What is your opinion about Indian festivals and the way they are celebrated?

Meetali Asiwal

Thinker | Posted on 13-Sep-2018

I can understand your discontents with the way Indians celebrate their festivals and indulge in festivities, but I completely disagree with your approach here. I would say that your opinions are highly uninformed.

Let me first of all tell you, Indian festivals showcase the rich diversity and culture on this country which I don't think is found anywhere else in the world. Secondly, you say that these festivals are an utter wastage of time and money. To reply to this, let me take your attention to the number of foreign tourists that visit India every year, spending more time and more money than us Indians do, only to become a part of festivities like Janmashtami, Ganesha Chaturthi, and Holi.

Letsdiskuss

I know one's faith does not need to be flaunted extravagantly, but in this case you are mistaking celebrations with flaunting. The way festivals are celebrated here is not flaunting, but the celebration of our traditional values that we are proud of.

The most ecstatic of the devotees at the time of Janmashtami are the followers of ISKCON, who are majorly foreigners. This is just one example of many.

I agree with you on the point of pollution though. These activities are causing way too much pollution and this needs to be checked. But his does not make a very strong basis for accusing the festivals and the cultural display of a country.

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Angelina Farnando

Professor of Geography | Posted on 13-Sep-2018

In India people celebrate festivals like they have no other work to do. These days everybody is busy in celebrating Ganesh Chathurti as the diety will actually give them what they want. Festivals celebration is completely waste of time and money and stupid Indians are expert in this. They think pleasing God will help them in becoming successful (***** beliefs) and also they don’t only waste time and money, they are harming our environment too.

Letsdiskuss

In 2016, I went on a trip in India and I experienced hell there, it was festive season (URGHH… whole year is festive for them). I stayed in Mumbai and people were celebrating Ganesh Chathurti and I seriously found the festivities useless and wastage (pleasing a thing which cannot even move and expecting too much from it, is just too much!). One day, I was roaming outside my hotel area and saw people dancing and burning crackers, sound of their drums gave me a headache for three days. I don’t understand their logic if you want to celebrate happiness, is it necessary to flaunt? Indians know it very well how to interrupt others and how to destroy peace.

I will suggest them to stop wasting time and harming environment by doing useless things in the name of God. No God is going to come in your hard times, so start working instead of trying to become a priest.