Junk food and health problems

We live in a fast moving world, as the end result of industrialization, modernization and globalization. There is so much of buzz happening around, which keeps us puzzled, flabbergasted, shocked, surprised with a ‘wow’ feeling, pushing us into a world of fantasies. In order to cope with the fast moving world, we automatically, rather willfully got adapted to the new, lifestyle, trends, fashion, culture, innovation, shopping styles, gadgets, technology and food culture that the modern world offers. We follow them that we shall not be left behind in this race; we shall not be looked down and be termed as ‘aboriginals’. We always love to be perceived modern and fully updated with what modern world can offer us. 

“Great preachers are not great doers”

Absolutely, there is no skepticism that the current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is one of the greatest preachers that the Independent India has ever seen. Bharathiya Janatha Party has been greatly indebted to Narendra Modi’s rhetoric skills for its great victory in 2014 general election. After Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi was the only prime minister who gave a marathon speech, which lasted for 65 minutes, without the aid of a paper or teleprompter, on Independence Day at the Red Fort in 2014, which was his first independence speech as the Prime Minister of India. 

It's okay being late - a lesson learnt on the day of my wedding

How it would sound, the thing you hate the most happening on your big day? Being a man of punctuality, i expect others to be punctual. Though it was not intentional, on the day of our wedding my life partner taught me that it is okay being late sometimes.

The marriage of my twin brother and I was scheduled on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 10.30 am. My brother's bride reached before time from her place, which was 24 kms away from the Church. As one bride and the party came, 9 priests who came to officiate the wedding went to the sacristy at 10.25 am to vest the vestments not knowing that the second bride and the party had not reached yet. 

Get him married to a girl to be responsible

When a man, in his youth, becomes prodigal and irresponsible, living a life totally against the wish of his parents and societal commitments, as a last remedy, the parents from Indian conservative society will decide to get him married to a girl. The parents believe that once a girl comes to his life, he will become moral, modest and responsible. The girl is believed to play vital and inspiring roles in his life, giving an option either to perish completely or to come back to life as a responsible person, learning his lessons in the hard ways.

It’s not 7, but only 6 sacraments for women in Catholic Church; Ordination being insinuated only for men

Catholic Church has always been criticized for being patriarchal in nature, where women (nuns) hardly get any role to play in its administrative positions. Catholic Church can satirically be defined as; Church of the men, for the men and by the men, where men (priests) enjoy all the powers and privileges. Church expects the women to play the role of ‘Pious Women’ as narrated in the Holy Bible, remaining in prayers, contemplation, obedience, and performing the designated domestic and social roles. 

The ex-seminarian factor providing more weightage in marriage market???

Though there are dozens of parameters that are considered on high priority when it comes to arranged marriages, character gets precedence along with family background, educational qualification and profession of the bride-groom. The character is not so easily discernible and visible like the latter at a given point of time.

There are investigative techniques used by the girl's family to examine where the potential bridge-groom is coming from, about his family, his parents, siblings, educational background, financial stability, profession, designation and how much salary he draws. Their findings are based on facts and physical evidences, which are available right in front of them.

Falling short of 2 turns to complete quarter century in official girl-meetings

It has been perceived that arranged marriage is always a difficult affair compared to love marriage. For arranged marriage everything has to get meticulously arranged even bride and bridegroom, whereas in love marriage, with love everything gets automatically arranged.

In the current cultural, economical, social, religious, and political background, arranged marriage has been a very hot affair. Now the trend is love cum arranged marriage. In arranged marriage, the potential bridegroom has to do his home works, which include sending 'request' and 'like' on matrimonial sites based on the received and accepted requests and has to go to the girl's home for official girl-meeting. Mine had been a marathon girl-meeting spanning over two years, touching the number 23.

Family: - Truly a Heaven on earth

Family is the supreme abode of all the virtues, perhaps love and mercy are the two virtues that decorate all other virtues and make the house the best place to live in. Love and mercy can be said as the two sides of one coin, which is complimenting each other and without the other one can’t exist. At home, mother is the epitome of love and mercy, out of her fragrance of love and mercy; the virtues are getting spread in the family. The inculcation of all these virtues and values are happening from the family in the early childhood of a person, and make a person, human being with sympathy and empathy. 

Solar - Saritha episodes – a chronicle believed to be have a plot and written in a context

It is said that nothing happens in a vacuum, in order to occur something there should be clear framework in a given time and space. Though my political inclination has been for the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDF), in the wake of series of Solar – Saritha episodes, I, being a common man of the state, am forced to believe that the whole solar scam centered on Saritha S. Nair is a chronicle that is believed to be have a clear plot and written in the political context of the state.

"Don't be tensed" wish - keeps you tensed actually

Prior to major milestones in life like examination, final match, driving test or delivery, generally people wish their dear and near one with Best Wishes, Good Luck or Prayers to boost their morale so that they would achieve the target with ease.

But when it comes to such wishing Malayalis act very peculiar and that is deep there in their DNA. Instead of wishing Best Wishes, Good Luck or Prayers of the heart, typical Malayalis would say "Don't be tensed," and "Hope you are not scared."