However in the recent Five to Ten years there has been a sudden rise in "Days".Some of this could be because of Social Media Usage. However to name a few --we have Hug ,Valentines,Kiss,Petry,Wood,Silence,Pride,Towel,Father,D and Friendship Day. Only God can tell who,why and when these events were created??
My perspective is very clear ,these days have been well thought of and created, just to sell and to do marketing. Offcourse the side effect could be a bit of Social Impact. However Kiss,Hug and Friendship Day have nothing to offer except some time pass.
To elaborate my point further I noticed a lot of messages being exchanged on Social Media ...Maa. Plus some good saintly people bought gifts for their mothers as well (Offcourse I have nothing against people who did this. They Must!)...
However on a second note I saw a Chamber of Commerce celebrating it by awarding Mothers. The Mothers being awarded were beautifull,cultured ladies from Corporate Houses. Most of them belonged to the age of 30-40. Were Directors,Entrepreneurs and Professionals. Couldn't get what for were they awarded on Mothers Day?? Most of them would have left their kids at home to be taken care of by their family members and maids!! ...and they were "Great Mother" as per the Chamber!!! I am sure this whole program was sponsored by Industry( having relation with the awardee). To add wound to injury this expense would be finally booked under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)... I am sure many of the readers would get what I am talking about!!!
To add twist to this Mothers Day, I would further state that we have grown up learning
वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम .
where does this modern MAA fit in with Nuclear Family in this phrase? and what are we celebrating in case we have renounced the above phrase??
Our Culture has taught us जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी, which means Mother and Mother Land are superior to heaven. We in the process of giving respect and salutation to Mother aren't forgetting our Motherland. I am sure most of the youngsters who celebrate Mothers Day give a damn to Motherland. Or so to say the thought of Motherland doesn't even occur to them!!
We as a Country are in a very tricky and bad situation as far as Nationalism is concerned. With the advent of these Modern Days , the situation is worsening. Our Nation comprises of 130 crores people and not even 1 crore real "Citizens".!!
Somebody questioned me yesterday -When we can have Diwali and Holi ,why not Mothers Day? My reply would be the festivals bind a nation , I cant say the same for these modern Days!!! May be exaggerating but normally Modern Day Mothers are not even in the culture of binding, I would rather say they are in the Culture of breaking.
I am sure Mothers or for that matter Parents dont need Awards or Gifts to prove something. They just do it in a flow. The real Award for any Parent can be judged only by their Children and not by any Social Organization or Chambers of Commerce.
Through this blog I call upon my Countrymen to renounce these useless Days and Celebrate Vijay Diwas, Kranti Diwas,Sports Day and such days which Instill Pride for Nation amongst us.
Blindly following others may not work for us. To further establish my point I would quote from wikipedia:-
The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a "Hallmark holiday,"i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create.[12][70] This economic modernization was inspired by US models and was sponsored by the state. She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday.[105] In the United States, Mother's Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; Mother's Day is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.
Time to rethink my Countrymen!!!
I didn't intend to demean the love for Mothers /Parents. It was just that I love my Country more....One of my very close acquaintances wrote on his fb walls yesterday
' मदर्स डे' पर फेसबुक पर उमड़ पड़े 'श्रवण कुमार और कुमारियों ' को देखकर मन भाव बिह्वल है । उम्मीद है कि अगले साल आज के दिन देश के सारे बृद्धाश्रम खाली हो चुके होंगे और सभी के हाथ रोज कम से कम एक घंटा मां के चरण चांपने में लगेगें ।
Thanks
Anuj
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