The Finest Diwali Message
on October 28, 2008
Theme: Diwali : festival : integrity : selfKartikey Sehgal
[Why we celebrate Diwali: here and here.]
This Diwali, may you live up to your personal best.
When the road outside is lit with lamps and fireworks, may you find solace in your room with books and ideas. May you find solace anywhere you like.
May it be festive inside your self, so that when others greet you they don’t see decadence covered with a smile.
May you greet others with the entirety of confidence. You are not obliged to wish others. You can not change their life course with greeting cards and sweets. The best you can give them is your happiness.
You could also feel happy by giving clothes and sweets to the poor. Don’t be a slave to economy. You are not helping anybody by giving away your money. You are losing money and the poor person is getting freebies.
Don’t treat everybody alike for nobody is like you. You may be reducing your self while trying to be one with the poor or the underprivileged. They don’t even have to try to be equal to you. You are doing all the hard work.
Seek integrity within people who are economically struggling. Integrity rarely expects money and charity from others.
The commonality between a labourer and a banker is honour and not money. Spend time and some drinks with the honest labourer instead of the decadent neighbour or relative. The labourer would gladly give up his corrupt comrades to spend time with you.
However, if the labourer knows that you are corrupt and yet drinks with you, then you deserve his company.
If you are sick and can’t stand light and crackers then go to bed. It’s not compulsory to be dancing in Diwali. Most advertisement company employees know this and so they sleep well during festivals.
Remember, there were no fire crackers when Rama brought Sita back to Ayodhya from Sri Lanka. The city was simply lit with lamps and men and women possibly flirted with one another. So don’t spend money on the wide range of crackers if you don’t want to; unless your brother is coming home with his wife who had been taken by another man or woman.
Photograph: Pavana
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“May it be festive inside your self, so that when others greet you they don’t see decadence covered with a smile.”
Thank you.
Regards,
Baskar
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