Today is Vijaya Dashmi - a unique festival which is unlike most other festivals of the world which are communal in nature. It is a festival with a universal message - celebrating the triumph of good over the evil.
I think it is important to know that good doesn’t win over the evil by default; but we have to make it happen. In our mythology, when individually the Devas couldn’t defeat a demon, they...would “combine” all their energies and forge one god or goddess who would eventually destroy that demon. Such is also the power of unity in a democracy. We can destroy evils and demons not by attacking individually from thousands of directions, but from one direction with all the combined force.
We also don’t celebrate Dashera particularly as victory of personified Lord Ram but as victory of goodness over evil. A person is never important – his actions and what he stands for – is what matters. Because ultimately, all the world is a stage and we are merely actors playing our part in it.
Goodness and truth will win over evil and falsehood, if we make it happen.
Happy Vijaya Dashmi to all!
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