On Sunday 15 Mar 2009 9:48:49 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Even the rich - bishops, kings and such - didn’t bathe.
I had an argument about a related topic recently with a person who insisted that Hindus are clean because they bathe every day. I tried to point out that if you select 1000 Hindus from around where I live and include people like our gardener, the chap who washes my car, the local chowkidars and others - one will find that most do not bathe every day simply because they do not have the facilities to do that, living as they do in one room hovels with no toilet or bath. The difference between the wealthy and the poor could be that the wealthy can afford to bathe daily, but can choose not to do that. That choice does not exist for the poor. Be that as it may it is interesting that this discussion has thrown up two opposing (cultural?) concepts 1) He who bathes every day is clean 2) He who needs to bathe is unclean :D shiv
