The Good Things about Getting Married

Okay, so given my last post on the big fat Indian weddings, it is not that I am against the institution of marriage or something, it is just that it does not make sense to splurge on publicly announcing the wedding. There are a lot of beautiful happenings about weddings especially when you have the right partner and you two connect well. Here are some of those :

1. You find someone who accepts you for who you are, you have a companion whom you can rely on, someone you can talk about anything, anytime. A friend you can trust, with the most precious gift, yourself.
2. You get to learn a lot from each other. A LOT. Especially when you complement each other & your partner is smart.
3. You learn to trust. It is generally difficult to trust people, but when you get married, I learn to trust instinctively.
4. When you connect well, life becomes beautiful :)
5. You have a whole new family. Whether you are a girl or a guy, you have people who come close, very close to you.
6. You learn to adjust & adapt.
7. & if you have a big fat indian wedding, the whole family has a major get together. lol

Wedding Celebrations in India : Announcement of a moving in ceremony

Infamous Big Fat Indian Weddings are a dream wedding for most people. (& yes, I call them infamous because they represent nothing, really.) But really, it is just a bucketload of crap, a very flamboyant announcement of a moving-in ceremony that really serves no other purpose than

1. Ego satisfaction : The primary purpose it serves is the ego satisfaction of the families & the society. That the whole junta was made part of the 'celebrations'.
2. Societal announcement about moving in together : The primary need of the wedding celebration is that you have to tell the fucking junta that you are moving in together. 
3. Public announcement that the couple is going to start having sex. (okay, I am being very naive here thinking that they haven't had sex before marriage)
4. Serving food to the rich, instead of the poor. Really just think of how many impoverished people can be fed/helped with the money that is spent on gala dinners for the well-to-do.

& yes, I am having a forced-upon-me wedding celebration soon & this post is coming from my very close observation & experience of this stupidity called Big Fat Indian Wedding.

Recommended reading : The Good Things about Getting Married

Entrepreneurship is not just about money

Long back in IITK I had written about entrepreneurship not being about money only. I understand it much better now & here is an elaboration of that, 3 or 4 years later.

There are only a few mega-successful entrepreneurs, the likes of Narayanmurthy Ji, Bill Gates, Richard Branson etc. But there are a lot more entrepreneurs who are successful, if not mega successful. They are doing what they like and making a good living.

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Flipkart to stop Payment Services Payzippy!

Flipkart launched Payzippy last year. They are shutting down the Payzippy Payment Services.

Difference between Caring & Caring what others think?

I have had a lot of 'I don't care what the world thinks' moments in life & a few extras of late having been in a relationship with a rebellious woman. So, here is what I think,

There is a huge difference between caring about someone & caring about what they think.

When you really care about someone, you care for them, without being judgemental (& vice versa ideally.)

However when you care about what someone thinks about you, you don't really care for them as much as you care about their judgement of you. That how do they judge you.

I don't care what the world or my extended family thinks about me or what I am doing, but I still care about my extended family. If they are ill at 2 A.M. I will rush to get medicine for them, not because I would look good to them, but because that is the right thing to do.

 & that is a subtle difference that people really need to understand.

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