Winds of Change

Winds of Change

Didn’t we see it coming? They were around the corner! They blow and they stir up things! Let’s embrace them with dignity and much needed rational attitude. There are going to be the usual naysayers… let’s hear them out… in their resistance may lie our strength… in their arguments may lie their answers… the earlier we realize, the better.

The unprecedented support this new wave of change achieved at the Navsari Anjuman could just be the beginning. Let’s not allow it to wane in the shadows of mud-slinging. Let us not leave the turn of events to chance. Let us take this as an opportunity to turn the sails to our advantage. Let us look into our scriptures the very connoisseurs who claim that such steps are “Against our religion” and with due respect let it be known to them that even if it maybe so, change is inevitable. They are far less in numbers but they are the ones whose voices are heard. This time around let our sounds be heard … let the pitch be low but the motive be clear.

It is not about who is right and who isn’t. It is about what is the right thing to do henceforth. Let the community not be divided on this issue, instead let us try and convince them, the ones trying to move against the winds… it’s for a larger good. If they don’t in spite of our efforts, never mind. They will come around, but for now let us move ahead, in the direction of the winds of change.

Lord Ahuramazda is the ‘Wise Lord’, and we being followers of His faith, it’s high time to prove our wisdom. The Law of Mazda cleanses the faithful from every evil thought, word and deed, as swift-rushing, mighty wind cleanses the plain. Let this wind of change that has begun to blow from Navsari do the same for us. As a simple, fairly knowledgeable mortal, I quote Socrates, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

Nozzer Pardiwala
(Teacher, Author, Film-Maker and Creative Director, bLOGiMLY)
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