Respect and consideration for feelings of others makes one courteous. If you ill respect others you will get it back. More cover it keeps every one happy and beautiful. Never feel ashamed of saying sorry if you have done something wrong.

Veena’s teacher had told her to collect the notebooks in the class and bring them to the staffroom. Veena collected the homework notebooks and dashed into staffroom without asking the teacher sitting there. The teacher said, ``Veena you have no manners, you have entered the staffroom without asking.’’ Veena felt that she had been told by another teacher to place the notebooks in the staffroom so where were the need for asking while entering.

Veena was an intelligent student but was a bit arrogant. Without saying ``sorry’’ she came out of the staffroom. The whole day she remained very angry about the remark of being ill mannered. In the evening, she complained to her father about the incident.

This is what Veena’s father id- a practical lesson

Veena’s father told her father that just saying a casual thank you and sorry does mean that one is well –mannered. Good manners and courtesy means much more than that. The words and actions should come from one’s heart. He asked her to come with her. Before leaving he told Veena’s mother where he was going and whether she wanted something from the market. While coming out of the hose Veena’s father softly closed the door behind him. Then both of them went to the reservation office. Veena’s father was to collect his ticket that had reserved. He stopped in front of the door of the office and asked if he could come inside. Before entering the office he wiped his feet on the foot mat. Then the politely told the clerk, ``Can I have my ticket please?’’ the clerk smiled and promptly gave him the ticket. After taking the ticket Veena’s father thanked the clerk and then they went to the market. There was a lot of rush there. Her father waited for is return to collect vegetables. When an old man came, he made place for him to pick p the vegetables first. After taking vegetables they came to the bus stop. They took their place in the queue. In the bus they got a seat but when an old woman came her father gave her the seat. After reaching home his father talked nicely to her mother. Then they sat own to eat dinner.

Online matrimony is the next big thing in India

Today more and more people are trying to get their dream partner on the online matrimonial websites. They are slowly but gradually getting more and more popular. A large number of such websites are coming up on the internet.

Today people don’t want to waste their time and money in order to search for their mate. The online matrimonial web sites are solution to the problem of not getting the real partner for life. Young generation do not have the time to spend on finding partners for life as they are too busy on making good carriers. Websites like Bharat Matrimony, Shaadi.com etc are serving the interests of such people. These websites have a large profile data with them which helps the users to choose  as per their desire. This also increases the prospects that the user can find a mate for which he has been looking for. This however is not possible if one goes to find a mate with the help of relatives, friends or marriage bureaus.

The best part of such online matrimonial websites  is that they are available for 24 hours a day. So you can search as per your time schedule. Also you can upload almost any type of information about yourself on such sites- your dreams, ambitions, what kind of mate you are looking for, your compatibility etc. Apart from this you can even upload your photos, videos as well. Moreover if you are a registered user you can even get access to mobile phones of the other party. These websites are almost hassle free and  give you almost complete choice in choosing your partner. Some of these sites even charge a minimum amount if you want to get your profile uploaded on their sites.

As if this is not all, the best thing is that you have a wider choice in deciding your dream partner since your profile is being viewed the world over. However all this is not the case if you are giving your marriage ad in a newspaper  since their reach is very limited and the space they give is too short for you to express yourself completely.

Most of these matrimonial websites go in for community specific, region specific search so  you can find a large number of people from your own religion as well as region. These days a  number of religion specific websites have also come up.

These matrimonial websites are in a way a variation of the dating sites with a focus on those wanting to get married rather than simply dating. Sometimes they are also referred to as planned websites.

Through online matrimonial websites people can get benefits of faster means of communication like emails, and chat which is a helpful factor in knowing each other. In brief, these matrimonial service providers are serving the needs of 21st century of people globally. The popularity of these kinds of matchmaking and dating websites are getting popular day by day due to their satisfactory and prompt services.

Few other factors which give them an edge over their print counterparts is that you need not take care very good care of your profile as you do it on a printed newspaper as it is safe from being destroyed or being torn. You can access your account any moment you need to know the latest status whether any match found or not. You can get regular feedbacks from the operators of these online matrimonial sites about the current status of your requirement regarding your soul mate.

In a nutshell it can be said that though this phenomenon is a new trend but it is fast catching up in India where marriage as a ceremony and as an institution is given so much of importance and weightage.

My heart was shattered the moment you left,

the bleeding tears that fell to the ground

and now all my will turns to dust

my name vanishes with the twinkle

of an eye

Now these tears soak the ground in veneration,

my heart broken to pieces,

shattered like pieces of glass

When I saw your eyes,

I had freedom,

the eyes that set me free

from the venom of the world,

the eyes,

that lit my heart like the sun

For days, I could never weep,

sadness was cast into the abyss of oblivion

but when you left,

I was lost,

and I had to cover myself

with immitations,

but deep down

my soul played the dirge

lingering and trailing towards the wind.

                                                                       By Kakraba Afful

I recall when you held me

with an embracing lullaby, so soft

that I couldn't let go of you,

a sweet covenant that kept my

hands wrapped around you

Then I saw the truthfulness in your eyes,

and my faith could not hold back,

my lips could not hold back,

my resistance melted

your hips remained loyal to my touch,

your presence, a magnetic field

that attracted your kiss to my lips

As we danced,

I was caught in a wave of passion

then I looked into your eyes,

and saw that your heart was litten

by a mighty force,

so was mine,

we fell in love,

that is why,

we still can't deny each other's lips.

                                                                  By Kakraba Afful