Reflections down from memory lane!

Times have changed and so the way we live!

Down in my memory lane when I go I remember how things were different for our family. Take any aspect of life and see the change whether its the eating habits, shopping pattern, social circle pattern, or  the   family pattern. Definitely changes are positive and in our favour only.But there are some things which we really miss.

 Malls  have changed the concept of shopping.It has made it more glamorous, more entertaining and more interesting as you have so many shops to go through before making your first choice. I remember with my family we always went for shopping around festivals and there were limited shops to explore. Eating out at that time was not in fashion. Those outings which used to be monthly or on the occasion of birthdays or marriage anniversaries have been replaced by weekend outing.Nobody sits at home during weekends. We can say that its because may be our spending power has increased but still the feeling which we got at that time of having family get together in some restaurant was incomparable.Nowadays kids don’t get that feeling as thats a usual thing for them. May be the feeling of having a proper dinner together with whole family at home has become a rare commodity as most of the couples are working.

I miss those vendors who used to go around places carrying their cart of chats, or pop corns, and even ice creams. I know my son will never get that charm of suddenly hearing the street vendors call and rushing towards the gate and demanding his parents to get a ice cream cone for him. We can say that nowadays its not safe as per health point of view.

That Day while chatting with my friend she told me that she has joined stiching classes just for the sake of continuing the tradiition of stiching at home by her mother and grandmother.Sounds interesting! Our mothers kept themselves busy by stiching, sewing, cooking, knitting, preparing all those delicious pickles, papads, sweets. She was always delighted and I always observed a feeling of fulfillment on her face whenever she did such creative work.Wether it was making a dress for me, or preparing delicious food for us. Today everything is available in the market. Pickles, papads, sweets, there are so many brands selling packaged food. We can say that this has made life easy for working woman.As she is always in crunch of time , such  availability of packaged food in the market has saved her family to be deprived of so many tastes which they deserve. For homemeakers we can say they  have to devote very less time in kitchen now , and this has really helped them to create out niche for themselves out of home boundaries. They can enjoy other things in life as they have more free time with them. But what I think everybody should inherit these talents to prepare such delicacies, and stiching, knitting hobbies from their mothers. Its there choice to prepare it or not but atleast this way such talents will not come to verge of extinction. Otherwise the future generations will here these talents as once upon a time  happening talents. That will be really shame ful for us.

Change is the necessity of life. But with time if some things never change and such small pleasures always remain with us then it will help us to make life full of life. Otherwise we will forget to feel the happiness in such pleasures and in a way become the techno robots who is always looking for materialistic pleasures in life.