{"id":4282,"date":"2007-03-27T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=4282"},"modified":"2007-03-27T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T11:22:21","slug":"this_will_never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/27\/this_will_never\/","title":{"rendered":"This will never sell in Thirunelveli"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an earlier thread, reader Sadaiyappan reminds us of the reverence with which many cultures in India regard paper and books:<\/p>\n\n

Ok, I’m a tamil. Tamils were raised to respect paper because you get education through paper and all legal documents are of paper, if my foot accidentally touches a paper, I must touch the paper with my hands and then touch my eyes much like I am praying \/ being blessed. So we are not supposed to use paper to wipe our ass because it is disrespectfull to the paper… [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Sheep poo paper, complete with flecks!<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table>Here’s a question though – how would traditional desis deal with paper made from animal dung? \n

The Elephant Poo Poo Paper company makes stationery and related goods out of dried, odorless elephant shit:<\/p>\n\n
We can make about 25 large sheets of paper from a single piece (or turd) of elephant poo poo!!! That translates into about 10 standard sized journals including the front and back covers! Neat, huh!?!?!?… [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

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There is also paper made from Moose Droppings<\/a> (site in Swedish), Sheep Droppings<\/a>, and even Panda droppings<\/a>. Yeah, I can’t see this going over in India at all … <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an earlier thread, reader Sadaiyappan reminds us of the reverence with which many cultures in India regard paper and books: Ok, I’m a tamil. Tamils were raised to respect paper because you get education through paper and all legal … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}