अतिथि देवो भव

Hello !!!!...

How are??  Khana kha k Jana huh..   

The signature statement of Hansa Parekh (from KHICHDI); although a dumb & super funny character, who has no desire to perform even her routine work…, but this concept of atithi devo bhav  seems to be quite clear to her.

Which literally means-?

Guest is a form of god, so one should please them with their full consent and should take care of them..

Our Hindu mythology is full of examples and stories; e.g.

1)      The great Hindu king Shivi and pigeon; where Shivi donates part of his flesh to a vulture to protect the vulture, his guest…

2)      Shabri has offered the lord Rama those plums, which were already tasted by her , because she was so overwhelmed that the lord has given her a chance, in the form “atithi” to show her feelings..

But the scenario is totally changed down the years, now the quotation is changed to “atithi tum kab jaoge?” ( as we have seen in the recent flick of Ashwin Dheer; which narrates the story of a working urban couple of Mumbai, who are annoyed by an unwanted guest and how, they tackle and finally, emotionally attached..)

Development is on a super fast pace and things have really changed drastically. One can even observe the changes down the past 5 years, which were not even imagined 50 years back.. Isn’t it???..

I believe these advancements will naturally affect the human emotions or I should say they are transformed, how is it possible to carry the same sentiments and priorities in the different phases of time. I think this world survives upon the virtue and goodness of this mankind and will continue like this.. Situations might be different, but the driving force will remain the same. This society will continue its survival upon the better half of this society ,the so called goodness is retained by whom…. (my mom is a great example of the above characterization)

Well, without being distracting from the topic , my appeal from elders ,is to stop blind criticization of the youth  the 21^st century flag holders.. and from the youth is to act in a balanced way in any situation..

Because  atithi is still dev but realization may take some time  (quite contrary to the pace of development)…..