LIFESTYLE
By Chaina Karmakar
Whenever we talk
about root, it gives us
the picture of trees. The
more deep the root is,
the more stable the tree
is. It cannot be uprooted
e a s i l y. I n t h a t w ay i t i s
applicable on us as well.
Deeper the root is, the more balanced
we are, more stable we are, more grounded
we are. What are the reasons that we get
uprooted easily? How to deepen our root?
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Reasons:
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Parents: In most of the cases
we witness, children are
disconnected from their
parents. Reasons can be so
many like mother herself is not rooted,
she herself feels lack of love, not
connected with mother, rejected being
girl children, suppressed upbringing,
raised up in a harsh way.
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Cultural Shock: When we
relocate to other countries for
any reason, all of a sudden we
start feeling a sense of
uprootedness. Every country has a
different culture and civilisation. The
way of living is different everywhere
and celebration of festivals is very
different. Few people are capable of
adapting new culture, few cannot. After
adapting also, a sense of uprootedness
remains and struggle reflects either in
their relationship or at professional
level. Most of the people relocate for
better standard of living and they get
used to that comfort zone but a sense
of discontentment most of the time is
there.
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Religions: About religions
everyone has got a different
opinion. The reason behind
every religion is to keep us
rooted in order to bring balance in our
life. If people are practicing in true
sense it helps us to be more flexible
and compassionate. But all religions
have been distorted over a period of
time. Every religion has got different
traditions, rituals , language, literature,
which we are practicing generation
after generation and got transferred in
our DNA. In the name of globalisation
and modernisation, by discarding
them we are actually uprooting
ourselves, which can be witnessed in