'Seeing' the girl!

If you all thought that an arranged marriage, that too in the late seventies was a boring and insipid affair, you have another think coming; HipHopGma gives a rollicking account of her engagement. :)

G'ma is back hip-hopping.

G'ma did say that she'd be taking a break and I thought I might as well skip the commercials in the mean time; but to my dismay she has not only returned but has also come up with 4 posts since! For a person who needs the daily dose of Kolangal, I was almost in tears. :( But thank God being late to see posts isn't as serious as missing an episode about Abhi's latest problems; one is at least able to have access to the posts. Here are some that I liked which happen to be a couple of philosophical questions:
Is being good bad?
Does candor pay?

Welcome back G'ma; Happy 'hip-hop'-ing.

What do you understand by the term - Hinduism?

Surprisingly some of the recent posts that I've read had to do with religion and more specifically about Hinduism or being a Hindu.

Hinduism! - I think it is very difficult to have a common definition of what it is. If a set of Hindu's are asked to define what it is - I am of the opinion that there are likely to be as many different perceptions of the term as there are respondents. This difference could be in the God(s) worshiped, rituals followed, religious texts followed etc.

That is part of my comment on Hip Hop Grandma's post on her understanding of Hinduism. Personally I dont have any belief or non-belief in religion or hinduism. Given below are a set of links to posts about different people's understanding/views of Hinduism/Religion:

Hip Hop Grandma on Hindu way of life

Kurrodu on To hug a tree

Bharathis on Being a Hindu

Noble Savage (Jay) has several posts on Hinduism. Among these her post on God/belief system probably reflects her own beliefs. Another post (drawn from another source) gives a general overview of Hinduism.

Mister Pregunto - asks a very general question - If you were to create your own religion, what would it be like?

Do you have your own take on the topic?

Note:This is a topic I'm a little wary of touching, because of the emotions that it is likely to rouse and the differences of opinion possible.

Tags and tags

Blogworld never seems to run out of ideas when it comes to tags. I have a suspicion - that tags are generated when people run out of blogging ideas. Atleast that would seem so reading Tagged.

Anyway tags are useful to the Tagged, as a time for some introspection as well as an opportunity for creative writing.

As for the readers, tags are useful in giving an insight into the writer's mind, how they interpret tags, their perceptions, attitudes and values in life etc.

Right now several tags are doing the rounds, of which the tag on judging people caught my eye. I am presenting two tags here:

Itchy's - The Judgement Day - because, Itchy's lists are incomparable.

Hip Hop Gmom's - Judgementally Yours!
Now, G'mom isn't one who talks only of negatives, so here's another tag on An Admirable group!, a tag that very nicely complements her other tag. Very rarely do I get to see such a point of view as hers. If I were to do that tag - G'mom would be there on the list, for this quality of hers.

Though I haven't done the tags mentioned - I would like to tag Alpha to do the above tags, just to see she her 'perspective' of the tags. :) One might wonder at this sudden love for Alpha that I've developed, but you've just got to go through her picks to understand. I dont know how to put an appropriate emoticon here.