From Passion to Aversion
You are extremely passionate about something. Really love doing it..and then all of a sudden ..you just starting hating it..want to avoid it any cost….How often in life does it happen?
What am I talking about?...Its about Holi..The festival of colors. As I look back (not very long ago… just high school days)..Holi was an exceptional day. Planning used to start a week in advance. It used to coincide with my 2nd unit test, so I better plan how I am going to allocate time for my celebrations. I chalked out my study plan is such a way that I found time to celebrate this wonderful festival. In great spirit we used to assemble at our building terrace and invite people to join. Note the word invite..I don’t remember forcing people to come in..Can’t claim to be a saint tho… an odd balloon used to be thrown at people walking on the road a few days prior to Holi..but they were all uncles and aunties we knew and it was all in good spirit.
Then a series of events took place that has completely shaken my belief about this festival. My take on it now..It is more of (Hooli) ganism…The amount of noise, forcing people to come and play..Its not just about only friendly splashing of colors…It’s a lot lot more…And Im unable to comprehend…Either I’m right or maybe that Ive gone nuts. But there is a way to do things. Giving an individual the freedom to choose if he wants to play or not is a basic one…Is that happening? We keep talking about Indian tradition and values, but there are a lot of things we can learn from the West. Give every man his space, freedom to choose what he wants to and never try to impose yourself on him/her. This is something I find missing….
Either Im right..or maybe Ive gone nuts…..Trying to find an answer?????
You are extremely passionate about something. Really love doing it..and then all of a sudden ..you just starting hating it..want to avoid it any cost….How often in life does it happen?
What am I talking about?...Its about Holi..The festival of colors. As I look back (not very long ago… just high school days)..Holi was an exceptional day. Planning used to start a week in advance. It used to coincide with my 2nd unit test, so I better plan how I am going to allocate time for my celebrations. I chalked out my study plan is such a way that I found time to celebrate this wonderful festival. In great spirit we used to assemble at our building terrace and invite people to join. Note the word invite..I don’t remember forcing people to come in..Can’t claim to be a saint tho… an odd balloon used to be thrown at people walking on the road a few days prior to Holi..but they were all uncles and aunties we knew and it was all in good spirit.
Then a series of events took place that has completely shaken my belief about this festival. My take on it now..It is more of (Hooli) ganism…The amount of noise, forcing people to come and play..Its not just about only friendly splashing of colors…It’s a lot lot more…And Im unable to comprehend…Either I’m right or maybe that Ive gone nuts. But there is a way to do things. Giving an individual the freedom to choose if he wants to play or not is a basic one…Is that happening? We keep talking about Indian tradition and values, but there are a lot of things we can learn from the West. Give every man his space, freedom to choose what he wants to and never try to impose yourself on him/her. This is something I find missing….
Either Im right..or maybe Ive gone nuts…..Trying to find an answer?????
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