Things as They Are

You think you know us; you know nothing at all about us" and the old eyes peer intently into yours, and the old head shakes and he smiles to himself as he moves off. Every bit of this picture is suggestive: the closed door behind, only a Brahman may open that door; the mythological carving, only a Brahman has the right to understand it; the three skein cord, only a Brahman may touch it.