Iyer - Iyengars are not alone

The motivation to write this comes from the fact that people always tend to view Iyer and Iyengar as separate .Several attempts have been made to break the ice between them. For Eg:- some of close iyengar friends are after iyer girls these days and not to forget vica-versa ... :)

It is an accepted fact that Iyengar girls have more sharper features and are beautiful but yes that's because Iyer boys are more beautiful than Iyengar boys ... (See God always creates a balance between his creations) ... The population of Iyengars is less than that of Iyers (rougly 1:8) which loosely translates as that one Iyengar is sufficient and equivalent to about 8 Iyers ....

Now there are many more statements like these which can extend the argument and are beyond the scope of my writing in English .... What i want to say that such things are healthy and promote overall growth .... See we all should never think alike .. Napolean once said " if all of them are thinking alike then only one of them is thinking " .....

Which brings me to the central point ... divisions are common in the society ... there are splits all around you (PUN UNINTENDED) and it is natural ... Where there is positive there is always negative .. People always question the natural order of things ... Look around you ...

1) Jains are split into Shwetambar and Digambar.
2) Maharashtrians are split into Kokanastha and Deshastha.
- For observing this simply watch them in action ... Their actions would speak
louder than my words.
3) Marwaris are split into Maheshwari's and Agarwals.
- equivalent of iyengars and iyers in marwari community.
4) Muslims are split into Shia's and Sunni's.
- shia's believe that successors of muhammad are as good as the man himself
sunni's believe that muhammad was the sole god and refused dynastic rights to
religious authority.
5) Christians are split into Catholic and Protestants.
- The cause of Protestant movement originated as a direct protest to the actions
of roman Catholic church.

Divisions have brought in healthy growth overall in the world ....
1)they questioned as to why assumptions were made in the particular place
2)why things were done in one particular way
3)questioned earlier heresies in the society... offlate religions are both reviewing themselves looking at each other .....

Anyway, just a passing thought ......