Yesterday I bought some fruits at a roadside vendor. She was weighing whatever I bought and it was some 30gm less than 1kg. Since getting a 30gm Mango is not a possibility I told her I am okay with 970gm and will pay for the whole 1kg. She didn't agree and eventually played around with Mango sizes and got to a 1.1kg order. She still charged me for 1kg ofcourse like such vendors usually do. At the end of it all she said - తక్కువ తూకానికి అమ్మితే ఆయుష్షు తగ్గుతుంది. మీరు కొంటాను అన్నా కూడా నేను ఇవ్వకూడదు ( If I cheat you on weights then my life span would reduce. Am not supposed to sell even if you are okay to pay). Was quite impressed. An interesting lesson on neutral or objective morality vs religious morality.
@halleyji when you buy grains from a farmer, he uses a small measure...the first one he puts he says 'Ram ka naam' -that is supposed to be all the mistakes that can happen in the future counting. And we have politicians who say 'Ram is a BjP concept.
@halleyji This concept of "kosaru" that is to give something extra is there among all traditional Hindu vegetable sellers across the country. It is called by different names.
@halleyji Even I have seen this. In almost all the roadside vegetable and fruit vendors here. Kosaru as they call it
@halleyji This is the sanatan way of doing business dharmically as @ankitatIIMA ji talks about.
@halleyji Please explain what you mean by "objective vs religious" morality? What's the contradiction between the two?
@halleyji thats the knowledge of karma of non mlechha rural,low income,still believing in hindu dharma - sellers! they know next life you will owe them more than you can repay
@halleyji During my childhood days, I heard them say "Maap mein paap nahi kartey" for such conversations on weight.