At the Dusk of Diwali...
The day was nearing its end. It was a dark evening which was reflected by colorful flower spark lights exploded then and there in the sky. By this time the crackers that was been lighted were over and it was the time for relaxing the vision with flashing sky dashers that bursted against the dark background of the night sky, just by sitting in the terrace of the home. It is followed by a night that brings deep sleep out of tiredness of the whole day of celebration. While suddenly I woke from my tiring sleep in the middle of the night. My clock showed that it was 2 PM exactly. I went to the corridor and watched out of it the whole street in which I was a part.
I was able to experience a deep silence; that was neither a haunting one nor a noisy one, rather a silence of deep truth; that put people into repose avoiding them to think on it. I felt the tiredness of my neighbor not only the one next to my door, but also the one next to my city; briefly the tiredness of my whole state. They were the ones who were striving hard everyday with different facets of a single problem financially, that made them struggle for living their life altogether. They yearned for experiencing happiness each moment of their life and they found it manifested in one single day of every year for festivals like Diwali. They pay their dues for everything that they buy in the name of GST only for the welfare of Government, however central it may be or however peripheral it may be for them. The welfare for whom this middle class people's three-fourths of the salary is swallowed-up are supposed to provide them the liberty to experience happiness on that one full day of festival. But they are perfect in passing verdicts against their cultural norms and alloting time limits for experiencing their happiness for which they run and toil each moment. If the reason for restricted timing is demanded from the eco-friendly politicians, who made thermocols to float in the surface of the river to avoid it evaporating and who were ready to destroy 12o acres of forest land and around 300 hectares of agricultural lands for the green corridor, they say that it is to reduce the rate of air pollution, that causes serious health effects for the citizens. Unfortunately, the eco-friendly politicians are unable to restrict alcohol completely, that results in death of thousands of such citizens. From my perspective, it is not such a crime to register a First Information Report, on the account of bursting crackers out of the scheduled time.
This is because our state is a state that has efficient Police men who are humble enough willingly forget the rich people who maintain burial grounds of traditional statues and who are paid forty crores for maintaining godowns of banned gutka. The sacred law of Court, either the supreme or the subordinate should fetter the issues like alcoholism, bribery and corruption that stifles the happiness of citizens; rather it fetters the tradition of festivals and cultural promise of marital relationships to stifle the well-being of such citizens.
I felt that this time of my dawn of realization might be a dawn of realization for all such people in higher positions. Eventhough they are not ready to make laws for enriching the happiness for such people, they should at least avoid being the barriers of such middle class people's existing happiness. Before passing a verdict the workers of law should not only visualize the benefit that it would bring for 'them' or for their country; but they should visualize how it affects such people of middle class strata.
If its does not work to be dawn for their realization, then it should be the dusk of our ignorance to blindly adhere to all futile laws that put an end to traditional celebrations and cultural norms. Its our time to find such a dawn in the dusk of such restricting Diwali. We should end seeing narrower view of restricting a festival of one particular religion and broaden our view to see it as a restriction imposed on experiencing happiness even on that one day. Having such a view will enable the middle class people like us to indirectly demand the courteous eyes of law on us; thereby indulging in performing righteous acts that would be a benefit for us and also for our Government. If we consider our silence adherence to laws be of favor to the Government, then a mutual reciprocation should be either present or demanded from them. That mutual reciprocation manifests itself when Government starts to work for the welfare of the people.
This dusk of Diwali should not be like the dusk of the celebrations of Jallikkatu revolting to the core and then getting lost in the depths of silence like youngsters; rather it should be finding the dawn in the dusk of such restricting celebration. I think I have achieved it, by waking in such a dawn of realization after the dusk of Diwali. What about you...
This is because our state is a state that has efficient Police men who are humble enough willingly forget the rich people who maintain burial grounds of traditional statues and who are paid forty crores for maintaining godowns of banned gutka. The sacred law of Court, either the supreme or the subordinate should fetter the issues like alcoholism, bribery and corruption that stifles the happiness of citizens; rather it fetters the tradition of festivals and cultural promise of marital relationships to stifle the well-being of such citizens.
I felt that this time of my dawn of realization might be a dawn of realization for all such people in higher positions. Eventhough they are not ready to make laws for enriching the happiness for such people, they should at least avoid being the barriers of such middle class people's existing happiness. Before passing a verdict the workers of law should not only visualize the benefit that it would bring for 'them' or for their country; but they should visualize how it affects such people of middle class strata.
If its does not work to be dawn for their realization, then it should be the dusk of our ignorance to blindly adhere to all futile laws that put an end to traditional celebrations and cultural norms. Its our time to find such a dawn in the dusk of such restricting Diwali. We should end seeing narrower view of restricting a festival of one particular religion and broaden our view to see it as a restriction imposed on experiencing happiness even on that one day. Having such a view will enable the middle class people like us to indirectly demand the courteous eyes of law on us; thereby indulging in performing righteous acts that would be a benefit for us and also for our Government. If we consider our silence adherence to laws be of favor to the Government, then a mutual reciprocation should be either present or demanded from them. That mutual reciprocation manifests itself when Government starts to work for the welfare of the people.
This dusk of Diwali should not be like the dusk of the celebrations of Jallikkatu revolting to the core and then getting lost in the depths of silence like youngsters; rather it should be finding the dawn in the dusk of such restricting celebration. I think I have achieved it, by waking in such a dawn of realization after the dusk of Diwali. What about you...
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