Friday, 29 December 2017

The many dimensions of a gas stove

Varalu has earned some money, but wants to spend 4000/- from that on a 'gas connection'. She says 'every' house in Malapalle has a gas cylinder except hers. The DWACRA is offerring 'free connections' for 4000/-.
The village has only used firewood down the ages. I have only used firewood. There is plenty of firewood available, especially in this drought. Good dried wood cooks cleanly and fast. And its, most importantly, local and no-cost.
I raved. I told her that in these times of no money, and disappearing livlihoods, that will mean additional expense. But she is firm. The larger society has taught her her lessons, and she has learnt them well. Aspire, even when you cannot afford.
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Narayana Sarma So now you will be the only one without gas stove!
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Aparna Krishnan We procured one for 'guests', when my parents came to stay and would have felt lost without one. That stays unused, and is borrowed away by Krishnamurthy or Uma when they need it in their village ! We have a stack of firewood from the farm, and there is comfort.
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Raghurama Rao Suswaram That is the most prominent sign that there is some thing wrong with your theory. Is it possible that Gandhi did not understand human psychology correctly? Think about it. May be you need to read some psychology!
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Aparna Krishnan I understand human nature well enough. We all crave for comforts. But a certian comfort finally destroys. Petroleum dependence destroys. And also leads to the same climate change that has destroyed then.
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Raghurama Rao Suswaram The fundamental question is this: is human nature primary or human morality primary? If the former is primary, then what needs to be done to eradicate suffering which results because human nature dominates human morality?
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Aparna Krishnan that choice which destroys others is an non-choice. or an immoral choice. yes, we may choose it as we all have done, in our consumerism.
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Raghurama Rao Suswaram So, you are reluctantly accepting that human nature is primary and morality can come only next. Then, the question shifts to what type of political and economic system can do the job of restraining human nature enough so that morality is not doomed.
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Aparna Krishnan yes
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Raghurama Rao Suswaram Definitely, the current political system and the current economic system are not good enough. Improvements or replacements are needed. We need sincere and creative souls like Gandhi working out new economic and political theories. Since we can't eternally wait for them to appear, we need to take those tasks upon ourselves.
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Vijayvithal Jahagirdar I do not think Gandhi wanted the villagers to shun Gas stoves and use firewood. His emphasis was on developing villages and village industries and reducing the dependence of the villages on the city.
Gandhi would have been very happy if the villagers had worked together to setup a community biogas plant and provided piped gas to all households.
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Aparna Krishnan absolutely. local production of electricity also is fine. i am talking of cylinder gas, and a permenant mental dependance on that.
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Siva Vats Mud is freely available and so is firewood. Burnt clay pots are enough to cook food. Why not give up steel and brass vessels also? Bhiksha goes further by giving up cooking itself. In what state bodily one is when one realizes God is not in one's bodily will but in samskara.
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