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don't learn by asking others, 'what will happen if we press this button on this machine?' They do not learn by asking the technicians of the machines. Everything goes on haphazardly. People in India do not even know how to use a razor blade; they don't even know how sharp a razor should be; they sharpen it once and its done. And if a person is a miser he will keep using a sharpening stone and on the contrary lose whatever sharpness the blade already had. What are people of foreign countries like? They are not vikalpi overwise, are they? The razors always comes with instructions for use. Why are there numbers printed on the razor blade 1,2,3,4,5,6,7? They will ask the technician and do as he instructs them. Whereas our people, the Indians are vikalpi, they are over wise! If the wife says 'I am going to the temple and I will be back soon, the husband will say, 'I will prepare the food,' and he will. But whatever spices he uses will leave a bad taste in the mouth!
If the radio is playing here and the children ask me to switch the station, I will tell them I do not know how. I always ask before I do anything; I learn by asking. I do not aimlessly attempt anything on my own.
I would ask someone how to use the razor, but he has not consulted a technician himself and then he tries to teach me. Does that mean I know how to use it? He is a fool and so am I. Who would I ask if I cannot find a technician? It is like the husband ruining the curry while trying to make it yourself without consulting or learning form anyone else.
Our peole are such that a man will cut his own hair if he does not find a barber. That is how people are. Just because you clip them this way and that way, does that mean the job is done? If it were that easy, it would not be considered a skill. How did all these barbers learn to do that? By trial and error?
The foreigners have made machines to last because they know that people of India are vikalpi, they might take shortcuts due to being overwise. They make the machinary in such a way that it does not breakdown easily. They put extra built in safety features, which would not have been necessary if people using them were not vikalpi. You never know which buttons they will end up pushing. They build in extra safety even when laying the foundation slab in construction of homes because
