An issue

[Roshan]

Scorpio, the AV article carried interviews with some surrogate mothers. One was a widow who has been brought away to the city unknown to the relatives to finish this clandestine assignment according to her confession.

All the women accepted this for money(Rs.50,000!).

huh !! Where did altruism, compassion and all the blahblahs(not the bugs bunny :P ) go?

I read an interesting matter on the net during the week end regarding surrogacy. All these days not being able to have an issue has been an issue for gay couples and now with surrogacy they say that they do not have to worry about it any more. Surrogacy is just another form of degrading human and moral values in the name of altruism and compassion and good will !!!

[scorpio]

Display of human values at its worst, what more can I say???

[Shekhar]

You women always crib and cry on everything.
Look at this way... Can a man ever get an opportunity to earn money like this??

(Scorpio.. Sorry!!... )

[blahblah]

huh !! Where did altruism, compassion and all the blahblahs(not the bugs bunny :P ) go?

Roshan,you too!

[Roshan]

I was just trying to be a bit safe coz, I have seen your response to raghu when he once said "I have a family, responsibilities blahblah.."

[pavalamani pragasam]

In this week's issue of Tamil weekly "Anada Vikadan" I enjoyed reading an article on Indian womanhood written by Thamizaruvi Maniyan under the title, "Oorukku nallathu solvEn". A very good dissertation on the esteem for motherhood in India with ample examples and quotes. It is heartening to read such wonderful articles in the traditionally family magazine retaining its old glory amidst its recent temptation to compromise its standard in its fight for survival in today's rat race.

[pavalamani pragasam]

This week Thamizaruvi Maniyan in his column, "oorukku nallathu solvEn" speaks about marriage & its value with wonderful examples. An excellent column with brilliant explanations! Thank you Ananda Vikadan!

[pavalamani pragasam]

Once again Thamizaruvi MaNiyan has given a wonderful article this week in his column in Ananda Vikadan. His article is worth its weight in gold! Thanks, AV!

[Roshan]

Thanks for the update PP, I'll go through the article asap. Thanks

[Girish11]

Motherhood is one emotion that seems to be shared by almost all vertebrates. Care for young ones is the first emotion in this universe. All other feelings came much later. In the animal kingdom too there are surrogate mothers, although something like IVF and stuff is not there. In a pack of wild dogs there is always an alpha male and female. Alpha female is the "Godmother" for the entire pack. Whichever female gives birth to young ones, alpha female barges in and carries the pups to her den/burrow and starts feeding them her milk. The disconnection of bonds between natural mother and her pups is immediate. The natural mother is in tremendous mental (?) and physical pain and tries unsuccessfully to snatch her pups back so many times. The tussle between the natural mother and the alpha female goes on for months. I saw this on the discovery channel and was amazed by the whole gamut of feelings the natural mother in a pack of wild dogs displayed. The pain as Pavalamani madam has put it rightly is always for the surrogate mother. But looking at the other side of the coin at what scorpio says also makes sense in a way. We humans have from time imemorial have made it a habit to inculcate certain altruistic tendencies, like some among us have sworn to remain celibates and serve society like the monks and nuns of missionaries while some among us have attached ourselves with a cause and sacrificed many things for that all while going against the natural order. Although the concept of human surrogate mother is altruistic in its foundation, the fact that it has degenerated into "womb for hire" is a cause for concern. Compared to that the story of a sister acting as a surrogate for her sibling's off spring is in line with natural tendencies as well as the altruistic tint among humans.

Hi all,

New here, doing a search at google about some movie review,
landed at forum hub and all these days I was just browsing
the tamil movie section. Since there were not many posts there
today, peeked in here and found the topics very interesting,
I do feel at a loss because I am not good at expressing myself,
further, my vocabulary is even worse. I wish I can bring up
my children to be as good as you guys. Just wanted to
say.....the topics and discussions here are very nice and
very helpful. It feels great to be reading your posts.

Further, request Jaiganes to please give the name
of the documentary of the discovery channel mentioned in
the above quote. I would like to watch it if possible.

Thanks.

Regards