What, Why and How of SHINE?

‘Why should we pray?’

‘Why should we speak the truth?’

‘Why do we do puja?’

‘Why do we do namaste?’

Some questions that always cluttered our heads while growing up.

And now, it’s a full circle when our children ask us the same and many more questions. 

Many of us, parents have come across such situations. Most of the times, children do not have answers to these big little questions contributing to self-doubt, inferiority and ignorance about one’s own culture. In time this reflects in the growing child ‘s identity. Surely we will not allow that.

Also, the glory of India ’s spiritual heritage needs to be told.

Our tradition revels in doing a puja, greeting with a namaskara, bowing down and touching the earth when we wake up in the morning, seeing that everything including wealth and knowledge is sacred and much more.

Why we revel in and practice all this, needs to be told.

How the living culture of India lays the foundation for success and innovation (as is evidenced in Indians across the world) needs to be established. Emotional quotient and Spiritual quotient have only been rediscovered recently in management circles.

And we need to sow the seeds now. There is no time to waste. Especially for our kids, our shining next generation.

Our education system is NOT able to focus on spiritual development of our children. Further, being a Hindu does not mandate our children to attend compulsory religious classes. What do we do until then?

Simple. We own up our dharma as parents to live the culture and share the strength of Sanaatana dharma , see and practice our interconnectedness with all beings . 

If rooted in our Indian or Bharatiya heritage,  our children will be unstoppable and have the wings to fly both as Indian and global citizens.

We recognised the need to start SHINE because there are not enough authentic resources available.