So I have been losing precious time, days, hours, months and years only under the forever discussions of Raahu, Ketu and many such improbable or ugly cosmic misgivings. I am not a non-believer and I do believe in a whole lot of things… but I am part rationalist too. So to stall all work for a couple of hours a day sounds daunting to me… when I mean stall all work, I mean something new and consequential and not the routine. So while you can continue to cook and bathe and watch television during Rahu kaal but you cannot sign a deal, make new ties and associations… not do anything precious or auspicious. I will not get into explaining Rahu and Ketu to you… you can Google it :)
With an overflowing list of programs on television nowadays that are dedicated to stars, star signs, constellations and astrology, I wonder if it is helping people to get any wiser or is it only encouraging superstitions approach to viewing calendars!
What if I did not know about the impending Raahu or Ketu Kaal in a particular point of time in the day and went ahead with some negotiations or business transactions? Would it still not come through? Would it not be successful? I am not questioning faith, but I am not okay with not being able to go ahead with normal life and planned businesses because of some time in the day, everyday!!!
In my view, all these so called programs on television are attaching more fear to stars, signs, constellations etc. I think cosmic events are beautiful, scientific and a natural occurrence. Why associate it with fear, misfortune and impending doom? Why make them reasons for our own natural crisis? Are we less fearful of nature? Why can’t we just love it, for what it is and for what it gives us?
It’s a time warp… where I am left helpless for not being able to do much as there are many others influencing that call of decision to observe the so called not-so-good times of the day. I am livid at all the national channels producing these baba-giri programs where babas with straightened hairs and devis with huge coloured rock-studded rings on their hands are creating an environment of fear, mythical misperceptions and stealing confidence from the hearts and minds of people.
