Namaskar or Namaste...

I was talking to my Granny yesterday and I ended the conversion with bye-bye. Well thats something I use with my friends, not with elder people. It just led me thinking how much we have forgotten these words??

"Namaste" has just lot more significance than we think, its one of the most popular greeting in India, where both of the palms are placed together and raised to below the face and close to the heart in a general salutation for welcoming someone or bidding farewell. Namaste can be used instead of 'welcome', 'hello', 'good morning', 'good evening', 'good evening' or 'bye'...

I don't believe in any other language, one word address can have so many different meanings.

Namaste is not only a sign of recognition but also an expression of happiness at each other's sight. This word carries love and respect with it, the glory of calmness and inner peace.

Sad to say, this word is getting lost, we no more address elders with namaskar, rather 'hello aunty' and 'hello uncle' sounds better... Even to our relatives..it doesnt come naturally...

We are influenced with the western culture so much that it never crosses our mind to use this symbolic word. How sad to admit that we are forgetting this word so quickly....With our busy lives who has time to devote few seconds to fold our hands, bow our head and say our greetings??? Are we really that busy or we are simply embarrassed to say this as it would affect our 'coolness'??

Its funny to observe that western culture find our this little thing so fascinating that, they believe this is a type of yogic practice. And yet, we being Indians forget its importance.....

So lets respect this very tiny little part of our culture and start our with greetings "namaste".

Namaste!!!!