There is so much talk of 'hurting religious sentiments' that we hear about. People get hurt easily - more so in relation to another person than about God directly. Two cases in point.
Lord Ganesha
The Ganesh Chaturthi market starts a week before the festival. Hundreds of idols are shipped to the front of our colony from god knows where and they occupy half the road. All sizes, all shapes and all types. Once the festival is over however they abandon the Gods and go away.
I took this picture last week, a full 2-3 months after. They remain like that, the Ganesh idols.
I don't see anyone rushing in to rescue them or pray to them or take them home or even to make them comfortable. Whoever made it, whoever sold it, must have claimed religious sentiment when they occupied the roads.
Lord Krishna - Only Grown Ups
We have this small garden in our colony. What was a nice place to walk or sit on the lawn or on the benches slowly changed shape. The small gazebo which was used to sit in - was converted into a temple with a Krishna idol placed in the middle. Then came a little protective cage around it. Then some chairs. People must be praying there perhaps.
But then came this - a sign saying 'Children Not Allowed In the Park'.
If Bal Krishna came there he would not be allowed inside. Only after he grows up.
I am sure their religious sentiments would be hurt if one said anything about the way they went about it.
But then that's how it is. So much about showing, about claiming.
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