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Of conveyor belts and temples

by Avinash Tadimalla » Sun May 05, 2002 12:30 am

This is purely satirical, and no offence is intended to anybody. Here\'s a thought I had:
I\'m sure even the most devout have, at some point of time or the other, bemoaned the fact that the serpentine lines that form outside temples do no make for a particularly enjoyable way of worship.
I propose that conveyor belts be built, a la the luggage belts so common in airport terminals, that will provide us with seating room transport through to the temple doors.
Potentially, I also envisage one belt serving one God, and all people would have to do to pray to their trusted One then, would be to get onto the right belt. As easy as buying a ticket and climbing into the correct train at a station.
Other benefits that accrue with such a scheme:
Entertainment packages for the time spent on the belt(\"Where do you want to go today?\", if Microsoft has its say).
Other activities(prashadh?) could also be integrated into this scheme, thus saving a whole lot of queue management problems.
All this assuming, of course, that we do not have queues to get onto the conveyor belts in the first place:)
What do you think folks?? Would love to hear your thoughts on how zany I am.
Avinash Tadimalla
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by tarun » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

avinash , already temples are becoming places for business like the schools and hospitals , isnit that enough that u have to give some more ideas like this to make it even more worser?god wud be surely amazed at your thinking power.
tarun
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by Guest » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

ya, very zany. happy? kya yaaro...
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by avinash » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

amazed at my brainpower? i\'d be given a free ride on the belt then, maybe?:):)
but tarun, please don\'t get offended, this is just an attempt to make my case against the very commercialism that u referred to. completely agree with you that places of worship are fast losing their sanctity. What I meant to put across was that if things stay the course, we might end up with something like the belt system that I wrote about. Its a funny thought, and its a sad one, too.
avinash
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by Anand » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

Infact I don\'t know how far this is true, but TTD is planning to introduce a belt conveyor system. After this system is introduced, an estimate is that the waiting time would be reduced by 3-4 times. Isn\'t this good????According to me \" Yes, it certainly is....\" Think of summer, when it sweats and Children get uncomfortable in the never ending queues(I am talking about babies here). I guess, Tarun has to get practical and I feel Avinash is absolutely right in his approach. Why the hassle when there is a way out??? Also introducing a belt system does not make the temple lose its sanctity
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by RENU » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

GUYS!!
This is great,GODS must be very happy with this idea!!
This will saVE A LOT OF TROUBLE AND TIME.
RENU
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by chilka » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

Just send the god or gods for a ride on the belt.
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by avinash » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

I agree, Renu. Gives them more time as well. If you\'ve taken Queuing theory, you will readily acknowledge the burden that the \'server\' in the queue has to face. This will alleviate matters, certainly, and give the gods more time to, among other things, spend with their goddesses.
avinash
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by tarun » Tue May 07, 2002 12:30 am

ok , u had a funny thought , but then that reflects your way of thinking right? dont you think you got too much commercialized. dont take this seriously , my only concertn is that most of the younger generation are having their thoughts in a similar manner. Or am i over-reacting?
tarun
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Of conveyor belts and temples

by avinash » Wed May 08, 2002 12:30 am

Much too commercial? I don\'t know. But I do know that an individual\'s thinking is shaped, in large part, by the environment around him. Chances are, I wouldn\'t have thought anything of the kind if I had never seen a fight break out in a queue, or if I hadn\'t spent 20ish hours standing in line, or even, for that matter, if I hadn\'t seen tickets for prashadh sold in black.Each of us has our own way of reacting to events that happen around us, and for good or for bad, making fun of things is mine.
\"I laugh that I may not weep\" as the wise guy said.
avinash
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