From the balcony of existence: Swastik this Diwali

Rarely yes

Over the years, Diwali has been a yearning for something new. New clothes and special shopping are not on my agenda. Usually it's holidays, so you want to read something serious for four or five days, and get back into the garden of your mind. True to being with the outside world, but constantly searching for an internal vacation that no calendar can hold, a languid era. There are no such big accounts, so teacher father taught to worship books. That is, the book is also a book, something like that is arranged in the mind. Over the years, the friendship of books has matured. A quote by Henry David Thoreau flickers like a lamp almost every Diwali. 'Festivals are time to re-examine our priorities, simplify and rediscover ourselves.' The need for self-discovery has never been greater today, and that's why this Diwali is so exciting. I join in all kinds of celebrations, but when all the noise fades, I want to go for a walk with a book or drink the solitude like a poem. Today there is a plan to worship Saraswati, Swastika string in a pothi. In a few minutes, four books appeared on top of the cover page. Magical Realism is a major trend in literature today. In Salman Rushdie's victor city, as the language actually changed radically, the jingle of the narrative skill is still intact today. So it seems as if the idea of ​​Diwali is being audited by the four petals of that swastika. These four books are meant to stay with us throughout the year, because as Thoreau said, everyone must take a journey of self-discovery. The next five years are going to be very crucial in the evolution of humanity, and so this 'self' is going to be very important. The first book is by Fareed Zakaria, 'The age of revolutions.' The second is Yuval Novah Harari's 'Nexus', the third is the ever-present 'Bhagavadgita', and the fourth is Gandhiji's autobiography. All these books have been mentioned little by little in the last three-four months, but as we read them and see something from a new point of view, we want to share them. And so there is a strong desire that this swastika should make you do the same Kashok Parishram (Prajna Parishram) in Diwali. When there is a lot of discussion with readers over the phone and in person, readers have certain feelings and expectations. Fareed Zakaria's book 'Age of Revolutions' divides revolutions into two parts. One of the historical revolutions that took place in AD From the 1600s to the present day, I am most interested in what is discussed in the second part, because we have to read the trends and eddies of the changing times from the balcony of existence, analyze them, and adopt two things if we can learn or impart them. is also So I am not talking about the historical revolutions now, but the four big revolutions that are happening in the present time, it is worth focusing on, because in Diwali we have to find ourselves, we have to light a lamp where there is deep darkness. Globalization has entered a new phase. Economies and social equations are being reshaped. Another and important revolution is the revolution of digital transformation. Kamwali Bai or Shakwali or Dhobi are no longer strangers to this digitalization. And the third and fourth revolutions that are taking place are highly political, because of the identity crisis and the ever-changing forms of geopolitical equations and their responses. These four revolutions touch Yuval Harari's Nexus somewhere, that is, two global thinkers of our time share some concerns and optimism, some pessimism, or success-failure. For this reason, the other two texts, the Bhagavad Gita and Gandhiji's autobiography, in a remedial posture, inspire to do something anew. So this is the end of the word clouds that have risen in the four corners of this horizon, but for me, from these four texts, how can India emerge from today's problem to become a developed India, and for me, personal development is the most important issue. Diwali may be called a collective festival, but the lamp has to be placed inside, because the search to be made has to be made through the journey.