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Thirty Dining Rules Hinduism

1.Food is to be taken in a Plantain Leaf, with its tapering part(shorter end) intact.

2.One should face either the East or the North. Facing East will bring all that is Good including Longevity; North Wealth.

3.The Plantain leaf is to be placed with its tapering end at the left side of the Diner.

4.The leaf should be sprinkled with water, which should be placed at the left hand side of the Diner, and cleaned with the right hand by the Diner.

5.No conversation is allowed during the Meal.

6.Water should not be drunk during the Meal, except when one has hiccups; it can be drunk after Meal.

7.Payasa or Sweet Porridge is to be served first on the right hand bottom corner of the Leaf.

8.Items to be served from the top right hand corner (directions from the view of the Diner), in the following order.

Pachadi/Salad

Curry,

Kootu,

Avial,

Pickles,and table salt at the top left hand corner of the Plantain Leaf.

9.Cooked Dal at the left hand side of the leaf by the side of Payasa.

10.Cooked Rice.

12.Ghee.

13.After Parishajana Sambar.

14.Papad.

15,Second helping of dishes.

16.After Sambar Rice is over, Rice and Rasam is to be served.

17.Then Payasam.

18.Special sweets. if any and Mixed Rice like Puliyodarai, Coconut Rice.

19.Rice followed by Curds or Butter Milk.

20, The food is to be served neither more nor less.

21.If one needs more, it should be indicated by gestures touching the place it has been served.

22.If one has enough, it has to be indicated by lifting the left palm at the face height.

23.The Diner must complete the Parishajana after food is fully consumed.

Set Goals Die

There is this fad of setting goals for one's Life.

This has gone to such an extent hat parents of children , even about 4, start planning the Career of their wards, by constantly talking in front of the child, in some cases asking the child to repeat what the parents say about the child's future and goals.

The Child also repeats without knowing the meaning of what it says.

This gets implanted in the mind of the child.

This becomes an obsession in the later years and the child grows into an adult without having an option to weigh the options available.

Unfortunately the parents may change the goal they set for their child.

This will not be accepted by the child , it rebels at the Adolescent Age and continues in Adulthood.

As Adults they are forced .especially by the Society to set goals for themselves indirectly.

But it is imposed on them by the Corporate, by dangling Economic benefits Salary, perks.

A corporate has its Agenda, Namely Profit, nothing more.

All this talk of attitudes, behavioral suggestions ,Career optimization.. have a single goal, that of making money for the company.

Lured by the tempting offers, children and parents plan their lives accordingly.

Unfortunately Life is not merely about earning Money.

It has more to it.

Life is multifaceted.

One has to accept things in Life as they come.

One can not wait for one event to end to begin another as is said' One can never take a Bath in the Ocean after the waves cease"

Choosing a Career is important, so is marriage,

Sacrificing one for another is a step but one must have the mental maturity to adjust.

Alternately one must know how to balance both the options.

I am coming across stories where youngsters committing suicides for failing in examinations,Failure in Love Life,unable to adjust to marital issues .