A Guest Post by Gayatri Sankar The HINDU WAY of LIFE has been a constant victim of criticism because of certain practices of its few followers. These non-following followers of the Hindu faith have corrupted the very meaning of the faith because they believe in their 'self-conceived notion' of pleasing the GOD for their materialistic benefits. I have spent 17 years of my life in Kolkata. Kolkata is famous for its Kali Temple in Kalighat. I used to occasionally visit the Temple with my parents. As a child, I never took initiatives to offer my prayers because I hardly understood what it means. Once as I was doing Pradakshina (circumambulation) around the temple, I stopped halfway when I saw a piece of flesh right in front of me. I took a closer look at it and I could see something looking like a Goat's ear. I realized it was a piece of flesh cut from a goat. I just could not control myself and I cried. The reason I cried was because I had never seen a piece of

Hindus greet with two palms placed together and by bowing the head and say Namaste . Symbolically, it is bowing before the divine in the person – thus suggesting that the Supreme Soul resides in all. Here is how to make Namaste picture using Keyboard keys? The keys to be keyed in without spaces are _ underscore / slash | line (shift backslash) \ backslash _ underscore And you get a Namaste _/|\_ The image will be far better on Microsoft word.