What is her Tradition?
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Sometimes, reality is more interesting than fiction.
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We were to celebrate Traditional Day in office, the next day. We had received an email asking colleagues to come in the traditional attire. Last time we had celebrated it, it was a fun day which had ended with prizes being given to the best (traditionally) dressed males and females. A lot of men had come in colorful Kurta-Pajamas. Ladies were the real flag bearers: they had come in sarees and varieties of them. A Bengali lady and a Keralite lady '" their sarees and appearance gave glimpses of our unity in diversity.
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As the day had started with this news about next day being a Traditional Day, some of us got into talking about it. The lady who sits in a cubicle next to me, made my day. She is a Christian. Having read this email, she stood up from her desk. She looked around for some favorite faces. After some time, she found one other colleague from another department, whose name indicated he was also a Christian. 'What is our traditional dress S(name)'?', she asked. His reply was equally amusing. He asked in return, 'I think you are Catholic, right?' Now she looked disappointed a bit; as the guy was a Christian but not a Catholic Christian.
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I think she never got the answer for her question: 'What is her traditional dress'?
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Religious converts give up the traditions of their ancestors and break eternal chains of cultural propagation. What is their tradition?
Sometimes, reality is more interesting than fiction.
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We were to celebrate Traditional Day in office, the next day. We had received an email asking colleagues to come in the traditional attire. Last time we had celebrated it, it was a fun day which had ended with prizes being given to the best (traditionally) dressed males and females. A lot of men had come in colorful Kurta-Pajamas. Ladies were the real flag bearers: they had come in sarees and varieties of them. A Bengali lady and a Keralite lady '" their sarees and appearance gave glimpses of our unity in diversity.
.
As the day had started with this news about next day being a Traditional Day, some of us got into talking about it. The lady who sits in a cubicle next to me, made my day. She is a Christian. Having read this email, she stood up from her desk. She looked around for some favorite faces. After some time, she found one other colleague from another department, whose name indicated he was also a Christian. 'What is our traditional dress S(name)'?', she asked. His reply was equally amusing. He asked in return, 'I think you are Catholic, right?' Now she looked disappointed a bit; as the guy was a Christian but not a Catholic Christian.
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I think she never got the answer for her question: 'What is her traditional dress'?
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Religious converts give up the traditions of their ancestors and break eternal chains of cultural propagation. What is their tradition?
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