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MAKARA SANKARAANTI is celebrated by the Hindus throughout India. Tamils call it PONGAL and celebrate it on a grander scale. Actually, it is a three day festival of Hindus. Sankranti/Pongal eve is celebrated as Bhogi. And the next day to Pongal is celebrated as Cattle Pongal , i.e. In Tamil Maattup Pongal.
First let me explain the way Tamil Hindus celebrate it.
On Bhogi Pandikai/festival day they burn all the old things in a bonfire in front of their houses. The old things include all old clothes, furniture, mats, carpets old pots etc. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
Just two weeks before the festival, they start cleaning the house and white wash the house. Then they apply red border along the floor near the wall with saffron coloured red mud. Saffron colour is called Kaavi in Tamil. Wherever the red border is seen it means some auspicious things are happening. Hindus draw such things on all auspicious occasions such as wedding, puberty ceremony, Valaikappu/Seemantham, Punul/sacred thread ceremony etc.
All the Hindu festivals are associated with one special dish. On the Bhogi day they make Boli and Vadai.
Pongal Celebrartions
Pongal
Pongal means rice pudding. They don’t use white sugar. They use jaggery and ghee to make sweet Pongal. ‘Pongu’ is a Tamil verb which means boil to the brim of the pot. When the rice is boiled in milk and water with jaggery and ghee, it boils and come to the brim of the new pot, usually a new mud pot. Then they make happy shouting/noise with the words ‘Pongal O Pongal’. The mud pot is decorated with turmeric plant and holy Kunkum and Vibhuti/holy ash. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
The mud pot is usually placed on a Kolam/rangoli and women do the cooking surrounded by children and men. Sugar cane and newly harvested turmeric plants are kept on both sides of the Pongal pot.
Orthodox Hindus draw a picture of Sun God and do Puja with flowers. All these things are done in an open place in the house, mostly backyard or in front of the house.
All the family members bathe in the morning and wear new clothes. Since Pongal follows the harvest season they will have new rice, new sugarcane etc.
Farmers get lot of money from the sale of harvested grains and hence there is a saying in Tamil, “ Thai Piranthaal Vazi Pirakkum” meaning if the month of Thai is born, a new way is born/found or seen. That is girls will get married sooner with the available money.
Cattle Pongal
Next day to Pongal is called Maatu Pongal (Maatu in Tamil means cattle). It is a thanks -giving day to Cows and Bulls. They decorate the cows and bulls with flower garlands and paint the horns with colour paints. They are taken in a procession and the chief of the cowherds Lord Krishna will follow the cows and bulls. If there is a temple of Vishnu, then the idol procession will follow the cows and bulls with big tom tom and music. Earlier in the day they give Sweet Pongal to the cattle.
Orthodox Hindus celebrate it on a wider scale. They wake up in the morning and use the left- over food to feed the birds. It is done ritually. They draw Kolams/Rangolis and on those Rangolis they spread turmeric leaf and make balls of food with different colours and spread it on the leaves. All women take part in this ritual. It is called Kanu Pongal. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
Meaning of Makara Sankraanthi
Pundit S M Natesa Sastri in his book Hindu Feasts (year 1903) had explained the word Bhogi-
Explaining the meaning of Bhogi festival he says the word ‘Bhoga’ comes from the Sanskrit root ‘BHUJ’, to enjoy ; so Bhogi Pandikai is a feast of enjoyment. It is celebrated to honour INDRA who helps us to get rains for the crops and good gravest.
Sankranti comes from the word Sankramana . Sun enters zodiac sign Makara/ Capricorn. And the Tamil month ‘Thai’ begins on that day. Thai is ‘Pausa’ in Sanskrit . tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
This day is observed throughout India and South East Asia (see my research article about Thailand and Laos given below) for the worship of sun god. Rich men regard this day as a meritorious one for making charitable donations and every Hindu raja/king gives away large sums in charity. An assembly of pandits sits on this day in Baroda and gives rewards to Hindu scholars who have passed examinations in Vedas, Tarka, Vyakarana . Other Rajas also observe the same custom.
The Uttarayana Punyakala – northward journey of sun -begins on this day. The season for marriages in Hindu families commences on this day and lasts for six months up to the end of Uttarayana. Brothers send presents and gifts to their sisters. Newly wedded brides get special presents on the day. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
Bull fighting
There is a custom in the Yadava community- Lord Krishna’s caste—whoever tames a bull that is let loose will get a gift. This custom started with Lord Krishna who tamed seven bulls according to Bhagavata purana. Youngsters have to tame a bull to get a girl in the olden days.
Sangam Tamil book Kalitokai describes in great detail the bull fighting or – taming the bull – by cowherd community/ Yadava caste. Now it is tamed by any strong man. In the olden days they used to tie some valuables or money to the horn of the bull and whoever tames the bull gets the money. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
Kite flying
In Gujarat state of India huge kite flying events take place.
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sang (RSS) celebrates six traditional festivals and Sankranti is one of them. North Indians distribute sweet sesame balls to everyone on this day.
Thiruvalluvar day
Tamil Nadu government declared Cattle Pongal Day as Thirvalluvar day in honour of great Tamil poet Valluvar.
Orthodox Hindus pay homage to departed souls by doing Tarpana on the Sankranti day. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
Sankranti, being a solar festival it falls on the same day every year, either on 14th or 15th of January.
KANCHI PARAMACHARYA ON SANKRANTI
In his Madras discourse on 14th January 1958, Kanchi Paramacharya (1894-1994) said,
“Plant life is necessary for the growth and sustenance of animal life. The entire vegetable kingdom derives its nourishment through rain and dew which fall during the Dakshinayana and attain fruition during Uttarayana by the warmth that it obtains from the sun. it is the all merciful Narayana who is ‘antaryamin’ in the Sun and who is the source of all this nourishment and fruition. And so, we devoutly offer the plants and vegetables which sustain human life to the Giver of all Good on this day – Makara Sankranti day – or Thai Pongal day – and use them with His Grace. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
Giving up all luxuries, we must restrict ourselves to necessities and use them with gratitude as gifts of the All Merciful God. We worship the sun on Makara Sankranti day as the agency through whom Iswara (God) bestows on us he necessities of life.
Fresh turmeric, which is evident in puja, is symbol of auspiciousness. Sugarcane stands for whatever is sweet in life. Grain, plantain and coconut are symbolic of the plenty of the season, which along with sweetened rice are offered to the sun.
In the same manner, the cowherds offer these gifts of god to domestic animals such as cow on the next day.
The observance of this day, betokening plenty and auspiciousness, is a reminder to all of us, including the unlettered masses, that the overflowing and abundant good things that support our life are the gifts of All Merciful Providence, personified by the sun, who enters the northward course. This is equated in the Bhagavat Gita and the Upanishads with a path with which a devotee is destined to reach the ultimate divinity. tamilandvedas.com, swamiindology.blogspot.com
May plenty and spirituality overflow by His Grace , especially in the world of today where they are most needed.
–From Acharya’s Call, Part 2, B G Paul &co, Madras-1
Tamils in South India celebrate it as Pongal– Harvest Festival. Other parts of India celebrate it as a solar festival. All over India worship Sun God on that day.
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கஸ்யப மஹரிஷிக்கும் அதிரிக்கும் மகனாப் பிறந்தவர் சூரியன். சூரிய வம்சத்தை உருவாக்கியவர் சூரியன்.
சூரியனின் ரதம் 9000 யோஜனைகள் நீளம் உள்ளது. இதில் சக்கரம் பொருத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது. காலச் சக்கரம் மூன்று மையங்களையும் ஐந்து உருளிப்பட்டைகளையும் ஆறு ஆரைகளையும்கொண்டது.
ஏழு வேத சந்தங்களான ஏழு குதிரைகளைக் கொண்டது அந்தத் தேர்.
காயத்ரி, ப்ருஹதி, உஷ்ணிக், ஜகதி, த்ருஷ்டுப், அனுஷ்டுப், பங்க்தி ஆகியவையே அந்த ஏழு குதிரைகள்.
சூரிய ரதத்தின் இன்னொரு அச்சு 45,500 யோஜனைகள் நீளம் கொண்டது.
இந்த ரதத்தின் பெருமை மிக மிக நீண்டது.
ஆதித்யனைப் பற்றி விஷ்ணு புராணம் கூறும் பெருமை எல்லையற்றது.
ஜெம்மாலஜி Gemmology பத்திரிகையில் வைரக் கட்டுரைகள் (Post No.7455)
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Post No.7455
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Hundreds of Sanskrit words found in the RIG VEDA , the oldest book in the world, are used by us today. They are found in 2000 year old Sangam Tamil literature and later Indian languages. Nemi which means Wheel is found in the . Rig Veda and Sangam Tamil literature. But this word has extended meaning , mainly the God who holds Sudarsana Chakra, ie.Vishnu/Krishna. It is also found in Sangam Tamil literature.
It has other meanings such as Chakra/Indra, Varuna, Sun, sea, wheel of a Chariot, Chakravarti/emperor, chariot etc.
Indus-Sarasvati Civilization has many symbols in the shape of a wheel. So it is interesting to study the symbol. It may mean any one of the above meanings or the sound, if we believe the Indus language is phonetic. Many scholars believe it is logo-syllabic and not phonetic.
I have already written one article many years ago saying that the elephant with a person standing on it with wheel symbol is Indra. Indra’s name is Wheel/chakra and his Vahana is Airvavatha elephant.
Let me give the Vedic and Tamil references of NEMI first:-
Rig Veda 1-32-15; 1-141-9; 2-5-3; 5-13-6; 7-32-20; 8-46-23; 8-75-5 and many other places in later Vedic literature.
Linking Chakra/wheel with the Chakravarti/emperor is a unique Hindu concept. The Vedic concept is found in later Tamil Sangam poems. There’ Aazi’ is used for chakra. Strange coincidence is Tamil ‘Aazi ‘and Sanskrit ‘Chakra’ mean sea as well. If we continue our research we may find more meanings. In the oldest part of the Vedas, Nemi meant wheel, particularly of Ratha/ Chariot.
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Nemi is found in the following places in Sangam Tamil literature:–
In Purananuru verse 58- Nemiyon refers to the holder of the wheel -Lord Krishna. In Kalitokai, Nemiyaan refers to Vishnu with the wheel.
In short NEMI is connected with Vishnu or Emperor. Thus it is interesting to connect Indus- Sarasvati civilisation with Nemi. Among the ancient civilisations all foreign encyclopedias and history books written by the British, which is followed in Indian educational institutions until today, India is the only country that has no kings for 2000 years! They wrote that we had kings only from the period of Buddha. They ignored all the kings mentioned in Vedic literature and Hindu Puranas. It is an urgent task to rewrite our history.
Neminatha -Indus connection
Some years ago we read that the submarine archaeologists have discovered the Dwaraka port that was devoured by the sea long ago. Historians dated it around Indus Sarasvati Riverbed civilization period. Hindu Puranas say that the city Dwaraka went under the sea after the demise of Lord Krishna around 3100 BCE. We had very well developed transport facilities then because Krishna shuttled between Dwaraka and Mathura. They were 700 miles apart. More over we read about Krishna’s Naval Expeditions in the Puranas. Along with this we read about Krishna’s cousin and the 22nd Tithankara Neminatha lived in the same city. His father’s name Samudravijaya shows that he was a sea merchant like the Ma Nayaka of Tamil epic Silappadikaram. Looking with this background we should study Jain literature, particularly the activities of Neminatha and his family in sea side port. Neminatha’s brother was called Rathanemi (Chariot wheel).
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ச.நாகராஜன்
ராஜஸ்தானில் உள்ள இரண்டாவது பெரிய நகரம் ஜோத்பூர். 1459ஆம் ஆண்டு ராஜா ஜோதாவால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டது ஜோத்பூர்.
இங்குள்ள மெஹ்ரன்கார்ஹ் கோட்டை ஜோத்பூரின் 125 மீட்டர் உயரமுள்ள மலை மீது அமைந்துள்ள பிரம்மாண்டமான கோட்டையாகும்.
இந்தக் கோட்டையில் அருங்காட்சியகம் ஒன்றும் உள்ளது.
இந்த மெஹ்ரன்கார்ஹ் கோட்டையில் (Mehrangarh Fort) ஒரு சித்திரம் உள்ளது. அது எதைச் சுட்டிக் காட்டுகிறது என்பது யாருக்கும் விளங்கவில்லை.
ஜோத்பூரின் தற்போதைய மஹராஜா கஜ் சிங் (Maharaja Gaj Singh) இந்த சித்திர மர்மத்தை எப்படியாவது விடுவிக்க வேண்டும் என்று எண்ணினார்.
ஆகவே சென்னையைச் சேர்ந்த தொல்லியல் ஆராய்ச்சித் துறை நிபுணரான டாக்டர் ஆர். கண்ணன் அழைக்கப்பட்டார்.
8-7-2004இல் கண்ணன் அங்கு சென்றார். அருங்காட்சியக இயக்குநர் திரு மஹேந்த்ரசிங் நகர் (Mahendra Singh Naggar, Director, Mehrangarh Museum Library) அவரிடம் ஒரு பெரிய சித்திரத்தைக் காண்பித்தார். அது கறுப்பு இந்தியன் இங்கினால் வரையப்பட்டிருந்தது. தேவநாகரி எழுத்துக்கள் அதில் இருந்தன.முற்காலத்தில் இருந்தபடியான கோட்டையின் மேப் -வரைபடம்- அது என முதலில் அனைவரும் கருதினர்.
ஒன்றும் புரியாத நிலையில் கண்ணன் திரும்பினார். மீண்டும் 14-6-2006இல் அங்கு சென்ற கண்ணன் ஒரு வேளை அது வாஸ்து சாஸ்திரத்தின் படி வரையப்பட்ட ஒரு வரைபடமோ என நினைத்தார்.
பின்னர் நன்கு ஆய்வு செய்தபின் அது இந்திய தத்துவத்தின் உச்ச கட்ட தத்துவத்தைக் காட்டும் படம் என்ற முடிவுக்கு வந்தார். சுமார் இருநூறு ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் மேலான பழமையான சித்திரம் என்றும் அவர் கூறினார்.
ஸ்வாமி ஏ.சி.பக்தி வேதாந்த பிரபுபாதானந்தா அவர்கள் எழுதிய பாகவத விரிவுரையின் ஐந்தாம் காண்டத்தைப் படித்த போது அவருக்குப் பொறி தட்டியது. உடனடியாக சித்திர மர்மத்தை அவரால் அவிழ்க்க முடிந்தது.
படத்தில் உள் வட்டத்தை மையமாகக் கொண்டு அதைச் சுற்றி மொத்தம் 14 வட்டங்கள் இருந்தன. இந்த உள்வட்டம் ஜம்பு த்வீபத்தைக் குறிக்கிறது. இதில் உள்ள பகுதி தான் பாரத வர்ஷம்.
இந்த வட்டங்கள் அனைத்தும் பிரபஞ்சத்தின் அமைப்பைச் சுட்டிக் காட்டுகின்றன.
சிசுமார சக்ரம் (Sisumara Chakra) என்ற சக்ரம் விஷ்ணுவின் பிரபஞ்ச வடிவைச் சுட்டிக் காட்டும் ஒரு சக்ரம்.
நமது பூமிக்கு மேல் உள்ள பல உலகங்களையும் வான விந்தைகளையும் பால் வீதி எனப்படும் க்ஷீர சாகரத்த்தையும் ஏராளமான கிரகங்கள் மற்றும் நக்ஷத்திரங்களையும் இது சுட்டிக் காட்டுகிரது.
சிசுமார சக்ரத்தை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட இந்தப் படம் தனித்தன்மை வாய்ந்த ஒன்று. இது போல் ஒரு படம் இதுவரை வேறெங்கும் காணப்படவில்லை.
துர்கா என்பது பெண் சக்தியைக் குறிக்கும். துர்க்கையே அண்ட பிரபஞ்சத்தைக் காத்து வருபவள்.
துர்கா அல்லது துர்கம் என்ற சொல் கோட்டையையும் குறிக்கும் சொல்லாகும்.
இந்த பிரபஞ்சம் ஒரு கோட்டை போல. எல்லா ஆன்மாக்களும் இதில் உள்ளன. விஷ்ணுவின் அருளால் முக்தி அடைந்து விட்டால் இதிலிருந்து ஆன்மாக்கள் வெளியேறலாம்.
இந்தப் படம் தரும் அரிய பெரிய செய்தி இது தான் : உலகில் கண்ணினால் பிரத்தியட்சமாகக் காணப்படும் கோட்டைகள் எல்லாம் மாயையே. கடைசி கடைசியான இறுதி லட்சியம் ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணனே.
இதைத் தான் படம் மூலம் வரைந்து ஜோத்பூர் ராஜாவிற்கு அந்தக் கால ஆன்மீக மகான்கள் உணர்த்தியுள்ளனர். இது உயரிய ஆன்மீக நாகரிகத்தைச் சுட்டிக் காட்டும் அரிய படம்.
இப்படி நிர்ணயித்த கண்ணன் அதை மஹாராஜா கஜ சிங்கிற்குத் தெரிவிக்க அவர் மிகுந்த சந்தோஷம் அடைந்தார்.
இதை அப்படியே அருங்காட்சியக வெளியீடாகப் படங்களுடன் வெளியிட வேண்டும் என அவர் நினைத்தார்.
ஆகவே 2008ஆம் ஆண்டு Unravelling The Mysterious Diagram In the Form of Chakras (Sacred Circles) In Mehrangarh Fort. Jodhpur என்ற புத்தகத்தை டாக்டர் ஆர். கண்ணன் எழுதி வெளியிட்டார்.
114 பக்கங்கள் உள்ள இந்த அரிய புத்தகம் Maharaja Mansingh Pustak Prakash Research Centre, Mehrangar Museum Trust, Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Ph :0291 – 2541447) மியூஸியம் டிரஸ்டின் வெளியீடாக வந்துள்ளது.
ஏராளமான படங்கள் உள்ள இந்த விளக்கப் புத்தகம் டாக்டர் ஆர். கண்ணனின் அரிய ஆராய்ச்சியின் வெளிப்பாடு.
டாக்டர் கண்ணனுக்கு நமது பாராட்டுக்கள்.
இதை எழுதுகின்ற போது இன்னும் ஒரு சித்திரம் நமக்கு நினைவிற்கு வருகிறது.
மதுரை மீனாட்சியம்மன் கோவில் திருக்கல்யாண மண்டபத்தில் பெரிய படம் ஒன்று உள்ளது. பிரம்மாண்டமான படம்.
இதை அந்தக் காலத்தில் (சுமார் 60 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்னர்) பூகோளம் ககோளம் காட்டும் படம் என்று சொல்லப்படுவதைக் கேட்டு சிறுவர்களான நாங்கள் விழிப்போம்.
இதை உரிய ஆராய்ச்சி செய்தால் அரிய விஷயங்கள் வெளிப்படலாம்.
டாக்டர் கண்ணன் போன்ற நிபுணர்கள் முன் வந்தால் இன்னும் ஒரு பெரிய ரகசியம் வெளிப்படலாம்.
பாரத வர்ஷத்தின் அரிய செல்வங்களைப் பாதுகாப்போம்; அவற்றின் பெருமையை உலகிற்குப் பறை சாற்றுவோம்.
Bridegroom ran away on Wedding Day! Bride became a Saint! (Post No.7452)
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Jainism has beautiful stories highlighting Ahimsa (non violence) and sacrifice. They have women with exemplary character and one of them was Rajimati.
Hinduism appealed to Vedic believers.
Buddhism appealed to Kshatria warriors; and
Jainism appealed to Vaisya business community.
Here is a story of Saint Neminatha who was cousin of Lord Krishna, and lived probably around 3200 BCE. He was the 22nd Tirthankara and so must have lived before 6th century BCE. Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism was a contemporary of Buddha (sixth century BCE).
Chastity amongst women and faithfulness on the part of a wife towards her husband, even when the marriage rite has not taken place and she is only a ‘vaag dattaa’ – betrothed—is the highest ideal of Indian womanhood and Jainism made no exceptions.
An ideal woman of this type was Raajiimatii, the wife of the twenty second tirthankara Neminaatha, a cousin of Lord Krishna. When his marriage procession was on its way towards the marriage pavilion, Neminatha, the bridegroom saw a number of animals caged in a pen situated on the way. Upon enquiry he learnt that they were to be killed for serving the groom’s party with meat. Alarmed at the thought of impending large scale animal slaughter on his account, Neminatha immediately stopped it and turned his mind away from this world, which involved such sins of killing and entered the life of a monk.
Rajimati followed the footsteps of her husband and joined the ascetic order. Once while Neminatha and his brother Rathanemi and Rajimati were practising penance on the same mountain – Girnar – Rathanemi lost self- control and was attracted towards his sister in law. But Rajimati boldly resisted and baffled his attempts by telling him that he was preparing to drink from the vomit of another.
The theme of Rathanemi and Rajimati also forms the subject of a very old and beautiful ballad in the Jaina canonical text – Uttaraadhyayana Sutra– which shows from very early times she was held an ideal of chastity.
(Neminatha is revered and worshipped by the Jains along with Mahavira and Parswanatha through out India. Neminatha has shrines in many places. In ancient Tamil Nadu the tallest statue was Neminatha in a village called Tirumalai. It is 52 feet tall)
WE must include such stories in School syllabus and encourage students to do more research into the historicity of all religious personalities.
Let us salute the great Saints Neminatha and Rajimati!
Source book – Great Women of India, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, 1953
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You can’t beat Texas ! a supercilious and wealthy new yorker asked the desk clerk in his hotel if there were not a card game which he could get into.
There is a poker game going on in room number 600, said the clerk, but you would better look out. They play for mighty high stakes.
The New Yorker sniffed at the implication and went to seek the game. Entering the room he found a table surrounded by grim faced, flinty eyed Texans, methodically sorting and handling their cards. Stepping up brashly the new yorker drew out a hundred dollar bill from his pocket and threw it on the table, saying,
“I hear you boys play for big money. Well, give me chips for that”.
No one said a word. The dealer motioned him to a chair, looked him coldly in the eye and deliberately pushed across the table at him – one white chip.
((White chips normally are worth between $0.50 and $1, (at times grey, blue, and red chips may be worth this amount, as well)).
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King and Knave
Horne Took, the sly wit, being asked by George III, whether he played at cards, replied,
“I cannot, Your Majesty, tell a king from a knave”.
(KNAVE- a dishonest, unscrupulous man; in card game- a Jack)
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Quick Exit
A bridge expert was being harassed by many questions from the hopeful bridge player.
And do tell me, Mr Jacoby, how would you have played the hand, under the same circumstances.
Under an assumed name, Madam, said Jacoby tersely, and made a quick exit.
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Three enemies
Dr Parr was a constant and conscientious whist player. Nothing annoyed him more than to have as his partner one who could not match his skill at the game. One evening he was coupled with just such a player. As the evening wore on, he became increasingly disgusted. When his hostess came to the table and asked how the game was going Dr Parr exploded,
“As well as could be expected, Madam , considering that I have three adversaries”.
(noun: whist
a card game, usually for two pairs of players, in which points are scored according to the number of tricks won.)
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The following is without doubt a is a nice description of a ‘friendly’ game of bridge:
The old quarrel between North and South has spread out to include East and West, and is now called contract bridge