Saturday, April 16, 2005
Ghee happy
[Via Sepia Mutiny] Sanjay Patel has a great-looking children's book out, introducing kids to Hindu mythology with pictures of gods and goddesses. I would suggest changing the title, though, to something other than "Little India" since India is a multi-religious nation.
I don't think of the pictures as distortions, a point that Sanjay tries to clarify, but merely as a way to creatively interpret the mythology. I have even seen some people in India place pictures of Jesus right next to pictures of their own gods as a way of honoring him. Whether that is really an acceptable way of honoring him is an interesting question.
