{"id":685,"date":"2011-05-10T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T20:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omsweetom\/?p=685"},"modified":"2011-05-10T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T20:29:27","slug":"australia%e2%80%99s-fashion-faux-pas-and-its-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/2011\/05\/australia%e2%80%99s-fashion-faux-pas-and-its-fallout.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Fashion Faux Pas and its Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Here we go again. \u00a0First it was images of Ganesh on toilet seats. \u00a0Then we had Ram and Sita on flip flops. \u00a0And now we have Laxmi on a swimsuit. \u00a0Yes, I\u2019m referring to the Lisa Blue one-piece swimsuit that has the image of the Hindu Goddess Laxmi on it. \u00a0It is clearly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hafsite.org\/media\/pr\/huffington-post-use-or-not-use-question-hindu-images-and-west\">not an appropriate use of Hindu iconography<\/a>, particularly the rather pathetic choice of plastering the much revered Hindu Goddess on the bottom backside of the swimsuit. \u00a0But Lisa Blue has publicly apologized for offending the Hindu community and claims to have stopped production and sale of the swimsuit.<\/p>\n<p>So, why then, is there still some ongoing outrage? \u00a0Sure, we Hindus are more than a little tired of seeing our deities plastered on underwear and beer mugs and even atop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hafsite.org\/media\/pr\/burger-king-removal\">meat sandwiches at Burger King<\/a>, but we can still express our disapproval in a more thoughtful manner. \u00a0I question whether demonstrations of anger against the Australian government or flag burning are the most effective methods of expressing discontentment.<\/p>\n<p>Hindus absolutely have a right to be upset over the continued misuse of our religious iconography. \u00a0And we absolutely have a right to voice our outrage and disapproval. \u00a0But our actions should be steeped in logic, not in anger. \u00a0Isn\u2019t that what Hinduism teaches?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom anger comes bewilderment; from bewilderment disturbed memory; From disturbed memory, loss of discernment; from loss of discernment one becomes lost.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8211; Lord Krishna, <em>The Bhagavad Gita<\/em>, (2.63)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go again. \u00a0First it was images of Ganesh on toilet seats. \u00a0Then we had Ram and Sita on flip flops. \u00a0And now we have Laxmi on a swimsuit. \u00a0Yes, I\u2019m referring to the Lisa Blue one-piece swimsuit that has the image of the Hindu Goddess Laxmi on it. \u00a0It is clearly not an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hinduism-101"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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