Sreeja Though a little obsolete, I thought of adding something more to this discussion.It is always nice to think about persons who are /were close to you in the sojourn of yr life in a special way. So celebrating or commemorating all good things in life has its merits.. it is an occasion to dust off and make shining yr memories, or to make it more vivid, rather than having just a ticking feeling only in the mind.
So whenever you are celebrating or commemorating any thing near to yr heart it has got its own beauty and sweetness... We accept it as the manipulations of business mafia ( greeting cards and souvenirs etc) to commercialize their products and earn profit.Even then we always find happiness to devote our time and money for such causes. Let us not argue about the way it appears to each of us. Good or bad it is nice to remember and cherish fond memories. varghese (Kunjubi)
sreeja varghese <sreethomas_3@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
sreeja varghese <sreethomas_3@
Sir,The message you have passed on to us is indeed quite enlightening. I am geninuely grateful that you passed on this information to all of us. I am proud that we have such well informed malayalis in this group.I regret to say but I lack adequate knowledge about the days we Indians celebrate. Because you have mentioned so I presume you have adequate knowledge of our Indian culture as well, In that case could you share your knowledge about raksha bandhan, holi (festival of colors) and children's day. how it originated, the basis or purpose why we celebrate it, etc.Kindly do not categorize me as a person trying to imitate the western culture in daily life, but I have seen very sweet and heart filling smiles of my parents and friends when I have gifted them cards on the so called mother's day, father's day or friendship day which is far more valuable and precious to me than the fact that it is a western practice. I will keep on doing it as an acknowledgement of their love for me, after we are an Indian Family and family do mean a lot to me.Certainly hoping to receive your mail in this regard.RegardsSreeja, Qatar
S kumar <kumar_8134@yahoo.com> wrote:Sreeja,Indian never had Valentines' Day, Mothers' day, Fathers' day or even the Thanksgiving Day until recent past.Valentines' day is a recent revival of a hypothetic personality, someone created in 1400-s and does not refer to any historical person.Mother's Day and father's day are American inventions to facilitate the children to know who their parents are at least once a year. This was necessitated as the marriages and divorces are so frequent that at times the first wife comes back as the nth. wife and might not remember her husband. What about children for whom and when they were born, as mostly they are brought up separately after the divorces. So, once a year the siblings send roses and call their biological parents as a remembrance!! Thanksgiving Day is celebrated for the victory of the Whites over the Red Indians massacred and the heads were heaped at the City Centre and Whites were playing soccer with these heads and thanked Jesus for giving them victory over non-believers!! This was the origin of Thanksgiving Day. You know who was Bishop Douglas of Rome, who was a thug intimidating all other Bishops attending the Nice conference convened by King Constantine and the Bishop of Rome to organise Christianity in 300AD? before that there was no Christianity and Gospels of today. Bishop Douglas physically intimidated Bishops from Alexandria and others who wanted real Gospels to be accepted like Gospel of Philip, Gospel of Thomas and even Goispel of Magdalene!!Bishop Douglas is remembered as Santa Claus today!! And so popular for Children, a burly bouncer of those days worshipped now!!Nammal aakhoshikkunnathokke nammude ishtamanu. Paksshe, athineppatti shariyayittu arinjittuvenam santhoshappedan! !
sreeja varghese <sreethomas_3@yahoo.co. wrote:in> Respected Sir,Are you telling me you are all of this??? People only chose which is applicable to them right.... Valentine's day dont mean much for a widow like me.. but I certainly believe many wives and husbands look forward towards that day. praayavum pakuatheyum vanna aalkaarum ithu divasangal celebrate cheyyarundu. ee divasangalil santhoshikunnavar santhoshichotte, enthina veruthe athu thalli keduthunathu???? Best RegardsSreeja, Qatar.
â–ˆâ–'Ñ€ÑаvasÑ–â–'â–ˆ <pravasi.kuwait@gmail.com> wrote:hey Sreeja,If we celebrate each day as a special day...then all 365 days in an year we canfind each event like beggersday, politicians day, businessman day, ladies day, mothers day, fathers day, brothers day, sisters day, kids day, teachers day, advocates day, doctors day, engineers day, husband day, wife day etc etc....and if you are going to buy greeting cards, flowers, pendent, and other kind of gift in each day then... how will you eat daily???Pravasi
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 3:14 PM, sreeja varghese <sreethomas_3@yahoo.co. > wrote:in
Dear Friend,I am sorry I dont have malayalam font so please forgive me for writing this reply in English...Why do we have birthday, mother's day, father's day, friendship day, rakshabhandan etc. Arent we living everyday? Dont we love our father and mother everyday? dont we care for our friends?? same thing for siblings too. The basic reason we give importance to these days is to show them we recognise they are there for us...and want to present a token of appreciation maybe a card or some flowers... which portray at times what we dont tell or show each other. It is especially for those people to remember to do something that they may have ignored in their daily race of life( perhaps in the western culture). Its true the young generation uses it in a different manner... but thats a phase which they will recover from... just take it as a part of growing up. If you havent wished anyone "happy valentine's day" till date, good for you... but if that simple wish can brighten up someone's day (maybe even of an orphan) dont take that away from them... Please attempt to see the good side of things at times...RegardsSreeja, Qatar![Hosted by FreeImageHosting.net Free Image Hosting Service]()
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