Comments on: Home http://shobanarayan.com Freelance Journalist. Writer. Author. Columnist. India-based. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shoba Narayan http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1614 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:32:47 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1614 Thank you very much, Lakshmi-ji

]]> By: Lakshmi Srinivas http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1612 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:45:30 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1612 Shoba-ji,

I congratulate you on your wonderful blog.

]]> By: Manali Shah http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1237 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:24:22 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1237 There is no option to send you a friend request, or even poke you! Could you please please send me a request on http://www.facebook.com/manali.shah20, or change your settings so I can send an add request! :)

]]> By: Shoba Narayan http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1132 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:56:29 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1132 Yes, I am on Facebook, Manali.

]]> By: Anonymous http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1111 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:51:24 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1111 my wall on unnikrishnan nair

]]> By: Manali Shah http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1109 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:57:47 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1109 Hi, any way to follow you on Facebook?

]]> By: Unnikrishnan Nair http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-1104 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:50:54 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-1104 I feel sympathy for your nephews and nieces, who are disinterested in Temples, prayers, the Sanatha culture, and rituals..
. Though I grew up in Communist enviornment, I had a strong spiritual upbringing simultaneously. It was a contradiction, However, I could see the relevance of Hinduism thru Communism as Chapter 15 and 16 of Communist Doctrine was the word to word translation of Kautilya/Manu Smrithi.
I have three daughters born and raised in USA. I initiated them into our Sanathana Dharma and Dravidian cultural heritage. I inculcated in them my family traditions, values.and vegetarianism. I was not unmindful of their autonomy to make choices. But my role of guide was at their tender young age.They became ardent believers. One among them turned out to be aethyst, when she was 14. She argued with me for hours quoting Karl Marx, Nietshe, Manu and Muhammad.But when she went to Medical school, she turned to a staunch believer and climbed Thirupathi and visited Guruvayur few times. She is well versed in Classical Music and accomplished Mohini Attam and Kathakali artist.
It is clear that your siblings did not do the home work, and that deriliction contributed to a disastrous confusion in those young minds, and loss of their cultural identity . You cannot criticise building of more temples, for the lack of interest of youngsters like your nephews The temples are essential for those youngsters like my daughters. Your baggie pants wearing nephews are not the face of the Hindus here. They are the typical South Indian Brahmins, who are not interested in Sambarsadam-Thairsadam eating brides/grooms, and falling for superior
mates. At some points the Brahmins have double face -one belonging to superior caste and other being the champion of denial.

]]> By: Shoba Narayan http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-972 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:47:50 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-972 Thanks, Sourish

]]> By: Sourish Roy http://shobanarayan.com/#comment-963 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:54:20 +0000 http://shobanarayan.com/?page_id=499#comment-963 Great site Shoba Ji. I just loved every corners. Wish you more success.

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