MILLENNIUM DIFFERENCES

DREAM OF A GIRL -          TAMIZH INIYA Priya, a civil engineering student was in her final years. She was of moderate height, dark shade and had attractive eyes. She was so friendly that she could become friends with everyone. Her father was running a pavement shop for second sale books at Chennai Triplicane. His earnings were meagre and could hardly run his family. Priya was a studious student who completed her schooling in a government school in her area and started her engineering course by obtaining education loan from a bank. She could repay the loan amount along with the interest amount after she completed her studies and getting a job. Priya’s family resided in a compound house, which had six houses in a row. Those houses had two toilets in common. Almost all the women in that compound tried to complete their toilet routines early in the morning, before 5.30 a.m. itself. After that time, men and children occupied the toilet ...

   In a Hindu Tamil family, the birth of  a girl child is greeted with great happiness. They see the child as goddess Lakshmi(Lakshmi is the Goddess of Wealth, food, courage,etc). So they say that Lakshmi has been born  in their family.                      In some families there will be no girl child for some generations. Such families used to consult with their ancestors or some Poojaris( Hindu saints or Rishis) for the reason and also they ask them whether it is a spell or curse of any woman in their generations and also the way to get rid of it, so that they have a girl child in their family there after.                Our society is a patriarchal society and we follow patrilineal system( descent through male line).So when a man becomes father to a girl baby, he sees her as his mother's rebirth.In such a way boys have a bond of affection with their mothers. So he l...

   Although we entered the Millennium, from the dawn of the civilization till this millennium, the Indian women continues to be oppressed and ill treated. The gender based violence continues till date in every nook and corner of Indian society.                     Violence against women occurs through out the life cycle from pre-birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood to senescence. According to the National Crime Record Bureau, in India there is, one dowry death in every 78 hrs, one sexual harassment every 59 min, one rape every 34 min, one act of torture every 12 minutes.                   Since caste system is prevailing in India,  mostly lower caste women are tortured by the other caste people. Average of 75% to 76% of lower caste women are tortured. In Tamil Nadu the percentage is about 36% to 38%. In this statistics Tamil Nadu stands second to Uttar Pradesh,...

Our Tamil Hindu culture has many traditions. Nowadays many people say it as a superstitious beliefs and don't want to follow them. Today's girls avoid many traditions in the name of fashion. These traditions not only has its values, also science behind it. Lets see some ten amazing facts behind our Hindu traditions. 1 .  GREETING PEOPLE: In our culture we used to greet people by saying VANAKKAM by joining both the palms together to show the respect. Scientifically speaking, joining both hands ensures pressing the tips of all the fingers, which are denoted to the pressure points of eyes, ears, and mind. Pressing them together activates the pressure points which helps us to remember that person for a long time.  And moreover no physical contact with each other, so no fear of germs.   2.   KUMKUM ON FOREHEAD:  Red kumkum between the two eye brows is believed to prevent the loss of energy and retains it and controls the concentration, since it is a spot...

"ONE CANNOT THINK WELL, LOVE WELL, SLEEP WELL, IF ONE HAS NOT DINED WELL" FULL MEALS One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.                                              The food we eat has a direct impact on our ability to enjoy the life to its fullest.The main motto and positive effect of food is the pleasure we get while eating a good and tasty meal. In this, Indians are blessed with varieties of cuisines. Tamil Nadu is one among that which has a great tradition and culture of its food history. Tamil Nadu cuisine is different from rest of the world's, not only in taste, also in the cooking methods.It has a perfect blend and mixture of different variety of spices. Their culture says serving food to others is a service to the human community. Their cuisine co...