Part 3 - Spring the Basant!

 As the harsh winters end and mustard flowers bloom, our life sees no tough time nor any gloom....that's spring for us!


In previous parts of this series I wrote about what spring means to me. But being an Indian there's a different meaning to this season.


As I said earlier, spring isn't romanticised as much in India. Speaking of spring in movies or dramas, apart from spring blossom mentions in few romantic songs like "Gulmohor gar tumhara naam hota" and "Rajnigandha ful tumhe", there's not much romance around spring.



The reason for which might be that spring in India known as Basant is related to harvest. India being primarily an agricultural country, farms are more of source of income as opposed to just running through fields singing songs.

A Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam is surely a hit, in the mustard field, but the farmer gives his efforts and his yeild, more importance than a mere bollywood appearance.


As they say, Way to man's heart is through his stomach, that's what's crucial in India.



Stomach is top priority than the heart here!



We celebrate basant by singing songs of harvest like "Meri desh ki dharti sona ugle", or "Dharti kahe pukar ke", or "Aisa des hai mera"......

We celebrate love for our mother earth, our mother land too, when we sing "Mera rang de basanti chola", referring to our tricoloured, colours of which depict prosperity through our green lands.


Spring has a different context altogether, in India. Even when I say I enjoy the spring that's shown in dramas outside our country, but deep down in my heart I do respect the Basant that makes our part of the land yellow and green.



Spring reminds us that resilience is only a season away! ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby



Hope you enjoyed this journey through Spring with me. Will be back with more...seasons and stories. So keep following!



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