Cards and Gambling

There has been a popular trend of gambling during this season. No matter what so ever the group is, you love gambling and spending your time on it. No one is there to protest you while gambling during this season and therefore peoples get crazily involved in gambling during this season.
 


The trend begins from the very first day you reach home and continues till the day when you are not returning back. 
Let that be circle of brothers and sisters, brother in laws, sister in laws, uncle aunt, you get into it and get lost. Those having small families’ don’t hesitate to go to their friend's home and start the entertaining game. No matter you win or lose, you love playing it and therefore you continue playing it unless some hinders trouble you. This probably is filled with a complete fun and therefore you rush to your home specially for this. An imagination itself will be more than enough to show that the game is full of fun as you get to sit together, talk and play at the same time with certain tea breaks, and probably the best time to pass when you are at your home.

Don’t curse me right now because I am not writing about the bad impacts and requesting you not to gamble. Its festive season and when your guardians have nothing to say who am I to interfere? So, I am not criticizing the trend that is going on. If you have money, if you are happy in it and if you are having fun go ahead! Have fun gambling! Call yourself lucky and feel proud if you win and curse your luck if you lose. But give a short thought; you come to home for few days after the year. Imagine the condition how your family members used to feel in your absence and analyze yourself if your presence is making any sort of difference or not. Think of those situations when your dad went out and you were small. What would be your feeling if your dad ignored you after returning back? Now, give a short thinking; are not you ignoring your loved and dear ones getting lost in the world of cards? Festivals are meant to get together and have a wonderful time sharing the experiences that you had throughout the year, basically with your family members. I have nothing to say if your cards provide you entire feature of celebration. But what's the use of returning home if you don’t have minute to spend for your family members who stay waiting for you eagerly if you are unable to spend the time with them?

Yes, it is understandable that cards are the best way to pass time. Any time of the year, if you start doing this, you can pass time. There are a set of people who even regard this as the best way to maintain social relation, and I have strong disagreement here. When the group of people starts drinking a tea at some café, they will have enough time to talk. They talk of their past, they talk of their future, they talk of sports, they talk of politics, they talk of everything. None of the topic remains ignored. But, at the time of playing cards, all of the topics remains ignored, and they don’t have any specific topics to deal with except the ‘cards’. The mind is all set to one specific thing; ‘Victory’, and the wishes are all for ‘Luck’. I have never ever noticed, people talking of anything else while they play. Even after the game is over, the topic can hardly get out of the cards. So, I do have strong disagreement if anyone has to say that it is the way to maintain social relation. A card player is not necessarily your friend, just a playing company.

Don’t get me wrong! I don’t want you to tear your cards and start making huge unnecessary talks with your family members. I have no complains if you play cards and it sounds funny if i start giving examples of Pandavs! It's definitely something odd to explain the disadvantages of gambling. You are all conscious about it. It's only my suggestion to make an analysis and get alert if you are getting crazy over it. Give a thought, how your brother feels when he finds you engaged in card games, instead of talking to him few words? Do you go back to your home, to see your family members face and play cards? Or is it to give time to your family members? It's understandable that you have friend circle, neighbor circle, family circle in your home town or village and minimum of one round of gambling turns compulsory during this season. It turns difficult to ignore such proposals either! And you don’t want to be mean as you meet once a year. I don’t want you to be mean either, Just ask yourself if you are with your family or not. No complaints if you are satisfied, but if you are not analyze and decide it. All the Best!

Published in The Rising Nepal of  October 27, 2013