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Storms in ocean

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Feels like stopping, Desires to start a new journey. Fears mirror, Searches for answers. Confusion prevail, Desires to run faster Storms in ocean, steering is tough. Stops, looks around, sees no one. Looks behind finds no one. Takes the new road, meets no one. Finds answer, gives no peace. Runs faster, reaches nowhere. Still, Confusion prevails, Questions arises, Mirror scares, And desires stays. Storms in ocean, steering is tough .

Marwari Dinner Ritual

This one is little offbeat for the topics of this blog, but I wanted to document this somewhere because people reading this can get real virtue behind fer Marwari traditions. Last evening I was having a coffee cup discussion with a friend on emancipation of woman and the narrow outlook of the Indian Society. In midst of the discussion he suddenly quoted the famous Dinner Ritual that is followed in Marwari and many Indian societies, that a woman eats only after all man in the family have eaten. He used this to justify that the Indian man, looks down at woman and don't give the equal rights to woman even at home. At first, the argument seemed very logical, but then I just looked back at my own house and what i have seen in my own family and what the very similar tradition taught me. At my place, my mom being a housewife, always use to eat last in the house after making sure that everyone have eaten. She still does that, and takes pride in doing that. Her total attitude towards t