ThinkingLoud@NinglunHanghal

“ You are  westernized  ” remarked one, on a thought I shared  in the social networking site – FB . The subject being “women adding an additional/double ‘surname’ once their marital status changes”. Other comments – questions include “what will you  do in your case?” ...”will you retain your second name?”.... to which my answer was “ I will retain my second name” and pat! came the comment , you are  westernized I stated that it look odd to see women having two surnames in /from my “ home-land” where the surname is actually a clan name. My point was, women can freely change their surnames / second names. It is their choice to retain their surname even after marriage or use / take husband’s second name, but need not take both, which appear very unnecessary. Moreover , it is not mandatory or a compulsion. Earlier, perhaps due to my constant watch of the happenings in “mainland’ India, that happens to be reflected in my interactions and thought-sharing, ...

Very often ( always)  whenever an incident happen in Delhi ( I am talking about the unfortunate incidents), the next day all the north easterners would grab the newspaper ( the Times of India to be specific). Many were also scanning and surfing the net for other papers and Television channels as well, or so it seems . I say this because the social networking sites are flooded with the “reports” the following day. And all this information sharing and wide circulation are accompanied with grievances saying “the report is wrong”  ...”  quotes are  misquoted ”   ... "the report is discriminatory"..."they (mainland reporter) don’t know / understand" .. Not only incidents we always have meeting-discussion (seminars) where mainland speakers are making all the politically wrong statements .!!       Now, why and how did this always happen? I admit I don’t know how and why the “national” reporters of the National Newspapers or Televisions always repor...