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Annual Eid celebrations

Clearly, the main activity of the annual Eid celebration remains attending a relative's residence. On this particular occasion, relatives make sure to see each other at home.  They are amused by a wide variety of dishes. The sweet flavour of the most significant meal, sewai , seems to be blending with joy and celebration. Even so, traditional recipes are significantly altered for the celebration.  During a visit to a relative's home, it became more apparent that not only did the dishes on the table resemble those of a five-star hotel, but also...  The golden-coloured cutlery placed on the table created the illusion of an upscale hotel. Each item placed on the table served as a reminder of the refined and opulent way of life.

'Prefer local gowns & caps for convocation'


Now, the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare urged the important institutions to design new convocation attire that reflects the local traditions and cultural heritage of the state where each institute is located. It is nothing odd as the government stands a bit more emphatic in this transformation. 

There is both satisfaction and comfort in ruminating upon bringing a drastic change in convocation robes and caps. It is as serene and scientific as anything can positively be. 

It acts as a sort of suggestive happiness, where you go round and round in constant motion, never moving backwards in utter tension. And comfortable because it is the substance of memory, clean and preserved. This is just the beginning of shedding the colonial mindset.

The idea behind the change on leaders’ lips is, why? It is fully a case of straightforward Indianism? One theory is that we would thus pay significant attention towards our love for our indigenous traditions. 

Therefore we would find time to make up the mistake committed for so many long years in the form of merely imitation. It got us thinking about purely basic traditions that remain uppermost. 


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