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Aptavani-9
Why are there numbers printed on the razor blade 1,2,3,4,5,6,7?
They (non-Indians) will ask the technician and do as he instructs
them. Whereas our people, the vikalpi Indians are over-wise!
If the wife says ‘I am going to the temple and I will be back
soon’, the husband will say, ‘I will prepare the food,’ and he will
(without asking anyone how to make it). But whatever spices he
uses will leave a bad taste in the mouth!
If the radio is playing and the children ask me to switch
the station, I will tell them I do not know how. I always ask
before I do anything; I learn by asking. I do not attempt anything
aimlessly on my own.
I would ask someone how to use the razor, but he has
not consulted a technician himself and then he tries to teach
me! Does that mean I know how to use it? He is a fool and
so am I. Whom would I ask if I cannot find a technician? It
is like trying to cook a curry without learning from anyone and
ruining it.
Our people are such that they will cut their own hair if
they cannot find a barber. That is how people are. Just because
you clip them this way and that way, does that mean the job is
done? It (hair cutting) would not be considered a skill if it were
that easy. How did all these barbers learn to cut hair? By trial
and error?
The foreigners have made machines to last because they
know that people of India are vikalpi; they are over-wise and
thus they might take shortcuts. They make the machines in such
a way that they do not breakdown easily. They build in extra
safety features, which would not be necessary if people using
them were not vikalpi. You never know which buttons they
will end up pushing. They build in extra safety even when
laying the foundation in construction of homes because these
crazy people will overcrowd the homes! What if the house
were to collapse?