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Today, we were discussing with some like-minded people about how things have changed now-a-days. our young generation has in a way lost connection with our relatives, and other close friends of the family, They all lived in with easy camaraderie. Had no false ideas about `private space'!😞😞😞
We too had nuclear families but still held on to our relations, and at the slightest excuse came together to celebrate. also in case of any difficulty, or problem, all came to help without asking. if anyone was hospitalized, we never had to hire a companion to sit with the patient. And nobody thought that it was a bother! It was all a labour of love!
Now, the same nuclear family seems to have shrunk to the "we and ours", that is only the husband-wife and their child/children! even first cousins don't seem to be included. Sometimes, if they are living in different cities, they don't even know each other. Leave aside being chummy, or or close to each other. In olden days, most of the times Diwali was celebrated together, all brothers, sisters and their children. They all played, ate and slept together. No private rooms or beds! but it was fun. More importantly, it gave a feeling of togetherness, and a feeling of belonging. In today's world, that is lost. The children have grown apart by distances, their way of living, thinking and in general the fast life that they live in. Idea of their standard of living to matters a lot.
The culture, the special traditions of the family, and on the whole our way of life is the biggest casualty in this transition. The upworldly mobile families have no time for anyone. Not for their parents even. Their faces are turned towards the Western World. Thinking that everything American or European is the best, they try to emulate their way of life. Little do they realize that now frustrated with their own way of lif, the Americans and the Europeans are turning toward Indian way of life! Now they have realized the importance of the joint family, our way of eating and of-course the Yogasanas. Our young generation will go the gyms and other dance-classes, and make fun of our old practices of `Surya-namaskaar' or yaga. look at the irony of fate!
One good thing probably is that now the the Americans have stated adopting Yoga as the best way of exercise, our young generation may adopt it! The is true about diet too. Now when the rest of the world is praising out `Thali' is the most complete food, it will have some respect here too.
I really wanted to write more about the relationships, but as the title of my blog suggests, this is `असंच काहितरी सहज सुचलं म्हणून!’ so that is all for today.
