Excerpt of a speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....
"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my children: 'Finish your math homework. Think of the children in India who would make you starve, if you don't.'"

Megha and I were talking about arranged marriages. I loved her definition of an arranged marriage- "I think arranged marriage is a safe personal ad you place with your relatives. It is only a problem when they give you no choice. Relatives understand your family and completely understand the background you come from, they may not understand your personal thoughts and opinions, but considering most people's lives are shaped by people around them ... it is a safe bet to think that they might actually have a 50% chance of finding you a decent match."
The whole conversation was so sweet I ended up saving it.