My Space: If we missed it this Diwali, we will do it next Diwali

The turn has just finished. After a long vacation, everyone is back to work. Just like a small child gets bored of going to school after vacation, some people get bored of going to office! Because starting from Diwali cleaning till the end of Labha Pancham holidays, some relaxing and fun time would have started again for the busy housewife… in such a time a new task of organizing the Diwali gift-pile of things would have come upon everyone. We, especially Indian people and many Gujaratis buy Diwali gifts with a blink of an eye. Diwali gift shopping is done indiscriminately with a meaningless thought of 'must send'. In particular, most of the gifts received from corporates or business associates are wasteful and unnecessary gifts. Piles of dried fruit and so many sweets that have to be thrown away… big boxes, how many of them are actually usable? Most people 'recycle' such gifts. Aala's hat on Mala's head, and Mala's topi on Ala's head… Sometimes there is such a funny situation that two identical gifts are combined and the other person knows that the sender of the gift has given us a gift from someone else! This custom of giving gifts on Diwali has actually become a form of 'bribery'. Gifts are also sent in the name of 'Diwali' to return the favors they have done to us throughout the year by sending gifts to Sahebs, officers and people from whom we receive regular benefits. A gift like a person! The more the benefit, the more expensive the gift! A way to please even the normally unreceptive officials in the name of 'Diwali' has become more and more popular of late. You may be surprised to know that an entire Diwali gift market has sprung up that designs special gifts for corporates. What are these gifts? Starting from diary with one's own photo, pen with name, silver dish and idol of God to dinner set, watches, the custom of giving many things as Diwali gifts is increasing. The funny thing is, no one usually thinks about giving gifts to the middle class or poor people who work there, because we just give them salaries and bonuses, right? Keeping expensive sweets until they rot, but most people don't live to give a box or two to our co-worker who takes out the garbage or does the housework! A slogan in Chanakya's Niti Sutras says, To keep our associates and subordinates satisfied – one day there will be no fear of dishonesty. How true this is! When we do our Diwali shopping, the person who takes out the branded bags and arranges them in our wardrobe, the person who arranges the sweets and dry fruits, the person who arranges our children's crackers or the person who serves our guests is all one family, one mind and the longings and desires connected with the mind. ! He is also as excited to celebrate the festival as we are. He does not have enough financial facilities, so he may be depressed… But, the true Diwali is the one that brings joy to everyone, brings light and happiness to everyone's home. Home workers, watchmen, courier boys who bring our parcels, food delivery people and most importantly – the people who sleep on the footpaths, who don't even have two cans of food if we have extra sweets, some dry fruits and empty cupboards. If we are able to deliver more clothes after doing it, then we believe that we have celebrated a true Diwali. Thus, if you take a look at the market, you will find clothes that can be afforded by the middle class. It is our duty to buy a pair of new clothes for many people like watchman, driver and domestic help who work at home, garbage collector, gardener, but even if that life is not going on, there are many clothes that we don't wear… expensive. , is branded, its Diwali can be improved by giving it to someone, so much. While buying crackers worth thousands of rupees for our children, let's buy a few crackers for those people who work hard for our comfort and security by cleaning our house, cooking snacks, spending their own festival and standing at our gate on Diwali. Let our children deliver food, sweets and snacks for 3-4 days of Diwali to those people, seeing whom our children realize how privileged and happy they are. Seeing this, our children may also understand that what they consider 'lack' is their 'dissatisfaction'! This can prove to be an excellent opportunity to teach those who have nothing by looking at what they have. Diwali is celebrated as a festival of moving from darkness to light… a journey from the darkness of discontent, insecurity, envy and lack to the light of contentment, joy, well-being and the ability to enjoy what we have is a great way to say goodbye to the past year, and welcome the coming year. ! }