CARNIVALS TOO MANY |
Manipur must be one of the few places on earth which still has time and inclination for frequent and extended carnivals even in the midst of extreme crises. As it is there before everybody's eyes, most of our religious festivals are increasingly being transformed into carnivals, even to the extent of ceasing altogether to be the religious occasions they are supposed to be -- a time reserved for genuine soul searching and communion with super nature. A time to recharge sagging morale by pouring out the overload of tension and uncertainty which are an essential part of existence, to the one with infinite patience and understanding. The words holy or prayer no longer rhyme with our religious festivals anymore. Instead there are no more than another occasion to make merry, gamble and binge. It may very well be such merry making have their own healing quality. After all there is much in the saying, laughter is the best medicine. However, celebrations must be proportionate to the occasions and more pertinently to the levels of achievement. Laughter in the times of misery, rather than being medicine, can be a symptom of lunacy, just indulgence in the times of penury is the height of imprudence. Manipur seems to be on this fringe at the moment. Its population have lost all sense of proportion. The gravity of the crises facing the state does not find any reflections in this land of carnivals where leaders virtually compete with each other in declaring holidays believing these are a measure of their popularity and achievement.
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Courtesy: The Imphal Free Press |
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