Aici stam ca intr-un grup. Intr-un orice grup sunt un frate si o sora, ei stiu ca exista ca frati si surori , dar ei stau nu agatati de o singura persoana, ei nu vorbesc doar cu o singura persoana, ei nu devin prietenosi cu acea sora.
Astfel, odata,imi amintesc ca am avut o sarbatoare cu acesti crestini, si cred ca pe atunci erau cel putin treizeci de veri si aveam patru, cinci frati. Noi am mers la acea sarbatoare si printre crestinii indieni sunt crestini din toate nivelurile. Cred ca erau si niste vagabonzi care au facut niste remarci catre noi, surorile. Noi nici nu stiam ca avem atat de multi veri. Ei toti au sarit , precum "jack in the box" ( jack in the box este papusa arlechin care sare din cutie la sfarsitul unei melodii, ca o surpriza), si ei au inceput sa ii bata pe acei baieti. Si noi astfel am aflat ca avem asa de multi veri, altfel noi nici nu stiam. Ei erau in multime, noi nu prea vorbeam cu ei, noi fetele vorbeam intre noi, cu prietenele noastre, noi fetele vorbeam doar intre noi. Dintr-o data am descoperit ca avem atatia veri si frati. A fost atat de surprinzator sa vedem ca avem atat de multi veri de care nu stiam.
Ei au sarit imediat sa protejeze castitatea surorii lor, pentru ca sora este baza castitatii lor.
Dar in mod normal nu prea vorbesti mult cu un frate, nici el nu prea vorbeste mult cu tine, nu deveniti prietenosi. Dar in timpurile dificile,in timpurile de maryadas, in momentul cand e nevoie de a consulta despre ceva drag familiei, sora isi face aparitia.
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Now in a group we are sitting here. Like that, in any group a brother and a sister, they are, they know that they exist as brothers and sisters but they don’t cling onto one person, they don’t talk to one person, they don’t get friendly with that sister. Like once we had a big fete with these Christians once, I remember, and I must be having at least thirty cousins and four, five brothers I had at that time. And we went to that function, and among Indian Christians we have Christians from all kinds of stratas. So there were some vagabonds I think, they passed some remarks about us, we sisters, you see. We didn’t know we had so many cousins. They all shot out, you see, just like jack-in-the-box, and they all took over and started beating those boys. And then we realized so many cousins we have. Otherwise we never knew; they were somewhere, we were not talking to them much, we were talking among ourselves, our friends, we girls were talking to each other. Suddenly we found we have so many cousins and so many brothers. It was most surprising that we should have so many cousins there we did not know. Immediately they jumped on the protection of the chastity of their sister, because she is the basis of their chastity. But normally you don’t talk to your brother much, nor the brother talks to you so much, you don’t get friendly. But at the time of difficulties, at the time of maryadas, at the time of consulting about something that is dear to the family, the sister comes in.
