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We live in a nation ,
where Pizza reaches home faster than Ambulance police,
Where you get car loan @ 5% and education loan @ 12%,
Where rice is Rs 40/- per kg but sim card is free,
Where a millionaire can buy a cricket team instead of donating the money to any charity,
Where the footwear, we wear ,are sold in AC showrooms, but vegetables, that we eat, are sold on the footpath,
Where everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to follow the path to be famous,
Where we make lemon juices with artificial flavours and dish wash liquids with real lemon.
Where people are standing at tea stalls reading an article about child labour from a newspaper and say,”yaar bachhonse kaam karvane wale ko to phansi par chadha dena chahiye” and then they shout “Oye chhotu 2 chaii laao…..”
Students with 45% get in elite institutions thru quota system and those with 90% get out because of merit.
2 IPL teams are auctioned at 3300 crores and we are still a poor country where people starve for 2 square meal per day.
Assembly complex buildings are getting ready within one year while public transport bridges alone take several years to be completed.
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In the above lines,finally I have just one thought for many years now….This is just my thought and is not intended to hurt anyone’s or any faith’s feeling
Though being born in a Hindu family but presently being an atheist….I had this rational thought
The food/other useful materials which is being used for Abhisheka finally drains out of the Garba Griha through a drain passage….the amount of food used in these lavish celebrations are often huge and may run from a few thousands to even crores….
In this poor country where still people starve for 2 square meal per day does these food items deserve to be wasted……? God gives the food for people and why can’t we distribute it evenly to all……..and the funniest point as well as the most critical point to be noted is we, humans are actually wasting the food thinking that it will cool the heart of God…Atleast this is what I heard when I asked y God needs abhisheka?
For illustration…..let me take a simple example…..from this page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Puja#Abhishekam
Some of the common items used for Shiva Abhisheka are
1. Curd
2. Milk
3. Honey
4. Tender Coconut Water
5. Vibhuti (holy ash)
6. Panchamrut (Curd based delicacy consisting of Panch(5) items: Milk, Honey, Ghee (clarified butter), Honey, Bananas)
7. Bananas
8. Sandalwood Paste
9. Ghee (Clarified butter)
A usual abhisheka does has all these foods going down the drain…..:( Imagine the quantity when the abhisheka is performed on a larger scale….
India is far more better than the African Nations where still the poorest people live in the most extreme conditions of life……While seeing African poor starving from hunger, my eyes drop a tear..
..my heart asks me why should I fly across the ocean to Africa for seeing such scenes in life…..Just step out of your Air conditioned room/office and you will still see a lot of poor people around you on the Indian streets…….
Finally it all boils down to one single point………from Indian hoteliers who own even wholesome islands jotting on the earth surface to middle class people who make the former so rich……life remains the same…All we need is just a change in mind and its thought process……..
