Give it a thought!

With increasing number of Indians switching over to the ways and living of West, Indian Culture is loosing its shine!

I have grown up celebrating festivals like Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Makar Sakranti etc however as a kid I don’t remember celebrating a special day for loved ones! For us everyday was to be celebrated as a day of Love. But with time things have changed, we need a special day to show our love to the people who are close to us! Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Daughter’s Day and what not.

India is loosing its vividness, originality to the traditions of west. We try to ape them in all things without even analyzing their ways of living.

Have you ever thought why they celebrate these days?

Their lifestyle is one with independence and lateral thinking. The start living on their own and bearing their expenses at an early age. With time their life starts moving on a different track and at an age when their parents actually need them they part ways! As a result these special days of the year make it possible for them to catch up with their loved ones at least once a year.

On the contrary, we believe in loving our close ones and caring for them everyday. Unlike the west, we Indians live our lives which are connected to our loved ones.Our activities are synchronized with our family members and friends. We believe in living with our parents even after growing up,which doesn’t mean we are loosing on our independence. It means we don’t consider our parents as liabilities.

Its on us to keep our identities intact or loose it with a blink of an eye. There is something that sets us apart and we must make sure we don’t let it go away.

When we walk into a store to buy clothes, we normally prefer picking up something we haven’t seen anyone wearing. Reason?

No one wants to be a follower, everyone wants to be a trendsetter. In the same way India stands out because of its unique culture, the rich heritage, the diverse art and dance forms etc. Following the west in everything might not set you apart from the crowd, it will make you part of the herd. 

There is so much in our culture to be explored that I feel even a lifetime would be less. India's tradition and culture be it the food, our clothes, our dance forms, our mythology is worth carrying forward! It's is like a plant , u need to water it  regularly , take its care so that it doesn't die!!

Let us not let our culture and heritage die!! It can shine bright in the sky, it just needs a way to get there!!!!

Illusion........Or.........Reality??

Recapturing my senses and with shivering hands I started searching my phone in the vicinity of my bed. Once located and few incorrect swipes later, I managed unlocking it!

The one thing I very strongly wished not to be true turned out to be very much true!

It was sharp 4:38 am! I was numb.

With each passing second & my heart sinking, I walked towards the door of my room. Struggling with the lock for a minute ,I finally managed opening the door. I turned to the room on the left and found mom & dad in deep sleep. I tried waking up mom but my first try was unheard! Before I could make another try, a voice from inside said let me handle this myself!!!

In the predicament that I was, I couldn’t think of anything at that moment!! I felt my heart pacing at the highest rate! Could it possible be true?? I had been in reality still trying to put the pieces of my dream together. All I could remember was, I read something from a piece of paper and she burst into tears!!!

I knew it was a dream but was there something imbibed in it for me? Was my dream a verbatim of reality, of what was yet to come? Or was it a verbatim of the thoughts of my unconscious mind! And isn't it said that early morning dreams often come true?

I went back to sleep trying to figure out the answers and with the wish that mom was beside me. There is something enigmatic about nights and something even more enigmatic about dreams!!!

The morning welcomed me with sunlight which penetrated the curtains into my room!! I woke up still with the thought of that dream but with a fair attempt trying to feign its existence! Very soon I was ready and left home for my dance class. Reaching there, I felt a strange negativity in the air! I could sense something went wrong!

As she entered the room, her eyes spoke before she could. Pain and grief reflected from her eyes and before I could ask she started to tell it all.

I was amused. I suddenly could see all my questions answered. My dream had spoken to me. It was trying to tell me that she was in pain. It was not an illusion. They were not the thoughts of my subconscious mind. She was a person who was just an acquaintance. I never thought about her. So how did I get that dreams. It ain’t the first time I get these dreams once in while and its sometimes about people who I hardly know and their thoughts wandering my mind is far from reality!!

I fail to understand this mysterious, uncanny world of dreams!!! There is no rule that applies here. There is no theory that is proved correct here! There are only experiences that speak for each one of us!!!!

Welcome the dreams into your world.....you never know which one might just come true!!!

"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true." Napoleon Hill