Well its kinda late for me to blog about diwali as the festival has drawn to its end, but as long as my vacations are on, well, who cares.
This diwali vacation was the first one i had after college started, so technically it signified that school has finally ended. But this diwali was more than just a festival to me. I needed this break to get time off from college, studies, friends, everything. Recent events had brought up many issues, issues that had to be dealt with. And dealing with them wasnt the hardest part, what came after was.
All of us have been through this phase where we don't understand why things happen, where we aren't able to reason stuff out. We look for answers everywhere we go, and are unable to find them.
But that's where the problem lies. If we look closely, we realise its not answers we are looking for. No one wants an answer. We claim to look for them but we never want them. All we want is for some hope, hope that let's us believe in something again. Hope that lets us have faith. Hope that gives us enough strength to know that we'll get through. Hope that makes us survive.
This diwali wasn't merely a festival for me. Diwali's said to be the "festival of lights" and as one of my frinds rightly said, it lights our way.For reasons unmentioned, diwali did give me hope. I never celebrate diwali in the literal sense. But it makes me happy. Maybe that's the whole idea of diwali. To bring about joy and happiness into people's lives. Materialistic people see it as the festival to earn money. Children see it as festival to burst crackers. Elders and students see it as a break from their busy schedules. For whatever reason a person has, diwali is the festival of happiness. Because as long as you're happy, well, who cares.
This diwali vacation was the first one i had after college started, so technically it signified that school has finally ended. But this diwali was more than just a festival to me. I needed this break to get time off from college, studies, friends, everything. Recent events had brought up many issues, issues that had to be dealt with. And dealing with them wasnt the hardest part, what came after was.
All of us have been through this phase where we don't understand why things happen, where we aren't able to reason stuff out. We look for answers everywhere we go, and are unable to find them.
But that's where the problem lies. If we look closely, we realise its not answers we are looking for. No one wants an answer. We claim to look for them but we never want them. All we want is for some hope, hope that let's us believe in something again. Hope that lets us have faith. Hope that gives us enough strength to know that we'll get through. Hope that makes us survive.
This diwali wasn't merely a festival for me. Diwali's said to be the "festival of lights" and as one of my frinds rightly said, it lights our way.For reasons unmentioned, diwali did give me hope. I never celebrate diwali in the literal sense. But it makes me happy. Maybe that's the whole idea of diwali. To bring about joy and happiness into people's lives. Materialistic people see it as the festival to earn money. Children see it as festival to burst crackers. Elders and students see it as a break from their busy schedules. For whatever reason a person has, diwali is the festival of happiness. Because as long as you're happy, well, who cares.
