In our Punjabi society, hardly any instruction given is not followed
by "kyon" (or kyu in Hindi).. Specially if something is told to our Gen Y
(Well there you go! Its all in the name).. Apparently 'kyon' is the bff
of curiosity.. I mean, why should one follow some idea or pursue something just for the heck that it has been told by somebody who landed
on sweet mother earth a couple of years or decades before, if one
doesn't know the reason behind it?? Unfair isn't it??.. Here is a small
list of things that follow 'kyon' everytime they are uttered:
1. Do not wash your hair on Thursdays.
2. Do not oil your hair on Tuesdays.
3. Do not move your legs to and fro while sitting on a higher platform (this one is the favourite with elders at my home, and they are quite a few :-p)
4. Do not play with home keys.
5. Do not make loud noise with the utensils while cooking or cleaning.
6. Do not question what is being said. (in other words Do not ask 'kyon' :-p)
But sadly our elders are not so keen on answering the 'kyons'.. Probably they dont know either, they are just passing on the legacy they were left with blindly.. The reply i get from my mom everytime i ask 'kyon'? is "asi tode warge badtameez nai si.. asi apne vadea nu aggo kyon nai karde si.." (we were not so shameless and ill mannered like your generation. we just followed what our elders said without any whys)
But then isn't it your fault that you didn't question or didn't try to find out somehow??
Is the curiousity funda directly proportional to technology?? Was it not present in our parents' times?
Why did they follow such absurdities without questioning?
Did they think the world was going to remain the same till eternity and nobody would question anybody ever?
Are we going to pass on these superstitions or whatever we would call them further?
Anyway i personally get irked when forced to follow such commands or illogical practices while all my "kyons" go unanswered or rebuked.. :-(
1. Do not wash your hair on Thursdays.
2. Do not oil your hair on Tuesdays.
3. Do not move your legs to and fro while sitting on a higher platform (this one is the favourite with elders at my home, and they are quite a few :-p)
4. Do not play with home keys.
5. Do not make loud noise with the utensils while cooking or cleaning.
6. Do not question what is being said. (in other words Do not ask 'kyon' :-p)
But sadly our elders are not so keen on answering the 'kyons'.. Probably they dont know either, they are just passing on the legacy they were left with blindly.. The reply i get from my mom everytime i ask 'kyon'? is "asi tode warge badtameez nai si.. asi apne vadea nu aggo kyon nai karde si.." (we were not so shameless and ill mannered like your generation. we just followed what our elders said without any whys)
But then isn't it your fault that you didn't question or didn't try to find out somehow??
Is the curiousity funda directly proportional to technology?? Was it not present in our parents' times?
Why did they follow such absurdities without questioning?
Did they think the world was going to remain the same till eternity and nobody would question anybody ever?
Are we going to pass on these superstitions or whatever we would call them further?
Anyway i personally get irked when forced to follow such commands or illogical practices while all my "kyons" go unanswered or rebuked.. :-(
