. Proudly drawing graffiti of their gang symbols and numbers all over town, like animals marking its territories. Kids proudly positing their gang/crime related affiliations on social network, picked up and exposed by pages like Comedy Machas & Machis almost everyday. Finishing schools with lower grades and lesser advancement opportunities, they are elevated to higher, more brutal gang activities, flocking together like horny hyenas, wrecking havoc in neighborhood. Well, we can’t see them getting together, doing community service or charitable causes, however they are quick to ‘turun’ and show off the ‘might’ of teaming up against rival gangs.

Let’s see, aren’t these contributes to the large number of Indians ending up in lock-up every month? And 1 or 2 of the face the unlucky ending, coming out in a body bag. Yes, yes, yes, we can keep giving the archaic (some what valid) reasons for all these Indians turning into criminals because: 

• Lack of proper parenting;
• Lack of guidance at schools;
• Lack of equal education opportunities post-school;
• Lack of equal, proper employment chances;
• Lack of quality life; and
• Bla bla bla …

But, it have been many years that our community been shown or told : WE ARE ALL BY OURSELVES! We have to work harder to improve the socio-economic status of the community. We have to be more independent. We have to be more connected with each other. We have support our own community, without the help of politicians. We have to use whatever education (tertiary or vocational) opportunities to improve our earnings. We have to spend more time doing good deeds instead of getting involved in bad sides.

But, honestly do you see our community’s socio-economic, education and perception going uphill? Nope, the very Indians who are arrested for various brutal crimes are being used to benchmark the rest of us. A  large part of our community is working the butts off to reach higher grounds, while another part is working hard to pull them down! Everyday our media is highlighting the unimaginable crimes executed by these people against our own community! They are not helping themselves by getting into these criminal gangs and getting drifted away in crimes, and they are further degrading our community’s aspirations to become a better society.

My point is, if we are an Indian and don’t want to be dead in detention, don’t get detained in the first place. If we die in the hands of authorities (while in detention or not), we’re partly responsible for being sought by the authorities. We are the result of our own actions.

The number of Indians dying in detention will only go down, if the number of Indians getting arrested for their crimes reduces. Thick hope, at the current rate.

TRUE MALAYSIANS REJECTS ULTRA-RACIST .. THANK YOU!

Briyani Kadei Kathai - Terthal iSpesel!!

Oru oorleh, oreh oru briyani kadai irunthucham. anthe briyani kadeh owner-u anthe oorleh athigama irukureh aalungeh odeh leader-am. Arambathuleh, briyani vilei rombe kuraiva, service top-takkara, sutthama, suvaiya irunthucham. Vereh entha oru kadaikum poga tevei illehnu, oor makkal ellam amogama valavetchikitu irunthangalaam.

Konja naal anathum, briyani vilei konjam konjama erunucham, service flop-takkara anucham, avulo sutthama ileyaam idam. Athodeh, vereh kadei etachum vantha, athai tomsam akiruvaraam owner-u. Oor makkalum, vereh vali illamaal, rombeeeeeeh naaaaaaala ithuthan sirappana briyaninu vaangi saputangalaam. Innum konja naal anathum, owner-u, gummunu peruthu poyi, oorleh ulleh koli aadu ellam vaangeh plan pannaraam. Aana, anthe koli aadu pannei ownerku, rombe sorpa vilei than offer pannaraam, vereh yarum vaangeh vantha etachum ulta-gulta velei senji deal-eh no deal-ah akuvaram. Avuru kudeh neraya gundar gumbals and the gang leaders sernthukittangalaam.

Appo-appo, tevei pattaal, neram irunthaal, oorleh ulle i-skool, kovil kolam inthe mathiri bangsen-ku briyani konjam kuduparaam. Oor makkalum, ithuthaan valkainu ohtti kittu irunthanglaam ... appo than!

Anthe briyani kadeh owner kudeh romba naala velei senja oruthar, kaduppa ayitaraam. Kaduppa anathai kandu pudiche owner-u, avarukku tiruttu pattam katti, oor marathule katti vetchi, saattai eduthu pitchi eduthutaangalaam. Oor vittu talli vetchi, kudumbathey keveleh paduthitaraam owner-u. Anthe pava patta velei karar, avurode kudumbam kutti, konjam sontha karangeh, athodeh avurukku atharava iruntha sila per-odeh sernthu oor vittu blah pannitaraam.

Konja varusham kalichi, marupadiyum oorleh innoru briyani kadei arambitchanglaam inthe othukka patta gumbal. Arambitca odeneh, avulo viyabaram odeleyaam, yena palaya briyaniku palaghi pona oor makkal, ethuku puthusai inthe briyaniyai sapudunomnu irunthutangalaam. Innum konja naal ponah, visayam damalnu vedichicham ... palaya briyani kadeh owner, nereyah oor sotthai avuru kudumbam, kutti, koothiyaal, kootaliku valechi potutaraam. Ithu mattum illamaal, briyani vilei yeri ponucham, nalla sarakku illamal, kalla sarakku athigam potu briyani senja visayam methuva veliyeh vanthuchaam.

Puthusa vantha briyani kadeh, nalla sarakku, service super athodeh koranja veleiyil briyani potangalaam. Athodeh, innum nereya briyani flavor tarom, vilai ettha maatom, taramana sarakkutaan pavipomnu uruthi alitchangalaam puthu kadei owner-u. Athey parthu konjam oor makkal, methuva puthu kadeiku mareh arambitchanglaam. Ithai paartha mattha oor peruchali-periyavarum, anthe oorleh puthu kadeiyeh poda solli, biznes-u pitchikittu odunuchaam.

Palaya kadeiyil, business konjam konjama oothikkitchaam, owner kaduppa ayitaraam. Oru kattathuleh, palaya briyani kadeh motthama muttai kattureh nelemai vareh poguthunu terinji, oorleh ulle elathukum free briyani, free tanni, free kovil tiruvilavikku aadu, koli, neruppu koli-nu sponsor, free cycle, free ullsuluar-nu kuduthu, oor makkalai marupadiyum ilutharaam. Sila oor makkal, free-a kedaicha pinayil kudipomnu solli, manthai-manthaiya odi poyi palaya kadeyil kudiya irunthangalaam. Athu mattum illamal, inimel avungeh pulle kutti yellam inthe palaya briyaniku adimainu eluthi kuduthangalaam.

Aana, innum paleh peru, puthu briyani kadeiku atharava irunthangalaam. Palaya kadei owner senja settei, attuliyam, vanmurai, sulchi ellam oor makkaluku eduthu sonanggalaam. Nereya makkal puthu briyani kadeiku varehthey partha palaya kadei owner-u, avunge sothuleh mannu irukunu poraliyei kelapi uttharaam, aana unmaiyil palaya kadei briyani verum kallu taan irukunu oor makkaluku teriya vanthucham. 50 varushama tinne briyani odeh arumai teriyileyanu owner kehka, makkal sonnangalaam, innum 50 varushathuku yen oreh kadei briyani sapudunom? puthu kadeiku atharavu kuduthu parpom, briyani seri illehna marupadiyum palaya kadeikeh varuvom sonnangalaam.

Avasarama, palaya owner-u inimel kallu illamal briyani poduren, pipe-leh payasam vareh veikiren, sottai mandeiyil sedi valakiren, mottai mandeiyil mudi valakiren-nu dabal-dibil-nu smoke-less sudam mele satthiyam panni, oru NILA kaler perperleh eluthiyum kudutharaam. Ippo oor makkaluku oru kolapam ... palaya kadei briyani-leh oori ponehvangaluku, inthe vaakuruthi vetchi anthe owner-ai nambalama? illei puthusa, olungga senjikkitu irukireh kadeiku maralamanu.

Iniki palaya kadei owner-ku atharava iruntha, nalaiki anthe NILA kaler peperleh ulle ethuvum seilena? Ille, athigama atharavu koduthu, puthu kadeiyeh alikka sattam-thittam etachum vanthuchina? Yosichikitte irunthangalaam oor makkal ...

Dashboard-il Dheivam, Car-kul Kumbaabhishegam

Note: If you are keeping any image(s) / statue(s) of Hindu deity in your car and will somehow say : "that's my car, and its my wish", I suggest you don't read any further. But if you care about the Hinduism and its sacred practices, enjoy the article and spread the word. This is a personal opinion, accept or reject at your own will. Thanks.

Many of our Hindu friends and family members are fond of keeping various images / statues of deities in their personal vehicles. Yeah, nothing really wrong about it, as many will say it gives them sense of security, confidence and feel closer to God. However, do we take care of the idols placed in vehicles as what we do in our prayer rooms or temples? Do we keep the place clean and free of any items/acts that can be deemed unholy? Think ...

What are the things we don't do / prohibited in prayer room / temples?

• we don't wear shoes inside
• we don't dress scantily
• we don't go inside if we are dirty, or have not washed our feet / hands
• ladies don't access if they are menstruating
• we don't consume any food items, particularly non-vegetarian food
• we don't drink any drinks, particularly alcoholic beverages
• we don't keep any items like shoes, dirty clothes etc. inside
• we don't speak loudly, chat away or make jokes
• we don't play / listen to songs other than religious ones
• we don't use vulgar / swear words
• we don't smoke or allow anyone else to smoke
• we don't use mobile phones

When we have Hindu deity images / statues in our vehicle, can we ensure all of the above is not done in our vehicles? Its impossible for us to assure that none of the above is violated by the owner / driver or the passengers.  Can we keep our vehicle as clean, holy or sacred as our prayer room or temple?

In addition to these, we also usually perform proper pooja and offerings for deity images / idols at home or temple. This cannot be properly done in vehicles. Some people go further by 'erecting' mini temples / shrines in their car, most are done with elaborate decorations and lighting, which can rival your local temple. We frown upon people who simply build shrines everywhere, not taking care of the sacred practices, but we close an eye when its done in private vehicles. Why?

As I've stated in the beginning of this article, some of the reader may say ... "its not your car!", but I want to say "its our religion, and I care about it". Whatever the responses are, I don't condone the act of keeping any religious images / idols at a place where its not suitable, without proper care. What say you?

In case someone asks : No, I don't have any such items in my car.

United against insults - stand up for our religion!! (UPDATED)

LATEST VIDEO SHOWING HIS TRUE COLOR. YOU THINK HE REPENTED AFTER HIS 'APOLOGY'?? WATCH AND JUDGE YOURSELF!! HOW MANY TIME SHOULD WE BE  'TOLERANT'?

Surat Al-'An`ām (The Cattle) - سورة الأنعام

And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah , lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do. (http://quran.com/6/108)

Very rarely I write against individuals, as I focus to write only on matters affecting my community in general. I've written about the controversial Riduan Tee before, because its not right for him comment on something that he's not expert in. After viewing the clip again, I'm prepared to rebut this genius called Zulkifli Noordin.

I took the trouble to find the text of his speech (made 10 years ago?) and analysed his 'expert opinion' on a religion that he's not expert in. Here is his speech, and my responses:

Kalau tuan2 tanya orang hindu.. eh ane.. betul2 cerita you sembah sapa.. [2x] ini tuhan kepala gajah ka.. ini murugan tongkat sampai 14 tingkat punya .. betul2 cerita you sembah sapa..  dia akan kata apa..?

To what a Hindu prays to, is absolutely non of your freaking business.

Baru ni berlaku banjir besar di kolumpo.. baru ni..  di pertengahan jalan antara wisma yakin dengan maideen ada kawasan jual bunga malai hindu punya bunga yang hari jumaat dia nak beli nak pakai sembahyang tu. Di situ ada kedai2 yang menjual peralatan peribadatan hindu. Antaranya kedai jual tuhan hindu. Tuhan gajah tuhan murugan pegang tongkat macam batu caves tu. Tuhan kepala kudanya. Lembu saktinya. 8 tangannya. Ada yang dibuat dari kayu. Ada yang dibuat dari batu. Dari marmar. Dibuat dari marble. Dibuat dari tembaga pun ada. 

I can prove that, there are more, bigger shops selling all sort of Muslim prayer items, books and other holy texts in Masjid India. You're talking like ONLY Hindu shops are there.

Yang canggih yang tinggi sikit tu.. yang ada lampu tu. Mata. Benda tu ada lampu. Hah macam lampu kamera ni. Merah lip lip lip lip. Yang tu sampai rm900 ringgit pun ada. Mahal.

Nak jadi cerita banjir baru ni. Teruk. Air naik sampai 4 kaki. 4 kaki bukan kat bawah basement wisma yakin. 4 kaki dekat Selangor Mansion tu. Selangor Mansion tu lif dia tenggelam. Cuba bayangkan. Selangor Mansion tu lif tenggelam. Orang yang meniaga kat depan bazaar tu. Masjid India yang air selalu cecah kat tangga nu tempat wudhu dia pun tenggelam. Wisma Yakin tempat orang yang jual baju melayu yang tinggi tu air naik satu kaki. Lif Wisma Yakin pun tenggelam. So bayang punya tinggi air.

Tambahla kedai hindu ni lagila tenggelam pasal dia dekat bawah. Jadi dah lama lepas banjir tu pun saya tanya. Kan dorang tengah jual longgok2 semua. Kita pun tanya.

"Ane.. apa macam itu ari banjir ? You punya kedai ane.. ?" Habis semua .. "
" Habis semua? "
" Habisssss "
" Semua habis hancur patah habis semua habis.. "
Saya kata semua ka?
" Semua "
Sama tuhan pun kena ka?
Tuhan pun kena dia kata.

How can flood be selective in damaging? You're either really dumb or retard.

Tuhan pun kena. Hah tuhan pun kena.. apa macam tuhan boleh kena. Eh ane itu tuhan patut dia tuhan tau. Apa pasal ane takde atur ane punya tuhan depan kedai kata ohh woooww air stop. Pergi itu amna kedai mamak sana kasi banjir. Ini tuhan punya kedai. Apa pasal takde bikin itu macam. Suruh itu tuhan. Tuhan patut mau tolong kita. Kalau tuhan air pun tak boleh tahan. Apa lagi dia boleh buat.. air pun tak boleh tahan ka.. suruh dia tahan la itu air. Dia kata apa kat saya?

Using the same logic, people can ask you: How come you didn't ask your God to "ohh woooww stop the killings of Muslims by Muslims in mid-east? in Pakistan? in Afghanistan"?

Hey dei tambi.. mana boleh. Itu batu la.

Dia pun tahu. Dia marah kita pula. Hey dei tambi. Itu batu la. MARAH. Sampai terpaksa jual longgok tuan2. Tuhan dia tu yang patah2, yang pecah2 kena jual longgok. Yang mahal rm900 ada lampu tu jadi rm60. Jadi RM90. Tanya la dia..

I'm a Hindu, and I can vouch that no one will ever sell broken/damaged images/idols. So stop spinning you kampung story.

Hey ane apa pasal ini. Banyak mahal ada lampu punya. Jadi RM90 saja?

Dia bateri sudah habis. Dia punya wayar sudah shot. Tuhan punya wayar pun shot. Berebut hindu beli tuhan. Yang gajah tu. Yang ada belalai. Dia patah kan. Berebut beli. Murah. Kita punya tanya.

" Aci apa pasal beli ini tuhan? Ini tuhan gajah dia punya belalai sudah patah. "'' Takpa. Balik kita taruk plaster. "

Tuhan dia boh plaster. Last2 dia pun. Dia pun tahudia pun tahu bodoh ye tak. Last2 kita tanya dia. Ane aci betul2 cerita. You sembah apa tuhan? You betul2 cerita you sembah apa tuhan? Ini tuhan sudah patah pecah banjir air pun tak boleh tahan. 

Hindu don't keep any broken/damaged idols at home. Where did you concoct this story? While having wet dreams in your sleep?

" Kita sebenarnya ada besar punya tuhan. Kita ada besar punya tuhan. " " Apa pasal takda sembah itu besar punya tuhan? Apa pasal pakai ini kicik2 gajah kuda ular semua? "

Ohh dia kata kita takda suci. Hindu kepercayaan central mereka dia, kita manusia tak suci. Sebab tu semua kepercayaan hindu mesti kepada kesucian. Dia nak mandi, dia mandi sungai ganga. Sungai ganga kat india tu. Tuan2 pernah pergi sungai ganga? Saya pernah pergi sungai ganga. Nak kata suci macam mana. Bangkai ayam dok berjalan. Dengan kayu balak kecik2 tu pun timbul. Dia macam mana kata suci. Dia kata suci lantak ko la. 

What's sacred for you can be not for others. Accept the fact. The Hindus believe Ganges is sacred, but they didn't say its sacred for other religions too. So keep your twisted argument about sacred to your clan. Don't tell me there's no rubbish at all in your holy sites.

Sebab itu Hindu bila dia Thaipussam... vel vel vel tu kan. Awal2 dah minta neraka wel. Dia minta neraka wel. Wel wel wel wel wel wel.. Bila dia buat tu kenapa dia pecahkan kelapa? Kenapa hindu tak pecahkan buah betik ke? Buah tembikai ke. Ni musim durian kan. Awat tak pecahkan buah durian pap pap.. rasa melayu pun rebut pergi. 

I'd like to explain about the coconut breaking ritual, but then again, it won't get into your thick skull. Let me just say, you also sacrifice millions of animals every year for religious purposes, which is also similar to our coconut offerings. Nothing less nothing more. No one questions about your rituals, so just shut the F up and mind your language.

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Now that you can read the text, you may question our reactions. How come there's no large scale, united condemnation like we did against Sri Lankan president visit? We responded, in pockets of demonstrations and statements by MHS, political parties and NGOs. If the non-Hindus can unite against a movie and cause it to be delayed for weeks and censored according to their wishes, why we didn't raise our voice against this insults, together?

Anyway, it seems he has 'apologized' and blaming his previous party's teaching for his rambling about Hinduism. Are we letting him off the hook just because he apologized? If a non-Muslim insults the religion, can he/she be let without punishment just by apologizing?

Let there be strong message to anyone who find it amusing to insult or ridicule any religion for that matter.