YES! QUIETLY BECOZ THE OFF THE INFLATION,HIGH PRICE OF CRACKERS AND SWEETS DUE TO PETROL/DIESEL HIKE.EARLIER MY MOTHER USED TO PREPARE SWEETS AND SPICY ITEMS OF DIFFRENT VARIETIES WHERE WE NEVER USED TO PURCHASE FROM ANY SWEET STALL.WE HAVE MAINTAINED A TRADITION OF PREPARING SWEETS & OTHER ITEMS IN OUR HOUSE ITSELF. NOW EVERYTHING IS CHANGED.EVEN A SMALL MYSOREPAK WHICH CAN BE MADE EASILY IN OUR HOUSE BUT THAT ALSO WE ARE PURCHASING FROM THE SHOP.EARLIER CRACKERS WILL BE BURSTED 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE. NOW EVEN TODAY ALSO I HEARD THE CRACKERS BEING BURSTED SPORADICALLY IN OUR AREA.
Most likely Not! may be the writer has grown-up and have lost interest in repeating the same activity year after year.
For little children its still an exciting activity, may be writer has reached a stage of life, where he/she won’t find much interest in being a player in Diwali. So looking after little children while they play with fireworks, with bucket of water in your hand for emergency, might be a more fulfilling experience.
Sometimes age might change perceptions, one of the reason I have a big marriage ceremony, because I want to give same moments of happiness and excitement back to children of people, in whom marriage I enjoyed a lot as little child.
Rampant commercialization of simple Indian festivals is responsible for Diwali losing its charm!
Festivals have become more about keeping tabs on who gets how much in gifts and what are the consequences of "under" or "over" gifting!
What used to be a time to celebrate and enjoy with your family, relatives and friends has now become a gift giving and receiving competition and a time to put down the same people by showing off about how more better off you are than them!
The kids from new generation are really unlucky. They are losing the chance of enjoying the every moment of the days of Diwali which was present 10-15 years back. In mumbai that time Winter season was set in & it was really difficult for the kids like us to get up early in the morning. There was no show of money but only enjoyment. The clothese were too simple, sweets were home made but very tasty. Pqarents were unable to give everything to their children, but bond of unity was so strong. Almost everything is lost now. So sad.
Re: HAS DIWALI LOST IT'S CHARM.
by on Oct 31, 2013 12:46 PM
All of that has been exported to America buy narrow minded so called educated IT people and their desi parents. In return superficial culture is being spread.
