Article by Dipali Pavitradas Thundial

I always wonder is "Samaj" important for our living? How does it shape us?

*YES*
We are directly or indirectly dependent on it.
Smartphone we use is designed by someone else. Computers, programming languages, food, each and everything is manufactured or designed by someone else and we are using it. Similarly we don't know anyone who is helping us in what way for our daily routine survival.

That is why *SAMAJ* is important.
We cannot do all things alone. We all are part of society. Lot of people are contributing to society due to which our lives are easy and comfortable.

Our culture is long forgotten these days.
Youngsters won't know our culture because they arent brought to Samaj function. They don't know it's importance.

I still remember my childhood days. I was shy and had stage fear. It was just because of this Aashish Function I started coming on stage and that fear was gone. It gave me a platform to open up myself. Especially One minute Vraktutva Spardha. Dance,Garba. I learned and learned over here.

First time when I went on stage, my mom kept saying, don't get scared. It's our family. Even if you fail, nobody will laugh. Don't worry. They are here to guide you. Motivate you. Don't worry. Just go on stage. Look at me. Look at others and speak. You will see everyone listening to you. Trust me, only after those few years, I had confidence to perform in school and then in college and now at work place. That stage fear is gone.

Who says Samaj is not important. It shape us. It helps us to build our confidence. There are people to help us out.

But we are loosing it's importance because nowadays nobody is interested in cultural programs and this yearly Social Community function and get- together.

I just want to say, it's we young generation who have to maintain our culture and this yearly program. So that the future generation learns something from the elders , at the end of the day we are bind to the samaj and its important that we are the ones who can take forward the legacy which is started from our Ancestors .....