Cooking - duty? Can a indian woman hate it and live her life? Neeya naana

[kunjuppu]

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I wouldn't say neeya naana represents the real world opinion as a majority, yes, a glimpse perhaps.

One has to be selective about topics. Constructive topics offer some food for thought, while others are merely emotive, and are well ignored.

hi auh,

nobody is saying that neeya naana is representative of current tamil nadu, culture or trend setter. the most i think we can say, is that, it represents the existing trends and the way tamil society is moving.

again, it is an entertainment show, which depends on ratings, to rake up the advertising sponsors. you might have noticed that it now takes 3 sponsors to complete the show (in addition to all the advertisements in between, which i miss, because i see it in the web). so it is a popular money spinner for vijay tv, antony and gopinath

not all episodes are entertaining either. i remember one episode about thali, we had blood dripping in this forum, over a supposedly alledged 'brahmin' girl bad mouthing the thaali. today a few years later, it is a non issue.

what i found interesting, is the prevalence of nuclear families across all castes and religions, as the increasing norm, in tamil nadu. also, the movement of NB across all over india, in central services and private sector. a welcome change, as in my times (1950s, 60s) these were almost all tambrams by default. no values meant here, but just an observation.

 

[sadasivam.sridharan]

The days when the lady of the house prepared food with madi and achaaram and offer it to god as neivedyam when the hubby perform ed the daily pooja and eat it as prasadam have faded into the darkness of history.What a simple life our elders led!

 

[kunjuppu]

The days when the lady of the house prepared food with madi and achaaram and offer it to god as neivedyam when the hubby perform ed the daily pooja and eat it as prasadam have faded into the darkness of history.What a simple life our elders led!

dont know in reality, if life was that simple. if it indeed was, women would have stuck to it. one only gives up stuff, when there is level of inconsistency, difficult, irrationality or ignorance. i think all of those were incorporated in the madi culture...for no one can be 'pure' 100%. contamination takes place all the time, including our own urine/feces build which are among the most unclean and poisonous of all elements. we have it inside our body, and how can we consider ourselves 'clean'?

women had and still have it tough. today, in addition to all the tasks of her grandmother, the lady has to go outside and earn an income. 'what can she do?' today means her career, something quite different 50 years ago, when it meant accomplishments like music, instrument, stitching and such stuff.

let us be very careful when reminiscing the good old days. these were seldom good.