Its been a long time and i owe this delay to my training period. However, it's better late than never. Surviving the hot days of summer in the pink city, a week in 'the Scotland of the East' was definitely refreshing. Now that I have some time at my hand, it's back to blogging. During childhood we were taught a numerous things ; mannerisms, etiquette, discipline all forms the backbone of our life and we took them to be the pedagogues of a blissful life.
How to talk, how to behave, how to sit, how to eat, what to eat, everything. "beta don't do this, beta don't do that" and we assumed whatever we are told is correct, believing them blindfolded. Now that I have gained conscience and matured a bit, thankfully I find most, rather all of them (of course we can't do away with the exceptions) to be very true. The 'for' part being done with, lets talk about the 'againsts'. First of all the eating habits. We were (am sure most of us were) told by our elders that fruits, green vegetables are good for health, but according to us these are the things of the past, and we the so called Gen X, feed and grow on soft drinks, chips and pastries. Things which were not talked about at home, i.e. we learnt from magazines or newspapers or our beloved friends, is automatically believed to be a taboo (although we all practice them). The adolescent talks that we find very exciting are not to be discussed in family. We have grown up with these morals flowing in our veins. If we keenly observe, it's a universal rule - anything that excites us and is not told by our elders is forbidden. (I wonder why the greatest of scientists and psychologists never figured it out!) Right from the day of our birth the mantra of "Early to Bed, Early to rise, makes one healthy wealthy and wise" has been crammed into our minds. And most of us did follow it until a certain age, however once we grow up and gain conscience there are very few left to preach this mantra (pardon me if m being a bit stereotypical, but this is what i see around me) As we grow, our choices change, the same denims that we once kept for occasional wears bought on our birthdays by our parents, now seem out of fashion, in fact they are not worth wearing even at home. Now we only want branded clothes (how much we can afford is a different conversation altogether). This is the very consequence of our maturity. We all know that smoking and drinking is injurious to health and have grown up hating people who exercise these acts, but now many of us have ourselves started them completely aware of how fatal it can be. Who can we blame it on other than our own conscience. To sum up, it's not a moral speech or lecture i m delivering its just a thought I had a few days ago and wanted 2 share.
How to talk, how to behave, how to sit, how to eat, what to eat, everything. "beta don't do this, beta don't do that" and we assumed whatever we are told is correct, believing them blindfolded. Now that I have gained conscience and matured a bit, thankfully I find most, rather all of them (of course we can't do away with the exceptions) to be very true. The 'for' part being done with, lets talk about the 'againsts'. First of all the eating habits. We were (am sure most of us were) told by our elders that fruits, green vegetables are good for health, but according to us these are the things of the past, and we the so called Gen X, feed and grow on soft drinks, chips and pastries. Things which were not talked about at home, i.e. we learnt from magazines or newspapers or our beloved friends, is automatically believed to be a taboo (although we all practice them). The adolescent talks that we find very exciting are not to be discussed in family. We have grown up with these morals flowing in our veins. If we keenly observe, it's a universal rule - anything that excites us and is not told by our elders is forbidden. (I wonder why the greatest of scientists and psychologists never figured it out!) Right from the day of our birth the mantra of "Early to Bed, Early to rise, makes one healthy wealthy and wise" has been crammed into our minds. And most of us did follow it until a certain age, however once we grow up and gain conscience there are very few left to preach this mantra (pardon me if m being a bit stereotypical, but this is what i see around me) As we grow, our choices change, the same denims that we once kept for occasional wears bought on our birthdays by our parents, now seem out of fashion, in fact they are not worth wearing even at home. Now we only want branded clothes (how much we can afford is a different conversation altogether). This is the very consequence of our maturity. We all know that smoking and drinking is injurious to health and have grown up hating people who exercise these acts, but now many of us have ourselves started them completely aware of how fatal it can be. Who can we blame it on other than our own conscience. To sum up, it's not a moral speech or lecture i m delivering its just a thought I had a few days ago and wanted 2 share.
Signing off
Nirvaan
