For a lot among us, Diwali is a time of stress and storm. Maybe because of the unexpectedly less Diwali bonus, not enough moolah in our banks left to splurge on a house, wardrobe makeover or a new car or a longer, louder ladi to burn when all the neighbours are together in the Gali in their finest clothes and attire because after all, it boils down to " the more, the merrier. " For most of us owning pets, handling them on one of their most terrifying experiences of their extremely fragile and short lives is a conflict in such a joyous occasion of our own lives.
It's not an unusual sight to see street dogs crouching, hiding and even feeding themselves in and from a huge collection of garbage disposed off carelessly from our own homes. If a same life is seen from a human perspective, it would be like sleeping, living and feeding on a bed of thorns. But we're lucky enough to be governed by a Right to Life and have a voice to express discomfort or injustices done to us, and also fight and earn for a better life. These creatures sent by God on Earth without any of these capacities deserve much better than what they face just because we can't contain our happiness on a festival, just because we have another laugh troubling a stray animal run for his life when we hurl a cracker at his leg which some drunkard broke while racing his car late at night, just because we don't seem to remember what the festival really is all about. The times are so grave that foetuses succumb to death even before seeing the light of the day and breathe their last before breathing their first breaths. Little children, are drawn into the high seasonal demand of labour for crackers during the time of Diwali because their priorities and not homeworks and lost notebooks, but the strong need to sleep with a full stomach or the burden of the expenses of a sick family member, battling for their life night and day, stuck in the darkness of their Kaccha houses, just like the vacuum of the vicious cycle of their fate. A vacuum, in which many lives get drawn into just so they can stay alive the next day. Lets give all these distinguishing lives a tomorrow that lasts more than the assurance of the next day but a future that we all can bank upon. Let's cherish the joy of giving happiness. Let's be a gift to the world !
Happy Diwali to all :)
- Rtr.Bhavya Sharma
Rotaract Club of Delhi Janak
R.I.D. 3011
2015-2016
