What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
In a world where the family structure is becoming smaller and smaller like from joint families to now nuclear families, from orthodox parent structure to liberated parents structure we cannot disagree, things have changed. At this time we have immense technological change from G to 5g and in the production of robots and other machinery in our house. Things have changed. From Environmental issues to family structure and a lot more. So it’s true that following all the traditions of our parents will not be possible due to several factors and the main being the TIME FRAME.
My parents have taught me each value which would make me a better person with maturity and understanding capacity. I adore and am extremely grateful for whatever they have done and still doing. It’s just a natural process of how I got to be their children and well of course it’s just the luckiest thing that happened. Now about traditions, there are pretty different from what they used to follow and what we follow now. The most important tradition which they used to follow and still used to follow was wishing everyone Vijaya Dashami (The last day of Durga Puja) or Happy New Year by going to each other’s house. This tradition is beautiful but I think people have less time on their hands hence resulting in doing it via message on WhatsApp.
When I was a child I used to go to my parent’s all my relative’s houses and wish them. They fed us with homemade sweets and sometimes store-bought. Also, the process was vice versa. They too came to our house and we conducted lunch or dinner and it was a traditional process. I wanted to keep this tradition alive and connect with all relatives and neighbours at least during the festival time. But as you know it is a connected vice versa situation where the neighbour or your relative should feel the same. More than feeling the same it’s about time. The time now restricts everything. Less time and more work which people have to deal with every day. And that’s the life story I suppose. Traditions fall into pieces not because we don’t want to follow but rather there’s a situation such kind. Change of situation and mind perspective are the main reasons.
Early Morning Memories 
5 responses to “Can we preserve TRADITIONS?”
Yes, true “bijaya doshomir pronaam niyo”, “subho nobo barsha” these words are hard to be found these days. We are too lost, it seems, in our hectic lifestyle, but for our parents, it is an emotion more than just a tradition.
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Exactly so thank you so much for reading completely and giving honest feedback. Yes we miss such traditions .. it’s like even if you want other person should also encourage the same feeling.
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While my parents are still very much in my life, distance separates us. At the same time, technology is not part of their life. Time has eroded certain traditions, but there will always be precious memories.
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Yes thanks for sharing such a personal story. You are always in your parents mind and thought. Go and meet them whenever possible
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True we wish to continue with traditions, but circumstances make us give up on some
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