Friends
Yesterday was Duleti, the second day of color festival. Infact Holi is the festival of colors but next day of Holi, Duleti, we all play with colors. The festival is celebrated for two days. On day one we worship Prahald , who was innocently put in the fire by his Bua Holika , who took him to the fire to kill him but with God's grace, Prahalad was saved and holika burnt. Bad person gone and good remained even in fire. This is the well known story we are hearing since birth. The point here is Holika believed in her brother Hiranyakashyap and took the risk of burning an innocent. She forgot that job is too risky but still the faith prevailed upon her and the result was death. No one should have blind faith and take only calculated risk.
My best wishes to every one on this festival.This festival gives us the chance to forget and forgive and all whether rich or poor or black or white look same.
One thing which always hits me is that celebrations are causing lot of damage to the nature and human beings too. The year starts with Makar Sakranti and thousands of birds are trapped in the kite thread and get killed. That day also causes lot of human casualities across the country. Then Holi Pooja is done through out the country and lacs of trees are cut to burn the holika. Further people use dangerous colors which affects the body and also the water is spoiled. Janmashtami is more remembered for gambling, drinks etc. Even Diwali is more popular for gambling, air and noise pollution. Lot of silent birds get disturbance for almost three days. I dont say that we should not celebrate festivals or the systems and methods of celebrations are wrong, what I mean is that during the course of time, we have forgotten the nature completely and now the damage is apparent.
We should seriously look into the methods of celebration to maintain ecological balance.
CP