There is still hope for us....

Ganpati bappa morya Pudcha varshi lauvkar yaa,ganpati gayele gaonaala chain pade na aamala......we sang this song as we bid our ganpati good bye. As we bid him goodbye my faith in children became stronger... You maybe wondering how. Well my bestest friends seema 's son Vivaan this year celebrated ganpati in a unique way . Vivaan is a 7 year old young and active citizen of our country ,truely an active citizen. Vivaan is an ardent fan of ganpatiji and he has been getting ganeshji to his home for the past few years. He loves celebrating this festival . When he was smaller he did not know the difference between POP ganpati and clay ganpati so he never insisted what ganpati he wanted but once he knew the difference he insisted on only getting clay ganpati ,he is very particular when we do the visarjan we don't put the garland into the sea. Infact last year he insisted we shd do the visarjan in an artificial pond. Every year he makes me more and more proud of him  but this year he made me have hope for my nation and trust our generation next , I am sure they will bring the most needed change we want to see in our country.

       This year Vivaan made his own ganpati . He attended the workshop for making Eco friendly Ganesha . He made a cute little ganpati and the family decided instead of buying a ganpati they will pray to the ganpati that Vivaan made with so much love and affection. Even for decoration he used his blocks and others stuff that was at his home. We all prayed to our own little ganeshji and believe me that small little ganpati    gave me soo much peace in my heart honestly have no word to describe it. This year he was very happy as he knew he made a Eco friendly Ganesha so he did not mind doing the visarjan in the sea. We all prayed to our little ganpati ji for the last time before we took him to the sea to bid him goodbye so he can meet Mother Earth,and the best part of the visarjan was that Vivaan could carry his own ganeshji to the sea shore and do the visarjan also by himself. He was so happy ,as usual when he finished his Puja before the visarjan he made sure the flowers and garlands were put in the bag so that we don't put it in the sea ,everytime he does that we all friends have a proud smile on our faces. He carried his little ganeshji to the sea dipped ganeshji 3 times ,and then let ganeshji go ,what a wonderful feeling it was we actually saw ganpatiji dissolve in the water as soon as we put him in. This feeling was a feeling that made us all decide every year we will only use the ganpati that Vivaan makes . 

    Everybody on the beach found Vivaan's ganeshji so cute ,there were so many who came and praised him infact many people clicked his photo also. Thank you Vivaan for making us proud yet again and also giving us a hope that change is possible and it's not far when each child of our country will be instrumental in bringing about this change......there is hope ......