Sometimes there comes a times when you feel that the old philosophy for which you have been arguing with others for so long doesn't hold true now.
Today was like one of that time of mine, Every thing started good as like on every year Duga Puja, I went to Agartala city to explore the streets full of positive vibes with dozens of people looking happy, from owner of Sherowali to a road side vendor everyone was looking at ease. After seeing those highly decorated pandals,I thought that how they got those money...or isn't it better to do charity with this amount of money rather then spending it lavishly on Navaratri celebration.
But there is a whole new way of looking at this particular issue on which most of the modern people go along with my latter view. If you will closely observe the population of Agartala you will feel how much Durga Puja mean to these people and to be frank half of this anticipation comes because of that decoration thing.
It doesn't only appeal to the rich ones...but the poor ones also cherish these moments as this is the only time they can roam in the streets full of lights,sounds,decoration and most importantly prasad. This is the only time of year when they can entertain themselves since this is the only free of cost live show available to them.It is also the time when these small vendors earns the max profit.
The whole conversation reminded me of the post on facebook on which someone wrote that nowadays these rituals and festival are modernized noisy and they don't serve the old purpose of giving peace and at that time i also agreed to certain extent that yes nowadays the people coming in these festival are not interested in the worship and even many are atheist. But now i realise that these are the people who have found a different way of handling their lives. Gone are the days when people find solace and peace in the picturesque temples with pin drop silence. We are in 21st century and mentality of people has been drastically changed. So what everyone should ensure that everyone has their own way of living may be right,may be wrong. So never make a pillar strong opinion and be a bit flexible about your views, it is always good to know the pros and cons of every thing.And it is very simple thing to do that as in our mind there is a little part which try to oppose our every move, most of the people just put that part in sleep mode but according to my views let that part speak..argue with your selves because in this way you may take time in taking decision but the decision that comes out finally will be a distilled and effective one.
Shubho Nabaratri...
Today was like one of that time of mine, Every thing started good as like on every year Duga Puja, I went to Agartala city to explore the streets full of positive vibes with dozens of people looking happy, from owner of Sherowali to a road side vendor everyone was looking at ease. After seeing those highly decorated pandals,I thought that how they got those money...or isn't it better to do charity with this amount of money rather then spending it lavishly on Navaratri celebration.
But there is a whole new way of looking at this particular issue on which most of the modern people go along with my latter view. If you will closely observe the population of Agartala you will feel how much Durga Puja mean to these people and to be frank half of this anticipation comes because of that decoration thing.
It doesn't only appeal to the rich ones...but the poor ones also cherish these moments as this is the only time they can roam in the streets full of lights,sounds,decoration and most importantly prasad. This is the only time of year when they can entertain themselves since this is the only free of cost live show available to them.It is also the time when these small vendors earns the max profit.
The whole conversation reminded me of the post on facebook on which someone wrote that nowadays these rituals and festival are modernized noisy and they don't serve the old purpose of giving peace and at that time i also agreed to certain extent that yes nowadays the people coming in these festival are not interested in the worship and even many are atheist. But now i realise that these are the people who have found a different way of handling their lives. Gone are the days when people find solace and peace in the picturesque temples with pin drop silence. We are in 21st century and mentality of people has been drastically changed. So what everyone should ensure that everyone has their own way of living may be right,may be wrong. So never make a pillar strong opinion and be a bit flexible about your views, it is always good to know the pros and cons of every thing.And it is very simple thing to do that as in our mind there is a little part which try to oppose our every move, most of the people just put that part in sleep mode but according to my views let that part speak..argue with your selves because in this way you may take time in taking decision but the decision that comes out finally will be a distilled and effective one.
Shubho Nabaratri...
Great! Deep thinking! We should be very open in our perception of world...
ReplyDeleteDefinitely bro and thanks for encouraging...
Deleteworth the tym i took to go thru it..remember if u can't challenge ur own perceptions, forget about challenging others'...KEEP THINKING AND KEEP SHARING...
ReplyDeleteThanks Minihaj for your support. :-)
DeleteThe festivals bring joyous in our monotonous life-styles, convey the messages of the light, the truth, the optimism, fill will vivid colors.
ReplyDeleteThe way of celebrations has certainly changed but as you have said that these are 'modernized' now and it is good that these are now celebrated in some 'newer' styles.
Especially this is the best part of the Indian culture that it adopts all the new changes. It is not rigid and its flexibility is unique that we can see the Puja Pandals based on global warming, mars mission, burning social issues etc.
Good thinking..continue this journey..best wishes!! :) :)