While celebrating the festival of lights in a befitting and resounding manner is an intensely personal and joyous sentiment; may I humbly take this opportunity of reminding you to spread the spirit of festivity and bonhomie as far and wide as you can..........
At the cost of being immodest; let me talk about myself; I for one stopped spending money on crackers and clothes three decades or so ago and have preferred to distribute the same amongst lesser privileged though equally deserving kids and other such folks through the auspices of CRY as well as the Concern India Foundation.........
Who am I to give sermons and preach; you may well ask; well I am a well meaning and conscientious Indian who is simply appalled and disgusted with the callousness and heartlessness of fellow Indians who prefer to fritter away crores of rupees every year under the pretext of so called designer "Diwali" gambling parties organised at sprawling bungalows or opulent and garish farmhouses........
Or then flabbergasted by the mindless and somewhat insane antics of such fellow Indians who derive perverse pleasure through either torturing and petrifying innocent and demure stray dogs who are already besides themselves with fear and consternation by the unduly loud and terrifying noise emanating from continually exploding fire crackers and then compounding their bestiality by tying or affixing the very same to the tails of these long suffering strays........
As if this was not enough; I for one have also encountered scores of such callous and crude fellow Indians who do not even bat an eyelid before bursting crackers and gorging themselves on sweetmeats as if they were going out of fashion while emaciated kids of labourers; daily wagers and so on look on fascinatedly with wondrous eyes in the forlorn hope that some of this moolah may eventually come their way.........
Celebrate by all means as the Constitution of India has bestowed you with the right to do so in any manner you please; but spare a though for the have nots and speechless animals who have an equal right to participate in the festivities and celebrations in a manner that is a lot less hurtful and a lot more participative.........
At the cost of being immodest; let me talk about myself; I for one stopped spending money on crackers and clothes three decades or so ago and have preferred to distribute the same amongst lesser privileged though equally deserving kids and other such folks through the auspices of CRY as well as the Concern India Foundation.........
Who am I to give sermons and preach; you may well ask; well I am a well meaning and conscientious Indian who is simply appalled and disgusted with the callousness and heartlessness of fellow Indians who prefer to fritter away crores of rupees every year under the pretext of so called designer "Diwali" gambling parties organised at sprawling bungalows or opulent and garish farmhouses........
Or then flabbergasted by the mindless and somewhat insane antics of such fellow Indians who derive perverse pleasure through either torturing and petrifying innocent and demure stray dogs who are already besides themselves with fear and consternation by the unduly loud and terrifying noise emanating from continually exploding fire crackers and then compounding their bestiality by tying or affixing the very same to the tails of these long suffering strays........
As if this was not enough; I for one have also encountered scores of such callous and crude fellow Indians who do not even bat an eyelid before bursting crackers and gorging themselves on sweetmeats as if they were going out of fashion while emaciated kids of labourers; daily wagers and so on look on fascinatedly with wondrous eyes in the forlorn hope that some of this moolah may eventually come their way.........
Celebrate by all means as the Constitution of India has bestowed you with the right to do so in any manner you please; but spare a though for the have nots and speechless animals who have an equal right to participate in the festivities and celebrations in a manner that is a lot less hurtful and a lot more participative.........
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