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Religion must focus on saving the family, not on propagating itself

As incidents of molestations, rapes and other atrocities on women and children get reported in the now omnipresent media the pressure for reactive measures like stronger policing and stringent punishment hoping that this will act as a deterrent.   With the alarmingly increased broken or unstable   families (homes),   banalization of sexuality, addictions , perversions etc calls for a solution that the check, reverse and cure this serious malady affecting the human kind.   Children from unstable and broken homes tend to repeat the same parental script as adults.   Lack of emotional stroke from their parents leads them to seek fulfillment outside their homes and often not the right kind and often it’s late. Religion can play a very important role today in preventing the decadence of   its people.   It needs to reposition itself as being a catalyst that stabilizes the human short-comings through strengthening of the family value structure, its original role as provider of peac

The Right Way To Cover A Cough And A Sneeze!

    AAAAAAAAACHOooooooooooo! It is raining, damp and moldy...the flu season has set-in.  The virus travels with ease looking for victims with compromised immunity.  People dread to sit next to a sniffling colleagues, co-passengers...they dread the sneeze fearing that they might contract SARS, H1N1(Swine Flu) etc. In India it is not uncommon to see many sneeze freely, some of them seem to derive orgasmic pleasure in the act unmindful and unapologetic to the people around them.   I came across one such passenger during my recent journey from Goa to Pune…and this prompted me to write this piece.    Cupping your hand over your nose and mouth is the most common method followed by us and   it is not the right way to sneeze or cough since the next moment you are most likely to touch the telephone, the door knob, your computer keyboard or even greet a friend with a handshake causing the virus to go viral. To help stop the spread of germs, these are some recommended measures