Todays episode gave us a glimpse of Anant struggling between the cultural pressures of his Babaji and the open-minded new generation's approach of choosing their life partners for themselves!😳
Today's youth are a part of the generation where they are more focused on their rights and their privileges!!😳 And that makes the older generation think that today's youth is less responsible and feel less obligated to continue on the path of our traditions!!😕Are they right or wrong is not my question...coz that question can never be answered!😲
If I ask my dad about it, my dad shall reply.."its good to have your own right of thinking, but culture is an important aspect to be carried forward! Or else, our values and traditions shall be lost forever!"😳
If I ask my friends about it, they shall say.." We are adults now..we are mature enuf to decide whats right or wrong!And we do love and respect our culture ...its just taht we do that in our own way!!😳"
Well, my stand - neither of those thoughts are wrong! 😳And thats how I define a profound term called "generation gap"😳
The Problem at Anant's home is not the culture that is being followed! 😳Maybe there is a reason why that family is the way it is...maybe they believe that they are the culture-setters for the youth today!😃 Maybe Babaji does not want to move away from this mindset and wants to focus on teaching Anant's generation how to live within certain societal guidelines, like he used to during his times!!🥱
But my argument is, is Babji trying to inculcate good values with love or is he doing it by force?!🥱
Babaji is aware that things were different during his time, and then they changed during his son's times and has now changed more during Anant's times!! 😳But Babaji still is not aware taht those changes lead to many other changes!😃 Changes he cud not have imagined during his generation!😛
For example, did babaji know that there shall come a world of internet in future?😳 A world that cud have the capability of people interacting from one end of the world to the other!Look at India-forums..I, who stay in the USA... have friends who sit in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Europe and we share thoughts and passions with people we might never see, never meet face-to-face!😳 I have heard people have fallen in love on the internet and have got married since their view matched perfectly!👍🏼
Babaji needs to get out of the world of illusions that reading a ramayan and giving a pravachan is not what today's generation needs, to understand our culture and traditions!😕 Its far beyond that!!Its about retaining our culture along with moving ahead with the whole world!😳!Its about meeting different people and convincing them that our culture accepts everyone with open arms!🤗!Its about being a person from a background that wants this world to be a peaceful and a happy place to live in!!😊!Its about falling in the beautiful emotion called love, and being a wonderful partner, an understanding parent and an open-minded grandparent!😳
That's our culture...that's our tradition!!!
Okay..now I sound like a Youth "Babaji"..maybe Anant should do a pravachan on these lines...😉😆
Love,
Ritz