ward ▁tr end ▁and ▁some ▁have ▁shift ed ▁to ▁plant ation ▁field ▁and ▁later ▁focused ▁on ▁education , ▁business ▁and ▁service ▁se ctors . ▁Te aching ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁profession ▁in ▁earlier ▁days ▁among ▁the ▁community ▁and ▁many ▁prominent ▁Te ach ers ▁with ▁their ▁proud ▁dis ci ples ▁had ▁posit ively ▁contributed ▁towards ▁the ▁improvement ▁of ▁their ▁community ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁society ▁in ▁general . ▁Today ' s ▁gener ations ▁are ▁more ▁focused ▁on ▁professional ▁education ▁and ▁many ▁have ▁excel led ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁Engineering , ▁Medical ▁Science , ▁Rob ot ics , ▁Space ▁Technology , ▁Computer ▁Software , ▁Def ence ▁etc . ▁But ▁there ▁is ▁almost ▁a ▁vac u um ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁political ▁and ▁civil ▁administration . ▁ ▁Food ▁hab its ▁are ▁a ▁mix ▁of ▁veget arian ▁and ▁non - ve get arian . ▁Though ▁many ▁women ▁still ▁prefer ▁to ▁be ▁veget arian ▁but ▁majority ▁of ▁men ▁eat ▁non - ▁veget arian ▁food ▁( main ly ▁fish ▁& ▁ch icken ). ▁Other ▁than ▁the ▁normal ▁H indu ▁festiv als ▁like ▁On am , ▁V ish u & ▁Th ir uv ath ira , ▁another ▁special ▁festival ▁related ▁to ▁On am , ▁' P OT TA ▁TH IR U V ON AM ' ▁( on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁Th ir uv on am ▁star ▁coming ▁in ▁the ▁Mal ay al am ▁month ▁of ▁' th ul am ') ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁celebrated ▁in ▁old en ▁days ▁mainly ▁for ▁showing ▁the ▁sister ' s ▁affection ▁to ▁their ▁brothers ▁–