Yes, Makar Sankrant is a very important festival, and for a number of reasons. To begin with, it ushers in the new year calendar of festivals our part of the world abounds with . It is, moreover, one of those festivals shared across the length and the breadth of our continental country. The third major reason is what we noted yesterday. Yes, it relates to the crop pattern in India, still a semi-agrarian country.
Most important of all, this astrological entity, "makar sankraman", the sun entering the Capricorn constellation, marks an astronomical phenomenon. With the Makar Sankranti begins the "uttarayan". The days start becoming longer. The winter begins to end. As the solar and the lunar calendars thus coalesce, this cyclicity, despite the climate crisis, matters a lot.
In a way, hence, all the rituals associated with this festival easily gain justifications. The "gul poli" and the "til gul' are good for health, given the seasonal transitions. Kite flying is good for the Calcium D build-up, for instance. The " black" clothes are good for warmth, while the exchange of the " dugad" is a welcome tribute to potters and farmers, for instance.
Yes, such details may (or not) convince the nay-sayers. Yet, with or without them, it is a lovely festival because, in my opinion, it asserts the importance of good communication. These days, most all people try to be as arrogant and ill-mannered as is possible. Hence the importance of good communication which the robots and the AI, too, are trying to emulate! Hope the festival energises people to be 'i-deal' communicators!
Pratima@ in the lingo today, I love Sankranti.
Quote of the day: "Sweetness shared is happiness multiplied," says an anonymous quote.
Word of the day: observance. Observance refers to the practice of observing the requirements of rituals, law, or morality. It may mean a careful watch as well.
Let us learn grammar: Let us keep on learning more and more about the usage of articles. We must use, for example, the definite article with musical instuments. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma played the santoor, for instance. Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasiya plays the flute so well that we feel we are listening to the Lord!
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