Blind Aping

Bench marking and modeling

Other persons and culture

Could be beneficial, advantageous

For improvement and progress

In NLP, we copy good qualities

Traits we admire in another

And we make it our own...

All this done is  consciously

yes, Copying, but

Not  everything about person or culture

But only  qualities good and

Worth emulating alone…

Aping blindly though

Could do more harm than good

Why give up your ‘Greeting”

Or corrupt them as “Kaalai Vanakkam”,  “Maalai Vanakkam”

Why replace cool, tiled houses

With cement houses

that suit cold  nations

Wear suit and tie in hot humid conditions?

Why bucket seat toilets

That cause piles like diseases

When toilets for squatting

Provide natural bowel movements?

Ape if you must

But do it with care

Only what you want and love..

Only that benefit you

And future generations!

Foot note:  NLP refers to Nuero Linguistic Programming

"Vanakkam' is the greeting in Tamil similar to'Namaste'in Hindi which means bowing or saluting the higher self or spirit in the other person- It has no significance to the time of the greeting." However, Kaalai vanakkam' means namaste of morning & 'Maalai Vanakkam refers to namaste of evening.

In the other Eastern countries the concept is similar.For example the greeting at all times of the day  in Korea is 'Ännyong Haseyo?' means 'Are you in peace?' and has no significance to the time of the day....