Haldi-Kumkum update - Hope is On

Hope is On

Last year after Varamahalakshmi festival, I wrote the blog  The Haldi-Kumkum Disaster.  One year on, I am writing this blog to give update.

This year after visiting 10 households, my waste toll is as follows

• 3 disposable bags (one telling me that she is just finishing the leftover stock from previous year)
• 4 haldi-kumkum packets (one obviously reused 👍)
• 1 blouse piece
• 1 set of bangles (got 2 sets, but one of them I got to choose the colour and size I needed).

This is less than one-third of my last year's toll.  Its a great feeling receiving my channa in a reusable dabba, my sundal in a beautiful reusable bottle, coconut with haldi-kumkum tikka and reusable fridge bags made of natural materials.  Very few plastic/aluminium disposables used for prasadam also.  And thank you for making me eat with my hands too.  Once again, it felt really great.

Thank you all for making the effort.  Hope is on, that this will also make everyone will re-look at their daily lives too, to see what can be reduced/avoided.   Next year hoping for to see even less of a waste.

Festivals are just yardsticks with which we can measure our attitude towards earth and life everyday.  Hope is on, that we are changing for the better.