Thursday, April 27, 2006
fascination of hindu number system
I. The Concept of Zero The concept of zero came from the revered Hindu sages in Vedic times thousands of years ago. Without the concept of zero the binary system is blind. No counting, no commerce or no computer business. The earliest documented date was found in todays Gujarat [BC 585-586] in an inscription on Sankedia copper plate. In BrahamaphutaSiddhanta of Brahamagupta (7th century CE), zero was lucidly explained. Muslim invaders from Central Asia crossing the Hindukush mountain ranges invaded Bharat 1300 years ago and plundered its beauty, riches, books, thrones and what not. They plagued the holy land with sword, loot, arson and rape and destroyed and ravaged the whole land in the name of jehad and Allah. There was no Steven Spielberg (Schindlers List) like cinema director who could document this sordid past of our history. There was no patent system at that time. Might was right. They considered those substances of robbery maal-e-ganimat (booty looted from kafirs to be distributed among themselves and friends of theirs) and thus inculcated those invaluable theorems of mathematics, astronomy and geometry in Arabic books in around 770-1200 CE. From there, those extraordinary concepts were carried to Spanish Europe in the 8th century. However the concept of zero was referred to as shunya in the early Sanskrit texts of the 4th century BC and was clearly explained in Pingalas Chand Sutra of the 2nd century too. II. The Contribution to Astronomy Hindu sages told modern scientists how to map the sky in terms of glaring stars almost 4000 years ago. Copernicus published his theory of revolution of the Earth around the Sun in 1543 AD only. But our Aryabhatta in the 5th century had stated that the Earth revolves around the Sun in these specific words: Just as a person boarding on a boat feels that the trees on the banks are moving, people on the revolving earth also feel that the sun is moving. Such illustrious teaching of astronomy was rarely seen in the contemporary writings of the Greek astronomers. In his Aryabhatteem, he clearly stated that our Earth was round and it rotated on its own axis, orbited the Sun and was suspended in the space. It also explained that the lunar and solar eclipses occurred by the interplay of the shadows of the Sun, the Moon and the Earth. III. The Law of Gravity The Law of Gravity was known to the ancient Hindu astronomer Bhaskaracharya. In his Surya Siddhanta he noted: Objects fall on the Earth due to force of attraction of the Earth. Therefore, the Earth, planets, constellations, the Moon, and the Sun are all held in the galaxy due to this great cosmic attraction. It was in 16871200 years laterthat Sir Isaac Newton discovered (re-discovered?) the Law of Gravity, which was already invented by the greatest Hindu astronomer Bhaskaracharya, of course which was written in the holiest language, Sanskrit. IV. The Invention of Trikonmiti The word geometry seems to have emerged from the Sanskrit word gyaamiti, which means measuring the Earth. And the word trigonometry is similar to trikonmiti meaning measuring triangular forms. Euclid was famous for the invention of geometry in 300 BC whilst the concept of trikonmiti had emerged in 1000 BC in Bharat. It is evident lucidly from todays practice of making fire alters (at homagni kshetra) in different shapes, e.g., round, triangular, hexagonal, pentagonal, square and rectangular. It was part and parcel of daily pujas and homagnis in ancient times. The treatise of Surya Siddhanta (4th century) described in fascinating details about trigonometry, which was introduced in Europe by Briggs 1200 years later in the 16th century. V. The Invention of Infinity The value of Pi was first invented by the ancient sages of Bharat. The ratio of circumference and diameter of a circle is known as Pi which gives its value as 3.14592657932... The old Sanskrit text Baudhayna Sulbha Sutra of the 6th century BC mentioned that above-mentioned ratio as approximately equalled to that of Aryabhattas ratio [in 499 BC] worked out the value of Pi to the fourth decimal place as [3x (177/1250) = 3.1416]. Many centuries later, in 825 AD, Arab mathematician, Mohammed Ibn Musa admitted: This value of Pi was given by the Hindus (62832/20,000 = 3.1416). VI. Baudhaynas Sulbha Sutra versus Pythagorass Theorem The famous Pythagorass theorem states: The square of the hypotenuse angled triangle equals to the sum of the two sides. This theorem was actually discovered by Euclid in 300 BC but Greek writers attributed this to Pythagoras. But the irony of fate is that our so-called intellectuals (indeed Macaulays sons who have forgotten their old but rich and glorious ancient Hindu heritage) had also accepted that theorem as a contribution of Pythagoras. They never read or tried to know that Baudhaynas Sulbha Sutra which has been existing for many thousands of years (written in the Sanskrit) had already described lucidly the theorem as follows: The area produced by the diagonal of a rectangle is equal to the sum of the area produced by it on two sides. VII. The Measurement of Time or Time Scale In Surya Siddhanta, Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the Earth to revolve around the Sun up to the 9th decimal place. According to Bhaskaracharyas calculation it is 365.258756484 days. Modern scientist accepted a value of the same time as 365.2596 days. The difference between the two observations made by ancient Hindu sage Bhaskaracharya just by using his super brain (in the 4th century AD) and todays NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Agency) scientists of America by using super computer (in the 20th century AD) is only 0.00085, i.e., 0.0002 per cent of difference. The ancient Bharatbhoomi had given the world the idea of the smallest and largest measuring units of Time. In modern time, only Stephen Hockings, Cambridge University Professor of theoretical physics, had the courage to venture into the abysmal depth of the eternity of Time. Astonishingly, our ancient sages taught us the following units of time:
Krati =34,000th of a second
Truti =300th of a second
2 Truti =1 Luv
2 Luv = 1 Kshana
30 Kshana =1 Vipal
60 Vipal = 1 Pal
60 Pal = 1 Ghadi (=24 Minutes)
2.5 Ghadi = 1 Hora (=1 Hour)
24 Hora = 1 Divas (1 Day)
7 Divas = 1 Saptah (1 Week)
4 Saptah = 1 Maas (1 Month)
2 Maas = 1 Ritu (1 Season)
6 Ritu = 1 Varsha (1 Year)
100 Varsha = 1 Satabda (1 Century)
10 Shatabda = 1 Saharabda
432 Saharabda = 1Yug(Kali Yuga))
2 Yuga = 1 Dwapar Yuga
3 Yuga = 1 Treta Yuga
4 Yuga = Kruta Yuga
10 Yuga = 1 Maha Yuga (4,320,000)
1000 Maha Yuga = 1 Kalpa
1 Kalpa = 4.32 Billion Years.
Therefore, the lowest was 34,000th of a second known as krati and the highest of the measurement of the Time was known as kalpa, which equalled to 4.32 billion years. Is it not amazing? Are you not feeling proud to be a Hindu descendent? Swami Vivekananda, the modern sage of Bharat, stated in his famous sermons compiled in his Rousing Call to the Hindu Nation, Take pride in Hinduism; pronounce yourselves as a descendant of a Hindu. Boast to be a Hindu and give a clarion call to rouse the Hindu nation from its lethargy and slumber. VIII. The Invention of Decimal System It was the ancient Bharatbhoomi that gave us the ingenious methods of expressing all the numbers by means of 10 symbols (decimal systems)an invaluable and gorgeous idea that escaped the genius of Archimedes and Apollonius, two of the greatest Greek philosophers and mathematician produced by antiquity (100-130BC). The highest prefix used for raising 10 to the power in todays mathematics is D for 1030 (for Greek Deca).While as early as 100 BC Hindu mathematicians had exact names for figures up to 1053. a. Ekam = 1 b. Dashkam = 10 (101) c. 1 Shatam = 100 (102) d. 10 Shatam = 1 Shahashram = 1000 (103) e. 10 Dash Shahashram = 10,000 (104) f. Laksha = 100,000 (105) g. Dash Laksha = 10,00,000 (106) h. Kotihi = 10, 00, 0000 (107) i. Ayutam = 100,000,000 (109) j. Niyutam = 100,000,000,000 (1011) k. Kankaram = 10,000,000,000,000 (1013) l. Vivaram = 10,000,000,000,000,000 (1016) m. Pararadahaa = 1017 n. Nivahata = 1019 o. Utsangaha = 1021 p. Bahulam = 1023 q. Naagbaalaha = 1025 r. Titlambam = 1027 s. Vyavasthaanapragnaptihi = 1029 t. Hetuhellam = 1031 u. Karahuhu = 1033 v. Hetvindreeyam = 1035 w. Sampaata Lambhaha = 1037 x. Gananaagatihi = 1039 y. Niravadyam = 1041 z. Mudraabalam = 1043 aa. Saraabalam = 1045 ab. Vishamagnagatihi = 1047 ac. Sarvagnaha = 1049 ad. Vibhutangaama = 1051 ae. Tallakshanaam = 1053 Is it not amazing to know that the ancient Hindu sages used to remember them just by using their outstanding memory power or was there some super computer known to them also, which we are quite unaware of? In Anuyogadwar Sutra, written 100 BC, one numeral had been shown to be raised to as high as 10140 which is beyond our outmost stretches of imagination. All of our remaining hidden treasures, which had not been destroyed or stolen by the foreign mercenaries and invaders, were written in Sanskrit, mother of all languages, which should be revived. It is our legacy to inherit such rich property that our forefather had left for us by their meticulous observations over thousands of years ago. All hidden treasures are written in Sanskrit, which we are quite ignorant of and our so-called Macaulays sons are trying their best to prevent us from knowing about our glorious past. Sir Monier-Williams rightly said: Hindus are perhaps the only nation, except the Greeks, who have investigated independently and in true scientific manner, the general laws that govern the evolution of languages. There was no patent system at that time. Might was right. They considered those substances of robbery maal-e-ganimat (booty looted from kafirs to be distributed among themselves and friends of theirs) and thus inculcated those invaluable theorems of mathematics, astronomy and geometry in Arabic books in around 770-1200 CE. More than this, the Hindus had made considerable advances in astronomy, algebra, arithmetics, botany and medicine, not to mention their superiority in grammar, long before some of these sciences were cultivated by the most ancient nations of Europe. Indeed, Hindus were Spinozists 2000 years before the birth of Spinoza, Darwinians many centuries before the birth of Darwin, and evolutionists, centuries before the doctrine of evolution had been accepted by Aldus Huxleys of our times, and before any word like evolution existed in any language in this world. We should take a vow to work together to search those hidden treasures out, propagate the notion that Sanskrit is not a dead language. Sanskrit is the elite of the elitist, classic of the classics and it should be revived once again. We will again sit in the seat of the world assembly with our head held high and with pride. I would like to draw the final touch with the quotation from Swami Vivekananda, I do not see into the future nor do I care to see. But one vision I see clear as life before me, that the ancient Mother has awakened once more sitting on her throne rejuvenated, more glorious than ever. Proclaim her to all the world with the voice of peace and benediction. (The writer is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal,
Krati =34,000th of a second
Truti =300th of a second
2 Truti =1 Luv
2 Luv = 1 Kshana
30 Kshana =1 Vipal
60 Vipal = 1 Pal
60 Pal = 1 Ghadi (=24 Minutes)
2.5 Ghadi = 1 Hora (=1 Hour)
24 Hora = 1 Divas (1 Day)
7 Divas = 1 Saptah (1 Week)
4 Saptah = 1 Maas (1 Month)
2 Maas = 1 Ritu (1 Season)
6 Ritu = 1 Varsha (1 Year)
100 Varsha = 1 Satabda (1 Century)
10 Shatabda = 1 Saharabda
432 Saharabda = 1Yug(Kali Yuga))
2 Yuga = 1 Dwapar Yuga
3 Yuga = 1 Treta Yuga
4 Yuga = Kruta Yuga
10 Yuga = 1 Maha Yuga (4,320,000)
1000 Maha Yuga = 1 Kalpa
1 Kalpa = 4.32 Billion Years.
Therefore, the lowest was 34,000th of a second known as krati and the highest of the measurement of the Time was known as kalpa, which equalled to 4.32 billion years. Is it not amazing? Are you not feeling proud to be a Hindu descendent? Swami Vivekananda, the modern sage of Bharat, stated in his famous sermons compiled in his Rousing Call to the Hindu Nation, Take pride in Hinduism; pronounce yourselves as a descendant of a Hindu. Boast to be a Hindu and give a clarion call to rouse the Hindu nation from its lethargy and slumber. VIII. The Invention of Decimal System It was the ancient Bharatbhoomi that gave us the ingenious methods of expressing all the numbers by means of 10 symbols (decimal systems)an invaluable and gorgeous idea that escaped the genius of Archimedes and Apollonius, two of the greatest Greek philosophers and mathematician produced by antiquity (100-130BC). The highest prefix used for raising 10 to the power in todays mathematics is D for 1030 (for Greek Deca).While as early as 100 BC Hindu mathematicians had exact names for figures up to 1053. a. Ekam = 1 b. Dashkam = 10 (101) c. 1 Shatam = 100 (102) d. 10 Shatam = 1 Shahashram = 1000 (103) e. 10 Dash Shahashram = 10,000 (104) f. Laksha = 100,000 (105) g. Dash Laksha = 10,00,000 (106) h. Kotihi = 10, 00, 0000 (107) i. Ayutam = 100,000,000 (109) j. Niyutam = 100,000,000,000 (1011) k. Kankaram = 10,000,000,000,000 (1013) l. Vivaram = 10,000,000,000,000,000 (1016) m. Pararadahaa = 1017 n. Nivahata = 1019 o. Utsangaha = 1021 p. Bahulam = 1023 q. Naagbaalaha = 1025 r. Titlambam = 1027 s. Vyavasthaanapragnaptihi = 1029 t. Hetuhellam = 1031 u. Karahuhu = 1033 v. Hetvindreeyam = 1035 w. Sampaata Lambhaha = 1037 x. Gananaagatihi = 1039 y. Niravadyam = 1041 z. Mudraabalam = 1043 aa. Saraabalam = 1045 ab. Vishamagnagatihi = 1047 ac. Sarvagnaha = 1049 ad. Vibhutangaama = 1051 ae. Tallakshanaam = 1053 Is it not amazing to know that the ancient Hindu sages used to remember them just by using their outstanding memory power or was there some super computer known to them also, which we are quite unaware of? In Anuyogadwar Sutra, written 100 BC, one numeral had been shown to be raised to as high as 10140 which is beyond our outmost stretches of imagination. All of our remaining hidden treasures, which had not been destroyed or stolen by the foreign mercenaries and invaders, were written in Sanskrit, mother of all languages, which should be revived. It is our legacy to inherit such rich property that our forefather had left for us by their meticulous observations over thousands of years ago. All hidden treasures are written in Sanskrit, which we are quite ignorant of and our so-called Macaulays sons are trying their best to prevent us from knowing about our glorious past. Sir Monier-Williams rightly said: Hindus are perhaps the only nation, except the Greeks, who have investigated independently and in true scientific manner, the general laws that govern the evolution of languages. There was no patent system at that time. Might was right. They considered those substances of robbery maal-e-ganimat (booty looted from kafirs to be distributed among themselves and friends of theirs) and thus inculcated those invaluable theorems of mathematics, astronomy and geometry in Arabic books in around 770-1200 CE. More than this, the Hindus had made considerable advances in astronomy, algebra, arithmetics, botany and medicine, not to mention their superiority in grammar, long before some of these sciences were cultivated by the most ancient nations of Europe. Indeed, Hindus were Spinozists 2000 years before the birth of Spinoza, Darwinians many centuries before the birth of Darwin, and evolutionists, centuries before the doctrine of evolution had been accepted by Aldus Huxleys of our times, and before any word like evolution existed in any language in this world. We should take a vow to work together to search those hidden treasures out, propagate the notion that Sanskrit is not a dead language. Sanskrit is the elite of the elitist, classic of the classics and it should be revived once again. We will again sit in the seat of the world assembly with our head held high and with pride. I would like to draw the final touch with the quotation from Swami Vivekananda, I do not see into the future nor do I care to see. But one vision I see clear as life before me, that the ancient Mother has awakened once more sitting on her throne rejuvenated, more glorious than ever. Proclaim her to all the world with the voice of peace and benediction. (The writer is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal,
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
SHANGHAI, MUMBAI and VILAYAT
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Shanghai, Mumbai and Vilayat.
Sala Mumbai ko kya Shanghai banayega? If one needs to find beefy bullshitting politicians there are pockets full in India. These gutka chewing, tobacco chewing, pan chewing till bedtime politicians need to improve their habits to set a good example to the public.
It seems we Asians (including many other immigrants) are gods chosen people to create shi*hole and a dump of a place where ever we live. Yes that very much seems the case in London and many other cities of Great Britain and Europe. We have made an asshole of the law and freedom, we never enjoyed back in our own countries. Wearing of traditional clothing or foods related to religious requirements or not taking part in school’s sports activities and refusing to take part in other’s faith activities.
How about the Green Code? What the hell is that? Never use the zebra crossings; never use the pelican crossings, the green man do not matter, the yellow boxes has any real purpose. Don’t give a damn about left, right turn signs or one is free to make three point turns on a busy high street. Sorry officer we are Sikhs, not allowed to wear “helmets” so on and so forth.
Rubbish. What rubbish? Plastic bags, paper bags, take away packs and all sorts of litter. Don’t have to use bins. That is the job of the road sweeper. Chewing gum on every slab of the pavement and PAN SPIT (one of the filthiest habits and TB on the rise) on every available corner. Years of deep heavy cough brings out thick greenish gooey expectoration, tactfully placed on the tongue and shot out at bullet speed from the car window. Lands on some unlucky lucky riders visor. Did I say we create a shi*hole of every place we live in? That is exactly it
What about the work place? To hell with the health and safety act coz that is for the white people only. Keep the work place neat and safe looking when ever there is an inspection, as soon as the inspector turns his back all back to normal. All probably done in fear of losing a job. Kind of blackmail? (APNA foreman) known for using abusing ass kicking slave treating their own type. A white man is still someone who can’t be told off if he is at fault. (Look in at a black, brown or yellow direction and yell loudly to tell off a white man) Pay your own types lower than a white at par.
We also have specialised and mastered criminal activities according to race and creed. E.G . Drugs and gun crime is a speciality of some. Drugs, guns, terror and prostitution for the other group. Some are criminally professional at white collar crime. Car break-in, house break-in and muggings you name it and we do it.
There are so many ways of draining the National Funds. Get registered as disabled where in reality being fit as a bull, (must be good thespians or the G.P.s are blind as bats and thick as two planks) and working illegally. False insurance claims faked up stolen cars, damage to properties, road side injuries, travel and if one has an extra fart try to claim health insurance too. List is endless.
Social ills are endless too. Some can’t get rid of the dowry system. A bride is still regarded as property in her new household, with a right to use and abuse her in every way according to each member’s volition. Equal rights law in this country has been made a mockery of. (The whites have f**ked it up too) Having polygamous relationship on religious bases, discarding them as worn clothes, or even goes as far as killing our own daughters, sisters or cousins are all part of our so called civilised cultures.
Last but not least, the white community has played a part too in shaping the immigrant community of today. They haven’t been the angels right from start same as the immigrants have not been the devils either. Both are to blame, but the immigrant community has to take the blame for all the evils of their respective social ills and stop pointing fingers at others. Without interfering into other’s cultures we have to learn to carry on and live and if the white community has any resentment towards the guest immigrant cultures, they have to look and search their own backyard too. At least I have searched mine.
Shanghai, Mumbai and Vilayat.
Sala Mumbai ko kya Shanghai banayega? If one needs to find beefy bullshitting politicians there are pockets full in India. These gutka chewing, tobacco chewing, pan chewing till bedtime politicians need to improve their habits to set a good example to the public.
It seems we Asians (including many other immigrants) are gods chosen people to create shi*hole and a dump of a place where ever we live. Yes that very much seems the case in London and many other cities of Great Britain and Europe. We have made an asshole of the law and freedom, we never enjoyed back in our own countries. Wearing of traditional clothing or foods related to religious requirements or not taking part in school’s sports activities and refusing to take part in other’s faith activities.
How about the Green Code? What the hell is that? Never use the zebra crossings; never use the pelican crossings, the green man do not matter, the yellow boxes has any real purpose. Don’t give a damn about left, right turn signs or one is free to make three point turns on a busy high street. Sorry officer we are Sikhs, not allowed to wear “helmets” so on and so forth.
Rubbish. What rubbish? Plastic bags, paper bags, take away packs and all sorts of litter. Don’t have to use bins. That is the job of the road sweeper. Chewing gum on every slab of the pavement and PAN SPIT (one of the filthiest habits and TB on the rise) on every available corner. Years of deep heavy cough brings out thick greenish gooey expectoration, tactfully placed on the tongue and shot out at bullet speed from the car window. Lands on some unlucky lucky riders visor. Did I say we create a shi*hole of every place we live in? That is exactly it
What about the work place? To hell with the health and safety act coz that is for the white people only. Keep the work place neat and safe looking when ever there is an inspection, as soon as the inspector turns his back all back to normal. All probably done in fear of losing a job. Kind of blackmail? (APNA foreman) known for using abusing ass kicking slave treating their own type. A white man is still someone who can’t be told off if he is at fault. (Look in at a black, brown or yellow direction and yell loudly to tell off a white man) Pay your own types lower than a white at par.
We also have specialised and mastered criminal activities according to race and creed. E.G . Drugs and gun crime is a speciality of some. Drugs, guns, terror and prostitution for the other group. Some are criminally professional at white collar crime. Car break-in, house break-in and muggings you name it and we do it.
There are so many ways of draining the National Funds. Get registered as disabled where in reality being fit as a bull, (must be good thespians or the G.P.s are blind as bats and thick as two planks) and working illegally. False insurance claims faked up stolen cars, damage to properties, road side injuries, travel and if one has an extra fart try to claim health insurance too. List is endless.
Social ills are endless too. Some can’t get rid of the dowry system. A bride is still regarded as property in her new household, with a right to use and abuse her in every way according to each member’s volition. Equal rights law in this country has been made a mockery of. (The whites have f**ked it up too) Having polygamous relationship on religious bases, discarding them as worn clothes, or even goes as far as killing our own daughters, sisters or cousins are all part of our so called civilised cultures.
Last but not least, the white community has played a part too in shaping the immigrant community of today. They haven’t been the angels right from start same as the immigrants have not been the devils either. Both are to blame, but the immigrant community has to take the blame for all the evils of their respective social ills and stop pointing fingers at others. Without interfering into other’s cultures we have to learn to carry on and live and if the white community has any resentment towards the guest immigrant cultures, they have to look and search their own backyard too. At least I have searched mine.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Stupid or what ?
I had begun to write another blog , done a lot of writing and one silly mistake had it all deleted. Bloody machines ....yes blame the machines , we made them did we not ? So they are bound to fail s'times .
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
CULTURES APART , SILENT TEARS
I remember attending a community debate on " Love and Arranged marriages" ( a very first and the last one ) . A very long time has passed since then and many parents and the youth who attended the meet may even see now, what was said then is so very true today . The problems that Gujarati community face are very complex in nature specially when it comes to finding a life partner for their kids. Many of the kids are second and third generation born in British culture and very well adopted to it too .
Educationally, girls have faired better than the boys , both have done well in the employment field and have made them financially better off than the hosts. Long gone are the times when we as parents had control of their lives . Coming back to the question of marriage , even this process have changed a lot where mainly the boys and girls both have had it their way, side lining the parents in many ways ( money is no problem ). The so called independence and freedom has played a greater role in shaping the lives of our kids of the day, which is a worrying factor for many parents. There are so many cases of divorces in very early stages of marriages, engagements being nullified and even weddings being called off right on the last day.
All does not end there, we are still stuck up in a cultural and caste boundries ( although many are coming out ) we still find it difficult to come to terms when a member of the family finds a partner out side of our own . We all have limits to what we could or could not allow our kids to cross the boundries we draw for them and what is wrong in that ?
What is wrong in sticking to one's own culture ?
How many girls of our community ( think of your own respective community ) have not been heard of or disappeared completely( perhaps ended up in pakistan ? ) who had relationship with muslims . ( pakistanis )
How many girls in our community do we know who have ended up with a few kids and left helpless by blacks ?
Is this blind love or cultural onslaught with mal intent ?
I am not saying that relationships will always work with in the same community , but exploitation by other cultures is what we all frown upon, be it blacks,browns or whites.
Girls and boys will have to learn to look at situations in a different perspestive. There is nothing wrong in engaging with different cultures as long as it has no mal intent. We as Indians have carved a good position in every country that we made our home and that is because of our culture. It is the good of a culture that one should adopt, be it from any where.
Selfishness and arrogance is not the answer, if one choses to live in a family unit , there are rules of a family too and one has to abide by them rules. Respect and understanding is all parents ask for, nothing more . I strongly think parents do deserve at least that much .
Educationally, girls have faired better than the boys , both have done well in the employment field and have made them financially better off than the hosts. Long gone are the times when we as parents had control of their lives . Coming back to the question of marriage , even this process have changed a lot where mainly the boys and girls both have had it their way, side lining the parents in many ways ( money is no problem ). The so called independence and freedom has played a greater role in shaping the lives of our kids of the day, which is a worrying factor for many parents. There are so many cases of divorces in very early stages of marriages, engagements being nullified and even weddings being called off right on the last day.
All does not end there, we are still stuck up in a cultural and caste boundries ( although many are coming out ) we still find it difficult to come to terms when a member of the family finds a partner out side of our own . We all have limits to what we could or could not allow our kids to cross the boundries we draw for them and what is wrong in that ?
What is wrong in sticking to one's own culture ?
How many girls of our community ( think of your own respective community ) have not been heard of or disappeared completely( perhaps ended up in pakistan ? ) who had relationship with muslims . ( pakistanis )
How many girls in our community do we know who have ended up with a few kids and left helpless by blacks ?
Is this blind love or cultural onslaught with mal intent ?
I am not saying that relationships will always work with in the same community , but exploitation by other cultures is what we all frown upon, be it blacks,browns or whites.
Girls and boys will have to learn to look at situations in a different perspestive. There is nothing wrong in engaging with different cultures as long as it has no mal intent. We as Indians have carved a good position in every country that we made our home and that is because of our culture. It is the good of a culture that one should adopt, be it from any where.
Selfishness and arrogance is not the answer, if one choses to live in a family unit , there are rules of a family too and one has to abide by them rules. Respect and understanding is all parents ask for, nothing more . I strongly think parents do deserve at least that much .
