Traditions

Coming from a land of rich history, culture and heritage where we are influenced a lot by our parents or elders. I grew up learning a lot about my culture, tradition and practices. It sometime's is human, to not appreciate what you grow with but instead appreciate something else. Probably I was one of them for a while. Since I knew most about mine I really didn't appreciate much in it, when I was young. I tried to learn about cultures in different countries. Only later, did I actually try to understand my culture better. There are some things you just do because you are thought to do so, without knowing why, it's only when you know the why that you start appreciating the beauty in it.

I realized that we have a scientific reason behind every religious practice/tradition. Even from the oldest Indian civilization, i.e the Indus Valley Civilization which dates back to 2500 BC. They knew it all! How is an entirely different theory and there are various theories put forth. But these traditions have been passed on through generations. Our  ancient Hindu(which is a religion and a religious tradition) scriptures has a solution to every modern day problem, though these were written thousands of years ago. The more I learn about this the more surprised I am. This is something which defines us, our thinking, actions. With the influence of other cultures, I can see how the traditions are diminishing slowly. I wait to see how long, before it's almost gone especially in the major cities