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Just a note on happiness

Just got a thought on happiness...  Nothing is worth of depriving you from happiness, rather euphoria!! Be happy, be elated... life is short, too short to worry about any damn thing:) So keep smiling... Fill the world around you with happiness!! 

The transformation of an arranged marriage to a love one!

“If I get married, I want to be very married.”  ― Audrey Hepburn Arranged marriages: Lets look at what wikipedia says about it: Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are selected by a third party rather than by each other. It was common worldwide until the 18th century. Wait a second, does that say '18th century'. Yes, it indeed does. The world has moved on, and we, Indians are stuck, stuck in between a combat. A fight of deciding where to go, which side to choose and whom to follow: our old traditional culture or the west.  Anyways, arranged marriages still accounts for an overwhelming majority of marriages that happens on our land. Though we do celebrate love, but only in movies and we are doing that since last 4 decades, but when it comes to applying it literally, it suddenly becomes a stigma! Love marriages are still considered a taboo in major parts of our society. Anyways, I am definitely not here to make

Ab hume aur kuch nahi chahiye bhaisaab...

Source: Quora.com ' Ab hume aur kuch nahi chahiye bhaisaab, bus ladki sundar aur saaf rang ki ho ' Translation: 'We do not expect anything, just that the girl should be beautiful and should have fair color' This is something that my parents recently have got used to listening to. But you know they (the bride-seekers) begin with saying hume aur kuch nahi chahiye , but the list goes on and on, its never ending. At times, I wonder if they are really strong believers of Superheros, I mean that is why they look out for a Superwoman!! Right? Anyways, so let me just put down few of very common demands/ qualities that the family of the groom look in, while searching for a 'suitable' super girl (in the same order) 1. Sundar aur saaf rang (She has to be beautiful and of fair color): The MOST important and mandatory thing! If this is not there, the below list stays futile. 2. Padhi Likhi ho (Should be well educated) 3. Khana banana aata ho (Should know co

2 kinds of marriage

Just read these amazing lines in Winter of the World, about 2 kinds of marriage!!! Totally loved the way it has been described...