Why is it called Good Friday?

Well ! Forgive Pinky's Innocence , but many a people(especially non christians) have asked me the same question. Some have even wished me a "Happy Good Friday". So let me explain it here.

First of all Good Friday is the day Jesus died on the cross. It comes during Holy week which starts with the Palm Sunday and ends with Easter day.

In most of the languages and cultures 'Good Friday' is actually reffered as a 'Sad Friday', or a 'Mourning Friday'. But then how did it become a 'Good Friday' in English. here are many theories. If we go by etymology(study of origin of words) we can see that many words or phrases in English that have the words "Good" or "God" are interchangeably used. For example "Good-bye" is said to be a short form of "God be with you". So in the older times "Good Friday" could have been "God's Friday".

But is the phrase "Good Friday" apt? In the olden times people used to confess their sins in a lambs ear and then send it to the forest or sacrifice it. They believed that their sins will be gone with the lamb. Jesus did the same. He washed away the sins of people by dying on the cross. That is why He is sometimes reffered to as the Lamb. So it is of course a good friday too as His death has brought the greatest good there could be.

Pappu and Pinky : The first raw sketch

When I was younger I used to draw cartoon figures of little kids for few of my friends who used to snail mail this to their friends. Most of the pics would that of some little kids crying or hugging teddy bears or in some childish poses. But an idea to really start a series of cartoons just clicked in my mind by the end of 2008.

I sketched the picture above on my notepad for a reason. Actually one of my friends was becoming too bossy and dominating. I did not have the guts to tell it straight on her face. I did'nt want to hurt her too. So I chose to draw this cartoon which was for the moment titled as 'The female terror" and sent it to her. And of course she got my point and had a good laugh at the picture too. She asked me if I could draw more of these as she liked them. This was in the beginning of 2007. The question kept echoing in my mind until mid of 2008 when I thought why not add color to the sketch. I posted these cartoons on Orkut and got good response from my friends. And by 2008 end I was inspired enough to start a series of these cartoons.