09-26-2006, 08:12 PM
<b>Captain Kumar,
I am encouraged by your understanding of the problem. On the question of bringing up children in a spiritual environment, who is going to bring them up. The young parents who will probably be in their early 30s. Ninety percent of the MBA etc qualified Bahus are not interested to have in laws anywhere in the vicinity of their living quarters, most of the interactions are now confined to interaction at rather social and formal level, or through the mobile phone.
These young couples are now part and parcel of the initiator of this whole movement and I am sorry to say that even in the small towns the various types of developments that I have mentioned earlier is fast catching up. Even religious festivals are fast turning into jam sessions.Only last Saturday night 78 young boys and girls were arrested in Mumbai for consuming drugs at a Saturday night party. They were obviously from normal middle class families as the TV reported that they were all holding good positions in the corporate sector.
The other day in a Hindu wedding, the boy and the girl sat on two chairs side by side for the various religious ceremonies as they felt it uncomfortable to sit on the traditional ashan on the floor. For quite some years, two piece and three piece suits have taken over from the traditional dhoti as the weeding dress. Soon we may see Hindu traditional wedding in jeans and leather jacket. It is a normal site to see both middle age and young ladies smoking in public. Since some of the buildings have now become no smoking zone, they come out in the open without any shame to smoke. Dad, Mom, Son and daughter/ daughter in law sharing a bottle of whisky or some other hard drink is not uncommon in many middle class families.
Even ten years ago, it was common to offer tea, coffee or cold drink to visitor at Indian homes. Even the connoisseur of the bottle use to keep it under rap, now the situation has vastly changed and offering alcohol is no longer a taboo.</b>
Therefore, who is going to bring up children in true spiritual environment.
I am encouraged by your understanding of the problem. On the question of bringing up children in a spiritual environment, who is going to bring them up. The young parents who will probably be in their early 30s. Ninety percent of the MBA etc qualified Bahus are not interested to have in laws anywhere in the vicinity of their living quarters, most of the interactions are now confined to interaction at rather social and formal level, or through the mobile phone.
These young couples are now part and parcel of the initiator of this whole movement and I am sorry to say that even in the small towns the various types of developments that I have mentioned earlier is fast catching up. Even religious festivals are fast turning into jam sessions.Only last Saturday night 78 young boys and girls were arrested in Mumbai for consuming drugs at a Saturday night party. They were obviously from normal middle class families as the TV reported that they were all holding good positions in the corporate sector.
The other day in a Hindu wedding, the boy and the girl sat on two chairs side by side for the various religious ceremonies as they felt it uncomfortable to sit on the traditional ashan on the floor. For quite some years, two piece and three piece suits have taken over from the traditional dhoti as the weeding dress. Soon we may see Hindu traditional wedding in jeans and leather jacket. It is a normal site to see both middle age and young ladies smoking in public. Since some of the buildings have now become no smoking zone, they come out in the open without any shame to smoke. Dad, Mom, Son and daughter/ daughter in law sharing a bottle of whisky or some other hard drink is not uncommon in many middle class families.
Even ten years ago, it was common to offer tea, coffee or cold drink to visitor at Indian homes. Even the connoisseur of the bottle use to keep it under rap, now the situation has vastly changed and offering alcohol is no longer a taboo.</b>
Therefore, who is going to bring up children in true spiritual environment.