Lighting up our lives... Happy Deepawali & Happy Children’s Day…

 Happy Deepawali  & Happy Children’s Day…

We all know Deepawali is the festival of lights... ‘Deep’ means lamps & ‘Awali’ means row or series in Sanskrit… So Deepawali means series of lamps (diyas). Deepam is the lamp treated as a symbol of victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, brightness over darkness etc. It is also regarded as the symbol of enlightenment.  Please go through the following information for deeper understanding about Deep & Deepawali.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_lamp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diya_(lamp)

 If we go deep into the technicalities of the Deep (Oil lamp), it is basically made of clay where oil is poured and has a cotton wick to be ignited. The energy in the oil is transformed into the light & heat energy. The process of this transformation is wonderfully explained in this article…

Illuminating the Science behind the Diwali Diya

  As 14th November in India is celebrated as Children’s Day, let us try to understand about it before we integrate these two concepts of Deepawali & Children's Day. World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day

In India,  the Children’s Day is celebrated on 14^th Nov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day_(India)

Let me now integrate these two concepts by bringing the analogy between the diyas & children...

Clay lamp = parents (facilitators)

Oil = Ocean of knowledge

Wick = Teacher (Guru)

Light = Children’s bright future

Wind = External influences (temptations/deviations)

 Teachers (wicks) supply the knowledge (fuel) required to brighten (light) the children’s life. The parents (lamp) supports the whole process. The external influences (wind) is to be so controlled in such a way that it aids the light up.  

 With this analogy in mind, I hope we can easily come out with the list of roles and responsibilities of each one. Let us explore our true roles to make the children illuminate the world…