Just the flavour of the day?

With the spate of events one after another, honouring someone in one way or another, I started thinking.

Somebody sent an intercontinental Raksha Bhandhan greetings to his new found sister from another mother whilst refusing to recognise the existence of his own biological one. Another tied the band of allegiance with much disdain just for the sake so as not to break the tradition. In real life, this brother-sister duo was like snake and mongoose, eternal mortal enemies. When they met, one would look West whilst the other looked East, such were their animosity. Come to tying the string of brotherly protection in the world so hostile; they were all geared with sweets, nuts and showers of incense water to fragrance their sharing of common DNA!

Same with Mothers, Fathers, Labourers, Farmers, zodiac animals in the Chinese calendar and the Hindu scriptures revered animals, the sacred cows and the divine Elephants. 

The animal denoting the iconic remover of hurdles, the wise one who is given the auspicious salutations before any new venture, is held on a pedestal on Vinayagar Sathurthi is treated like just like another carbon footprint trying to squeeze its existence on planet Earth. Much like the symbolic mother of the nation whose milk was even shunned by the Father of India for the ill treatment accorded to it to draw its elixir of life. The cows are bathed, horns painted and fed rich food only to face the reality of being born a lesser being, a cow, a day after Mattu Pongal.

Well, the real reason the festivities is that people just want to have fun. And it is the economy, stupid!