I was speaking to one of my helpers at home today as to know whether she has done with the preparations for Diwali and she started sharing her experiences, "this year the festivals have been tough", I can't resist laughing and asked, "how can the festivals be tough?, are you facing some monetary issues? will help you out". "No didi that you always do, its not that, though "महँगाई तो है but "इस बार सन्लंगन हो गया"one after the other festivals are lined up Dussehra, Durga Pooja, Ganesh festival an Deepawali and more to come".... I said, "but that's amazing! you will have no time to be sad, the whole year will be spent enjoying", and the talk continued she agreeing on my point.
The conversation led me to a different world of human emotions and association of human quotient with the day to day activities of our life.(plz refer my previous blog on Human Quotient). The celebrations and festivals make us more humane. I think festivals are times when everyone has the highest level of human quotient, a below average can rate high on these occasions. Even the marketers use the maximum possible human quotient in their marketing strategies. The very reasons to celebrate festivals bring us more to humanity. I remember the sayings ईद के दिन तो दुश्मन भी गले मिल जाते हैं , दीवाली जेसे त्यौहार पैर तो सब कुछ भुला देते हैं! How ingrained these values are may it be any religion, any country, offering gifts on Christmas, Zakkah in Ramzan or sweets on Diwali all these occasions bring a sense of belongingness to the society, to be considerate, to be kind, to be the best in terms of your behaviour not only to the dear ones but to the society at large.Being humane comes so naturally to you as if some task is given to you and you make the best of effort to accomplish it and it fades away once the task is over and we resume the normal life as before, the same hectic schedule and the 'run' for 'survival'. This 'run' makes us selfish again and make us 'save' more than to 'offer'. It is not only the cruel acts of violence that make us 'inhuman' but the smallest act of saying an unkind word pulls us to be less humane.
I wish we could have festivals every day to boost up our human quotient.....
The conversation led me to a different world of human emotions and association of human quotient with the day to day activities of our life.(plz refer my previous blog on Human Quotient). The celebrations and festivals make us more humane. I think festivals are times when everyone has the highest level of human quotient, a below average can rate high on these occasions. Even the marketers use the maximum possible human quotient in their marketing strategies. The very reasons to celebrate festivals bring us more to humanity. I remember the sayings ईद के दिन तो दुश्मन भी गले मिल जाते हैं , दीवाली जेसे त्यौहार पैर तो सब कुछ भुला देते हैं! How ingrained these values are may it be any religion, any country, offering gifts on Christmas, Zakkah in Ramzan or sweets on Diwali all these occasions bring a sense of belongingness to the society, to be considerate, to be kind, to be the best in terms of your behaviour not only to the dear ones but to the society at large.Being humane comes so naturally to you as if some task is given to you and you make the best of effort to accomplish it and it fades away once the task is over and we resume the normal life as before, the same hectic schedule and the 'run' for 'survival'. This 'run' makes us selfish again and make us 'save' more than to 'offer'. It is not only the cruel acts of violence that make us 'inhuman' but the smallest act of saying an unkind word pulls us to be less humane.
I wish we could have festivals every day to boost up our human quotient.....
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