
India with rich cultural heritage and home to diverse religions is the destination when it comes to festivals. India has more festivals than days in a year. But nowadays people celebrate festivals by loosening their purse strings. High streets and malls will be packed with people buying clothes, television sets, jewellery, sweets, dry fruits, wrist watches, iPhones, washing machines, cars…well, virtually everything. Brightly lit shops will put their best products forward, and millions of wallets will be pulled out happily to pay for these purchases. The joy and holistic approach of doing things at home/school/college through science of the Hand, Heart and Mind, a Model for Transformational Learning is dying. The importance of festivals in Indian culture is losing its soul. The philosophy and purpose behind our festivals is deviating from its motive on how celebration can be a way to the most profound aspects of life.