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Holi
is a time to reach out with the colors of joy. It is the time to love and forgive. It is the time expresses the happiness of being
loved and to be loved through colors.
But during our childhood Holi was the festival
of mad mad colours. At that time there was two kind of Holi. 1st where exam is
over and we can enjoy holi to the fullest, and the 2nd where exams are coming
in few days and there were lots of dont's laid by our parents. Now let me
elaborate both types of Holi from the perspective of a child.
The 1st fun filled with
no Restrictions.
We used to plan
well in advance for Holi. Buying gulaal (color powder) packets, pichkari
(spray guns). There were friends who are eager to play Holi and for the
rest we have to break the door to force them play Holi, No excuse for not
playing Holi by any of our friends will be accepted. We discuss with our
group from the previous days where we will start, how to convince with
trick to call our unwilling friends to play Holi. After all our friends it’s a color
riot. We play with all our heart with everyone, any misunderstanding with
friends are clarified on that that and from that day friendship back on track
as usual. After our Holi is over we go to each of the friends house for the
Holi Snack. Sometimes the color is so much so that our parents were unable to recognize
us and don’t allow us to let us in our own house. But the day of Holi and its
memories stays in our mind.
The 2nd with restrictions
I guess no one would
be interested in reading this. To be honest just the thought of not playing
Holi makes me cry. And in 90s the final exams were mainly during month of March
and April. And if Holi comes before
exams our parents laid down number of terms and conditions to allow us to play
Holi.
T&C like Playing
Holi for Only for 1 hour don’t play with hard colour have to be obeyed.
But after start of
playing Holi we plea to extend it for another hour and reluctantly Parents
agrees with the condition that we have to read extra on the evening.
After that Holi
special snacks makes our day complete.
All the Holi’s fun
bring its true color (literally) when we have to remove the colors from our
face and body. The Gulaal’s are easy to remove but other like barnish colors
and black colors are very hard to remove. We help ourselves with shampoo, soap and the
loofah to remove the colors. But all these makes our hair and skin very dry. In
the evening we apply Coconut oil to give life to our hair.
“I’m pledging to #KhulKeKheloHoli this year by sharing my Holi memories at BlogAddain association with Parachute Advansed.”
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Jim Valvano
I can definitely say that about my papa. He has
been believing me at every point in life
and continue to do so. There are some memories which stays forever in the mind,
and we cherish it.
In life we face so
many moments where we doubt ourselves, whether we will be able to do it ?
whether we will be able to achieve it ? What if we fail ? In those moments the
reassurance and faith plays a very big role.
In my family I am the
eldest son, where I am supposed to be the role model for my siblings. Its
presumed that they have to learn from me which puts extra responsibility and
pressure on the elder. So during my 12 th (SSC) I was not able to perform well
in my science subjects. But like every Indian the family pressure was to become
and Engineer. But i was very poor in Physics. Some how I was unable to discuss
it at home. My fear was that they will think that I am giving excuses. And some
how the exams got over and naturally my score was not good. I passed the exam
but it was not good enough to get admission in good college. But commerce as a
subject was very exciting to me and decided to take commerce for my graduation.
I planned to face my
parents and share my views and decision. I was fearing that they will think
negative about me and assume as a quitter. But when I described them about my
choice for commerce and different career avenues they got very supportive.
Papa's encouraging words that he has faith and confidence upon me was really
nice. Those moments still brings cheers to me even now. And by God's grace and
parents blessings I did good in my Commerce subject even secured a University
position in Masters examination.
These word of
encouragement, the trust on me, on my ability motivated to achieve more. These
words made me determined to give my 100%.. These small gestures turned to be a
blessings on my path of achievement. Now there is a great way to capture these memories and cherish them forever. HDFC
Life is giving you an opportunity to create your memory through a video or
scrapbook and send to your loved one, so that you can cherish it forever.
I have been seeing in my house that Most households works like
cleaning, laundry, cooking food is done by my mother or sister. It is presumed
that any household chore, is a woman’s job.
This might have some relevance in a paternal society where the
man earns the living by farming or working and women taking care of the home.
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But with changing times, where both man and women are equally
educated and in most cases working or doing their own business it does not make
sense. from a dominating point of view we should move towards a participating
point of view. Like we share our happiness and sorrows we have to share the
load be it laundry, cooking or household works. Now a days technology is a great
enabler. Previously one can give the the excuse that I don't know it, I don''t
know how to do it or I have forgot how to do it. But today there are multiple
websites and videos on youtube for Do It Yourself (DIY) tasks. Just google how
to use the washing machine there will be a plethora of option with videos,
pictorials and manuals to guide you.
For this we need to have the curiosity as well as sharing the
load mentality. If your spouse is late from office why don't surprise her with
food which you ave prepared ? Just look for some easy recipe in Youtube and try
for once. initially there might be some problem in finding stuff i the kitchen
and the ingredients ratio but with time you will be the masterchef of your
home, I am sure with time you will love it as much as your spouse will.
Besides think, your wife is returning home after a tiring day at office, and
you have made the dinner table ready, these small things makes the bond even
stronger.
For working couples most of the household work like cleaning the
house, dusting, rearranging, laundry are kept for Weekends. weekends is same
for both you and your wife. It has equal time for both of you, both wants to
relax, both wants it to enjoy it. So if one person will do all the household
work, it wont be equal weekends for both. You can share the work and will be
surprised how quickly it got over. And you both can enjoy the weekends in a
better way.
Now the time has come, dont think what will others think if you do the household work. Just share the load and remove the prejudice prevalent in the society.
“I am joining the Ariel #ShareTheLoad campaign at BlogAdda and blogging about the prejudice related to household chores being passed on to the next generation.”
