Thursday, August 11, 2005
Our Roots
Ever wondered why when people go out of their country, far away from their mother land, away from families and friends, and known society, they gradually become more and more attached to their motherland, and want to get back. Though not true for everyone, but for most of us.
Like they say, grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Its not that people in their own country, stayin there, are non-patriotic, do not understand / realise their roots. But the fact that when they go out, the rest of the world is curious to find out where they're coming from, what're the cultures, how is the society, how are the things done, and what're the things that're not done. And behind every how, and what, comes a "Why?". And that's where the seed is born. One is made to think, why is it that we are the way we are? Why is it that we do things this way back home? Why do people behave this way? Why do we have such and these customs and traditions? And we find answers, either within our own selves, tryin to put two & two togetehr, or we go out in search for these answers.
One looks everywhere, whether it be Internet, or when we call back home, or when we meet someone from our native land, or reading books or any other sources possible. And when finds the details and the reason for those things, the way they are, we start learning more bout our own culture, than what one ever will / would have, if one'd've never moved out. And that seed grows up, and one learns more, starts understanding the reasons for the customs, traditions, and the endless "this is how you do it, that's it" lists, that we get answer to.
This is what happened and is happening with me. Being far away, I'm getting more and more bonded to my own roots. Like my previous post here on "Gayatri Mantra". Back home, I recived this infinite number of times, my whole life, but never did I ask what it means. Or even if i would've it'd've been ages back, and I don't remember now. But y'day, when a friend of mine asked what it means, I was ashamed to acknowledge, that I don't know what it means, other than the fact that its the "purest mantra" since time immemorial.
But thanks to that question, 'Now I Know!'
Like they say, grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Its not that people in their own country, stayin there, are non-patriotic, do not understand / realise their roots. But the fact that when they go out, the rest of the world is curious to find out where they're coming from, what're the cultures, how is the society, how are the things done, and what're the things that're not done. And behind every how, and what, comes a "Why?". And that's where the seed is born. One is made to think, why is it that we are the way we are? Why is it that we do things this way back home? Why do people behave this way? Why do we have such and these customs and traditions? And we find answers, either within our own selves, tryin to put two & two togetehr, or we go out in search for these answers.
One looks everywhere, whether it be Internet, or when we call back home, or when we meet someone from our native land, or reading books or any other sources possible. And when finds the details and the reason for those things, the way they are, we start learning more bout our own culture, than what one ever will / would have, if one'd've never moved out. And that seed grows up, and one learns more, starts understanding the reasons for the customs, traditions, and the endless "this is how you do it, that's it" lists, that we get answer to.
This is what happened and is happening with me. Being far away, I'm getting more and more bonded to my own roots. Like my previous post here on "Gayatri Mantra". Back home, I recived this infinite number of times, my whole life, but never did I ask what it means. Or even if i would've it'd've been ages back, and I don't remember now. But y'day, when a friend of mine asked what it means, I was ashamed to acknowledge, that I don't know what it means, other than the fact that its the "purest mantra" since time immemorial.
But thanks to that question, 'Now I Know!'
