On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM, ss<[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 09 Jun 2009 7:54:11 pm . wrote: >> subziwallah or the local bania's >> (shopkeepers?) would be deeply offended if i gave them money with the >> left hand. > > Actually it is impolite to do that.
I'd view someone throwing the money at me (or disrespectfully on the table instead of a hand-hand transfer) as rude. Well, taking offence is also relative and subjective so while the right hand sounds sensible for some tasks, over time, it has come to the realm of superstition than rationale. Wouldnt the germ(s) travel all over the body? Examining the bug-ging issue a wee bit deeply, most of the Indian rupee notes are so dirty, smelly and contaminated that its a bug carrier symbolically handed over in the "right" way. Taking the pseudo-scientific generalization further, the right hemisphere (& the left hand) is associated with language. i find it easier to keep the "chatusra nadai khanda jati ata tala" with my left hand than the right, which tends to miss beats. Thankfully my teachers never blown their fuse on this habit but i do wonder how language, music, right brain and the unloved left hand are closely related. -- .
