tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post891448351984464311..comments2024-01-03T09:05:24.322+00:00Comments on London Masala and Chips: No Diwali!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-31540408967912465972010-11-10T18:49:46.423+00:002010-11-10T18:49:46.423+00:00Oh I thought you had two boys! Ah well. They look ...Oh I thought you had two boys! Ah well. They look very cute in their Halloween get ups.<br />I grew up listening to Jagjit and Chitra Singh as my parents had a lot of their records...haven't got a clue what the words meant but the music always moved me.Plummy Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581505117908609291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-74957325268890235282010-11-07T11:38:35.982+00:002010-11-07T11:38:35.982+00:00I think you've hit the nail on the head here, ...I think you've hit the nail on the head here, on a number of fronts.<br /><br />"How do you bring aspects of the culture to your children if you aren't immersed in it without making a monumental effort?" - that's the killer isn't it. There must be a book on it (if one ever had the time!)<br /><br />Btw I've always preferred the Hindu Diwali story - the Sikh one always seems far too complicated!<br /><br />(I do have a girl(8)and a boy(6) by the way)Ravenhttp://londonmasalaandchips.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2104794996052313718.post-73903742966152282562010-11-07T10:47:04.888+00:002010-11-07T10:47:04.888+00:00An interesting set of dilemmas for the multi-cultu...An interesting set of dilemmas for the multi-cultural family. <br />How do you bring aspects of the culture to your children if you aren't immersed in it without making a monumental effort? <br />How, if you are an athiest or if your spiritual beliefs differ from that of your family/community do you celebrate without feeling like a hyprocrite but still give your offspring the choice of whether they follow the community beliefs or your own. <br />I was born Hindu but am in no way a practising one. I've celebrated Diwali for the family/food side of it. But I still try to read the story of Ram and Sita and explain to her about Lakshmi coming to give us luck to my tot. And that makes it easier than I think it is for Sikhs as there is no child-friendly story associated with the day - I mean who can beat a handsome prince, his loyal wife and best friend, a demon, a monkey king and a triumphant return to the kingdom. :)<br />It's also been made a lot easier by the media coverage of Diwali that concentrates on the Hindu aspects rather than the Sikh. <br />I'm still going to struggle at Xmas as I never celebrated before marriage, but my husband's family do, including religious aspects. <br />It's a learning process to find a path in this multikulti world we live in, to educate that world about what our cultures can bring to the melting pot, and luckily, if we don't get it right this time, there is always next year. You may even find as your boys get older, like Halloween they will be bugging you about celebrating Diwali.<br />So, don't beat yourself up...there is always next year.Plummy Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581505117908609291noreply@blogger.com