GANPATI BAPA MORYA

WITH DUE RESPECTS TO THE ELEPHANT GOD
I WONDER WHAT HAS THIS FESTIVAL TURNED INTO
IS IT REALLY ABOUT SPIRITUALITY ANYMORE
DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE A DAMN ABOUT GANESHA?
OR ARE THEY BUSY COMPETING WITH THE IDOL NEXT DOOR?
OR IS IT JUST AN PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTPOUR OF HOPES AND DESIRES ONE WISHES TO ACHIEVE IN ONES LIFETIME?
WOULD THE FREVOUR BE THIS INTENSE IF THIS GOD WAS NOT ASHADHARI AND VIGN HARTA?
IS IT ABOUT MONEY MAKING? IS IT JUST ANOTHER GIMMICK TO BOOST THE ECONOMY...LIKE VALENTINES DAY?
IT CERTAINLY IS NOT ABOUT FESTERING HARMONY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY .....PEOPLE ARE THREATED, BULLIED TO PAY UP ""DONATIONS""" FOR THE LOCAL GANPATI MANDAL
AND NOW WE HAVE CHINESE GANPATI IDOLS....SO OUR INDIGENIOUS CRAFTSMEN STRUGGLE TO SURVIIVE IN A PROFESSION THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR GENERATIONS.
AND INSPITE OF THE MANY NOISES MADE BY ECO GROUPS..THIS IS THE MOST ENVIRONMENT INJURIOUS FESTIVAL I WOULD SAY
PICS OF THE DAY AFTER VISARJAN HAVE BEEN DOING ROUNDS ON EMAIL NETWORKS SINCE THE LAST MONTH...WE HAVE TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THEY HAVE BEEN IN DISSUADING PEOPLE FROM FORSAKING THE VERY IDOL THEY WORSHIPPED WITH SUCH FEELING, IN SUCH A HORRIFIC MANNER!

SERIOUSLY WE NEED TO REGULATE THIS FESTIVAL AND LIMIT THE SCALE TO GET SOME SENSE INTO THIS. BUT. EVEN SUGGESTING SUCH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO COMMITING POLITICAL SUICIDE. SO. LIKE THE SAYING GOES...WHO WILL BELL THE CAT......ANY TAKERS??