Today had a talk with a group of 10 boys from a village in the outskirts of Salem. They said " Ji christians are entering our villages and they are luring our youth, we have to stop this, we have to complain, they are targeting SCs and STs , they are the vulnerable section"
Me : why dont you take counter measures
Boys : Ji whom to complain
Me : Why complain , there are better ways
Boys : What ways
Me : How many houses are there in your village
Boys : around 350
Me : How many are christians
Boys : 5 or 6 families
Me : How many temples you hv
Boys : We have 3 Temples
Me : Great , then problem is solved
Boys : How
Me : Every Sunday lets serve Prasadam in the temple , lets ask the rest of the 345 houses to have one time prasadam in the temple on a sunday.
Boys : Ji this sounds terrific , but how do we fund this
Me : easy , i will provide 345 cotton bags , you distribute this to each of the 345 houses and ask them to put one hand full of rice or grains in the bag each day , each week you guys collect it from all the houses and find sponsors for vegetables,your job is done
Boys: Cooking?
Me : Women of the village can do collective cooking
Boys : That sounds awesome , Ji our temple has big big vessels , which we use once a year, we can use this every week
Me : Awesome , ok now call your friends and find out how many in your village are ready to take part
10 guys each made 3 to 4 calls , around 35 calls were made in 15 minutes, almost every one has responded positively
Me : In addition to this lets have some activity for kids , women , men and old people ,In addition before prasadam lets have 15 minutes of talk about our culture
Boys : Ji awesome , lets start this , give us a weeks time , we will talk to our people in our village and revert back to you in 10 days
Me : If our people 345 houses are united , what can 5 houses do , they will also join you . every threat can be converted into an opportunity
There is no need to be paranoid about conversion , instead if we unite our people and teach them our culture and values, no one can break our bond
Some people unable to open the bottle of honey, just lick the bottle and dont get the taste of honey
lets open the bottle for them
Lets take one village at a time , if it works it will grow soon will catch up like wild fire
2 to 3 % is able to finger 80% because 80% is divided, the day 80% gets united , should we worry about 2 to 3 % or will they even dream about fingering 80% ?
Think
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