When we posted our last entry on the CHAFF Blog, we used a mataphor that the tears flowed like the River Ganges.
Several Finns and Indians resident in Finland were puzzled why we should use this metaphor, when there are lots of fast flowing rivers in Finland, with clear and pure water!
Valid question, but this metaphor was quite deliberate.
There will be an interesting prize for the first person who can guess why we used the River Ganges rather than our local river, Oulujoki! (Hint: No, it is nothing to do with pollution.)
Wake up and send us your thoughts on this.
Tears are NORMALLY warm, not cold like Finnish rivers - no matter how fast or pure they are! The Ganga is normally associated with warmth.
ReplyDeleteTears result from deep inner feeling, therefore tears are devine and so Ganga.
ReplyDeleteNice one, Santosh.
ReplyDeleteI really like that, but mine was more a physical expression of feelings as was so aptly described by my daughter, who knows her father rather WELL! So my next blog entry - SPOILSPORT and then I got a lesson in English. :-)