Lanterns, fireworks, lamps and more

A very awaited thought, a festival of light followed with darkness, opps such a sad start to the write up. Nah, I am a lover of all the festivals in India and at same time I have always felt a shine of sadness among people when the festival is on. When we define our country from days of early independence till now, some things that is common is that “rich get richer and poor get poorer”. Who does not agree with this and so the celebration of a festival also changes the trend. Diwali is a festival of light being a symbol of victory of goodness over evil, lighting of lamps across to welcome the goodness and greeting the goddess laxmi so that the money god can stay with us. But is that what happens now? Things have changed, just think of a busy day in streets of Kolkata, I will not say people are not excited but every ones excitement is for a different reason though common cause is Diwali. Rich are busy spending with their high purchasing power leading to increase in price of each possible item that could be bought for few pennies, but who understands time value of money (not all are CA’s). The later u go to buy the products nearer to the even the prices for u as well as others will be doubled as ur need is now way high and time to compromise the need is not there. So rich people this does not matter and they buy all possible items as needed may be requested by the grand mom or the pundits to the requests by the kids at house. All get what they ask and a major puja is conducted burning all that was bought in the havenkundh and then hugging each other wishing happy Diwali. The young blood of the rich people who are not interested in so called pujas burn the money spending on the fire crackers and the kids of the lot are busy looking at the expensive lightings and ladoos. Now the other side of poor people, there are 1000 of comments all across FB saying not to buy the Chinese lamps as that’s detrimental to the benefits of Indian economy, but what will a dad of a small middle class family will do ? He can only afford to buy such lights as that’s the only thing that will get smile on his kids face. Fireworks will burn holes in his pockets and high calostrol ladoos will surely suck his blood. Few earthen lamps and some small crackers for his kids and smile on the kids face is the only happiness that parents have on the day of Diwali. Middle class and lower call also does puja but there havenkunds are not supported by the desi ghee and saffron. Nothing against the puja or why it’s conducted, the message of Diwali is very clear that to throw the evil within you and get the good human infront. That is what geeta says and that is what all the religion says. It’s a festival we all have rights to celebrate in the way we want but the best way would be to share and to spread the happiness, rich people can spare some ghee for the sweets of poor people and that will be the Diwali that God will also celebrate with us. The human is the god and the day God within us is willing to love all other humans near himself that will be the day this yog can be refrased as a satyoug !! may be its written in all possible religion that this is a kaloug and will end soon, but we are mankind of most developed era, let us all challenge the willingness of the destruction and to make sure we win and turn this kalyog to a place where there is kindness and equality. That is what is required, all religion are same and everyone following any of it are also same, so love all and spread the kindness across the globe...