Mehek Bassi's Blog - Posts Tagged "emotions"
Killing Bills!
Latest mobile phones, (blackberry’s, I-phones) expensive cars, (Mercedes and BMW’s and Audi’s) branded clothing, (Versace, Gucci, Prada), a big house (a palace instead…); now all these are the only symbols of belonging to a good family. Values and etiquettes seem to have lost their significance. Now, not only parents or teenagers, but little children also demand big cars with drivers err well dressed chauffeurs to escort them to their play-schools. And if someday their dad comes in a small car, say, a Maruti Swift to take him from school, the child (saving himself from future insult from his class-fellows) says in front of all his friends, “Kya papa, Swift mein kyun lene aaye ho? FORTUNER mein aana tha na…” (In other words, child is saying we also have TOYOTA FORTUNER at home!) and then he looks at other kids, if they HEARD what he SAID and the dad will be looked upon by all juniors as a criminal!
High society, fashion, classy lifestyle, everything is now being adapted blindly. Parents simply overlook the impact their deeds can have on their little ones. Children feel ashamed in going out if they are not dressed in branded clothes. And if the family is getting ready for some party, these kinds of phrases are most commonly heard, “Sweetheart, mere GUCCI ke shades kahan hain?” “Darling chalo aaj Jaguar mein chalte hain, Mercedes rehne do, last time bhi Mercedes hi leke gaye the” and so on…and the little champs of the family automatically set their mind that JAGUAR is a better brand than Mercedes, so the driver should come in Jaguar tomorrow to their school.
If the junior has his birthday, only imported Swiss chocolates should be distributed among his class-fellows. Any Indian or local brand can gain him utter shame and insolence. Promises are made to the best friends of a treat in a five-star hotel in evening including expensive food items, exclusive ‘shin-chan’ or ‘doraemon’ cake, a magician or a joker as entertainer and what not! The friends also get him expensive and useless birthday gifts including branded watches; play station games, remote controlled cars and robots etc. The gifts only consist of big money nowadays, and no feelings at all! Gone are the days when handmade gifts were in trend; and friends put in their heart while gifting something on birthdays or other occasions. Now, what matters is only the cost and MRP.
Then the weddings, we Punjabis are no doubt famous for their diverse cuisine and eating habits, but that doesn’t means that we should spend unnecessarily on weddings too! Though dowry is a restricted and criticized practice in Indian Culture, but it is still famous and prevalent in Punjab. Expensive cars, lavish amount of cash, jewelry, furniture, clothes, property, and land are gifted to the bride and groom as if the groom’s side has got nothing at all. Then the weddings are full of million different kinds of foods, including Spanish, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, continental out of which maximum goes into trash after the wedding coz we desi people are not much fond offeeka (tasteless) international foods, we like spices in our platter!
Then the decorations…the marriage palaces and halls are decorated lavishly, studded with gold and diamonds instead! Just for other people to look at it for a few hours, criticize the odd combination of tents in lawn amongst themselves, praise it in front of family members and walk away! Guests are heard talking among themselves, “Purple and yellow…what a sick combination! I feel like puking right now!” and after sometime, same person is heard talking to some family member of bride and groom, “Purple and yellow look so great together, who’s the wedding planner? Amazing decoration sir, I must say!”
People know that maximum of their food and money will be wasted in weddings, but still they spend like mad, for whom? Wedding is the most precious and important day of life for the bride and the groom, focus should be laid on blessing the couple and being a part of their happiness instead of spending millions and billions which are worth nothing in the end. For whom so much is done? For the so called high society which is not high in their views and values, but only high in sycophancy? Money has lost its significance!
No-body nowadays is happy in other person’s success, everything left is just show-off! People show as if they’ve got million dollars under their beds, and their children become conceited and egoistical. Parents instead of providing ethics to their kids, give them heaps of money to waste upon useless stuff. Little kids behave as if they themselves earn million dollars a month. Gone are the days when only a fifty rupees note was enough for whole of the day…now even a thousand seems less looking upon the prices of even daily supplies!
And then people complain their expenses have increased, budget of home is disturbed…ask yourself fellows, who has disturbed the budget and who has increased the expenses? Stop throwing money like trash, learn to respect it, teach your children principles and not flattery…live to the fullest…one life!
High society, fashion, classy lifestyle, everything is now being adapted blindly. Parents simply overlook the impact their deeds can have on their little ones. Children feel ashamed in going out if they are not dressed in branded clothes. And if the family is getting ready for some party, these kinds of phrases are most commonly heard, “Sweetheart, mere GUCCI ke shades kahan hain?” “Darling chalo aaj Jaguar mein chalte hain, Mercedes rehne do, last time bhi Mercedes hi leke gaye the” and so on…and the little champs of the family automatically set their mind that JAGUAR is a better brand than Mercedes, so the driver should come in Jaguar tomorrow to their school.
If the junior has his birthday, only imported Swiss chocolates should be distributed among his class-fellows. Any Indian or local brand can gain him utter shame and insolence. Promises are made to the best friends of a treat in a five-star hotel in evening including expensive food items, exclusive ‘shin-chan’ or ‘doraemon’ cake, a magician or a joker as entertainer and what not! The friends also get him expensive and useless birthday gifts including branded watches; play station games, remote controlled cars and robots etc. The gifts only consist of big money nowadays, and no feelings at all! Gone are the days when handmade gifts were in trend; and friends put in their heart while gifting something on birthdays or other occasions. Now, what matters is only the cost and MRP.
Then the weddings, we Punjabis are no doubt famous for their diverse cuisine and eating habits, but that doesn’t means that we should spend unnecessarily on weddings too! Though dowry is a restricted and criticized practice in Indian Culture, but it is still famous and prevalent in Punjab. Expensive cars, lavish amount of cash, jewelry, furniture, clothes, property, and land are gifted to the bride and groom as if the groom’s side has got nothing at all. Then the weddings are full of million different kinds of foods, including Spanish, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, continental out of which maximum goes into trash after the wedding coz we desi people are not much fond offeeka (tasteless) international foods, we like spices in our platter!
Then the decorations…the marriage palaces and halls are decorated lavishly, studded with gold and diamonds instead! Just for other people to look at it for a few hours, criticize the odd combination of tents in lawn amongst themselves, praise it in front of family members and walk away! Guests are heard talking among themselves, “Purple and yellow…what a sick combination! I feel like puking right now!” and after sometime, same person is heard talking to some family member of bride and groom, “Purple and yellow look so great together, who’s the wedding planner? Amazing decoration sir, I must say!”
People know that maximum of their food and money will be wasted in weddings, but still they spend like mad, for whom? Wedding is the most precious and important day of life for the bride and the groom, focus should be laid on blessing the couple and being a part of their happiness instead of spending millions and billions which are worth nothing in the end. For whom so much is done? For the so called high society which is not high in their views and values, but only high in sycophancy? Money has lost its significance!
No-body nowadays is happy in other person’s success, everything left is just show-off! People show as if they’ve got million dollars under their beds, and their children become conceited and egoistical. Parents instead of providing ethics to their kids, give them heaps of money to waste upon useless stuff. Little kids behave as if they themselves earn million dollars a month. Gone are the days when only a fifty rupees note was enough for whole of the day…now even a thousand seems less looking upon the prices of even daily supplies!
And then people complain their expenses have increased, budget of home is disturbed…ask yourself fellows, who has disturbed the budget and who has increased the expenses? Stop throwing money like trash, learn to respect it, teach your children principles and not flattery…live to the fullest…one life!
