Friends
September month has started which witnesses lot of religious festivals of jains particularly. Most of the jain temples are full of bhakts and worshippers. The discipline of food, fasts and timings are in place.
My brother, Rajesh has just moved to Uganda (Africa) for better career prospects. The education provides platform to every one to perform in this competitive world and I wish him great success in his career. The joint family system has almost gone away in cities particularly and the effect can be seen in behaviours too. These days the kids of nuclear families do not know many close relationships and always avoid too. For them it is useless to know about the family tree, various relatives, history etc. Neither they are interested to know about them nor they feel such need. This may lead to loneliness, depression, insecurity and frustrations in long run. I agree that colleagues, friends and neighbours are always very important in life but they can not replace the relatives. In my view the coming time would witness a different westernised atmosphere where no body cares for the relatives and only for the colleagues and friends. This would further dent or may scrap the Indian culture where the values, security and teachings come more from relatives.
In any case the world moves on.
CP