08 September 2021
Experiencing
‘Most Fallible’
In 1976, I was teaching
Accounts at St Bridget’s Convent in Colombo 7, on part time basis – at the
request of Mr Huzam Cader. One of the students gave me a picture of Our Lady of Velankanni, in Tamil Nadu, in
appreciation of my service. The day was – 08 September - the Feast of Mother Velankanni
– Our Lady of Good Health. Whenever I focused and prayed to Mother Velankanni,
my prayers were answered. Today, also, miraculously I achieved a milestone in
structuring English tutoring service to Sri Lankan students in rural areas-
seeking to move to Colombo for further education. During discussions this
morning, I was reminded of that experience not only because it was Our Lady’s
Feast but also because I learnt from one of my student - the artful use of ‘most fallible’. Back
then the student who was questioned by me said ‘Ms I am most fallible’. I understood
the meaning and appreciated her artful usage. Later I remembered the young lady
and followed her art form. During the inquiry by Kerry O’Reilly – Acting Manager
– Finance – at the University of NSW - on 28 July 1998, I used the phrase as
follows:
[I
consider Journal reasons to be very important and my standard practice is to
reflect such details as much as possible. Andrew Kell and Phil Dulhunty would
confirm that this was one of the first matters that I discussed with them and
insisted on being adhered to. I asked you whether you had checked the narration
using F9 button, and you confirmed that you were not familiar with it. I said
also that it was possible that I had missed the narration – as a I am most fallible – but
would ensure that I take greater care in future.]
The driving force here was my commonness with Phil,
who offered to explain to Kerry that he had recorded the transaction, but I had
already taken responsibility. It was Phil who later brought to my notice that
on 05 November 1998, the Sydney Morning Herald had published a negative report
by the Auditor General – highlighting most of the deficiencies I had already
highlighted about the University’s Budgetary system. That is the Universal
power of Truth/Belief. In return for Accounting knowledge, I learnt about Machiavelli, from Phil.
There
is a particular reason for sharing all this today. Mr Maravanpulavu K. Sachithananthan has
included me in his response to Dr Ratnajeevan Hoole’s article headed Nallur
Kandasamy Of “The-Other-Side” Nallur Versus St. James’ Of “Town-Side” Nellore -
Colombo Telegraph.
Most
Hindus of Jaffna origin would know that the 25 day Nallur Festival which began
on 13 August, was telecast for us. When I watched and prayed from Coogee, I
went into virtual reality mode. The highlight was the Chariot festival on
Sunday. It was a beautiful experience and I thanked all the priests who went
that extra mile to bring us the real experience. I kept thanking them from the
bottom of my heart.
In his above
mentioned article, Hoole states ‘Following replacement of the Central Temple by
a Roman Chapel, historic documents refer to the Nellore Temple having been
built by Chembaha Perumal. There is deliberate spinning between the razed
temple and the new to make the present temple seem old. The Wikipedia
says, “According to the Yalpana Vaipava Malai, the temple was
developed at the site (NB) in the 13th century by Buwaneka
Bahu, a minister to the King of Kotte. Chembaha Perumal is credited
with building the third Nallur Kandaswamy temple”. Where were the first
and second? Other so-called encyclopedic sources say, “the Temple’s foundation was
laid in 948 AD. … Due to invasion of foreigners, the temple had to be relocated
several times in different places within [the] Nallur area.” Nonsense.]
I have heard about the Yalpana Vaibava
Malai but have not read it. But my experience of Nallur is real. I grew
up praying to Nallur Murugan. When I thought I needed something, I fasted and
prayed. Nothing was too small or too big. To me that is My Nallur. This time my
prayers included the priests’ welfare and thanks giving also for the
consolidated power that brought back the three year old A J Anthony for whose
return his mother and her community prayed to St Anthony – the patron saint of lost
things. At the deep level – that Divine Energy is formless.
As per
Wikipedia – ‘Hoole is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Michigan State University in the US’
To have authority over other subject matters Hoole needs
to have the experience based Belief. Mere statements
of relativity confirm abuse of academic title. In Democracy, the customer/reader/
is at the top of the hierarchy. Wikipedia confirms this in journalism as
follows:
[The
inverted pyramid is taught to mass communication and journalism students, and is
systematically used in English-language media]
As per Nielson Norman Group
[In journalism, the inverted pyramid refers to a story
structure where the most important
information (or what might even be considered the conclusion) is presented first. The who, what, when, where and why appear at the
start of a story, followed by supporting details and background information.
This writing style is different than, for example, academic
writing, where an abstract may summarize the main
findings, but the content typically focuses first on the details, leading to
the conclusion which appears at the end of the article.]
Hoole concludes
as follows:
[The
real Nellore is vanishing. The usurper Nallur stands on sufi soil and is in bad
hands; the hands of people who use caste to attack others and try to enhance
their caste, but will say to talk about the evils of caste is to practise
caste.]
