‘Why is this mark on your forehead?’
‘Shows my allegiance to a sampradaya (a tradition) and its principles.’
‘To claim you live by those principles? Get real, please.’
‘Claim? Oh, no…it’s more to remind myself constantly of the watchful eyes around and not to stray from those principles.’
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Sanmargam 
In the joint family system that we ask had, many such came as instructions from the elders and we accepted it with faith devotion and obedience. At least such followings established out surname. Now a days due to unedited and sometimes illogical questioning habit we have last our surname and therefore we are roaming around without an identity and aimlessly.
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Though it’s still around in many avatar’s: Logo, Brand, Name-Tags, Uniforms, Pedigree…Thanks.
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we follow a
lots of customs to please others.
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