Is the festivity of our festivals dying??

We still have festivals, but wherz the celebration??? Why is it that the festivity, the charm of our festivals, dying?

Diwali days are on... I still remember, (may be a decade back) how enthu i used to be.. Diwali was synonymous to new clothes, sweets, fire cracker, writing greeting cards to near-&-dear ones. Diwali still remains, but wherz that enthu???

The retail stores which used to buzz with Diwali-Shoppers, are relatively idle. The Greeting-cards are replaced by eGreetings and now by SMSz...WOW, what a technological progress we have made. Our brains are expanding but our hearts, shrinking. Even the noise of crackers have come down (though the environmentalist would be more than happy), may be thats b'coz people have refrained themselves from spending due to (much talked about) recession in the economy, or is it recession in our feelings???

Or people have changed the preference of their spending. These days, they prefer to go for an outing in festivals. This serves 3 purposes...1. recreation...2. no hectic festival prep...& 3. no relatives to handle, but dont you think festivals originated to serve the above purpose but with relatives and friends....

However, no one is to be blamed. Our life has become so fast and busy that we are dragged with the time. We hardly get time for our loved ones and we spend festival holidays for outing. But this is at the cost of being self-centered, restricting ourselves to our immediate family.

May be this is my illusion, may be not....

Think about it