Bhadohi, May 15 (Hindustan Times). Joint family is the school of our culture and values, but now this practice is breaking. The culture of nuclear family has increased. Because of which many discrepancies are arising in life. People are becoming victims of depression. Still, people believe that despite all the challenges, the joint family is a reliable roof for life in the changing environment.
Most of the population in Purvanchal is dependent on agriculture economy. But most of the people here go to Mumbai for livelihood. But still the tradition of joint family continues here. The number of such families is in abundance in Bhadohi district. 25 to 30 people earn their living by doing agriculture and other livelihood jobs at home. People living in Mumbai or other cities come home in auspicious programs and happiness and sorrow. In the joint family, the elders who sent their children to study in the country-abroad, wearing clothes on half their body and eating coarse grains, gave them a good life. What is the condition of elders in the same families living modern lifestyle in changed environment. Due to nuclear family, he is bound to live alone.
Advocate Sanjay Dubey’s father Radheshyam Dubey (94) is a resident of Haripur village of Suriawan block of Bhadohi district and his mother is Prabhavati (90). Both the elders are the pride of the family. They keep sitting at the door of the house. The whole family takes pride in father Radheshyam’s moustache. He is healthy and cool even at this age. After taking bath in the morning, he recites Hanuman Chalisa and Sunderkand without spectacles. He told that the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ is awakened by the joint family. People want happiness and peace with money but it is not possible. In the older generation, people enjoyed happiness even in absence. Stay away from mental depression and diseases by eating mahua peas and coarse grains. Today Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself advocates coarse grains. In his view joint family is the biggest wealth. The society, the nation and the country get good values from the joint family. The feeling of group is awakened in people.
Radheshyam Dubey has four sons. Dashrath Dubey on the eldest, Sujit Dubey on the second and Ashish Dubey on the third. Sanjay is the youngest of the brothers. The responsibility of social responsibility rests on them. There is a kunba of 30 families including parents and brothers, women and children. 10 people live in Mumbai. 20 people are at home. The men of the house do farming together. Vegetables are produced at home for the consumption of the family. All youth are MA-LLB. There is a good rapport between Sanjay Dubey and the brothers.
According to Sanjay Dubey, the joint family is the most reliable roof of modern life. Here you can spend your life happily by having mutual coordination. On a big economic front, a big work can be done with a little cooperation. People stand together in happiness and sorrow. One doesn’t have to worry about anything. There is no feeling of loneliness in life. No problem like depression can flourish. Children and youth get a lot of culture. Together, people manage the work of farming. The money that goes to the laborers is saved. People exercise on this pretext. The younger generation also learns the work of farming. However, in the changing environment, joint family is a challenge. But still better and better.
Sanjay Dubey told that in Covid-19, the need of joint family was felt the most. Due to nuclear family, depression is increasing among people. People are falling prey to stress. You have to bear the happiness and sorrow yourself. Despite having lots of wealth in life, people are still unhappy. Sanjay believes that due to the busyness and requirements of modern life, joint family love is no longer visible as it used to be. But even today in modern life the best way to be happy is joint family. He said that no management or institute in the world can teach management like joint family. If we want the best lifestyle, healthy body and happiness and peace, then we have to increase the tradition of joint family at all costs.
