This Diwali – “Sweeten Lives”

This Diwali – “Sweeten Lives”

Diwali, also known as Deepawali, is celebrated across the world as a symbol of the victory of good over evil. This day is often celebrated as the day on which Lord Ram came back to Ayodhya after defeating the asur Ravana and the people of Ayodhya lightened up entire Ayodhya with diyas to welcome Lord Ram. The same tradition of lighting up the diyas is still followed, albeit with a little bit of alteration. Now, we deck up our homes and offices with diyas and a lot many other things as a commemoration.  We fire crackers, meet people, meet our relatives, and share happiness.

Most of us celebrate Diwali by firing crackers, meeting friends and relatives, eating and sharing sweets and stuff like that. But let’s think bigger, broader! Let us lighten up the lives of people.

This Diwali, we have a message: “ Sweeten Lives”.

Here’s how.

Share:

Most of us visit friends and relatives during Diwali, exchange pleasantries and what’s more, we exchange gifts and sweets too!

Now, if we just look at it from the perspective of sharing, we can share knowledge too! Sounds interesting or difficult? We would say both. But most importantly, we believe sharing knowledge is quite simple, provided we want to share it.

Anil, a student preparing for CAT examination, visits his uncle’s place to greet him. His cousin is preparing for his 12^th Board examination. Now here comes a simple and a noble gesture: Anil shares his knowledge of CAT examination with his uncle/ uncle’s family/ his cousin(s). In return, the family members get an actual feedback about the CAT exam and this piece of information will also help the cousin shape his future.

The same thing can be done by an IAS, when someone visits him and questions about the functions of an IAS officer. And these examples can be applied to any person: a teacher, a doctor, a student and as we said, everybody.

Remember, by doing so, we are just helping some person to make his/ her life better by making an informed decision. It is more important in today’s era of information-bombarding because of the digital revolution.

Gift of Knowledge:

Move-over from the sweets! Move-over from the expensive gits! And if not, take the them as a supplement. Innovate.

Gift books. Share knowledge.

As they say, “books are a man’s best friend, and possibly a woman’s too”. This Diwali we would suggest that if at all you want to gift something, gift books! Yes, an e-book too will do.  Developing the reading habit in a person may arguably be one of the most difficult tasks, but to attempt to do so can be most fulfilling too.

As most of us have heard umpteenth of times that “education is the solution to most of the problems in the world”, let us try to educate. Let us share knowledge.

Remember, by doing so, you would not only share happiness but you will “sweeten lives” too.

Spread Knowledge.

Wishing you a very happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year.

Sweetening Lives,

Paridhi Trivedi Parikh | Hardik K. Parikh

Building Careers, Shaping Lives!