Essays on Tradition

This Informative article, I want to seem within the occurring of Catholic ultra-traditionalism – that a actions of Catholic clerics and lay people who interrupts the modifications which adopted by the 2nd Vatican Council of 1962-1965, additionally a worldwide ministry of this Catholic Church that…

Looking at our church today, many people have neglected the importance of fasting. Because of easy life styles, doctors reports, the grace message, which has virally gone to the extreme. Should we fast? Is fasting a necessity in our Christian faith? Did fasting ended with…

In Pakistan, the words “police” and “reforms” seldom feature in the same sentence. In fact most Pakistanis would say that they are antithesis of each other: one tied inexorably to a known but dark past, the other, by definition, points towards a time filled with…

Here in the South, New Year’s Day brings a variety of meaning to the dinner table, from good fortune to a long life. Every first of the year my family comes together and my grandmother cooks up some good luck dishes like Fried Fish, and…

They say “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. This means that beauty is Relative. Each one of us has his own perception for this word. What if this difference in perception was seen among different cultures? Before Western ideals of beauty took over,…

Lean and Six Sigma is a method which is focused towards improving quality, reducing variation and eliminating waste in an organization. Six Sigma is a data driven philosophy used to set business objectives and measures performance in a way that forces management decision and accountability….

‘Remix culture’, as defined by Eduardo Navas, can be seen through ‘specific forms of expression using pre-existing sources (such as sound, image, text) to develop work that may be considered derivative while also gaining autonomy’. As an example of ‘remix culture’ that has dominated contemporary…

Culture is symbolic, dynamic; consist of the values, norms and behavior that are shared by groups, communicated across generations and a system of rules to be abided. Our perception of the world is deeply influenced by sociocultural factors. Our beliefs, customs and practices that affect…

Indians tend to enjoy their food above all. Majority of any Indian’s income is spent on food. Coming from the land of diversity and culture, the same has been passed down onto our culinary expertise with the wide range of spices and herbs. This has…

When thinking about certain rituals or ceremonies that pertain to an individual culture or society, some would probably think of foreign countries, such as Japan or Spain; however, what most people fail to realize is that Americans, too, have a set of rituals of their…