Kuṭumba (कुटुम्ब).— 1) A household, a family; परमियं ब्राह्मणी अस्मिन् कुटुम्बे (*paramiyaṃ brāhmaṇī asmin kuṭumbe*) Mahābhārata on P.I.4.2. उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् (*udāracaritānāṃ tu vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam*) H.1.68; Y.2.45; Manusmṛti 11.12,22; 8.166.
2 अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम्। (Ayam Nijah Paro Veti Ganana Laghucetasam) उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्॥ (Udaracaritanam Tu Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam) The original Verse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_(poetry)> appears in Chapter 6 of Maha Upanishad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maha_Upanishad> VI.71-73, it is considered the most important moral value in Indian society This verse of Maha Upanishad is engraved in the entrance hall of the Parliament Of India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_India>. *The World Is A Family *One Is A Relative, The Other Stranger, Say The Small Minded. The Entire World Is A Family, Live The Magnanimous. Be Detached, Be Magnanimous, Lift Up Your Mind, Enjoy The Fruit Of Brahmanic Freedom. —*Maha Upanishad* 6.71–75. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi> used this phrase in a speech at World Culture Festival, organized by Art of Living, adding that "Indian culture is very rich and has inculcated in each one of us with great values, we are the people who have come from Aham Brahmasmi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aham_Brahmasmi> to Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, we are the people who have come from Upanishads to Upgraha.(Satellite)." It was used in the logo of the 7th International Earth Science Olympiad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Earth_Science_Olympiad>, which was held in Mysore, India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore> in 2013. It was designed to emphasize the integration of the Earth’s subsystems in the school curriculum. It was designed by R. Shankar and Shwetha B. Shetty of Mangalore University. The theme and the logo for India’s G20 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20> Presidency from December 1, 2022, till November 30, 2023 has a mention of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth-One Family-One Future”. The logo was selected after scrutiny of 2400 pan-India submissions invited through a logo design contest. "*We Are the World*" is a charity single <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_record> originally recorded by the supergroup <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_supergroup> USA for Africa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_for_Africa> in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson> and Lionel Richie <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie> and produced by Quincy Jones <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones> and Michael Omartian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Omartian> for the album *We Are the World <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World_(album)>*. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is the eighth-bestselling physical single of all time <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_worldwide>. 3 "யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர் தீதும் நன்றும் பிறர்தர வாரா நோதலும் தணிதலும் அவற்றோ ரன்ன சாதலும் புதுவது அன்றே, வாழ்தல் இனிதென மகிழ்ந்தன்றும் இலமே முனிவின் இன்னா தென்றலும் இலமே, மின்னொடு வானம் தண்துளி தலைஇ யானாது கல் பொருது மிரங்கு மல்லல் பேரியாற்று நீர்வழிப் படூஉம் புணைபோல் ஆருயிர் முறை வழிப் படூஉம் என்பது திறவோர் காட்சியில் தெளிந்தனம் ஆகலின், மாட்சியின் பெரியோரை வியத்தலும் இலமே, சிறியோரை இகழ்தல் அதனினும் இலமே". "Yātum ūrē yāvarum kēḷir tītum naṉṟum piṟartara vārā nōtalum taṇitalum avaṟṟō raṉṉa cātalum putuvatu aṉṟē, vāḻtal iṉiteṉa makiḻntaṉṟum ilamē muṉiviṉ iṉṉā teṉṟalum ilamē, miṉṉoṭu vāṉam taṇtuḷi talai'iyāṉātu kal porutu miraṅku mallal pēriyāṟṟu nīrvaḻip paṭū'um puṇaipōl āruyir muṟai vaḻip paṭū'um eṉpatu tiṟavōr kāṭciyil teḷintaṉam ākaliṉ, māṭciyiṉ periyōrai viyattalum ilamē, ciṟiyōrai ikaḻtal ataṉiṉum ilamē". "All the places on earth are our town and all the people are our relatives (all are evolved from common ancestors), Bad & Good deeds do not come from others (comes from your Thoughts and actions), Pain and relief are similar as well. Death is not new at all. Exited To be alive is shame, as same as sad for the death (Both are normal process in whole history of time), After a thunderstorm, Water drops from the skies,as clean and colorless water, as it hits the rocks and mud. The rain water takes the color and quality of the place where it fell, And goes to the river and reaches ocean. Our lives also gets shape depending upon circumstances where born and grow and these facts have been realized & understood by the wise people. Hence we shall not praise the privileged humans and furthermore we shall not shame the disadvantaged humans ; doing either is immoral!". BY *Kaniyan Poongunranar*, also *Poongundranar* or *Pungundranar*: கணியன் பூங்குன்றனார், was an influential Tamil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_people> philosopher from the Sangam age <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam_age> from around 6th century BCE. His name Kaniyan implies that he was an Kaala Kanithar (astronomer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer>) (*kaala kanitham* in Tamil literally means mathematics of date, time and place). Kaniyan was born and brought up in Mahibalanpatti, a village panchayat in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivaganga_district>. He composed two poems in Puṟanāṉūṟu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%E1%B9%9Fan%C4%81%E1%B9%89%C5%AB%E1%B9%9Fu> and Natrinai <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natrinai>. 4 The concept of family extends beyond the typical nuclear unit to encompass the wider family circle. These large multigenerational families can also be essential to providing economic security to an individual. They often provide a source of work in a family agricultural business or lead to opportunities in cities where kinship ties and third-party introductions are crucial for employment. People may be encouraged to have relationships with their aunts and uncles that are just as strong as parental relationships. In many parts of India, it is common to find three or four generations living together. The father (or eldest son, if the father is not present) is usually the patriarch while his wife may supervise any daughters or daughters-in-law that have moved into the household. Extended families tend to defer to the elderly and observe a clear hierarchy among family members. In more urban areas, people will usually live in smaller nuclear families yet maintain strong ties to their extended family. 5 Indian society is collectivistic and promotes social cohesion and interdependence. The traditional Indian joint family, which follows the same principles of collectivism, has proved itself to be an excellent resource for the care of the mentally ill. However, the society is changing with one of the most significant alterations being the disintegration of the joint family and the rise of nuclear and extended family system. Although even in today's changed scenario, the family forms a resource for mental health that the country cannot neglect, yet utilization of family in management of mental disorders is minimal. Family focused psychotherapeutic interventions might be the right tool for greater involvement of families in management of their mentally ill and it may pave the path for a deeper community focused treatment in mental disorders. Culture, however, is not an external passive influence on the families but families themselves serve as the primary agent for transferring these cultural values to their members. Parents help children to learn, internalize, and develop understanding of culture through both covert and overt means. Family members modify behaviors in themselves and others by principles of social learning. In this process, the general norms and beliefs may be modified to suit the needs of the family creating a set of “family values” – A subset of societal norms unique to the family. 6 The traditional Indian family Any generalizations about the Indian family suffer from oversimplification, given the pluralistic nature of the Indian culture. However, in most sociological studies, Asian and Indian families are considered classically as large, patriarchal, collectivistic, joint families, harboring three or more generations vertically and kith and kin horizontally. Such traditional families form the oldest social institution that has survived through ages and functions as a dominant influence in the life of its individual members. Indian joint families are considered to be strong, stable, close, resilient and enduring with focus on family integrity, family loyalty, and family unity at expense of individuality, freedom of choice, privacy and personal space. Structurally, the Indian joint family includes three to four living generations, including grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews, all living together in the same household, utilizing a common kitchen and often spending from a common purse, contributed by all. Change in such family structure is slow, and loss of family units after the demise of elderly parents is counterbalanced by new members entering the family as children, and new members (wives) entering by matrimonial alliances, and their offsprings. 7 West end family is totally a reversal process; it is the rarity to find collective and joint family in the west, though, can be witnessed, heer and there. A family is a single person or or single parent or husband, boyfriend and girlfriend, wife and your children and my children, leaving out the elders away from the spectrum, to meet once a year on the merry xmas day. India had moved already towards that limit, kudos to women's liberation. KR IRS 16123 On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 17:19, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote: > > > -- > *Mar*The Symbiotic Family > > > > A Family means the human members and also the flora and fauna, living with > the human members. The ideal family is the home, where all the life forms > of the home, smell and instantly feel the emotional identity with the other > members. We often see a lion, elephant, Rhino, Dogs etc rushing very > happily to a human friend who left them years and years ago, and who > suddenly went into the forest where the animal is living. Those animals > remember and feel the smell from the air, and love triggers into them to > rush and touch the long lost their human family member. > > Today, we find every non human life form, say a dog, cat, cow…responding > to love without any reservations, while we the humans suffer mainly from > fear-fear of physical attack, fear of some disease the animal may be > carrying etc. > > Dead is the song, ‘God is Everywhere’. We hear and are dinned and drilled > with the commercial advertisements, that bacteria and virus, our enemies > are everywhere, and today, we fear nature, and the fear triggers are > functioning overtime. The bacteria and the virus cannot be seen, so we fear > the air, fear to breathe, fear to sense, but believe that free breathing is > dangerous. Fear automatically stunts free breathing, converting one into a > coward. Cowards suffer from suspended breathing. Often they lose the > capacity to speak freely and just cannot sing. The sweetest songs are sung > by those, who enjoy love, breathe, smell and feel free nature. Their > singing is enjoyed not only by the humans, but also by the flora and the > fauna near them. And many of them join the singing-nature’s orchestra. > > Today, thanks to the poisoning of the air and the routinized murder of > nature as economic activity, the life forms no longer can smell and sense. > The emotional connect to nature, which every life form needs is cut and > destroyed. Tribes changed into joint families, joint families ended, > creating the nuclear families, the nuclear families, are dying with > emergence of the daughter in law who threatens with section 498 (A),paving > the way to ‘live ins’,single parents etc. > > In huge metropolis, we find persons terrorized by the air, clutching to > tiny bits of friendships, always rushing or boozing, and we find cinemas > trying to glamorize drunkard men and women. > > The antibiosis in the air is killing the very system of families. We need > the free flora and the fauna to revive families in societies. Imagine a > child who cannot show happily its tiny achievements to the parents, > brothers, sisters, uncles etc. > > Actually, the Amma, Nanna, Annayya, Thammudu, Vadina, Mamayya, Babai, all > vanished. We find only uncles and aunties. The most tragic is the > disappearance of ‘Bava, the dream of girls. First we have come across, > Brother- in- Law, or brother according to the Newtonized Court of Law, the > sister- in- law, father- in-law, and mother- in- law, the similarly > Newtonized or mechanized members of the residence which is no longer > home.Today, even those Newtonized and mechanized family members are also > vanishing, thanks to the emergence of the live ins’, single parents, gay > lovers etc. > > Industrialization which has created extinction as economic routine is > creating the extinction of every emotion, except fear and terror. And the > specter of the wife armed with section 498(a) is making marriage extinct. > > YM > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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