An Unfortunate Truth

New Note 4
My Discoveries amaze me... all the time.
I am not a scientist, I am not a scholar, not even a writer, I am rather a simple observer.
and two years ago in Bangalore, a rainy morning as the people dressed in traditionally sophisticated attires (though their discomfort was mutely visible) were passing by my eyes, it struck to me that we are driven by traditions, not by culture.

There are many many sub branches of any religion all over the world, and above all, trillions of families out there have traditions of their own, which are either meaning less or have lost their meanings.

The point is our new generation is smart, they are capable of flying, flying high...but they are equally prone to be lost in their flights. Reason is they are not Grounded.

They follow their traditions unwillingly as they do not have a valid reason to deny those traditions in lack of understanding the deep meaning of any ritual they perform.

at times when I see a marriage happening, I feel pity for each of us as the priest still continues in vedic language, which is Sanskrit, what's rarely and hardly being understood by both groom and the bride and god forgive I notice the small but deadly mistakes in the pronunciation of those mantras by priests (sometimes It really makes the meaning opposite).

I don't understand many religions, traditions and cultures, but bit of Hinduism, and Indian culture.
One sweet good thing happened in my adolescence, no matter how difficult I found Sanskrit in starting, My father literally forcibly convinced me to learn it.
and hence I can feel the delusion of young men and women of my age.

Notice this little thing a bride either bears a very sexy smile or crying too much while wedding, what a priest says is none of their business. No offense.

The oaths are not being taken in the language you understand? and even if they are, how many people still remember them? :-) forget the willingness to keep them.

another thing that makes me worried that in India the important decisions are either taken by children or by too old people.
for example - whom should the grandson will marry, is decided by the totalitarian grand ma, It makes sense too as she is the key to all the property one has.

and which fridge or car should be bought, what should be consumed at home, where to go on Holidays, even which life insurance policy is to be bought... almost everything is being decided by children.

where are the adults, where are they busy?
or I should rather ask Do we really have adults?

-- till next time!

Shalini
13 april 2011