Real meaning of Indian Traditional wedding ceremony is externally intelligent, very reach thinking and to create a healthy, peaceful and wealthy human society. However it seems that Indian has lost their real Culture and nowadays they have become Westernise Indian and forgotten the Value of Marriage or their culture in real terms and some of them even lost their own Identity ! What a shame !
How long Government of India & we as Indian take to recognizes, grasp, and understand the value others too! But British may have understood better this one classic example may seriously display this -
MK Gandhi:Background: When A Lawyer Qualified in England, worked in South Africa but born and brought up in India (Gujarat) known as Mahatma Gandhi was fighting Independent movement, his Western cultures , life styles and thinking have sudden changes in 1947, when his thoughts and his kindness make him to realised that he is representative of A Country where 80% of the peoples hardly have cloths to wear or roof over their head and from that day he say good bye to his western life style and he become simple/ ordinary Indian. He started to use only public Transport and travelling in the Bus and Train. At that point Dr Ghanshyam Birla (52 years old ) offered him a gift of private charter plane but Gandhiji refused to take his humble and kind gesture So this is a personality and specific character whose thinking and kindness has always contributed in well development and welfare of the ordinary peoples by establishing and donating reputable and prestigious colleges in Engineering and Technology and Science throughout India and some Great Marble Temples in some parts. He was born in India on 10/04/1894. Live until 11/06/1983 Achievement: Laid the foundations of the Birla Empire; founder of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
In his 90years life- in 1915 at age of 21, he started his own cotton and jute business in North east India and then in 1919 at age of 25, inherited his family business and the Birla Brothers Limited was formed. In 1926 at age of 32, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly of British India. [
In 1940s at age of 46, he ventured into the territory of cars and established Hindustan Motors, and then he also expand his vision in other businesses such as Textiles, Steel industry and Banking sectors. His thought in British India was to establish a commercial Bank with Indian capital and management, and Finally in 1943 at age of 49 in Kolkata he incorporated United Commercial Bank Limited. Which is still successfully running throughout India as very Major, Old, Successful, Profitable and Reputable Commercial Bank known as UCO Banks (United Commercial Bank.)
At age 63 after all his hard work and constant contribution in growth of Indian Economy and Commerce and Industry and Nation as whole In 1957, Government of India recognized his work he was awarded Indias second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. This may seriously display reflect on how long, we as Indian take to recognizes, grasp, and understand the value others too!
By the way there is a memorial to Ghanshyam Birla in Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London.NW10 It comprises a large statue overlooking the gardens with an inscription. He died in 1983 at the age of 90.
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