It’s the
time of year to make good food to impress your family and friends.
But is the skill of making sweets, barfi, ladoos,
Ghoogras, Jalebi, biscuits, chevdo etc being lost due the availability of ready
made food (?)
It’s the time to make merry with your friends. Go to
pubs, go to restaurants, visit distant friends etc
And why not?
It’s the time to feel good and enjoy shopping for
presents and gifts and gold and sarees and toys etc
If you can afford it then enjoy it.
If you can’t then enjoy what you can with you have.
It’s the time think about God.
But very few of us do.
It’s the time follow the rituals
But who
actually knows what they are and why bother with them??
It’s the
time to phone friends and relatives.
Don’t get caught out by the New Years Day rush!!
It’s the
time for religion to bring home the noble truths and spiritual values to the
people.
Who’s
actually listening??
Is anyone listening?
But never
the less we must all persist.
Why just
leave it to the temples and community organisations only!!?
It’s the
time to give to charity.
What’s
that?
We don’t think like that. Do we???
Oh yes and its definitely the time to ask Goddess
Laxmi to make you a millionaire.
But just
remember – so are a billion other people asking the same from Goddess Laxmi.
It’s the time to be inspired by the Ramayana.
It’s also
the time to be inspired by Krishna.
But we no
longer believe in these stories –do we?
Yet we
still celebrate Diwali.
Never the
less, please do make time to recite stories of Rama and Krishna to your children.
Don’t
make excuses that you don’t have time.
Don’t
make excuses that you are not interested in these things.
At least
give your children the same options that you once had.
Don’t
decide their fate for them.
Don’t leave it to the schools, mandirs, your
community, other classes etc
Do it
your self.
If you
don’t know the stories – find out!!
It’s the
time be poetic about the real meaning of Diwali.
It’s the time to spread the true meaning of Diwali.
It’s the
time to interpret it to the modern generation.
Its time
to make it acceptable to the next generation.
So proud
of you all who do this.
Oh you missed it all did you?
Diwali is
gone and finished.
Never
mind.
You can
do all this at any time of the year.
Please do
let me have your thoughts.
3~'
