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The South India you did not know

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Elderly Tamils consider Vindhyas as Dravidian border. They proudly say they are Tamils for 2000 years & Indians only for 70 years (after independence). Their theory is that North Indians (Read: Aryans) are spoiling their culture. They stay away from Hindi, Sanskrit, Devanagari & other symbols of Aryanism. The Vindhya Range The same applies to people of Karnataka though they are not as rigid as Tamils. They too consider Sanskrit Devanagari and Hindi as symbols of Aryan "invasion". Currently both Tamils & Kannadigas are fighting the "imposition" of Hindi as national language, especially in government offices. Hindi hasn't been officially declared national language yet by any government. It is a myth spread by vested interests. Kerala is a whole different thing. It was populated with Syrian Christians for long. However, the majority now are "converted Muslims" & "converted Christians" (Read: Dalit Christians). ...
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Parenting Teenagers - The Young Rebels

Everything is better than a life dependent on someone, even if the needs are emotional. Actually, non fulfilment of emotional needs hurts more than financial & physical needs. Treat yourself & yours with love and care. Dont make any enemies out of relations. You have to adjust at times, even if the other party is your kids, especially teenagers. They don't like authority. They look for friends always, even in parents. Mom tried to jail me with her commandments & that's when she turned into a villain for me. Believe me, treating your kids as friends, confiding in them, talking about yourself before demanding answers from them is much better than trying to exert your authority. Once a kid has one leg into the society, it is time to treat him/her respectfully. Reprimanding them or insulting them in front of others, even if the others are your relatives, hurts them for long & creates a repulsion and disregard for elders, including their own parents. For m...
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Do you need a Messiah?

Did you know? Unlike Xianity, where even sins of ancestors of believers' are pardoned by a single confession, we Hindus *have* to suffer for sins, us or our ancestors. God sure helps, but only to an extent. Hindus have to reap what they sow... in the same or other birth. Meanwhile, a Xian website (Connect India to Christ) is asking donations to illuminate Hindus & connect them to Jesus. Reasons stated by them are: 1. Hindus pray out of fear rather than love for God, 2. There are too many gods in Hindu religion, estimated at 330million 3. None of the Hindu gods can give them (Hindus) a permanent solution Wonder what else is propagated by missionaries who travel on tourist VISA to perform conversions by fooling innocent backward classes. That's illegal but who cares? Mostly in South & East India, have you noticed how the Indian churches resemble temples? You should, because tomorrow they may create a four faced Jesus having eight hands, who is sitting on a w...
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Best app for Android phones - Clean Master from Cheetah Mobile

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There are many apps for Android by the name of Clean Master on the Play Store. But this post is about the best app for Android, the Clean Master from Cheetah Mobile. After five years of testing different multipurpose apps for Android maintenance, I concluded that the  Clean Master from Cheetah Mobile  is the best maintenance app. Not only general maintenance, Clean Master offers you much more than you can expect from a single app. Earlier, it felt that the "All in One for Android" was the best app out there for Android. But it turned out that the "All in One" app leaves out add-ins even after you remove the main app. Features built into the Clean Master app are available as add-ins in the All in One app for Android. The add-ins are not uninstalled when you uninstall the All in One app. I could not find a proper method to remove them as they were not visible in any App Managers. I had to do a factory reset of my phone, and that was when I acknowledged Clean Master a...
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Significance or Meaning of Swaha and Ithi in Sanskrit Mantras

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You might have noticed that all mantras begin with the sound of "OM". What you might have ignored or failed to notice is that mantras in Sanskrit end with "ithi" or "Swaha". Some of you end mantras with just a "Namah". Not to scare you, but if you fail to use "ithi" at end of each mantra or at the very end of any Stotra (hymn), the mantra & related offering (sacrifice or prasadam) doesn't reach the god being prayed. The word "ithi" marks the end of the mantra and urges gods to accept whatever you are offering. The word "swaha" is used more in homams (rituals where you put offerings/prasadam directly into the fire). Since people put offerings into the fire while saying "swaha", many of us associate it with "destruction". When anyone says "sab kuch swaha ho gaya (everything became swaha)", it does and should not be concluded that they lost things. It is a wrong notion that as...
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Analysis of Mahabharata Characters - Bhishma

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Bhishma is one of the powerful characters of the epic, Mahabharata that contains and shows a pious way of life to the mortals living on earth. I am starting this Analysis of Mahabharata Characters with Bhishma as he is the oldest character in the epic/saga and has tremendous influence on the other characters of Mahabharata. Bhishma was the son of king Shantanu and Ganga (the river Ganges in female form). Bhishma was considered one of the eight Vasus (rishis) who had to take birth on earth due to a curse. Before we analyze the character, let us take a quick look at the story of Bhishma according to the Mahabharata. Background Of Bhishma Bhismha is considered one of the eight Vasus who stole a cow named Kamadhenu from a sage. When the sage cursed them to take birth as humans, all Vasus asked for his forgiveness. The sage, for seven Vasus who helped the main Vasu to steal the cow, reduced the curse to death just after birth. However, the main Vasu who actually stole the cow was ...
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