A link posted by my cousin on face
book about a bar being tended by Buddhist monks where the bartender lends his
sympathetic ear to your worries and sob stories. They would patiently listen to
all you have said and finally would give their counsel and advice should you
care to follow it. Here is the link to that story.Buddhist Bar at Japan
What if a similar theme catches up in
India?? I let my imagination to soar to a Hindu bar and I visualized that.….we
would have bars being tended by half naked poojari’s or the priests, walls of
the bar adorned by photographs of all deities instead of scantily clad women or
of drinks and background chants of Vedic mantras and religious songs in place of fast
remix numbers. New cocktails like the ancient drinks Somras, Sura would become
the rage of the drinking public. However a subtle difference in case of such
bars in India would be that the bartenders would not be sympathetic compared to
the Buddhist monks. Further I am sure they would give counsels involving some
pooja to be conducted by them during their free time to ward of worries and
pains in one’s life.
Just
imagine a normal Indian telling his wife that he is not feeling good and he
needs to go to a bar and have a chat with the priest about the current
happenings and what the stars foretell for the future…plus couple of drinks .
Hahahaha sounds funny.
This
post no way demeans any persons or religions but just a figment of my Imagination!!!
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